Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-11-07


elsewhere to beware of tho so-called Union
Meetings." which the special friends oil
: Cass and Dickinson are engaged in getting
up at the Nor'h and West. Under the spe-
cious pretcxt Of love for the Union, the
leaders of The Opposition are cunningly at
work manufacturing capital for their future
candidate for the Presidency. By coupling
the names Of distinguished Wing Senators
with those above mentioned, and with
seeming liberality. calling upon all friends
of the Union, "wilhou' distinction of party"
10 rally at their meetings, they have already
succeeded in drawing out letters and speech>
es from Wings, which we have no doubt
will hereafter be used 10 the ''glori6calion"
! Of the democracy and its candidates. That
such is the real object of the, originators Of
these meetings, has often been made appar>
ent. At late gathering ofthe Committee
of Vigilance appointed at the Union Meet
ing recently held at Castle Garden, New
! York, an open attempt was made to nomin ,
ate State Ticket, with HOratio Seymour.
the democratic nominee for Governor, at its
head. 1t was announced by several persons
who had been most active in Ceiling up the
Meeting, that if this ticket should not be
nominated and effecual steps taken to se>
cure it's election, the main object of the
whole movement, and especially of the
Castle Garden Meeting would be defeat
ed y This view of the case was strongly
urged by the editor of the Journal of Com
merce and other democrats. The orposi>
tioE to the measure, however, was so great
that the mover was compelled to withdraw
his resolution. 1t was stated that the pro-
posed ticket had already been printed and
distributed by thousands through the State,
by order of members of the Committee. The
design, then, was not TO quiet and harmo>
nize the conflicting elements which threats
ened the Union, but. in the language of the
Courier and Enquirer, " simply to furnish
an endorsement of a ticket which half do
zen locofoco wire>pullers had already selec-
ed, and by which they were hoping to de.
eat the election of Washing on Hunt"
We yield to 30 one in sincere devotion
to the Union. We love our country, our
WHOLE country, in spite OF her wrong doing,
in spite oil the "giant curse" entailed upon
her, and in spite of the extreme fanaticism
Of The North and South. The rampant
clustering of the South Carolina 'chivalry,'
and the rawlings Of the Garrisons and Abby
Kellys, will have no effect upon the stabili =
ty of the Union. Still, we do not object to
an organized effort TO counterfeit their in :.
fuence, if people choose to waste their am
munition on such objects. Indeed we
should look upon combination of honor.
able and high minded men, who would take
a position on this subject above the intu-
ence of party, as an omen of good. But
when sthe Unionn is made mere catch
word by which TO build up political fac
tioA, intelligent and honest men should not
be caught by the gllded bait.
We do not and cannot be made to admire
the course of Cass, Dickinson, and Foote,
either upon the slavery question or as pol
iticians generally. They have uniformly
stopped too low in their homage 10 South
ern interests and dictaton, to render them
popular with the freemen of New England.
Yet these are the men who have thus far
received the loudest plaudits at the Union
Meetings-thess are the men who are ex-
tolled as the saviors of the Union! We
do not regard il as any compliment to Clay
and Webster, that their names are placed
in the same catalogue by the managers of
these meetings. They are worthy of better
company.