Litchfield enquirer., 1849-09-27
-Four YearS,-OurselYeS.

/ -Four Years. Ourselves.
i With our next number, we commence
upon our fifth year as editor and publish
er CT the " Enquirer" To us, these
| years have passed pleasantly but SO feet
| ly that our recollection Of their events is
! like that Of 81 tale soon told" like a
| dream when one awakes"-1ike mete-
or that flashed through the morning twi>
! light. Yet this brief lapse of time has
teemed with great results in our own,
our ceuntry's and the worlds history.
Our nation has written in blood" an
other page in her career of conquest and
glory I'VE have conquered weak and
ignoble neighbor, and robbed her Of
thousand leagues of territory. In the
| overthrow of the party which plunged
us into that war, through the agency Of
one whom the sOar itself brought Dronsi-
| nently before the country, Mr.. Read may
! fad materials for an additional chapter
illustrative of "the hand Of God in histo-
/ y." Four years ago, the nation was
grooming and busbing for very shame,
under the naisrule of these who had sto-
len into power by false professions of
democracy and during that period,
the people have risen in their strength,
thrown off the incubus that was paraly-
zing them, and are now standing up in
the dignity Of freemea.
Within that brief period, also, the he
reditary despotisn Of France has been
destroyed--the King and his Cabinet
hunted like beasts of prey by an infuria-
ted populace. And now grandson Of
the divorced Josephine is the President
Of the so'called Republic of France! Is
there net in this fact, taken in connection
with the vel! known history Of the separ~
alton of Napolean and Josephine clear
indication Of an overriding and aTenging
Providence? Tho Pope Of Rome has,
in the mean time, been dethroned and
driven from the ''eterual city" by the Ro-
manist themselves; and though the
French have attempted to reinstate His
Holiness, he is nevertheless forever shom
Of his despotic sovereignty.
Hungary has gloriously fought and
fallen in defence Of Liberty-the Repub-
lie of Liberia has been established, and
its independence recognized throughout
the civilized world-the miserable Re
public Of Hayti has become extinct, and
its infatuated populace are even now re-
ieicing over the coronation Of their new
Emperor, and eagerly grasping at the
empty titles Of nobility.
TAese are some of the great events
which have characterized the feur years
that are now closing upon US. As in
a more limited sphere. might be men.
toned the deaths Of many. whose depar-
ture has created weld in the circles Of
affection or in the hearts Of the people,
In peace and in war. the Arrows Of the
Destroyer have pierced the heart Of ma
ny a noble victim. Personally, zoe have.
been stricken" not only in the less OF
parents. loving and veil beloved, but in.
the untimely death Of friends with whom
We have daily mingled in sweet converse,
in business, politics. and general inter.
course. @ gp.A
+ AS the conductor Of public, Journal,
we do not fiatter ourselves that We have
committed no errors. or that we have
gissn ssaivsrsas satisfaction. Older and
Wiesr hsads than ours have failed in skas
aiAemrk and We hsveaOt the prssamp-T
tina sssatp syk We haseAad. how-
ever nany gratifying indicatiOas Of
l pablo fassr. The gradual Increase Of
the permanent circulation Of our paper,
is to Us at least source sofaeongratula-
ton and .thaakfulness and I'VE shall in
the future still more earnestly strive to
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