Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-01
FOR THE ENQUIRER.


 
 FOR THE ENQUIRER.
 Mr. Adams-Tn wha, have said, or shall hereafter say, of the advocates of Temperance, those respeca- ble individuals who evidence by their christian and genemanly department ha, they would not prescribe or dictate how gentleman shall live in his Gamv or how treat his friends when they visit him, are no, in. cluded.
 To the communication of your correspondent of n columns length last week, interlarded with such chas'e and gcnemanly eplhets as, moral reckless ness or rturpude," poor mans modes,y," "nonsense and nothingness combined" "lamen,ahle ignorance or innate viIeness," " extremely ignorant" &c-,o this promising sprout of nrs'ocracy-,his mirror of poieness-whom neither egolism, or se:comp placer n- cy, has inclined to be uncharilabIe or censorious- to his blingsgate make reply cannot stoop to his level; shall let the "galled jade wince," and leave the "tempest in his teapoi' intellect to subsde ns h may: but to the suggestion that the County Court possesses the authority, or right, to appropriate the funds of the county 10 further the views or advance the interest of any society, party, wholly dissent Suppose the Missionary Society of Li,chfeId county should apply to have the Of,he County House, or half it, appropriated advance the interests of their Society--have the Judges authority to do this ' To all attempts the county treasury, I say, "hands of, genemen." But tho unpardonable sin of s. is, calling Temperance Societies poliicai-a link in n chain-how these gentry start!
 Now in this "chan, whatever link you sIrke," "Ten,h or ten ihousandlh," jars their heads alike. or this you have had praclca! illustration by striking link in editorial remark. Now, Mr. Editor, as affirmed, if this not political party, knew of none. And your correspondent contradicts me in measured terms. think, although 50 extremely ignorant" may possibly gve him some political in- formation which he will be sorry o have known, and that too from source which he will not be nble ,o depreciate. For this purpose introduce the follow. ing, taken from the "Journal of Humanity and Her aid ofthe American Temperance Society,"" published February 9lh, 1882, and headed "Temperance Poli. tics':-
 "The Dover N. H. Chronicle, after publishing n list oicandidaes for state and county oices puts the following quere :-" la either of the above gentlemen a lover and promoter of the cause of Temperance Il so our columns are open to discussion of his merit on that ground"
 abominabe traffic for three ccnts gaasr Il so our columns are open to discussion of his demerits on that ground"
 {" IT this is not political party, know of none."- With one hand they display their banner, inscribed " Temperance, Total Abstinence, Proscrip,ion,''- while the other is seen graspi"g Flaggon of Wine. This is pure Temperance: One man takes alcohol, incorporated with water and sugar. render it pala. table; another takes inc quantity incorporated with the juice of the grape or apple.
 Which Of the two shall we seect7
 Both love "Me creature" for tn effect;
 Then which most worthy of the two;
 Rum drinker, or Wine drinker, w,o2 Sobrietds. come fix the pitch;
 Dram drinker, or Wine bibber, which7
 right decision in this case
 Alone, will lead to power and place. S. Another Bubbi.-In March, 1880, eight members of Congress, viz. Hugh l.. White, Felix Grundy, James K. Polk, George M. Bibb, Cave Johnson, Robert Desha, Henry DancI. and Charles Wickfe, met at the room of Judge Bibb. by request Of Mr. Wicklife for ilIs purpose of depung ofheir number to ad wise the President to the old custom of hold ing cabinet councils which at the suggestion of Mr. Van Buren, had been discontinued. Judge Bbb was appointed he waited on the President, but without success.
 The Globe. in July, August and November, follow. ing, denounced this meeting as conspiracy of the agents of Mir. Calhoun, wiIh view 10 request the President lo remove Maj. Eaton from the Csbinet.- The same assertion is made in Maj Eatons appeal. Mr. Wicklifs has just walked 10 the necessity of ap- peang to the public ID c0n'radciton oI ths charge Accordingly find in the National Inielligesccr Of Tuesday, a correspondence of four columns wherein all the above named gentlemen, except Messrs. White GruDdy and Polk, give fiat denial to the statement of the osicial. The Tennessee geTtlemen nn- willing to have any thing to do with the matter. Mir Blair, for whose columns the appeal was first intend. cd, refused to publish it, and gave Mr. WeklilEe io understand that he has in hs power to justify his course, not only in refusing to publish but n relation to the obnoxious articles published by him in thesum- mer of1e3l.
 Hose could enly get peep behind the curtain, as much harmoRy might probably be discovered iO pre-. vn in the ranks of "ths psvty, there did "a Ihs late CabiAet.-AatioMaI RsvGbiieaR.