Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-03-26

The time tor action has arrived and every Wing
must at once buckle his for the fight There
will be no chd's play at the next fall election. 1t
will be strugge-and desperate one-between the
people and an oppressive, ambitious, and tyrannica al
administration 1t will be contest for the preserva-
ton of our liberties. Our rulers have deprived us of
the means of living, in having destroyed the trade and
commerce of the whole country. We must contend
at the next election for our bread and the means Of
supporting our families.
In reviewing the history Of the last eleven years,
we find no evidence of power existing in the govern
ment to promote the public welfare. We look in vain
for those great works of internal improvement which
tend to bind the different parts Of the union together
by constant and beneficial intercourse. The effort OF
the government has been to retard the growth OF the
country, and improvement. Whether the cabal
which conducted the government foresaw that the
public treasury would be inadequate to the demands
of partizan contractors in the Post Office, and Indian
Department, or that they feared that roads and canals
would diffuse information among the people, and thus
indirectly defeat their views, canno: tell but true
it is that systematic hostility to works of internal
improvement has been manifested by the party in
power from the first introduction of their policy. Sal
aries have been increased, offices have been multi
piled, appropriations without limit and without stint
| have been made to answer the novel and Unsuitable
demands of the office holders.
Fellow Citizens! it remains with you to decide
whether your public offices shall continue to be the
property of party whether your executive, legisa-
tive, and judicial departments shall be considered
merely spoils in political contest and used to per-
petuae the supremacy of faction Is this the govern
ment you contented to live under? Is it the GO
of equal rights for which revolutionary
ancestors toied and bled As friends of your
try as descendants of those who laid the foundations
of free institutions in self denial, and cemented
hefN with their best blood, call upon you to resist
these encroa chments upon your rights; we call upon
you rally around and support the constitution AREA
dy impaired by corruption and assailed by the vo-
ence of faction enriched by the spois Of the public
and insensbe to the suerngs and complaints of the
people, Let them see that you true yourselves,
and true to your country let them know that the
time has arrived when an indignant people, reused by
the public danger, demands from those entrusted with
power to account for their stewardship to account
for the augmentation Of expenditure, the growth of
corruption the violation Of public aith the loss Of ma
tonal honor and above ALL for the increase oflawfess
violence and the contempt of law and social order
which has been manifested since the government
into their hands, and which has found too much
| countenance in their disregard of the constitution.
To bring back the government to its first principles
to rescue the Capitol from the Cloths who seek moth
ing but plumber, is object of paramount importance
To accomplish that surrender all personal prefer
ences and predictions. We ask not whether Brutus
or Cassus be the elder the better soldier We only
wish to know who will unite more firmly the friends
| ri and lead Them with n
victory over the enemies ofthe Republic
! A WoLcoTTvILLE MECHANIC.
If man finds himself in an error in poli.i cs or in
any thing else, is noble in him that
ror, openly, and without disguise; it shows indepen-
dence and integrity OF mind, which all will admire
| There some men who embrace error in politics
knowingly; and teach it to others from motives of in
terest. The ofhce.hoder, or Lawyer, for instance,
who is in practice may do from such motives; for
| his time OF harvest is when others in trouble In
times like the present, he will have three suits pros
ecute where he would have only one the times
good; he finds his interest in the embarrassment of
all others
Can man, so situated, be safe adviser in poll
tics, or legislation? think not Men are not inclin-
ed to oppose that which is for their interests or to use
homely phrase, ITO quarrel with their bread and
butter" M.
To the Pastors and Congregations connected scitA the
Foreign Mission Society Of Litchfeld County,.
| Brethren and Friends-In view of the present EN-.
banassed condition of the A. B. C. F. NJ as probably
made known oyou by their recent Circular in view
OF the urgent necessities of the Board and the dsas-
consequences which must result to the cause of
Foreign Missions unless speedy relief is in some way
afforded the untold evils that must ensue, should
they be driven to the necessity this crisis of a sus-
pension retrenchment of their operations; it has
been thought proper by such officers and friends of
our Society as have had opportunity to consult ear
nesy to recommend to the pastors, and congregations
connected with us, to take up contribution in such
way as they may deem best adapted to the ext
gencies OF the case, and transmit the avails as early
as consistent to the Treasurer of our Society,"
This course is recommended, not with view to
curlaif embarrass the operations of the society at
its approaching anniversary, but simply, an extra
effort afford some seasonable relief to the parent So
ciety in its present distress.
1t is believed that in the present embarrassed state
of our pecuniary interests, and as a consequence of
all benevolent operations, that il retrenchment
must be made any where, it can better be done at
home than in foreign lands. With this view, we hone
there may be union Of action in all our churches.
F. HARRISON, Secretary
Bethlem, March IL, 1910.
"Coming Euents cast their Shadows before"-We
have the most encouraging accounts from everv Sec
ton the State of the prospects Wing cause at
the coming election Never have the Wings had
stronger motives for melting them to action, and new
more glorious prospects of success. We have sat-
isfactory accounts from various quarters of numerous
changes from locofocosm to Wing principles Large
numbers who have before sustained Mr. Van Buren,
and his measures, come out openly and denounce
them; and the, eyes Of many honest men are now