Litchfield enquirer., 1859-09-01
CIRCULAR OF THE REpUBk1cAN NATIONAL

COMMITTEE.
 The Cincinnati Commsreial has the following ad- dress, dated Albany, Aug. 16:
 The Republican National Committee, at their meeting recently held in this city, issued the following Circular to their Republican friends throughout the Union:
 In the judgement of the undersigned mem- bers of the Republican National Committee, the time has arrived for consultation and pre- liminary action in regard to the approaching struggle, for the presidency, and they beg. therefore, to call your attention to the sugges- tions which follow. The Republican party had its origin in the obvious necessity for rc- sistance to the aggressions to the Slave Pow CT. and maintaining for the States respectively their. reserved rights and sovereignties. In the contest of 1856, by the presentation aud udvocation of the true science of government, it laid the foundation of permanent political organization, although it did not get possess ion of the power to enforce it's principIes.-- When the result adverse to it's efforts and its houes, was declared, it uiaffectedly acqnicsccd giving to the victor for the sake of the c0u,- try, its best wishes for an honest and fair ad- ministration of the Government.
 How far Mir. Buchanan's Administration has realized these wishes is now patent to the world. With the executive power of the Gov ernment in his hands, his Administration has failed in every respect to meet the expectations of the people, and has presented the most hu- initiating spectacle of corruption, extravagancc imbecihty, reckIessness, and broken faith. So apparent is this, even to our opponents, that the so-called Democratic organization, always distinguished for it's discipline, and party fidel- ftp 1n, T T tl, out any recognized or accepted party principle, and threatened with disruption by the rival aspirations and struggles of it's leading parti- sans. While the Administration has been thus faitiliess to the interests of the country, and has thus disorganizcd the party which placed it iu power the Republican party has been constantly mindful of the great public nc cessty which called it into existence, and faith fnl to the fundamental principle upon which it was erected. Experience has only served to strengthen the conviction of it's absolute ncces- sity, in the reformation of the National Gov ernment, and of the wisdom and justice of its purposes and aims.
 Although some of the exciting incidents of the election of 1856 have been partially dis posed of by the energy, enterprise aud valor of free people, the duty of Republicans to ad. here to their principles, as cnunciated at Phil. sdelphia, and to labor for their establishment, was never more pressing than at this moment The attitude of the Slave Power, is persistent. ly nsolent and aggressive. It demands of the country much more than it has demanded hith. ert0. 1t is not content with the absolute con. trOl of the National Governmcnt; not content with the dspensatiou of the honors aud emol- uments of the National Administration; not content with its well-known iufluence-always pernicious over the legislation at the national capitol-but it demands fresh concessions from Q free people, for the purpose of extending and strengthening an institution local in it's charac. ter, the creature of State legislation, which the Federal Government is not authorized to cs. tabsh nor extend by any grant of delegated powers. It demands by an unauthorized as- sumption of powcr-after having, as occaso required, adopted and repudiated all the cru6e theories for the extension of Slavery, of the ambitious politicians who sought it's favor the establishment and protection of Slavery ir the Territories by act of Congress, and the re. vival of the African slave trade.
 .. Upon no organization except that of the Republican party can tho country rely for sue cessful resistance to these monstrous proposi tions, and for tho correction of the gross abu ses which have characterized the present Ma tional Administration It is the duty then, of all patriotic men, who wish for the establish nient of Republican principles and measures il, the administration of the National Government to aid in perfecting and strengthening this or. ganization for the coming struggle. There is much to be done, involving earnest labor and the expenditures of time and money; there should be,
 First: A thorough understanding and inter- change of sentiments and views between the Republicans of every section of the country.
 Second: An effective organization of the Re- publican voters of each State, county ,and town 60 that our party may know it's strength and it's deficiencies, it's power and it's needs, before we engage in the Presidential struggle.
 IAird: The circulation of we'll considered documents, making clear the position of the Republican party, and exposing the dangerous character of the principles and policy of the Administration.
 FoNrth: Public addresses in localities where they are desired and needed, by able champi- ons of the Republican cause
 Fsfth: A large and general increase of the circulation of Republican journals throughout the country.
 To give practical effect to these suggestions, an adequate amount of money will be required for the legal and faithful expenditure of which the undersigned will hold themselves respcnsi- ble. The vast patronage of the Federal Gov ernment will be yielded against us, to which we can oppose nothing but earnest and efficient devotion to the Republican cause and the vol untary pecuniary offerings of our Republican friends.
 In conclusion the undersigned may be per mitted to express their opinion that the signs of the times are suspicious for the Republican party, and that in their judgement, discreet and patri0t action throughout the Confed, racy