Litchfield enquirer., 1856-11-27

but e wise Pro- = 6hoaId rcflH1t mo
ness and violence of few, to TEAR away from the
Conssitution the safeguards Of freedom upheld BY
law leaxing only the forms of free government in
place Of the substance, which have fondiy hoped
obtained il is not for us now here to say what
shall then BE- done. For myself personally, am.
perhaps. known n most of You as peaceable citi-
zen, reasonably Conservative dcvotcdly attached to
the Constitution and much too fr advanced in Life
for gasconasle; but under present circumstances,
may be parlened for SAYING that some of my faith
ers blood was shed on Bunker's Hill, at the COM
mencement of our Revolution. and thai there is little
ef the sort l sa0add prore necessary for
bssMssinge Of aaother.'
VS. trust our fair correspondent will pardon as for
not giving her article place in our columns last
week Thanksgiving coming on Thursday, COM
PEELED us to put our Paper to press hours eari-
err than the usaal time.-Ea Eaqairer.
e. For the Eaqalan
Il has been said that woman has no right to med
die in politics, and that she always makes herself
ridiculous whenever she attempts to express an
opinion on subject supposed to be above her COM
mind is as muddy the waters of his own canals,
and capable of being elevated as his native flats
or an Irshnan just from the pcat-bogs of Ireland,
after sojourn # few months in the land of Wash
ingtun, is thought competent to decide upon the
merits of rival candidates. and help to solve the
problem of American destiny; but cultivated
New England woman if she attempts to raise her
voice even in the domestic circle, or at the social
board in behalf of human rights darcs to enter
tain opinions upon the great moral questions of the
day. accused of stepping out Of her proper sphere
of action and OF tran sforming herself into poll
tician. We are no advocate of Woman's Rights
conventions and all til train of kindred absurdites
but persons who speak of women nonentities for
get that to mothers belong the early training Of
statesmen, and to wives the task of sympathizing
with, and stimulating every manly effort, every
heroic deed Such critics would confines clergyman
pen to period prior to the times of Abraham, and
if he dares to apply Christs doctrines to the vices
and sins of day, he is branded base politician
andhis teachings pronounced sacrilcyous. 1t belongs
to the progressive civilization of the nineteenth
century to discard the old-fashioncd virtue of pro-
tccting female helpessness and to discover that the
timc-honored Declaration of Independence is "a
string OF glittering generalities.
To Litchfeld Hill is reserved the distinction of
wantonly insulting the abode of helpless invalid
On Friday evening heavily loaded cannon was
dragged in front of Mrs. Goodwins house and dis
charged, breaking at the first crash ninety one win
dow panes dashing in sashes and frghtfully shatter
ing the nerves OF poor sufferer who had been for
months confined to her bed. Not content with the
havoc of the first fire, Che chivalry of Iitchfed
brothers in spirit, and in arms of Brooks again
gave vent to their democratic exultaton in another
shot These ladies received this visit because I'M
fortunately they related to an editor, known to
be absent and who supposed that he could leave
his widowed mother to the care of her daughter in
good old Iitchfeld without having her house desc
GRATED, her couh EXPOSED to The blasts of Novem-
Der night, AID Ter pillow strcwn with fragments of
broken glass.
Having hal, OH several occasions, suitable tnai,i-
festations of joy at the election of their candidate
ut an appropriate place the common we had
hoped that the democracy would tire of such noisy
demonstrations but. no, the "loud babbling gum
must be taken away from the oyershadowng pres
cnce of the tall hickory the green and not even
the pure precincts of the other pole farther west and
the conscnal atmosphere Of the place could tempt
these v,orous gentlemen away. We should have
Thought that the Office and printing apparatus of
our ed1or would have been more suitable objects of
resentment for these WORTHLESS than the home of a
sick lady, but they cmulous of the glorious deeds of
their brothers of Kansas aspire to make Litchfeld
equally memorable, and every woman, bereft for
time of the protection of husban1 father or brother
may expect to ha re her windows broken, and her
rest disturbed. whenever the tidings reaches the
mob that slavc-gang has been driven into Kansas,
Or slip-load of African chattels safely landed in
Culn
1t has been urged, in paliaton of this deed, that
it was done rs an especial compliment to of these
ladies' because some of the pungent wit, and :" soft
feminine touches of certain editorials described
to her pen reminding forcibiy of the Napoleonc
she couh write such scu.stirrng strains for liberty
We feel oursclf sofcly frightened after proceeding
far, to think of what may befall for vcnturing
to express opinion upon the recent outrage, but
we appeal 10 the sympathies and nagnanimity Of
man, our natural guardian, to know if such things
privilege O: voting, of speaking in public, of
expressing sentiments by the freside, If it Is not
the good pleasure of masters to permit it, but
we beseech them to spare the sanctty of the sick
chamber and of the death-bed. v.
ktchfield Nov. 18th.
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