Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-01-17


Ii the last number, the principal primitive cause
Of the downfall and ruin republics was briefly con-
sidered. viz.-,he general inadequacy Of knowledge
and yirue, or the want Of sound raj principle
And this great and radical evil when il extensively
exists, produces it's egn likeness. or all that emanass
from II 10 in ito own image, and partnkes Of s char
actcr. And wiEsp The wicked bear rule, which is the
certain result Of national degeneracy, there must ale
ways bs etion from = high places" increaing the
evil W ih5 hhde.y ofimmoral and official influence
ami example, hasiening the catastrophe that awaits
such state oflhings.
issne from Il must DO impare-and this plain maxim
applies equay to the administration Of national gov
eminent and policy. Nothing 10 be looked or 10.
ped for from iicentious and unprincipled combine
ton Of rulers but weakness, injustice and oppression,
peridy and bribery, and the influence Of such exam
Pile. And when the government is completely under
the guidance Of snch men, the nation drifts rapidly
ward the fatal rocks on which il will dash In pieces.
The misguided administration Of q succession Of I'M
prncipIea rulers increases the moral coniagion, and
il spreads over the land with uncontrolled rapidity
Hsnce the national system, in all s parts and fanc
TONS Is weakened and parayzed, and ts institutions
undermined with unerrng fatality. When The period
has come that nation, 10 the full exercise Of free
dom, will re.eect unprncipled men 10 rule it,
that nation 10 literally prepared for the slavery OF des-
potis, and to barter away their brth-righs Of liberty
for chains and anarchy. II isa soecsn to deny, that
this 10 this the actual condition Of this expr
ing repuic-and the apathy and indifference with
which this momentous subject IL viewed il but anoi-
or symptom Of dissolution.
National degeperaey 10 gradual IN its downward
course, till the reins Of government are wholly given
up 10 unskiIfu hands, when ~ destruction approach
es with more perceplibIs certainty. Another danger
Gus cause 10 executive patronage. The keys Of the
public treasury hung ~ the girde Of profigate
men, who psier the revenue BY brbng the press with
that patronage, and thereby giving Il corruping In
luence-and by employing exclusively the unprinci.
pied in almost every department and place Of smolu-
men,. Bot executive patronage woaIdJb powerIess,
wi.I,out the graviasipg impulse ofpeesniary reward
Thus faction 10 cherished, and liberty endangered. and
the very inaux Of revenue 10 made subservent 10 ma.
tionaI destruction. y
The most efficient engine tbat an,Issmines rspsbIi.
can governments by lie ceniousRess II the agency Of
the press. II is the thousand soagues thai weekly
preaeh political heregy and hlseheod hiad thar
lead The bind They address the prsjudices and bad
propensi,ies Of he heart. and easily misead the
yerisg and fckls. They coaeeafsais the designs Of
denagogues aud discipline The devoted hosts that g
aosan.Iy wage against their eoaniry's frsedom.
Through is ins,ramen.aIiy and degssesacy,,hs idsl
Of party and faction % Get up, dscked vita unmsFiied
laurels aad with gilded eharaeteFs" Worthy 70 Be
adcsd and suOrshpsd" ], Is inscribed before and be-
bind. Naonal homage is tribute, and this 10 fos-
tered by the sswearied vigilance Of weekly nessen-
gers travelling from afaF. PuhIis charity. Feroci-
~ and uerdy are lpi behnd, er concealed and made
q assume the appearance Of vue. lalents and paF-
oligm and with these the multitude e deceived aud