Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-06-16

han the granite 0l her etesNet hthSs AS@m
Vhurd tine, did she show her sn,rn in l69S,
when Govern"r Fie'c'er. the Kings chei
ia I,slra,e OT New Y"rk, coming Z" de-
n and the control 0f her m'hIia, was literal
y hunIcd aud dcWmmed onI nT the limits "i
he town al Harlf'rd. Thus our STATE
went into tie RevnlWIiOn under peculiar
advantages. Her civil OrIaR'zI,mn by
nwnships. each one a little self supporting |
wei dSci, Ilined ciI'zen suI |
lierv, the hest bulwark "f Grrrdu,lI, M |
Rnvai Goverunr to eject, nor Court iE>
iueEce To dsiracI--all fiued her Ia await !!
The CRISIS,
Firm "a rock Oi the ocean that braves.
A Thousand wild waves ON the shore.
Why is il, said The author nf the crisis.
&c that the enemy have left New England,
aud made these Middle States the seat al
War. Because New England is nut in-
fr<i,d hv tories, aud we are" Aud pre-.
may this be sand IN relation to
Connecticut. Her people met Tue shock
II one united phaIaLx with the clergy u,
heir head, who while they irrvemrly prayed
nr help ,o the G"d uf their fathers, I"nk
gnod care IO deserve the AID Of Providence
w sending every fencibIe man into The
,rmy and making the pnIpis rrsound with
,he stirring rxhnrIaIinn, he strong,
that We be no, servants, qni' yourselves like
men, and fight" Her sous were preSrm,
W every field OC contest from Bunker Hill
Yorktown. She took from the enemy
At T,conde r"0a, tie cannon which drove
him out ui Boston, aud Numbered aHalns,
Ms lines during the whole course Of tie
war. Ia l777. Lord CORVALLIS declared
that "Snu,h Carolina a conquered prov.
,nce," while none Of the royal Generals
ever spoke OF Connecticut in their dispa ich-
es. save" as an impndent huZZnG nes',
of rebel hornets" Thirty one thousand
six hundred men d d she furnish to the
Continental army. mnre nv five thousand
than either New York, or Pennsylvania. ar
Virginia while the c"ntribn,i"n Of money.
clOihlnJ, aud provisions, were tf possible,
in sill larger aud more generous propur>
ton.
But the striking fact in her revolntlnna>
ry annals is that which in part, has gwen
rise tn The resolution before the House.
Although the enemy occupied the States
south Of us at their leisure during the
whole course Of The war, though their
feet in the port Of New York, for seven
long wears, had full possession al the
Sound. aud one hundred miles of the coast,
lay perfectly exposed, We, the enemy made
but three plnnder'ny excursions upon our
territory, and in each ni the three they
ran back to their loats, like beaten p
rates, much faster than they marched in,
tn the country. The won en- of C"Dnrc.
licu,, like those Of Sparta, never saw the
smoke nf an enemies camp. IL WAS in one
&c these predatory expeditions, To Dan
bury in l777, that The veteran NnoSIer-
in ha'irg back the force, received mortal
w0. nj and
Sunk to rest,
In all his counrry's wishes hlest.'
lie was born in Slra;inrd in l7lO and
was lineaIly descended from that mighty
generation, who ~ old EnLand ST:
their loot upon the neck nf their King,
and rrampled the Anglo Norman Ar'soc
racv into the dust IN II scn.e of well fought
battle fields and in New England ind
deep and s'r"nH upon the basis oI L,her'y,
c,v,l and religious, the firm foundations Of
the Model Republic Of lie world. He
was a graduate nf Yale, that nnrsing
mother "fso many ofihe illustrous names
OF our PAST history, and embracing in ear
| ly life a military career, he served III"
| Slme. with distinguished reputation
throughout the proiracIed struggle which
drove the arms of France from the
American Continent. Attire outbreak oi
the Revnni,"n, he was appointed Il FrIn~
adler in the CONNECTICUT line hv the Cnnll
mental Congress, and senior j,r Gener
aIoi her Militia. by The Slate Legislature,
il WAS IN this latter capacity that he me-,
The force nf the invader with lll!e band
| of volunteers hastily collected, and badly
armed. Throwing hInSrlf ~ the enemies
! track, The grey haired solder aml,nnles his
nen Ia sweep from the soIl of the State
The rnifian mPrcennrIrs who bad dared tu
pollnIe II by their presence. lie calls l."
| Them
To do or die
To strike for iieir affairs and their sires.
God, and their native land
While thus waving his sword, lis white
FAIRS streaming IN the wind, and his voice
s""n:inI above the roar Of bate, the "a
tai bul!el Is sped, aud The veteran Hero
Leaving in battle, M blot on his name,
Looks proudly TO Heaven iron, ll,e death.
bed ul lame
Gormns oOnsumma,ion Of an hOnora DIE
le. A death worthy Of Roman greatness
IN Rorne's best days, aud yer while the
world visits The tomb of The Scpns, NOT u
stone marks The spot where repnse the rec
mains of Wm,sler. He left no child out
The State he defended, aud she must dis
charge The Mos, sacred of all obligations 49,
Az the lnd'an IN passing bv the grave "t
some eminent and distinguished cneiian
of his race, regards i, as holy dulv I"
add stone Ia tie pile 'hat cnvers his res
mans, 80 should each one Of us in " hose
veins runs drop The blood of lha. rev
"lm'iOnary band, bring his lulle tribute nf
'fec'"na'e respect I" aid the ereclion ~!
their monuments. and the cunsecra Iun vi
their memnries. dnub, no, for single
moment IN tins House, the success Of thus
resolution. Al the uhaninm,us ave thar
responds iO it, shall be uttered ~ Ihis Hall.
not only will il meet the response or every
son and daughter in the State, but The
great and the gnnd al former gene lions,
Tie wise statesmen, the learned and pio,,s
tl'viaes, the brave and puirio,lc soldiers
n"w in glory, when they learn this we'll