Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-11-26

A4oN I'VE Objects, az TIC ttSau VI "baCu "tduuS
sthGippms of one of OUT excellent and dis
fipenis6el, citizens. We. are confident Of
your approval aud Of our complete and tri'
i9mpNant success. .-.
"a NEhigs of Connecticut! the approaching
.4eieetioa is one of unusual importance. Join
:Your fellow Wings throughout these States,
yInfescuing the country from folly and mis-
rkUae.lo That country summons every patriot
10 actions. not TO q war ofc9nquest, Of clio.
.eY.or slavery-but for deliyerance, for the
security Of freemen and for the labor OF
.4eeemen. $3.50 ,..,........-,
ssseNot a few Of those who aided 10 elevate
st1sis administration are sensible oftheir' Ell
sror, and are abandoning it, wirh disgust
They see the deception practised upon their
unsuspec:ing confidence, and behold the ty-
/, Fanny of executive usurpation.
-v The Administration, careless Of the inter-
est of their own country, prefer the interests
!, of another and when they can DO no more
b. legislative enactments, they summon US to
arsnsto overrun and plumber neighboring
republic. Too wise to ask council, too the
7oreticaksaregard experience, they seem deaf
to the entresties of their countrymen. They
use the power entrusted with them, to under
mine our institutions, depress labor, distract
capital, End to fostefa spirit OF war. They
are extending the areaOf slavery, and enlar-
,ging the limits Of the Union, until by its
vastness, its various and conflicting inter-
ests, and its dissimilar and unenlightened
population, it will, ere long, be dismemher-
ed or lose its republican form. Indeed we
know not ,chot or ,ohere our country is. 1t
may, next year, embrace all OF North A
america,' and ere long, all Of South America
and Cuba. What are the limits? And af-
ter what has been done, what may we not
EXPECT if the South demand ii. We here
solemnly declare to you, fellow citizens, that
the country is greatly endangered, and the
conference of the Constitution and Union
essentially impaired. If our army, flushed
with victory, does not return TO sustain
some ambitious chieftain in shemes Of per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT, it will not be because
of any safeguards left in the Constitution.
Hitherto the Wings have had only to
forewarn, for by the eloquence and efforts of
their leading men in Congress, they have
saved the country from radical men and
radical measures. This they would still
have done, had it not been for the annexa-
ton of Texas. But alas the evil day has
come, and the policy, SO much dreaded, and
so oft prevented, is for time, fixed upon
as = Fs--t, .tFa-s, it..F .a.#' .@f
Behold the Sub Treasury, dug out OF the
ruins of fallen administration! Its chief
object is to destroy State Banks aud expel
their money from circulation introduce
a federal currency, which would end in de-
precialed government paper, or vast gov.
ernment bank; while its actual effects will
be TO distract business, bankrupt merchants,
and bury its advocates beneath their folly.
Radical democrats insist that all piper
money in the States is unconstitutional,
and all credit and all extensive business
whatever, unwise; and these are the men
who would fain establish for this vast and
active country, at thisl day, an exclusive
metallic currency, 1t was to be hoped
such puerility would not be attempted again
after the signal rebuke of 1910. But we are
disappointed, The democratic convention
at Baltimore decreed that the snb-treasury
should be restored, and not man of the
party has dared to resist.
Nert, the repeal of the Tariff, and, as far
asthe administration is concerned, upon the
ground that there is no po,oer in the Nation
al Government to regulate foreign commerce
30 as especially to favor the industry of the
country. by Improvements in navigation
we ara brought, as it were, in sight of the
workshops of Birmingham and Manches-
Ter. and hear the sound Of their hammers
soS moving with increased activity, since
to them is secured the American market.
President Polk in his message says there is
no such power in the Constitution, MI.
Walker says there is none, and the British
Parliament respond there ought to be none.
Fellow Wings, this libel on the Constitu-
ton. Without such a power, and such q
purpose too, that instrument had not been
framed. AS the sons Of men who were
most conspicuous in originating the con-
yentiou that framed the Constitution, and
in the first Congress, which developed this
cherished principle, we will not submit to
the denial and prescription. Of its greatest
excellence. sd" "a 31su-1''.t t' 'f.ll
THE, Annexation Of Texas, il so for as il
respects Mexico, an act Of violence and
outrage without precedent in Modern
times, unless it be the partition Of Poland
,by Russia, Prussia and Austria. Theact
has been held to be one of dishonor in
those powers, by the rest OF Christendom.
We lie under like reproach. Annexa-
ton has been followed by war-bloody
war; j. u0 pt0iuS Va nnOAiSV 0tO AHSu
with armies and red stained banners.
Div IN follows division under accom-
pill 4 generals. Gallant soldiers rush
to- ngsr and TO death. Blood flows free
ly& a the shrieks of terror and massa-
.CN u the lands Can heaven approve
lh i is estimated that it costs the Uni
IL dates two millions of dollars every
v * to prosecute the war : Is this 10
auer a peace from a dangerous foe
i to defend our borders from threaten
! invasion! Is it for the glory Of arms
a II in truth TO obtain a few millions of
money due from Mexico, which, by the
devastation of war,5 she is made doubly
unable 10 pay! Mono. i is for, The
aaequsiiion Of Territory. and thereby TO es-
faSlfsli Southern prepondefance in the
goyesnmeat. 80 1t is 10 nourish and extend
lhs roots of slavery, and TO raise barri-
er around il WHICH no time or effect can
surmount. While we honor the brave
sriet, who, fighting at the command Of the
Executive, have shed new lastre upon our
arms. we fear not q few Of QUIZ countrys