Litchfield enquirer., 1861-05-02
IittbfeIo Gngnirer.
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1861.
0-- nutv fn Litchneld County.

Our Duty in Litchfleld County.
 Our people, living as they do, far from the .,s,,nd of war, and in small communities by ,,cms.lves, patriotic as they gre, everywhere fnnteerinr for the service, in greater or less
 ,bers. everywhere earnest and aroused by the
 .;ckeuing spirit of patriotism which pervades ,:,. whole North, are yet far from realizing the .,,h,,;..u. the intense excitenept the all-per- ,-,;pr spirit of rd,- which oSssins in the larger ,,mmupities of our State, and particularly in d.. r;t;.s where hourly the drum beats the call .r eompsnies together, and where the mustered :,ss await only the order for their southward ::.rch.
 Iu New Haven, while the city presents one
 st camp, and companies are still pouring in,
 citizens are none the less active and patriotic ,,aoug themselves, and there are but few fami. ss who do not boast of one and another of their ,,cle who have not enlisted for their country and .,ye;r eoun,ry's cause. And those who cannot ., freely open their purses, and give, in sums of s.oney. whose only stint seems to be the bottom B.. their pockets to those who volunteer their lives 1- the contest
 Tn Hartford, where the spirit of patriotism s s.med srst to have broken forth in spontane. ,.,s outburst the like enthusiasm still prevails, ..d cd men and young men, rich and poor, high I low, male and female, are enlisted in heart .-.a hand, in this great battle fer our country's zioa.
 So throughout tAe cities and towns east of the Iissr, everywhere the fires of patriotism burn :.-irhtly-shere is butone feeling, one sentiment, .:se party, and that for the UNION and the Cox-
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 The question now comes fully upon us-Are x. .doi.goxr rko'e duty in LiscAfeld County Ghe patriotism of our people is undoubted and :.Iisputable- We rec and hear every day evi- Scnces that in many parts of the county troops sse enlisting and mastering for service We saox that in some towns companies have been :: :rned entire or in part, and that in these the ,:se spirit of patriotism exists, and the towns listen to supply the means for clothing and s1uipping those who go.
 But are we al as fully aroused as we should l sci No one can over.estimate the influence | r7ited North will have and has now upon this zsr. Not . village or hamlet but should be .zugoegAiy aroused and in earnest. In further eace of this, we would advise those in every ..-n xso have not already enlisted and gone to ise yv1dezsvss at New Haven or Hartford, to ,ceax1xE THEMSELVES Ixro HoME GUARDS, for ;le purposes of drill and musketry practice. How many men in every town know how to ,,anage musket or a rife? and how many un terssand even the simplest military tactics? If ,sis is done. no harm will at least result from it, and great deal of good may. There is no ;.Gag how many more troops may be necessari- r called for before the end of the war-and let very Connecticut regiment that goes hence hereafter, 90 preparsd-trained, drilled and equipped; and like the whirlwind, they shall override the rebels, and we shall find in the s'ngs of Victory and triumphing Peace the name and deeds of Connecticut men not wanting their need of praise.