Litchfield enquirer., 1843-02-09
WHAT is AT STAKE,


A Protective Tarif-a sound currency
and depending upon these, tue prosperity of
tho country generally. Wings of Connec,i-
cut! Believing as YOU d. that these impor-
tant results depend upon the issue If our ap-
preaching election, Can you look upon it with
indifference E! Men of business Are you
Indifferent or careless spectators Of the con.
test Have not your past sutferings taught
you that your eXerti0ns must be constant and
unceasing-Or are you disposed like slaves
whose spirits are broken by oppression, to
submit with passive endurance, 10 the evils
you now experience. let the choice be your
Uwn
But how do protective tariff and sound
currency depend in any manner upon the is.
sue of our elections! The answer is obvi.
Gus. =
l. The result of the approaching contest in
Connecticut will influence every election oc.
curing afterwards throughout The nation
Should the Wing party triumph here. the
spell of locofocoism will be broken, and the
dependency which now shackles SO many
minds will be dispelled. On the other hand
should Wing principles be repudiated by
the people ofthis State, this feeling of dcs-
pondency will be greatly increased, and will
rcpress and embarrass the efforts of our
friends every where.
2. The leading locOfocos are Advocates of
free trade, or species of protection which
il little better. Projections, as Il principle,
they utterly discard. Should Connecticut
on fair trial. declare in favor of free trade,
or an incidental protection dependent upon
the wants Of the revenue. what can we ex-
pect from other States less interested in the
Congress to be chosen in the spring. will,
should the locoiocos succeed in electing
their men, give their votes against protection.
3. The locofocos do not conceal their par.
tally to an exclusively natalie currency
(If we are wrong in this statement we will
at once correct it, on being informed by any
locofoco pafer, that we mistake their views.)
The evils which would overwhclm what lit.
tie business we have remaining, under such
a system, every Wing can easily foresee.
We call then upon the Wings of Connec.
Aicut 10 awake to the importance of this sub
ject. We ask our business men TO look at
the danger which threatens them Lei Them
mot in their bitter regrets fur the past forget The
perils of the future-but remember the mOmen.
tous interests that are yet at stake, let them
act as their judgment shall dictate.
Hartford COurant.
WONDERFUL Eeo-We have received from some
one in the country, we do not know who. hens egg
Of ordinary size, but upon which, astonishing 70 behold
10 on eagle with out.stretched WINGS and in his beak
ore the figures lS43! The believers in modern mira.
culous signs would doubtless be amazed to this
egg. which they are permitted do al any timc if
they will handle it carefully. We very choice Of
it, inasmuch as the old hen has absolutely promised
lay only two or three more like TN IT. Palladium.
" A woman named Mary Ann Lockart, aged p
years. killed herself in New York. Wednesday
band deserted her four five wears SINCE when
she sough, in alcohol relief from her distress, and al
coho led her to suicide. If the husba nd has soul
big as mustard seed. il will burn into his flesh fire
the remainder Of his ife.-N H. Pollod;um.
SECOND ADvENT.-Mr. Fl. A Chi,enden who was
killed and murdered and drowned ard hung and as
sassnated and otherwise brutality slain and slaughter
ed and butchered and banged about Ill, he had busted
every bloodvessel in his body. and was buried seven
times and upwards, has been holding forth on Miller
ism at the City Hall during the past week We are
happy to say. that he is still alive Hart ReUie.O
SWALLOWING PIx.-A little girl aged about seven
year,, the daughter Of Mr.. William H. West, Of Ca
bOtvile. Mass, swallowed pin some two years ago,
since which time che has been seriously affected by
cough, which supposed to arise from an afiec-
ton o. the lpnes. A few days ago. she was seized
With violent fit Of coughing during which she raised
nom her throat common brass pin. some what cOrro
ded The Advertiser Of that place states that since
the extEaetOnQf the pn she has entirely recovered,
and u nov perfectly sOund in health.