Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-11-13

OF CALIFORNIA.

wrn wlat majority would franklin Pierce
hare been overwhelmed, had he been nominated in
stead of Mr. BUCHANAN; and how hardly has the lat
ter escaped defeat a,za @
All hail New England! This indeed is proud
hour for ycu; not one of the family missing not
even the mother Of the poor trairor to sink
into oblivion r. .
All hail. New England! A. ono standing upon an
overlooking hill, marks the wide fields enriched by
the current 81 some mighty river. and follows With
bis eye Their Slopes till lost 10 the Distance
% ole to1 tTseks the COURSE 81 education, virtue
and morale. weeping from its fountain source in
New England. through New York. Ohio, and all the
Northern States save three. o glorious triumph Of
principles o grand expression Of devotion TO The
Constitution ever glorious New. England! All
hail all hail!
The battle has now commenced, and in defeat We
victorious; and for the contest to end. only
when the North can take an equal footing in Con-
gross with the negro-owner. What is in the future,
we learn from past experience. And when, since
Adams fall, was man found forsaking his own in
terest! Is it not reasonable to suppose the South
will stand by hers! With majority in both Hous-
o., and Southern President, and he, too, OF most
vaseillating character will she not most assuredly
push forward her institutions, and carry every reso
luton which shall fostcr and serve to Perpetuate
servitude
The Mott must submit for time 1! still she will
make no effort to dissolve the Union, nor initiate
the vaporish language of the South. Calmly and
with the same dignity she has manifested through
this campaign, will she stand by her affairs, and
watch that the sacred embcrs fmoulder not. e.~.
Yes, to Us, to every man and woman. who loves
these New England hills, who loves these churches
and school dstricts-who loves these firesides, and
Thanksgiving and Christmas fcstiyals-eomes the
order, =" Stand or your orm' ~! One question alone
must hereafter engross you and with the prayer OF
the morning. and the petition OF the evening. with
the labor of the weekday and the reposc OF the Sab
bath. must It be mingled.
The question Is, The End 81 Slave Extension, and
the Perpctuity Of the present Laws prohibiting
Slave Importation, the Right OF Free speech, and
the Abolition Of Slavery in the District Of Columbia
All Of these rights the South now denies us; and
arrogant and full of usurpaton, the laurels Of vic
tory resting upon her brow. She hates us she
hates our Institutions! she openly avowa this ha-
tired, and that too with the most insulting and vi
tuperous language! As one looks back upon the
course Of the Republican party, speaking through
its organs. and notes the calm. courteous and nrgu
,ncntative Language sse has manifested. and con-
trasts II with tho low scur,ility of the Southern
Press, he sickons with disgust But overlooking all
its ribald,y. there arises disgust more supreme
the thought of the bathrooms, who, cringing at The
heel of Slavcy, threw away their souls, and forgot
that they were mcn-foreot that they were sucked
ut the breast of free woman-forgot that they had
/. h,md lourbt birth right. and were frccrncn by
right IF -. holy ,nt.rpositiou. whose priests had
passed into the skies
yc. W. must stand by cur arms! No longer
mus, the offices bc given to the most capable men
If the town county. or STATE. unless those men are
the ayowed ouponcuts Of Slavery Extension. The
influence Of the village hayward may turn one vote
and that vote change the in Congress-
and in the Selection of Candidates for Congress- they
alone must be put forward, who arc physically NOR
ally and mentally Enthusiastically, to meet men,
tai conflict with the southron--moraIly to oppose
his :n:idelty-and physically to meet fatigue, and
Be equal to sitting in Congrtss forty.eight hours
without food. CRYING out, Question, Question
Cool and courageous, they must 60 armed to
wasbington--a and unless they are men equal to any
pcrsonal encounter, they must not bs nominated