Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-08
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, 1861.
The Traitors Carnival.


 henceforth we were only to know each o'ner as Americans. The Gigantic Conspiracy agalnst frse institutions, civil liberty and democracy, .,ood forth unmasked in all its ghastfy deformity. That old starry banner first unfurled at Cam bridge. that had through long years of trial and diversity been the beacon of hope, and in later generations the symbol of victory on Sea and land, the ensign that proclaimed at once our Ma t;onalty and our power, had gone down in the fray. before insolent rebelious hosts, struck by the paracidal hands of the slaves owner it had reared end protected.
 Our unburied dead were cumbering the hill sides beyond the Potomac, our wounded braves in vain had craved quarter, there was mourning in many household, the very heart of the Ma ton almost stopped beating as the fatal news fell on the anxious ear.
 But we were deceived not surprised, but de- ceived; here in our own gallant State, there are still found those who seize the occasion of Ma sional disaster, to attempt party gain. Men who make merchandise of our misfortune, who are UaSer tudL GuUh0 WOulu luEtc Out Ol tAC pIOCCCue of the honor of a wife or sister, miserable pand CTS to the traitors in arms, without either their manliness or courage.
 At Democratic" meeting in Bloomfield on Monday last the following Resolutions were pass ed:
 Whereas. One-third of the sovereign States heretofore comprising the United States, have ,v;tbdrawn from the Union, and the effort to comnel their return, and to enforce within their l;mits the laws of the United States, has assum- ed the proportions of @ civil war of vast magni- tude. threatening the people of the country, not only with the burdens of enormous taxes and nnhlic debt, but the destruction of all of their varied material interests ana the hves or 1hoa- tands of our felow-citizens, and menaclng the great principles of civil liberty upon which is Sased the institutions of our country, and threatening to override the rights of the States. Therefore,
 Resolued, That while we are in favor of holding the Constitution of the United States In the true spirit of it's founders, and sustaining the government in the Constitutional exerclse oi it's legitimate powers, we do not believe in, and therefore denounce the fell spirit of coercion Uhich strikes at the root of the great principle ,f State equality, and will certainly destroy eve- .y we'll founded hope of a reconstruction of the Jnion and we soemnly protest against any in- erference by warlike movements, with the in- ,titution of slavery as existing in the Southern ,tates, recognizing as we do the right of those 1tates to determine the social and political con- ition of the African race
 Resolped That the unnatural war now being rosecuted between the Northern and Southern tates, is utterly at variance with the spirit of ar institutions and opposed to the civilization the age and every well-wisher of his coun- ", every lover of humanity, should exert his smost influence in aid of such @ course as will peedily bring peace to this distracted country.
 Resolved, That immediate steps should be ta zen by the federal officers who have in charge he destinies of the country, to establish sus- snsion of hostilities, to the end that National onvention of all the States composing the Con- sderacy may be had for the purpose of devising cans for such amendments to the Constitution will guaranty the rights and equality of each nd all the States, and thus bring peace and Aarmony to our people, and, if possible, recon struct now discovered Union. ]
 Resolved That the Democratic State Central Committee be requested to call a mass meeting of the Democratic electors of the State, at the earliest possible moment, that their conservative voice may be heard touching the great questions which now agitate the public mind; and to de- wise and recommend such measures as will pro- mote the best interests of the people of this and the other States.
 And characteristic addresses made by Wm. w. Eaton and H. s. Miller of Hartford, the first named the person who stumped Ky. for Breckin- ridge last fall, and there, over and over again, assured the people that the Democracy of Conn.,, would aid the South in the event of an attempt to enforce the laws by the National Government.
 The other, the man, who, immediately after the Capture of Sumter, said the Southern cause was as just as that of our fathers in 76 got frghten- ed at the popular uprising, recanted and made the presentation speech to the 4th Reg't., was then ambitious to command regiment, and fail ing ln this, he sezes upon the first disaster to the Federal troops, to attempt to encourage the re- bels. We have no disposition to gratify these cowardiy miscreants who dare not make their brave words good by joining dssir friends in Va, by giving importance to their sgfs treason. Safe because we are law-abiding people who believe Tn Tree speech. But we have a word of warning to utter, that there are times when forbearance ceases to virtue, when the strong sense of the people brushes aside the nice subtletes of local distinction and seeks justice rather than law, and moa such as Me teeling of he people of Litclyaeld County. These resolutions denounce the at- tempt to maintain the present Union as certain to destroy every we'll founded hope of Reconstruc ton.
 50 it does Messrs. Traitorsl A quarter mil lion men are to-day under arms to preuent Re- construction 6y Jef. Dauis. They are there to preserve the Union just as our fathers made it. They are there to end this annatural sOa,. by de- ''roylng the Conspiracy that initiated it, and by punishing the Conspirators whose mad ambition aevlsed it. They are there to determine once n,,u n, losever the question of Re,ative Manhood.
 "0 Na'oh IS III earnest in this matter, it has
 ou'':so the cost prepared for success and suffer- s, .eaoy to give its last penny and the sholeeS. iVes of generation to secure to poster. ity the heritage uutarnishea of free ;n.t;tU.;s., that we received as birthr;pbt rh, e..-.. .- bright with promise, the invader has hson 1:' ID back from Maryland, Missouri and wss.a,n W. W.: ginia. Noble Old Kentucky is girdipg m ha- a loins for the fight, and the Mountains of Tons
 and N. Carolina would to-day be too hot for sucl
 speeches and resolutions as these.
 
 Peaceful.
 The Peace Convention" at Cornwall Bride
 last Wednesday evening, of which we give flu
 -o,,,rt ;n o,,r looal co1u,nn conld not have fnl