Litchfield enquirer., 1860-02-23
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wen, the Dem0cratS have had their cOnyen- tion and nominated their candidates for the State government. have had their jovial speeches and glowingfsstivitiesa and at last adjourned eigk, teen rousing cheers for VIRGINIA; three for their candidate, and three for the party! Glorious old Dominionl three and four times happy in the assurances afforded in those deafening plaudits, of the unforgotten. neyer=dying regard of the loving band of the faithful of Connecticut, and unhappy thrice, thou Connecticut, in those three feeble efforts that greeted the name of thy immortal son, who, when the flag of his country trailed in the dust, seized and bore it onward to the (my thical heights of Chepaultepec" no l
 It was a peaceful time. The happy family met in solemn conclave around the council fires where they had often met before, to toast their ardor and butter their toast No internal com motion vexed their happy circle No pulling of hair nor pulling of wires no ghost of murdered Banquos to disturb their banquet; no elbowing, no showing, no pushing aside of decrepit old sol diers in former frays, no doubters, and no doubt but that undera regalvanized Colonel they should storm the heights of Connecticut, toward which under their late lamented General, they had, only succeeded as far as the heights of Rocky Hill. - And yet it was fearful season. They had come to bury their late lamented leader, not to praise him. To be sure he had been dead very dead, for the past two years, but his fossilized corpse had still been clinging to their democrat ic skirts, and until then his spirit had wandered unhappy around the shore of the great stygian river. But now this was to be allayed, (n Charles toni and gracefully and peacefully he passed over the fery--that immortal warrior, patriot and am bassador who succeeded to his shoes, standing on the shore, and waving him 1on voyage and g blessing. Mir. Geo. W. Peet of this county, de- livered the funeral lamentation over his memory; with tears in his eyes, bigger far than ever de- jected crocodile shed he mourned his departure, enyied his parts, spoke tenderly of his virtues, soothingy of his failngs, softly of his failures, sobbingly of his bruises, of the m'o'ti6cation of his death, and then in an agony of grief laid him .t like a warrior taking his rest, 5a With his martial cloak about him." t.
 An epistle from the heir apparent was then received, was sobbingly read burst of grief and then with watery eyes, and bedewed hand kerchiefs, the faithful sang the requiem" For Pratt, one hundred and twenty-two-ou ou; for Seymour, three hundred and six" The King was dead, Long live the Kingi
 From this fearful scene, let us turn wondering ly away. Filter hands than ours shall write his epitaph, but the more simple and unadorned the sweeter, and we would suggest to the Ne,O Hav- en Register, and it's. kind, the following as Q model, in want of a better. .-.5'....,. -ss. | ,.i.., d1C JAcEf a4.-a..f s JACOBUS TITMOUSE PRATT, 5 Major Generalissimo of the Democratic Party in l Y aa'F Connecticut. H3 sati ''' jt.- i, Killed by Caucus, Feb,y 18th, 1860.
 [ . Looing te Sey mour, 5q;-.'. -,s 3- ss Saw Less; 3 l. e.gsE < ------.---- ga. ...v nd t,ssss peauLnuI, And in death, not unlovely. .'. After ife's Fitful Fever, He Sleeps We'll
 And his faithful Hundred and Twenty-Two
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