Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1862-07-31

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.ua.1 nu sa.s ta. ,.;th bn,oap;tv
tht sh,J 81 I ~ ~osaJ j. hatter that
uuas shns,d asn e o. al wv tho side Of mercy
an5 Su ~ NJ, rase a noa tba conduct ~ too
auu yes III. az .hnIn a.ons cold .hloodad
..s =. sn5 ,naitro..raant II children and of
,nonaon Their n..ar Hs.o,,.,J If nh the rules of
honorahla ,.ar .ha;r hase nso If onr fac and of
as@s Of truca in hatto~ tbo;r breaches 81 parole
tbo;r sbn.t;n,r Of an. halnlass sailors Il, the
sho;. ,li, az ~ stas,,oh,or ~ Iafance.
lsss r,;sona.s ,h.;, ororlova,ent If the toma.
bawk and scaln;no Ln;foFI sometimes question
whetber n,orcT TO thor, ia not in;ustice To our
own bravo man and Jatr;uantal to the world
Rut after al those arc hut reasons for INJECTING
snmma,v NM; ,,or.-,,,o,, tho entity wherever
thev NOV ha fonnd ard H. mnst still encouraoe
our Gove,nn,ont to ,ers;ss x q nolicv Of kind.
nass 10 tho doco;rod n,,sSos II the South. Here.
toforo wo hove oota5 tondorIv and marched ON
l;ko Gh.;st;o, .oiJ;o., pnt thara ia a limit tn
nat;onoo and .ha t;,no nav corne when we must
crv havos on5 10, Gin ,he doos of war.
T tbank Cod that in this matter. we have
never askod for foro;on aid and have not met
with fors;cn sv,o,,athy This rebell;on il an
enormons ena nnawan'n,oa crime AGAINST I'm.
man;tv Is how s,ruol- at the root of oIl govern.
ment II rests man NO nrinc;nle. and flows on
~ fror, -, $500 on,t,;t;pn bnst;Io 70 tho neaca
~ tho vor,d " IT, saanos snrnr;s;nr that onr an.
Cont .,io a.a,,.nt Er"naa should not bsv. 10.
nonncoj 4 T. st;il moro surnrises me that the
Govornmant 80 G.aot prttan should have tom.
norod nth M, ro,,oll;on For tho neonla of
Graot Rr;4.;. ~. 49, .os,aot anJ [;ndness
hut 90 70 +ho;r ,rosant rnlarS-hnt II NAV ba
thot ,,o H.. s;.:,.a Tt h;s.oru ;n.,uo
than, W. Iii ~. - Tho fat th.t + Nd
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ee.eu eUlie ieeiihS III our iaNot' II - oe''er DIS
~ 49, we rely conhdentiy ON rfoviuehce an"
our own rlgnt hands. we desire peace WIN all
me world ). but we feel our power ana are not
10 oe moved py any lear OF intervention. AS
70 our manner oil conducting TINS aomesuc war
we nave 50 lar re)ected' ana siai, commune W
reJece. tne examples treat Britain mas SET ior US
from inc earnest times, ana particularly those
sue has SET Us In Ireland ana India. Nelcner oi
these Governments are entitled to make irlend
~ intimations OF their opinions as 10 the man
her IN Wnich our government snail treat us re-
peilious citizens. l have not the least appre
nenslon OF armed Intervention, nor OF threats OF
II. Inreats, II uttered, will be repelled. AND
as 1or intervention, it is but another name Tor
,TarIa war that would be most bloody and
araat w moI Ie 49, "osS 90. :. ~ W.
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onrselvos 80 H. cn,.S ;..a,r o. 49, W
bnmontn ~ snu tha ~ Uu. nd u;,b
Gods Holm Ue u;I1 ' d :. nJ .h"t ,otn"m
tbonob wa b"n y. w III t's IN or,ns
W. mnSt hane w LII holo OH nm, s' Nv, r,t, ,r
nmnh sr NV Nv nonom P.aI ,h ~ sp.y VII
nont s,oI ~, .oaeoS vi, usV ~"
Son.h -" J,'s 90 WI. '''use ' Ho ~. IT, -;
daad n;,, lev u o. ":a' ny ny, ny ." ill.,, ="
srroat nn;,,o,,Ioo y. al. W., ."' 49, W..
HscI,r pes 90 "1"duoea 10 'ne mu,'u ~,
have wished that some of IN, II ,,i.,uushed men
now in the grave. had been shared 70 us for til: 8
merpencv9such men as andrew Jackson. Dam
iel Webster. Henry tIav Stpphen A. Dounlas.
And vet we have nerfect confidence in the ma
triotism of the men in mower. and have no spe.
cal demonstrated cause to nronounce Them or
any of them, uneuual to their stations. Still,
how the voices of the great dcparted would stir
our hearts, Their presence and counsals would
make our assurance of victory doubly sure. But
there is no fear that we shall faIter. Are not
our women more lovely, more noble more true
than the women OF the South. They shall new
er despse US as cravens Our children and our
chldren's children shall not hate US as reproach
to them and the authors OF their deep disgrace,
but shall bless US and hold our memory in honor.
There is news from the army near Richmond
of dubious character, and it is wise to regard
it in its darkest aspect. It l. rcpulse. and vet
a triumph. Outnumbered three to one, our no
BILE army, after six days hard fighting, fall back
some seventeen miles, and lose one cannon and
leave portion of our sick and wounded. And
yet, they beat back the foe, kill the rebel Gem
eral Magruder. take 1000 of his men. and can.
ture some cannon. We lose from twelve to Gf
teen thousand men, and the enemy far more
This is not good news. We cannot but regard
this enforced retreat of the MAGNIFICENT Army
of the Potomac as nroef and rebuke If n Grave
error in strategy committed at the Canitol. But
the error is easily remediable. and will undoubt.
edlv. he remedied At once. Were Il a more Sc
rions disaster Il would he as NOTHING when com.
pared with the steady current of our recent vic.
tories. The ancients believed that the gods de.
lighted to behold great man struggling with
adversely. And may we not humbly hope that
the true God, the God of battle, looks down APP
provingly on us IN all our trials, and will crown
our arms with victory and lasting peace
D;soonrocod ho.onso ;nsto.d If t.l;no R;cb-
uond Mo9To,i.n hos boon forcod hacf some
miles om'l hoe Lost son,a s;nk and woundod and
ono s;ono cannan '' hid our father. hecome faint
baarted whom tho bottio of ona leland was lost
nv NJ .ha 49,. ~ tho So,.h ne, tI,roum
on,,, h., foo, hand, t1,.os9 Ma ,o, s'It.r .
n,oc,ont ,nhon ,I, 81 .;a;,., e az tel ~
p'o, p. "aaIas sou " p VI. e';.,. I.. az
INV fr;ands :, Thors ,1on,d bo me- aam.., To-
n:;r nf ,he ponnh,;o ;e NJ cga,Is, .nd n; un,
Pa', w '"o A'.pu"'o, II -"eS.oHsn anu us army