Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-07-30

In this section Of the country are the mere echoes Of
thempretend to he astounded at the decision Of the
Jury acquitting young Wickliffe from the alleged
crime Of manslaughter in killing Benning the editor.
Mr.. Clay Of the counsel for the accused-and
they attribute the acQutta Of the accused the nu-
enCe Of his name and Oratory while perhaps in the
xtbreah they vocierate that Mr. Clay is PROSTATE
that he possesses influences that he could
be returned to Congress again from his old district
"the beauties OF consistcncyw We have seen
considerable portion Of the evidence produced the
part Of the prosecution against WiCkliffe-and from
this alone without any Of the rebUtting testimony, Of
which il is said there is large mass, should doubt
whether Mr.. Benning was not the first assailant.-
Wicklffe bore him no enmiiy-had msle no threats
towards him-but, on the contrary had called upon
him in friendly manner. He was armed it it trr,s;
butt was in consequence Of his expecting the
author Of the piece which he had demanded. and not
tor the purpose of making any assault upon Mr.. Ben
ming. There is no'evidence that the jury were the
political friends of Mr.. Clay-nor that they were in
fuenced in any degree by the eOquence OF the coun-
sci, any more than by the ou-ofdoOr clamor Of the
Jackson party-they no doubt were governed in their
verdict by the testimony alone.
Nolo" must be aware that, unaccompanied with
responsible name, cannot give place to his remarks
We know nothing Of the character of the individual
he speaks oE-and even FIVE did, and he was rs vile
as Represented, doubt whether newspaper cas,iga
ton would have any effect upon him.
"a friend to good order' does not entirely "meet
our appreciation" What matters it that "the earth
did not tremhe, any uncommon phenomena hap.
pen" on the occasion ola gentleman being appointed
village postmaster, and "giving orders have his
vests let OUT"
GTWe have been requested by friend to insert
the following remarks upon the subject Of females
forming Temperance Societies. from the New-York
Spectator-the editor Of which is strenuous advo-
cate Of temperance and Of temperance societies when
confined within their legitimate sphere:-
"There is only one thing in these numbers [the
Pastors Journal which regretted to see, and that
Is, string Of resolutions by collection Of ladies',
out west, upon the subject Of intemper-
ance. Now appeal to the good sense Of the estim
able Editor of this Journal, whether, il women will 80
far forget their sex, and their proper sphere Of duties
thus expose themselves the just rdicue Of the
world, the editors Of respectable publications would
not act wisely TO hide the fact from the public We
do not impeach the motives Of these good wives and
their daughters, for resolving not to drink rum to
receive "the addresses" Of those who debut in the
name of decency do not let them make fools Of them
selves by meetings and resolutions. Ifhese good wo
men had never been tpplers themselves nor allowed
their daughters to be courted by tippers, why give
cause for a suspicion that such may have been the
ali al;
the travelling missionaries ofour great societies. jeal
ousy for the reputation Of our people, or the honour
Of our country that these ,ndiscretons must be pub
lished 70 our own dishoHor? What is thought Of
us-what mast. be thought Of US in foreign lands,
after seeing such pubcations7 Already have our
cheeks been flushed with indignation, at seeing
Il published in leading London paper, that so in.
temperate have the females in the United States be.
come; that they obliged to form societies to keep
each other sober. And these foul libels upon our
the character Of Our females, which
is much more dear to US than our own-are warranted
by the proceedings and publications Of our own re-
formers, whose zeal far oustrips their Judgment
We know that intemperance 10 evil in the land,
and we Weld 10 none in our dc sire for n reform.
But in the name Of oil that is decent, and all TINT is
valuable IN reputAtlon 40 let Us temper our Zea WIN
Meantime, for these honest remarks Of
ours, we ore aware that there those Of our per-
sona friends, engaged in these efforts, who will CEN
sure, without understanding US. And we know that
there ere others-very excellent good men, no doubt
but who unfortunately no. humble as to for.
get that they are "hoiier" than other people-Awho
will busy themselves IL possible to our disadvantage
because we have the moral courage to doubt that all
they do 10 right"