Litchfield enquirer., 1861-03-14
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Ra~ The following resolutions unanimously passed at the Congressional Convention for the District, were unavoidably crowded out from our last weeks paper. It may add to the interest of them to state that we believe they were draft ed with the exception of the two last, by our honorable Representative MT. FERRY, and form platform which all of us can safely stand up- on. 4.a
 Resolred, That the Constitution of the United States is a system of government, ordained and established by the people; and, not league of independent atienalties-and, that any attempt by portion of the people to throw off their aI- leSiance to the Federal Government is rebel ,n, and, if successfully consummated, is revolution.
 Resoloed That revolution is only iustifable when oppression has become so ntolerable that longer submission to the governing power is a greater evil than the destruction of the govern. ment itself.
 ResoLced, That no such cause for revolution exists in the United States and that, therefore, those, who in any of the States are engaged in subverting the established order of things, are without excuse for the evils which they are la- boring to bring upon the Republic.
 Resolred, That the President of the United States should be the Chief Magistrate of the people-not the head of party and. in such high position should accord to the citizens of every section of the Republic all their Constitu- tional rights; and we have entire confidence that the administration of Abraham Lincoln will be conducted upon those principles.
 Resofped, That We denounce in terms of pn- qualified condemnation the reasonable doctrines set forth in the platform recently adopted by the Convention of the Democratic party. in this State, and we ask all good citizens to compare it's sentiments with those promulgated by the it. lustrious JACKSON, in similar crisis.
 Resolued, That the Republicans of Connecti- cut do abide by the principles-in whose behalf. their votes were cast at the recent Presidential election not because those principles are the doctrines of party-but, because their mainten- ance is essential to the very existence of Free Government, and their overthrow, but the pre- Jude to despotism or anarchy.
 Resolued, That we enter into the contest now before us rallying under the flag of our country, having inscribed upon its ample folds the con. current sentiments of JACKSON and WEB STER: "The Union, it must and shall be pre- servedr " Liberty and Union, now and forever -one and inseparable!'
 Resolred That we hereby approve the pro- ceedings of the Republican State Convention, held at New Haven on the 27th inst, and that we will give to the ticket, there nominated, our earnest and cordial support.
 Resosced, That the course of our Represents tive in Congress, the HoN. ORRIS s. FERRY, entities him equally. to our thanks for the past, and to our confidence in the future j; and that we earnestly recommend him to the support of all voters of this District, who would preserve the priceless legacy left to us by the Patriots of the Revolution.
 DEATH OF JUDGE PARsoNs.-Hon. Francis Parsons died at his residence in Prospect street, on Saturday morning last, of congestion of the lungs after an illness of few days only. He was 66 years old he graduated at Yale Collage in 1916, and studied law with his uncle Thomas s. Williams, and2has long been in active prae. tice at the Hartford bar He was Judge of tbe Hartford County Court; under the old system :: and has long been . prominent man in Hartford in all town and city affairs. In benevolent and charitable enterprise, he. has taken a leading part, and was president of the directors of the Hartford Hospital, at the tune of his death. He has repl lesented the town in the legislature, and was Sdered the place of Commissioner of the School Eknd. but declined it.--Cou'ier.
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