Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-30
dgt Eaf9ftlS GaqlInlr.
FOR PRESIDENT.
JOHN G. FREMONT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM L. DAYTON.

LILLIAN j. DAYTON.
ERx frcn this press shall again b issued paper
win have l~~b fought bsftls, tl,s Importance Of
which 10 Waterloo OF Yorktown outshsdcws. The
subject which Rome discussed which died the hand
of viginins in his daughters blond-the subject
which EaslAnd discussed, aEd whsch cost England
Inonarch's Efe-the subject which Ireland. ltaIe,
Poland and Hungary have discussed, and tiossa the
soil with blood regarding. u the one to-day befr.
this natien the whole world looking for the result
with trembling anxiety. sssi sr
This ia the last opportunity acighlors. brothers,
now to speak with earnestness We should feel tbro
life, that We had committed sin for which NO
atonement could be offered.
Over seventy years have passed since the discus
sion of slavery extension into the territories has
tated this land Toquiet the clamor of one portion,
the other has yielded step BY step. trusting each
time, the subject was finally to be dismissed, and
justice to their chldren-quelling forever the dis
cussion Of matter which had been a of fear
and excitement, during their entire lives.
Our fathers were honest in this much as VIC now
regret their tinidity in the matter of Southern
threats, willingly yield them the belief that they
acted from principle. They erred in judgment, how
ever. Shall VIC do likewise Shall we be instru-
mental, by the threats Of portion of this country.
to dissolve the Union between US /. Shall we leave,
to trouble and excite the children who are to ELL our
places, subject so full of explosive clements as
slavery extension, when it is now easily to- be
settled!
Slavery is already in Kansas. An election, return
ing pro slavery member of Congress, has already
taken pl.cc-she, Kansas, has been refused aimis-
sion into the Union free State. These are glar-
ing facts. If every story Of rapine and murder VIC
have heard, we're untrue. these remain Sufficient
denee Of the extension of the slave power and suf
ficc,t susc to arouse any thinking man to visor-
ous, decided action. We seek to disturb guaran-
tied rights of slavery. We seek to repeal no laws
affecting her property in slaves, within the limits
wherein they belong. We seek to give no negro
,nildcr code Of laws-Wc seek alone to defend our
rights, and to sustain the principles which have
been Insufficient for the Unions safety for sixty
years. -. 5es..stF
Seven years ago, neighbors, there not an acre
of soil within the national domain, from which sla-
very not excluded. Now, there is not an acre
within the same bounds. which Congress has not
opened to slaves. 1t has abrogated the old COM
promises and thus the whole of the territories have
been lost to freedom by the legislation of the last
sexen years Think of these truths Think how
your vote next week. will go either to perpctuatc
laws entirely in opposition to the express wishes and
acts of the Founder of the Republic. o. to restore
the principles uLder which the Union has stood so
long. Arc You wiser in this your generation, than
they who framed the glorious Constitution
Then why seek to overthrow It. Why tear
down the old, and revcrcd, and time-worn bounds
merely to GRITTY few ambitious politi-
clans Has not the carrying out of the principles
of the Constitution thus far been well for the land
WHY then are you dissatisfied. What better laws
do VIC require What extension Of privileges far
Their, We have equal rights with the South in the
territories and in the Government! Then why re-
Iinquish these rights. What is to be gained =
Nothing! And what is to be the result of voting
away your privilegcs' Simply an extension of
few months or years of subject which must. if not
QUICKLY mastered, 01SsOlve OniCH IL ulSiifiioH
ever comes it will come from the North. Insuited,
goadcd. driven to the wall. shc will at length turn
upon her pursuers, and rend them. Brothers, will
you hasten this day! viii you, for the sake of a
party name give up your rights. and bring down
upon your children, curse SO direful! Come out.
them like patriots like liberty, union loving citi
zens, and vote for Republican lcader-votc for Re-
publican principles. Re men oh be men!
Old Lltchfield Looking Up!
1t is neither to be denied disguised that since
the dscontinuance of the Law School and of the Fec
male Seminary thers hos been certain degree OF
decline in the interests Of our Village It docs not
follow indeed because these events first in the
order Of time that therefore they have been alto
gethcr and entirely the cause of what has come az
ter. There have been other causes to affect injur-
ous!y our growth and prosperity. obvious not
to need mention. And yet We think that few would
care to deny that the disappearance of these two IA
nous Institutions from amongst us. has had some
effect at least. upon our welfare. Besides the mere
addition Of numbers which they brought to our pop
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