Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-29
&ittbfel6 Gnanlt&t.
THURSDAY, AUGUST go. ls6l'
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,;.ed and engendered by such papers as 'he Ear,ne, of Bridgeport and its emissarles, and ,e .z,xraal of Commerce, and Duly Ne's of yew York, have at last worked out their legltl- ,,... fru.s in this State and brought upon us the ;,nomiuy of mob in Bridgeport, and the utter cleaning out and destruction of one of the pesti- lent sources of all our offending.
 We may we'll consider whether it was not the duty of the Federal Government long agoto have suppressed the publication of one of the worst and most openly avowed traitorous presses that existed in this or any other State north Of the ac .ua seat of the rebellion, but we cannot hesitate So say that we regret that popular feeling has got ,u advance of Government in this instance as II has in others in other States.
 Our readers have already observed from the extracts we have given from to time from the Bridgeport Farmer, of the utterly reckless men d.c;ous and reasonable character of that sheet. va give inc following now, as the last dying will and testament ofthe victim of violence, not flor the ourno.o of extenuating the mob violence to which :. has been subjected, but to show the course, which, to the last, it persisted in following of de- nouncing the Government, of labelling those who are gathered to protect it, and Of its open, avo" cd and unblushing TREASON.
 elf there are to be any feelings of hatred and revenge exhibited at all, they should be exnioit- cd against the abolition leaders, the abolition press and the abolition pulpit of the North-the real authors of all the troubles that ever existed betveen the north and the south the real auth ors of the present civil ..war; the real trait DTS to their country the real disunionists."
 "Let this creature of the hour, who rules so arbitrarily at Washington, hug to his heart, while he may, his delusive power-it cannot be for long. There is a " little lcaven" at work, diffusing through the whole land its holy power, it's Christlike mission. A little whisper at first that shall yet make this mushroom power that rules at the Capitol dwindlc and shrink before the outraged dignity of an awakened people"
 "The rebel soldiery, as you term them, are not fighting for money. Like our Revolutionary Cathsrs, they are yGyhtiny for their just rights.
 "In the revolution of l776, the forces of King George were the ones who fought for money - In the revolution of 1861, the FORCES OF THr uEsPOr LINCOLN ARE THE ONES WHO ARE FIGHT ING FOR MONEY. Men who fought for their con- stitutional rights in 1776 did not want to be hired to do it. Neither do he men who are fight. ing for their consfitutionat rights in 1861.'
 From these extracts, and other causes, oul readers will readily perceive how easily com munity, which had forborne with such a nuisance in their midst until forbearance ceased to be g virtue, were wrought up to such pitch of dis gust and anger, as to take the law into their owr hands for the suppression of the nuisance, but particularly unfortunately in this case, as we arc told, since the law would have reached and sup pressed the concern if it had been let alone fol another day, and Connecticut would have beer spared this additional disgrace of another viola ton of the law.
 But from popular indignation against, and the summary suppression of this Bridgeport sheet, we trust the friends and organizers of these "Peace meetings" whose symnathizer and organ the Farmer principally was in life, will take a deer and serious lesson.
 They know, the Farmer knew, everybod. knows precisely what these Peace meetings are their design and their effect. They are bu masked batteries, designed to operate agains the Union and against the vigorous prosecution of the war. They are in effect aids and cncour agsments to the traitors in armed rebellion against the Government, and their design i. avowedly to put a stop to the nbitrament O arms and settle" this matter in some "peacea ble' way i c. by submission of the loyal States te all the demands of the traitors.
 Leaving out all considerations of patriotism and duty, do not these hypocritical submission ists know that the rebels ask no compromise and will accept of none, at least not yet? Do they not know that if convention of States were called to-day not one of the eleven in armed re bellion would respond? Most assufedly they do and yet they go out with their evil work, raise their white rags, and under the guiSe of purity encourage the basest and most heinous treason There will be one grand and dangerous effect O these meetings, unless they are checked in sea son, or unless they are speedily put down by Toy al men, and this is, that we shall have, what ths traitprs devoutly labor for, but which curse will first be levelled upon their heads-CrrL WAR I, CONNECTICUT, and just such outbreaks as hav' demolished the Fdrmsr.
 Let us have then no more of these Peac meetings'' in this County after the one at Morri yesterday. Let all patriotic men unite in puttinl them down wherever they are attempted to b held. Dorn with the white rag which mean Deception, Disgrace and Dishonor-and UP FOR xvERwith theold dstar-spangied banner, under whicl wo have hitherto peacefully lived, and beneatl which we hope yet peacefully to die!
 Wedo not know that we can cconclude these re marks better than by giving the following loya resolutions which were passed at the Union Meeting held at Stepney in lieu of the Peace meeting, advertised to take place in the last issue of the F1msr:
 Whereas, We claim for ourselves, in common
 with our loyal fellow citizens, to hold sacred
 not only the liberties of our country, but thu
 peace of our glorious old Commonwealth o
 Connecticut,
 Resoired, That, as good citizens, and law and order loving people, we deprecate and utter ly condemn all those public exhibitions, falsely called peace meeting, but really intended as Sc. cession demonstrations, as insulting to the hon or of our glorious flag, disgracefGl to our coun
 Re.ofred. That we will discountenance all at tempts of traitors, open or disguised, to repeal the said public demonstrations, and call upo, sll Union and liberty loving men to place tn, ban of public scorn and rcpudialion upon al concerned therein.
 Resolped That in the present crisis of tn, and Traitors-those who sustain the Union, thu Con.s:s.t,c- end sha National Government ant