Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-09-01

Never has there been ir these United
States a more fruitful year than the present
one. The seeding of every kind was unusu-
allv laree-the weather has been unusually
favorabIe--and the increase 10 unusually
abundant; and the only drawback on the
satisfaction which such a season would 9TH
erwise have necessarily impaired through
out the whole length and breadth of the land,
is the character Of the Government, or rather
The manner in which it has been so long
administered.
. The bounty Of Heaven has filed the peo-
pie with food, and nothing but the mlsgov-
RrnEMent of somewhat more than twelve te-
1ious years, has prevented IN any degree
me OIa6ness which would have been the
concomitant of so many bounties OF Provl-
dence.
Under the good old-fashioned common
sense WhiH policy Of protective tariff to
guard the labors of the husbandman, the
artisan. the manufacturer, and the merchant
and a sound currency OF universal and
,sniform value, to enable the various classes
Of the community and all sections OF the
country to carry ON their intercourse and
traffic with each other, with reciprocal and
equal. convenience and acknowledgements
such a policy, a year like the present would
haYe almost doubled the wealth of busy,
enterprising and confiding people.
Bufas il IL, with a currency nowhere pos
sessing more than local contidence-ge-
nerally much disordered and many per
cent. below and in some places almost
.srorthless: with q tariff that leaves. the la
hor and csDital of the country wholly I'M
defended and as open to the inroads Of
foreign wealth and enterprise as the north
western frontier was left to the incursions
of hostile arms by the surrender OF Detroit
bv Hull--under these circumstances, the
favors of Heaven are shorne Of half their
blessings, and the bounties of the season
left with scarcely any exchangeable value.
Indeed, such is the stagnant condition OF the
times and such the want Of employment,
that very many, in the midst Of the album
dance, can hardly obtain food and raiment.
When the frontier had been laid open to
the enemy-to continue that illustration
and it was everywhere ravaged by hostile
arms, an honest and patriotic Administrator
called the venerated and now !amented
Harrison to the field, and he, " ith his gallant
associates and brave and devoted people,
soon expelled the foe and restored security
and happiness. And. again. after mlsgov;
ernment had Frustrated the energies and
welfare of the whole country, a grateful and
mindful people once more summoned the
saf,e time-tried and faithful servant to the
head Of affairs, to repair the still more wide
spread and multifarious calamities OF twelve
tedious years of misrule; but just asihe had
entered upon his new career OF pubic cares
and seryices-iust as he was making ready
10 restore the good old practical policy un-
der which the people had once grown rich
and strong, contented and prosperous, ne
,vas. bv an inscrutable Providence, sudden
Nv removed from the field of his great lab ors,
and for the still further punishment OF the
sins of the nation, the present incumbent OF
the Presidential chair came INTO once, 10
change the year Of jubilee into year OF
woe and lamentation, and to postpone the
hopes of an expectatapt and suffering land
The change was SO entire-tne reverse
was 80 utter and Sunderland i was accom-
nanied by 50 much smooth profession, bell
ed by so much perfidy-so much malice
rendered contemplate by so much lmoeci.
lity--such substitution Of paNry personal
considerations of no manner of Importance,
and as much out of taste as out OF place, for
those high and all-embracing public mos
tives and aims which Harrison had brought
with him into office-that not only the en-
tire WING party, but the universal people,
was struck with benumbing amazement
on Witnessing the wretohed exhibition, and
comparing what they had got, with what
thew had struggled for. They had asked
for bread, and thought they had obtained It,
when they suddenly found their feetn oreak,
ing upon a stone; they supposed tney nad
received an egg, but they discovered II was
a serpent that straightway began to mss
and sting.
Such has been the result of the great and
natriotic struggle of the Whigssof l640, in
relation to the Presidency. Thus were their
hopes deferred, and their hearts made sick.
When it was reported in Virginia thar
President Harrison WIS dangersous!y SICK.
il Ia related that lady remarked she was
"slIre he would die, for he could not stand
John Tyler's luck" We fear the people
canno, stand it and for a time it seemed as
if they had, indeed, given up their own cause
in despair. Time. however is great heal
.er: and the heart of the people is recover
lag its alaefity and opening itself to new
hopes, Indignation 10 one OF the best tones |;
aud indignation at the pertidy win winch
they have been treated u rouslng them nom
their apathy. ~
!. Iohn Quincy Adams.--His manner OF speak
inc r. peculiar; he rises abruptly. his race
raSdens. and, in q moment, throwing himself
;n,o tina attitude of veteran gladiator, ne
.nrens res for the attack then he becomes full
IF resiulations, his body sways to ana tfo-
Sa,f co.nn,and, seems lost-his head Is bent
lseward la bis eafneslnesa illl y ssometlmes
'simnsf tonchcs tho desk Ele yoicA frequent.
10 shakes. but he puFsues his subject thro'
All ne hesrings; nothing daunts him--ihe
Houee NAV ring with the cries OF order-or-
~ e--unrnoved- -conteMptuous-- stands
amid che tempest, and like an oak that knows
irs enarled and knotsed strength. stretches
his arms forth and defiss the blast.
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