Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-10-15
local Pride.

The love OF Home and Country is a senti-
ment as beautiful as it is universal What
ever diyersities may existin different races
Of men. however they may differ in their in
tellcctual capacities and culture, or however
attractive Or torbidding the scenes and Cir
cumstances by which they may be surround
ed--there will be found. to exist the same
instructive love and yeneratron for the To-
calilies amidst which their childhood and
youth were passed. Even the rude Lap
lander loves his country, and abors to per-
suade himself and others that his rocky and
icy shores and snow crowned SUBMITS are
the very garden Of the world The Irish
man, "fresh from the bog" whence he had
fed the ghost of Famine and Oppression
will feel his pride and patriotism aroused by
any comparison between his native and
his adopted land, which does not place green
Erin "a we bit ahead" How the world
wide fame Of Scutland'S patriotism has
gone abroad,
Like seeds upon the far winds sown -
till Tie feelings and sentiments which have
been embodied in The songs Of Burns and the
of Scott have made elias sic every
hrac, and loch, and hill, and Ee,Lcr Of SEQ
tia, wherever the Anglo Saxon language is
spoken.
We are slow 10 believe that the natives of
New England have less Of the true Lone
spirit than the people Of other parts of the
world Indeed, we would tain hope and be,
lieve that they possess that spirit in an EN-,
inent degree. Certain are We, that where
yer they 60 thy send back the carricr-doves
of thought and feeling TO the rough hill
sides and quiet valleys OF their birthland.
Some of the most touching and eloquent pas
Sagcs Of poetry and oratory which can be
found in this Or any other language, have
been given to the world by the truant chill
dren of New England in aposlrophes to or
Of the scenes, and home, and
Eiireside friends" Of the
Gland of the forest and the rock
Ofdark blue lake and mighty river"
And yet, strange to say, as people we are
too truly characterized as the greatest ROGERS
in the world. Pioneers in the ''march of
mind''- adjoining the protounds of philoso-
ply and science "deeper than plp9met ever
sonnded' before-intent on finding the ken
Cor it may be in "picking the loclz'') to all
mystercs-So they ar as really frt and
foremost in every scheme of emigration, and
in every place where enterprise or adventure
may lead. In our view this restless. roam
ing spirit in our people ought not to be
commended. The causes which drove our
forefathcrs from their homes over the ocean,
and whichare constantly draining the coun-
tries of Europe Of their population, do not
exist here. The sons of New England who
are leaving her by thousands every year. 90
from a land of freedom, a land of education,
a land of plenty, land of privileges, of
pleasant homes, of bright, happy faces, and
warm hearted friendships. And wha, do
they set in exchsnge for all? Lurcd by a
Wild s. irit of speculation or by the mere TO.
nance of adventure, they barter all these for
few hundred acres of wild lane, and a log
cabin in the wilderness Or on the prairie,-
away from schools, churches. neighbors,
f.ienlS; where Fever and Ague are "kings
among men," and the frogs sing all the year
rlunl,
We have before urged upon our readers
the disturbances of cuhiroting the home
fceling-of fostering spirit of local pride
The people of Litchfeld County have GER
tainly much which they may reasonably b.
proud of. Renowned OF Old for the intelli
gence and "sleady habits" of its population
as well as for its schools and seminasies o