Litchfield enquirer., 1862-07-24
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Litchfeld Co. Aroused !
GRAND MEETING OF HEB soITIzENs!
4 LITCHFIELD co. Rect ORDERED!
THE SPIRIT OF '7e REVIVED
OLD LITcHFIELD COUNTY WILL DO HER DUTY
Grand Meeting of citizens of Litchfeld
County was held at the Court House in this
village, on Tuesday afternoon, the r22d inst, in
response to- a call numerously signed, calling
upon the loyal and patriotic citizens of this
county to msst:to consult concerning the vel
fare Of om beloved and bleeding country in this
heur Of its peril and particularly for the purpose
of organizing 2 1111cHglElD Ceussy REanss7 81
VOLUNTEERS. 81: -.
8, Every town in the county. with two exceptions,
was represented, and BY delegations most res
pectable in, numbers and character. Among the
more prominent citizens from other parts of the
county we notice DIR. Gold and J. p. Brewster
of Cornwall, Hon. D. G. Sanford, Hon. A. B.
Mygatt and Geo. Lockwood, ESQ.,, of New Mil
ford, Hon. Leman W. Cutler and Hon. T. A.
Warren of Watertown, Danl G. Platt, Esq, and
Fred. W. Gum, Esq, of Washington, Hon. VIM.
Cothren, Hon. Jas. Huntington, DR.. G. H. Webb
and Nathaniel Smith, Esq, Of Woodbury., COL
Geo. Hurlbut of Roxbury, Hon. John Boyd,
Elliot Beardsley, Esq. of Winchester, Fl. S.
Barbour. Esq., B. R. Agard, Esq. of Torrington,
o. J. Hodge, Esq. Of Colebrook, B. R. Lee, Esq
Of Barhamsted, R. Battell, Esq, VIM. K. Peck,
Esq, and S. D. Northway, Esq of Norfolk, Hon.
D. NJ. Hunt and Fl. A. Bottsford, Esq. of Ca
naan, and many Others whose names escape us,
or with whose faces we were not familiar.
We regret that a full roll of delegates could
not have been presented, but must content our
selves with saying, that more respectable and
influential gathering of citizens Of this county,
never before met in convention for any purpose
whatever. One of the towns above referred to
as unrepresented- Canaan-had selected
delegates to attend the convention, but as that
town held special town meeting on Tuesday
for the purpose of appropriating bounties to vol
AS to the other wn-Harwinton- ight
have been some representatives present, who
escaped our notice. . .ta +. ....s5...
The Convention organized byappointing Hon.
DAVID G. SANFORD, Of New Milford as tempo.
rary Chairman & DR.. G. Fl. WEBB, of Woodbury.
as temporary Clerk. The committee on perma-
nent organization consisted of Messrs. Hubbard
of Iitch6eld, CotEren of Woodbury., Hodge Of
Colebrook, Battea of Norfolk and Brewster 81
Cornwall, who reli orted the following names as
permanent ofGeera of the convention, which
were adopted by reclamation.
P,.esideut-HoN. SETH P. BEERS, Of Litchfeld.
i Vice Pa.esioents.--Ilon. John Boyd of Win
chester; Dr. S. w. Gold, Of Cornwall; Danl
q. Patt, of Washington; II. S. Griswold, OF
Iitchfeld Col. G. w. Hurlbut, of Roxbury.
Secretaries.-Dr. c. FL. Webb, e. w. Sey-
mour and Bradley D. Lee. ..L fs".ee
The President upon taking the chair, briefly
thanked the convention for the honor conferred
upon him, of calling HIM to preside over this
highly patriotic,assembly. He was happy to see
SO many of the different political parties assem-
bled for such patriotic purpose, and with such
a unanimity of sentiment and zeal. Hepresum-
ed the meeting to be called for the general pur-
pose Of consulting as to what can be done for
our beloved and bleeding country in the hour OF
its peril and especially what can be done for the
aid of our brave boys now on the James river.
He remarked that we must beat the rebels there /,
or the Lord only knows how soon they may con-
ouer us here, on the banks of our own Housa-
tonic and Naugatuck. If he were only 60 or 70
years younger he would shoulder the old Queens
arm Of his Grandfather, if he couldn't lind a
better weapon, and would 50 himself to help
McCLn1.As and the boys clean out from the
valley of the James, those rascals JEFF. Davis,
Beauregard and the Devil! (Great cheering)
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Beers remarks, the
following resolution was presented by Hon.
John Boyd of .Winsted, which after some dis
cuesion was adopted .'-... Z, r. $3.50.
SeResozved, That q Committee Of three from
each Senatorial District, be appointed by the
Chair to consider and recommend to those towns
in the County which have not yet made proyis-
ion for bounty to volunteers to adopt uni
form provision for the encouragement of volun-
teers, and the assistance of their families dur
ing their term of service. Such provision to
apply to volunteers already enlisted under the
recent call of the President, as to those who
may hereafter enlist. '3@ ~ fl. 5d
The following were the committee under this
resolution: 18th District, John Fl. Hubbard,
John Boyd. E. Kellogg 10th District, L. w.
Cutler, A. B. .Mygatt, Jas Huntington; 18th
District, r. Battell, R. R. Pratt, Moses Cook.
The committee made the following report
1.-The Committee recommend that the citizens
for constituted authorities of each town, provide
for the payment Of. 100 dollars bounty to each
enlisted and accepted resident volunteer, who
shall be mustered into the United States ser
vice.. !, .f,s,-y. as i ~ ter,.,.. IN s .'s t.-
3, adopted unanimously, with cheers. ii i,..s
The following resolutions We're then adopted
by the convention, after fu II and free discussion
most unanimously, and nearly in the following