Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1847-03-18

H.r ,o mainia.n him --i0r ms loe, vampire
q. re- - hau,tcd his veins. Famine comes
10, M, Ike brave enrng, sioruiing, by sud
L. ,,,,.st. the fortress that ressts-FamIne be-
Ns'' lie draws his line around the doomed
,,,,s,,--he cuts of all supplies-!le never
,',,,,,,,.. TO surrender Tor he gives no quarter.
AI,st for poor human nature, how can u Sus-
lam his icatlul warfare! Day by day the
hI',"d .d,.--the flesh deserls-the muscles
relax, and the sinews grow Powerless.
last the mind, which at hrst had bravely ner-
yeJ ;t.rl, for the contest, gives way under the
mysterious Influences which govern ITS union
Min the body. Then he begins TO doubt the
existence Of an overruling ProvIdence--he
mates MS fellow men, and glares upon them
with the longings OF a cannIbal, and, 1t may
be, dies biaspheMing.
Who will hesitate to give his mite to avert
such awful results Surely not you, crlilZens
%, New O,leahS, ever famed fer your deeds Of
olbeneyol,nce and charity. Freely have your
hearts and purses opened, heretofore, to the
ca Of suffering humanity. Nooly did you res
pend TO OBJ r. ,ed Greece and struggling Poland
within Erln's borders IS an enemy more cru
ell than the TuIk-mOretyranlcalt than the Rus
sian. Bread is the only weapon that can con-
oueI him, Let US then load SHIPS win THIS
glorious muntion, and in the name OF our COM
on humanity. wage war against the despot fans
inc. Let US in Gods name, least cur bread
upon the waters and II we are Selhsh enough
| ~ desire it, we may recollectthe promise, that
| it shall return to US after many DAYS.
| ICbanevolence be not sufficient incentive
TO action, we should be generous from common
dsrencv.-f,r cut OF this famine we are adding
millions to our fortunes. Every article OF food
| of which we have a superabuadance, has been
doubled in value, by the very distress we are
now called upon to alleviate. We cannot do
less in common honesty, than to divide among
the starving poor of Ireland portion OF the
| gains we are making out Of their misfortunes.
eve then, generously and freely. Recol!ect
that, in so doing you are exercising enc OF me
most God-like qualities Of your nature, and at
| the same time enjoying one Of the greatest lux
uries Of life. We ought to thank our Maker
that he has permitted us to exercise equally
with himself that noblest of even the DIVINE at
| tributes, benevolence. Go home and LOOK al
your family. smiling in rosy health, ana men
think ofthe pale, famine-pinched cheeks OF me
poor children Of Ireland-and know you Will
give, according to your store, even as a oouh-
t;ful Providence has given to you-not grudg-
inglv. but with an open hand-for the quality
ofbenevolence, like that ofmercy,
els not strained,
1t drOppetn ike ine Sehtle al" ''V.''
Upon the place beneath-lt is twice oessed'
1t blesses him that gives, and him that takes .
IT'S said that in tropical climes lovely
flower sometimes springs from the ruined and
withered trunk Of tree blasted from Heaven;
tenderer and deare, is that flower to those who
look upon it, and observein its o,rening petals
the signs Of a premature decay. which it caught
from the source OF its existence and may we
nat a,rlv in that beauteous fancy Of the poet,
the Angels whisper to the sleeIing babe, and
assume that it is telling it Of this hounteous
land; OF the love and charity OF its people, the
rich productions OF it teemlng valleys, waited
on the internal waters Of the country to the
mighty marts OF commerce-that il whispers
too, of noble and generous souls collected here
Tonight to chase that haggard hunger from the
weeping mothers Of poor old Ireland. Then
it win b. realized in fact as we'll as fancy, that
each of them may
While closely caressing.
Her child with blessing.
Say, knew that the Angels were whisper
ing to thee"