Litchfield enquirer., 1858-02-18
GBe Gittgfelo Gllqlua. 1d.cbheld. sonn Thursday, Feb. 1e, zass
THE MORALS OF LITcHF1ELD.

The public whose servants are, are interesfe i, t,ovny the truth ah,ut this matter We pub isl, both sides and if there is anything fa'se ID a. lcsation or ,snuation on either sa, do let Us and the public know it.
 The first communication is obviously, from style. signature and handwriting. by lady.
 fArcnrrEIn, Fet.sary7. 1858
 Mn EDrroR As your columns are open for dis cission we wish to say few words on the subject introduced by your ccrfespondst '' HuLsat C" There several shops ssssr tic Court House where drinkenness ;s encouraged A few rods west or the Court House is groggery (not grocery the huld- ing h.s been recently fitted up to accommodate d,unkntslx genteelly It is kept by who is seeking l., make himself rcE by manufactur- ing drunkards He seems to b. accomplishing his ubjsct rapidly, if we may judge from tue number of g.sni plan t., get np subscription md purchase sign for this groggery let 1t read thus Drunk ards Saloo0n or
 Drunkards Manufactured Here,
 ~ With Cider Ale and Beer
 We are astonshed that respectable ladies vi l be seen crossing the r.'hold of ,.tfs s' o , or any other of the kind 10 purchase any 1T cle Gentleneu In this village ali seem to be asl el' oa this subject, and wolnen ought to be allowed the privilege of speaking, while this ltthargy con tinues. @-t. 4 WoaAx
 That last suggestion is right and good, and wo: manly ;--if tue facts are 50. Now hear the other side . -s-
 MR. EDiToR ln yonr last weeks paper ap- pe Ts a communication from West Cornwall si2n- ssi .. Housatonac", in which the writer attempi- {" thsow many severe aspersions on fhe goodiy tawa of l.itch6p!d. II is ine he d"as it in the si,aee of questions. But then we know thai lhs is sometimes thr strongest method tf u!terlng ot ,td..ro ouot ,f,fir and vi Jt. nal tu:D
 When read that coutnunicalion. ::id to my self, .. Thai fellow will get, answer: the peo- ple cf Litchfeld Hill. and especially our worthy 'mapisiraics.' will not suff-r such slarderous i'm puts.ions to go unrebuked." Accordingly looked forward with good deal oi impAtience 10 the next issue. h has now arrived. aud have looked 1, through and through, and no. one word do find in vindicatfon of my own native town. And is it- 50, that no one can be found, net even ou! q mag is,rates." to open his mouth In, reply 10 80 foul siaud~ri or do they, in imitation ef Ither and lester men, throw themselves On their reserved rights, and refuse to he catechiss the subject. know not ~htther have right 10 speak, not hripg of the .. magistrates" or belonging in ,he village" But lest Housatonac" should -cohstIue silenre into admission of the truth of Ais implied charges. al the risk of bsng thought xdfcions will proceed to aaswrr his questions, iT the Yankee method of asking others.
 And first does i.a not know that our village is celebrated all over fhe County for it's strict ob xprvance nf ts Law and Order !' Does he not knjw Una. 4we have Court Hnusr. where The laws are siernly and riaidly enfefr-d and that jnst across the street stands the Jail hnj Work hrusc. where the violators of law closely in- earcerated Does he not know that hs-e are srhoos and ssniIaries of learning. IS well houses of religious worship, ali cacula;cd1o ele va,e the standatd of public mora.s. and to frown down all vio attons af Insrai;ty apd yiHnet and i commended from tigh sources, fyr its thigh tons of morals !'s :-.-f
 And above all, land here is the "unkindest cut of ll,'t4ees ndt q liousatonac' know that for several years pas, this tow n has been governed by magistrates' of the ppre Demecratic siamp who are sworn to see lhe laws faithfully execu,- -d! Had our officers belonged to the j" Black Republican" or '' Abolition" ranks, we could nave borne it, but to have these insinua,ions thrown out against cur Dmocraiic magistrates ;s too much o iempora! o n,ores! to think that oHfs fstown and is officers are to be thus ' cat ha,iied" saad held up U public gaze, just becanss ,asir doings don't happen to square with the no- ,ious of " Housatouie" or some other irresponsi- ble scribbleri M0uNr ToM.
 |. .Ilousatonic.s" series of questions has brought down up.n him also tbe following editorial re- bake from the Waterbury Journal published in nsiglboring county Tho editor Of that paper is indignant that people in other towns should netl- de with the business, and disputes and domestic institutions' of Litchfeld.
 An anonymous scrhhler of the L.chield En- quirrr indnlees himself in some very general in- sinuations aginst the morals of Litchfi-ld Hill, aud seems to think the friends of Law and Order ID West Cornwall might effect salntary work of reform there. if they were only permitted to do far others what they have noby and self-sacr- 6cingly done for themselves. It is~pecnliarly characteristic of certain class of reformers, and the writer, wh0 seeks 10 pass himself off res- idsnt of West Cornwall. is by no means an excep. ton othe general remark, the moment they have lsfesmed, or more properly, fancy they have re- f .rmrd themselves, Ia set themselves pilanthrop. :iraily at work to refofn others. Not satisfied with getting the beam out of their own eyes, they seem to think it their own peculiar province to in- spect the notes tha, obscure theiI neighbor's wis. iea and if sey are not permitted to eradicate ihem, in their own oficioass and inermeddIinp way the pillars which pruP shs moral universe mnat iinmediately come tumbling over our heads 10 allay ther--virtuous indignation! s
 There is pertinent old adage which we nigh, repeat for ihe benefit of the EuquiIer's conespon- dcnt; ;-'. If you have performed an act of grea, and intriorous virtue yourself conceal i,; for, il ynnruhlish it, yon will aetssr be believed here, or.rewsrded hereaftes"
 There We guess the West Cornwall folks will tnd that if tke Litchfeld people have n't pluck ciough thelnselyes to keep other towns from med. ding with their afairs, there is gentleman in Waterbury that will do it fer them. < Hoasaton- ae, as the fellow calls himself, had better apolo- gi1e te the editor of the Waterbury Journal.
 One remark ought to be made on the ccmmunf ;. cation of Mount Tom in justice to the magis tratss', of the town.
 The officers 10 whom the blame attaches when notorious cIiaas exists in any community undis- turbsd by any effort to bring it to justice pri mariiy the Grand Jurors.
 Here are the duties of Grand Jurors, defined by