Litchfield enquirer., 1837-04-06

se rss.;,,,If Veronese themselves do not question ;tS Why should wei Weall bear about us fine nrototvpe of that scene. That which made inc passion and the glory of our youth, the Juliet of the heart, when once it has died md left US, lies not in its tomb within US, for gotten and unregarded,.-.surrounded by the lumber of base cares, polluted by strange and indifferent passers by (the wishes and desires of more vulgar life,) unheeded, unremem- bercd,-the sole monument which sanctifies the rude and common place-abode in which it moulders silently away!
 THE MASSACHUSETTS REsoLUTIoNs.-The following resolutions remarks the N. Y. A. merican, were recently passed in the Massa- chusetts House of Representatives, by avotc of 376 to Is.
 Whereas, the House of Representatives of the United States, ill the month of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, did adopt resolu- ton, whereby it was ordered that all peti- tions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or 10 any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the ab- olition of slavery, without being either print ed or referred, should be laid on the table, and that no further action whatever should be had thereon and whereas, by the resolution aforesaid, which is adopted as standing rule of the present House of Representatives, the petitions of large number of the people of this commonwealth, praying for the removal of great social, moral and political evil, have been slighted and condemned: there- fore,
 Resolved, that the resolution above named is an assumption of power and authority, at variance with the spirit and intent of the Constitution ot the United States. and injuri- ous to the cause of freedom and free institu- tions that it does violence to the inherent and inalienable rights of man and that it tends essentially to impair those filndanen- tai principles of natural justice, and natural law, which are antecedent to any written constitutions of government, independent of them all, and essential to the security of free dom in State. o
 Resolved, That our Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress, in maintaining and advocating the full right of petition, have en- titled themselves to the cordial approbation of the people of this Commonwealth.
 Resolved, That Congress, having exclu- sive legislation in the District of Columbia, possesses the right to abolish slavery in the said District, and that its exercise should only be restrained by regard to the public good.
 I,a the Senaie.-To the surprise of every one present, says the Boston Gazette-even the leaders of the abolition party of this city -the Senate adopted the following resolu- tions, after long debate-the first araani- mously, and the second by only ONE dissenting uote! ..
 "Resolved, That Congress having exclu. sive legislation in the District of Columbia, possesses the right to abolish slavery and the slave trade therein and that the early exer- else ofsuch right is demanded by the enlight- ened sentiment of the civilized world, by the principles of the Revolution, and by human ity. .......
 Resolved, That slavery being an admit ted moral and political evil, whose continu ance, wherever it exists, is vindicated main ly on the ground of necessity, it should be circumscribed within the limits of the States where it has been already established; and that no new State should hereafter be admit ted into the Union whose constitution ofgoy- ernment shall sanction or permit the exis- tence of domestic slavery"
 Zeal Gbore ediscretims.-The following anec- dote wilt show how beneficial the temper and discretion of an honest man may prove to in- dividuals. Late one night. during an elec- ton, very respectable tradesman, hated by party enthusiasm, called on an editor of a public journal to desire the insertion of an article containing some very strong imputa- tions against another resident of the town The editor quietly declined to acceptit. The partisan remonstrated the editor was firm. At parting, the author took his leave by say ing II think sir, one ofus two is the greatest fool in this place."
 "I dare say yon are right, sir" calmly re- piled the journalist. Of course the two men looked at each other askance for some time. A ff,w yeors had ela nsed when one dav thev met in the street. The author came to the editor. and laying his hand upon his arm, said Do you remember my parting com pliuent to you on such night! !'' "Perfect- lv it was too remarkable to be forgotten. " It was true, was the greatest fool in -. Had you printed that letter, know it would have caused my total ruin in life" 'sThe only difference between us," said the editor, (" was that happened to know it at the time."
 New Hampshire somnambulist got up a few nights since in his sleep-walked out to barn, stole another mans logging, and walking into the streets, went douce into a snow bank. This latter operation awakened him. This sleep walking citizen is a very fair representative of "the democracy of that patriotic State. That interesting portion of humanity have been walking in their sleep for several years past. They went to the polls and elected the Legislature which ap- pointed Isaac Hill Senator of the United States, while in a fit of somnambulism.-l They chose that miserable specimen of man. hood their Governor under the same noctur- nal deiusion but there are certain recent symptoms that this last dive into snow drift will open their eyes. We should not won der if they were "wide awake" by next election, and remember that Daniel Webster