Litchfield enquirer., 1838-02-08
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, FEB'Y 8, 1888.

THE ENQUIRER.
 LITCHFIELD, FEB'Y 8, 1888. 4 ROUSER.-our whig friends of this town held meeting on Monday evening last for the purpose of appointing delegates to the State and District Conven- tiOnS. As the declared object was simply the appoint. ment of these delegates and as opreviOus efforts had been made to get people together except by merely inserting notice in our paper, were very agreed bly, surprised to find numerous collection of freemen present-not less than from lSO to POO. The large dining room of the Mansion House was filled. The men of grey hais the middle aged and the youth, and from all sections of the town, five and six miles dis tant, were there-the farmer, the mechanic, the chant, and the day laborer, each came forward to show the interest they felt in efeeting regeneration in the state of our public aars-all animated with the determination to come up to their duty when the proper time should arrive to have their influence fe and all anxious for that period to arrive. We were glad to witness several there who have long acted with the locOfoco destructives and taking part in the proceedings. This first meeting of the Wings shows that the right spirit is abroad in our town and con. trasts strongly with that of opponents who with the greatest difficulty can scarcely dragoon sufficient
 
 trust that thorough organization will now take place not only in town, but throughout the county pre- paratory to vigorous spring campaign.
 WHIG MEETING. very numerous meeting of the Wings of Litchfeld was held at the Mansion House on Monday evening the 5th of February, lsss-Ozias Lewis, Esq. was chosen Chairman, and Nelson H. North and George Bolles Secretaries. On motion,
 Voted That six delegates be appointed to the State Convention, and sixteen to the District Convention of the 18th District and that committee of twelve from different parts of the town be appointed report the names of delegates to the meeting. .'-. The committee retired, and soon after reported the names of the following gentlemen, and they were ac- cordingly appointed:
 Delegates to tke State Contention.
 Ozias Lewis. Jason Whiting,
 Philip S. Beebe, Gurdon Filley,
 Truman Smith, Henry S. Griswod.
 Delegates 10 the District Contention
 Benjamin H. Morse, William Bassett,
 Erastus A. Lord, Garwood Sanford,
 Fred'k w. Plumb, Leonard Kenney,
 Charles S. Buell., James M. Pierpont, Phneas w. Camp, Ralph G. Camp John Garnsey, Marshall H. Weed, Henry R. Goslee, Benjamin Kiborn,
 Albert H. Birge, Russell Smith.
 Voied That Central Committee of three be ap. pointed; and that Garwood Sanford, Samuel G. Bra man, and George Bolles be that committee.
 The following resolutions were then introduced, and after some discussion were unanimously adopted: ResolUed, That while the administration are trying many departments" upon the peace, prosperity and happiness of the people, will try another "experi- ment," by substituting those who are willing to be sereants of the people in the place of those who would be their masters.
 Resolved, That is the prerogative of freemen to demand a redress of grievances through the medium of the ballot box and that the misconduct of our ru- les should be sterny reprehended by the good people of this state on the first Monday in April next.
 Resolced, That the suffrages of the independent in- tegent and upright electors of this ever have been, and ever will be, unbought and dsinterested- and therefore the powers that be not to re. spond to an expression of the sentiments of an inte- gent People by the senseless cry of Banks! Banks! Resolced, That we will place ourselves by the side the great and patriotic State of New York; support. ed she now is by four other of the states of New. England; and we will demand by an universal ac- claim thorough reform in all departments of the go.
  vernment.
 ResolUed, That the effort now making in the House of Representatives of the United States to deprive Mssss. Prentiss and Word of their seats in that body s an insult to the people of the sovereign and :nde. pendent state ot Mississippi.
 Voted That the proceedings of this meeting be pub lshed in the Litch6eld Enquirer. OZIAs LEWIS, Chairman. (; s.ol H. Bo1nE., BS1s.H' Secretaries. ~ An election was held in Philadelphia on Friday last to supply the vacancy in the legislature occasioned by the death of Mr. McIlvaine. Henry S. Spackman (whig) was chosen-hs having S6S7 to 333 scattering. Old Fai5eeld County appears to be wide awake; and determined to give good account of herself on the first Monday of April next. A County Convention was held at Norwalk last week, which was attended by large number of delegates from almost every town in the county, and the right spirit prevailed that of determination to do their duty. number of very spirited resolutions were passed, and among them the following:-
 ResolUed That the present crisis in the affairs of our man to put forth his energies and unite with the De moT0cy 0 NunebeTs, in the great effort to take the reins of power from incompetent hands-that the Go UernDleat may be administered as render equal snd exact justice to a and conduce to tho "greaest good of the greatest number"
 ResOLUed That the crisis has arrived, when all men of all parties, who mean to be governed by Republican