Litchfield enquirer., 1861-09-05

their conduct, and considerably mortified at tho result of their labors-to say nothing of trem bling in their shoes at the finale of the proceed ings,-it is hardly necessary that we should give the full report we had prepared of all the doings and sayings at that interesting gather. ing.
 In brief, the peace-traitors had made great preparations had summoned the rag tag and bob tail of their rankest ranks, from Hard-scra. ble, Judea and Goshen north, and met early-a little after day light, we are to1d-and raised their banner-the stars and stripes, with white rag attached at the bottom, on which was inscri. bed "The Constitution and Peace."
 The motley gathering was called to order at eight o'clock by the early Stevens of the late Bridgeport Farmer, who nominated Abraham Beecher of Bethlem, veteran, whose gray hairs must bring his children sorrowing to the grave unless he repents of his course soon, to preside over the meeting" Mr.Beecher accepted, and then Stevens, it is said, made short speech This may be true, as the motley crowd which then surrounded him were able to stomach any thing-even Stevens.
 At about nine o'clock, however, delegations of true union men-in response to the call for a Union Meeting" to arrive from Plym- outh and Waterbury, Bantam and Litchfeld, in numbers which could and would have out-voted the 'peace-ites' five to one. At this time Orator Schnable (poor Snobble) was speaking, and he spoke-three mortal hours and half-without Interruption save question now and then, ing. (Poor Snobble- again {! If he had known his time was to be so short he would hardly have taken three hours and half of it in enlighten ing the minds of that assemblage ,
 After he had finished his final exhortation, and had subsided, loud cries were raised for Dr. Jacques of Waterbury, and it seemed to be the wish of the assemblage that Dr. Jacques should speak but the chairman thought otherwise. and wanted to read the resolutions which he had ha and which were in his pocket But the multitude thought not-that they hadn't bet ter be read next-but finally compromised the matter with the chairman, who promised a fair vote on the resolutions, and that after them the
 
 Doctor should speak, and any body else who wished. So the resolutions (which we couldn't hear or get hold of, and which probably will never see daylight again) were read, and the chairman put them to vote by calling for the ayes, which were given, to the number, we should judge, of about forty, and then declaring them passed! The nays were loudly called for, but the chairman said nay, and declared again that they were passed; and then deliberately folded the resolutions up and returned them to his pocket, (where may they rest in "peace, con- scious that he had accomplished big, if not an audacious and outragcously cool thing.
 Dr. Jacques then addressed the meeting, de- nouncing the resolutions, dcnouncing the traitor. ous peace meetings generally and denouncine particularly the course of Stevens, who had pre- tended to be with him, Douglas democrat, dur ing the last campaign, and who now sat pale up on the platform, the picture and bogus imitation of wilted cabbage or dying duck.
 When Dr. Jacques had finished Stevens wanted to reply, but the meeting didn't care to hea7 him. Stevens insisted; so did the crowd. Ste vcns murmured forth "Fellow- -ctiz-"; the crow, murmured "Dry up, you traitor. Sit down Cork up! Mizzle'' and other pleasant innucn does that they desired,i in the words of..thc popu lar melody, to "nevcr mind Stevens" And so at last, after this little divertsmcnt Stevens dit give up, stopped up, cut short, and in short mir rled and squatted back again into reveries peace which passed his understanding-an o the Bridgeport Farmer, peace to its pieces!
 The meeting then called loudly for Joseph P Allyn Esq. of Hartford, to address them, but tn. chairman again seemed unwilling to gratify tn, decided sentiment of the meeting, and wanted tt give Stevens another chance, tho Stevens looked at that moment as if the only chance he wanted was chance in hole in the ground somewhere Mr. Allyn then asked the chairman if this wa a Democratic meeting and Mr. Chairman repli ed Forgetting himself, perhaps and the call fol a Union meeting) that it aeas democratic meet. ing. and so Mir. Allyn refused on that ground tt speak, as he came, he said, to attend a uno' meeting. But the assemblage wouldn't let th, chairman, or Mir. Allyn, off so, and insisted tha he should address the union meeting: upor which, the crowd being vociferous, and tn, chairman little iustered, lively whispering ensued between the chairman and the peace pro solytes on the platform at the conclusion 0 which the chairman declared the Peace meetin. adjourned, and hauled off his forces, ragged ant whole, into another part of the town beaten, re pulsed, squizzled and squelched
 MT: Henry s. Griswold of this town was the, immediately appointed chairman of the Us1o. MEETING, and Mir. Allyn proceeded with his nd dress, for an hour, with great power felicity ant eloquence, and which seemed greatly appreciate, by the multitude. A series of patriotic, Iowa Resolutions were then introduced by Henry B Graves Esq, and supported by himself and Gid con H. Hollister Esq. of this town, which wer then put to the meeting and carried unanimous1v the nays being distinctly enquired for, but elici ting not peep from peace man in response
 While these doings were in progress, the peac men, by Memselves, mortified no doubt at the par they had already played in the affair, and wish ing to wipe out the only dishonorable stai, which had been attached to the flag that day, 0 their own accord hauled down the banner ant its detachment, and cut the halyards and neve again, let us hope, shall the air of Morris be dis graced with it's ill-omcned vision.
 Near the close of the exercises, telegraphi message was received by Deputy Sheriff Peck