Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-22
For the Ennuircr.

MR EpIroR-I noticed with interest the com munication in your paper of Feb lst. from '' New England Farmer,'' and observed the attempted re- plies which appeared in the succeeding number.--
 need not say to what extent those replies failed to meet the farmers powerful arguments; but as lh the days of my school boy quarrcls, it used to be motto demanding observance, (" t,rO at one IS one loo n.any,' have felt myself called upon m the present controversy to step up and secure fair play l am boldly out in defence of the G farmer" ad- mire the stand he has taken,-the SPTat which he breathes. What an independant nature he exhb- its so fearless of sandering clergy, or the llb- cral hosts of temperance! One of his impertinent adversaries complains that he lacked the courage to give his name but what more daring signature could he employ than he has actually done '' New England Farmer"-by which all of any dlscern- ment in the interpretation of things, will under stand him to mean not merely tiller of New Eng land soil, but lover of the "Tedl Neac England' rum.
 That the s' farmer" possesses talents of no ordi- nary cast, is evident from his remarkable produc- tion and the notorety which he has thereby acqui- rcd. Few men can so quickly create sensation in community, and make to themselves name.- For his bold and astounding strokes of genius, he is scarcely e4ualed by the immortal hero, who in the display of his amazing deXterity at brilliant deeds, fired the temple of Diana. How great the terror which his effusion has spread through the ranks of his foes Truly, men shudder at the h.
 
 presence.
 looked in your paper of last week for his rejoin der to the communications which his first article called forth but found The farmer Is probably possessed of that characteristic of genius -modesty. In surprise at the excitement he has created, he has humbly retired, to blush at the sound of his own praises,' or perhaps, under the conviction that his liberal and lofty sentiments cannot be properly appreciated by the vulgar mass he Is weeping in secret places over the incorrigi- be nfatuation of those who persist Ill their refu- sal of G the good creatures of God"
 Now, Mir Editor, I am on the stump in his cause. Come on you antagonists-here's at you, with all the power of ss reason and revelation"
 As the example of Christ has been made the ba- sis of an argument by the farmer let unfold that a little more fully That the Saviour made wine is not denied. That he also drank it ordinarily and freely, clearly appears when we remember that 's the Son of man came, eating and drlnklng- and to such extent that the pious and conscien- tious Pharisees, those enlightcd guardians of the public morals, found occasion to exclaim against him, as ss gluttonous man and urine 6iJbeT."
 His habits with regard to his drink, may also be inferred from the fact that Lt once in all his life, have we any record of his calling for scater, the daily beverage of your modern temperance men, When excessively thirsty and wearied in his iour- ney, he sat upon the we'll of Samaria--no other beverage being then at hand he did for once try to endure little water. Add to this that he never was known to refuse 1CiRe but once. When in his last suferings, he did for reject the offer oft; probably because if was then '' mingled with myrrh" which destroyed its true relish, and made 1t bitter and unpalatable.
 Now the example of Christ, so far as it goes to countenance me in the enjoyment of the pleasures of wine, is very precious in my view: however little regard Ihave for his example m other respects
 But your temperance men refer to certain pre- ePts by which the use of wine and strong drink IS