Litchfield enquirer., 1860-12-06
Gitt96el0 Gnqnlttt.
THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1860.
The State of Affairs.

We regret to see in certain quarters uIp. s. t;on to offer and approve of measures caicula'e' to produce division and disconten' ".no"e Ronublicaus of the North, looking to the repea of statute laws passed by large majority of the r.rrs.ent.t;ves and expressing justly the will and on;niou of large proportion of tho citizens of tba North. denominated "The Personal Lib srty Laws"
 No ope in sentiment or wishes could go far ther than we, in desiring peaceful termination to the threatened troubles and political crisis through which our country is now passing, but we cannot forget that in offering any such so called compromise" to the South-we are giv- ing our humiliation for our pains, and are insult ing our sense of the right and proper, without receiving even the equivalent of accomplishing the desired result.
 We cannot forget that the Fugitive Slave Law of the South-which gave rise in measure to these Liberty Laws of the North-we consid- cred at the time of its passage, and we consider noc, a most unjust, iniquitous and unrighteous law, rcpugnant alike to the instincts of humani- ty, and, if we may judge by revealed inspiration to the divine law itself.
 We cannot forget that this Fugitive Slave Law was forced upon us amid the sneers and taunts of rapacious olgarchy, stretching for ward constantly, with the sinuous advance of the serpent, toward further and further aggrand- izement for itself, and Northern Dough-face tool yelping behind, "We will subdue your'
 We cannot forget that these Personal Liberty Bills were introduced as a measure of seyf.oe- fence, for abresk-water, whereby we might make stand against the flood of Slavery, which un- der such majority, threatened to overwhelm us, and having been declared by the highest tribu- nals to be constitutional, it would argue in us 8 want of common sense to pull down the fabric which renders at least one portion of the coun- trv home of the free and land for the op- pressed.
 It appears to us, as fully as it is expressed by the South, that the time for compromise, for trucking for backsllding is past. If we cannot stand upon the principles we profess, and upon which we have come out of the late presidential contest conquerors-if we are asked to yield up everything which we regard as plain dictates of conscience to the hoarse howls of |" we will sub due you, in heavens name lot us stand upon our honor, and our conscience, and take the con- sequences If South Carolina and other cotton states, wish then to go out of the Union, let them take the consequences also. Individually it i. no concern of ours. The old patriarch whose term of office does not expire until the fourtl of March next, has his plain duty before him and we are sure that the incoming Presden will then know his duty and do t.
 We believe fully in the glory, and we fully al preciate the blessings of our undivided UNro, We do not believe, in the midst of all this blui ter and outcry that this Un on is to dissolved TH isto be, we are not unconscious as to wh will be the greater sufferers. In all events it wi be the highest consolation for us to know tn where Liberty is, there is our country!