Litchfield enquirer., 1861-03-14
&ittbfela Gnquirer. THURSDAY, MARCH IA, 1861.
DEMOCRATS TO THE RESCUE-NO. g.

THURSDAY. MARCH IA, 1861.
 DEMOCRATS TO THE REsCUE-No. g.
 In my last number of this series of eommuni- cations, Democrats, was occupied principally in laying before you, the means that we must use to convert the North to Slavery. In regard to the conscientious and scrupulous, we must mnzzle the pulpit in opposition, and make the nest of it when we find it on our side This is a good rule because it don't work both ways,- But we have other sort of people to deal with beside those just mentioned. Not only church. goers and sermon readers but political wire pullers, and tavern haunters, and the like We must have an eye not only on meeting houses, and preachers; but also on caucus rooms, liquor dealers, &c. We must adopt our means and ap- pliances, skilfully to each and every hopeful class. There hang loosely on the skirts of the Black Republican party great many gentlemen, who are somewhat passe, and who have but lit tie more to hope for where they now are then there are many disaffected individuals, whose merits and services have not been duly appre- ciated, who perhaps have failed to get nomina- tions, or appointments for which they had been long scheming Here is a class of citizens, in a most hopeful condition. They deserve our at, tention. We must foment as much as we can these troubles in our enemies camp. We must patronze and soothe the hopeless, and the dis appointed. Here is capital fishing ground fol this sort of fish will bite when there is very lit tie bait-almost at the bare hook. Still further as I said just now, we must look to the liquor taverns, and groceries. Any attempts especial ly on the p Tt of the Black Republicans, to in- terfere in any way with their selling spirits, we as individuals, and as party must continue to frown upon. The gentlemen, who congregate at such establishments, and there pass considera- ble portion of their days and evenings are hon orabe men, all honorable men, entitled to the exercise of the elective franchise. They must not be curtailed of their rights and privileges. It is their right toiulbibe if they choose Whose business is it, if in the glow of good fellowship, and while drinking to the perditon of Black Re- publicanism, they do occasionally, become lit tie elated? Of one thing We may safely rest as- sured, that whatever effects their drinking hab- it's, may produce on their health, their propriety or their characters no amount of liquor, good or bad, will ever wash out of them their Democ- racy. On the contrary, it will serve to set the color, as it does that of some gentlemen's nasal organs. But To a wonder almost 9 miracle. You will cease to be astonished at the enthusi- asm of my feelings, when you learn the cause that has aroused it. will tell you at once- Some liquor-selling tavern keepers have been sending sermons to their customers, and hangers on. Positive fact. I have it on the best au- thority. MT. -, of this very county, has read from text to amen, that excellent discourse of Dr. Vandyke in his own barroom. to col lection of those who ordinarily congregate there. What touching scene. I am not informed, that any other religious services were performed, beyond the simple reading of the sermon. But that itself-is it not new step, and in the rigEt direction? !? Such tayerns would exactly meet the case of Slender in the play, who having lost his purse when somewhat inebriated, declared, I'll never be drunk while live again. bat in honest, civil, godly company, for this trick. If be drunk, I'll be drunk with those that have the fear of God, and not with drunken knaves.'
 Still further in our work of bringing the North over to slavery, we must take advantage of the existing troubles. Tine Union the Union oh my feelings, are too many for me, at the very thought of it and the danger of its being split right into two pieces, one little bigger than the other, and all the salt of slavery in the smaller piece, and nothing to preserve as in the bigger piece. Then think too of the southern trade, and the peddling business all gone to smash Democrats here are topics to stir the very souls of the Yankees. But you must excuse me for going into all these details, in my attempt to set forth the means, to be employed to effect this great moral revolution at the North, on the sub Ject of that heaven sanctioned institution, hu- man Slavery. I feel that great interests are in volyed. We have the most powerful induce
 nents to exert ourselves to the uttermost Let us consider some of these inducements. Iii the first place the salvation of the Democratic party is at stake. It must go down utterly, unless we can gain converts enough at the North to give us the ascendancy in the country, and to enable us to keep it.
 Democrats, we have governed the country, nearly the whole time since the establishment of the government To be sure the Southern wing of the party, have held the relns, and generally filled the highest offices. But they have left to us, very comfortable pickings: the post offices, the custom houses, the marshalships, and other offices existing in the North and occasionally, foreign ministeries, secretaryships; and some times as in the case of Pierce, and the o. P. F, the office President. We have had no reason to complain of our Southern masters they have treated us with generosity and condescension, But alas for the present our cause is in immi- nent peril. We have been beaten. There is great danger that we shall stay whipped.
 The Black Republican party, has risen up, and given ps "JessY'' It has pretty nearly wiped us out, in the work This party has the impu. dence and presumption to resist the demands oi the South; and to refuse to aid in the extension
 slavery. Was there ever anything so strange
 and foolish. Who ever heard of any such thing
 in our party? We have always gone pn the
 principles of pleasing the shareholders; and in