Litchfield enquirer., 1862-08-07

Ast 9seaAS4 AeE aAOta or mens faonGh H was pledged at the meeting that should more than ten men enlist their bounties would gbepmade sfeqaal with the others by private subscriptiots
 A The meeting also passed a,yote inviting HdS. sIR Eddy, the returdsd dhaplain ofthe ad CobR Itd speak in the Congrega ationaf Chusch on Tass. Iday evening of this Aeek. which irritation Mas faccepted. ~A W V$SN M
 sHARos.-A large town mess;ag of the town
 of sharon was holden on Saturday, and unan.
 imous vote was passed, offering a bounty of sloO qeyqtYy volunteer from that town, in addition to tsNJothey encouragements. Many patriotic speeches were made, and 9 general determina.
 ton was expressed to put down the rebellion at any rate. It is believed the full quota of men from this town viii be ebssined without disenity,
 as soon as' q FcEuitiag shtioR is established
 there. Much is expected a to be done in few
 uays' fagumA huo9ea-ytas HT
 Ea;;l lWooDnpHg.-- e H.EAtwooa. of w oaBl,ry,
 leaves the following .eommunication with us, as
 see sYtssssapss of ths speech hsasissssd t Hhe sHo opdoury town meeting, in order, as he says, fto set him right with the world, on tie ssoes- fslop question: As for pss we must say, that I've are not able to find any. "c secessionismp in Iit though we know nOthingof of shs matter of diss Pnss between the Dr.s and eur correspondent of last week: .T9O9HlYIu n .uID l MR. EDITOR After the malicious onslaught recently made upon me in your paper and oth-
 CTS, by some .maleTolent enemy, who grossly
 misrepresented my position and opinion; I deem
 1t proper to maka brief deciaratio ion ofsihy sehe ftlnents. The dying shark k it ssssaid, by his the surface of the water give me therefore but
 line in your paper, ,7that Iniay briefly improve
 my accidental newspaper ynotoriet NJ ere and l my evoker sink again into oblivion. tS l In my infancy I was cradied in whiggery {; in I my youth educated by the Gamalielsl Of fhat or-
 der in middle age baptized in the Republican
 fount; and defy mynbitterest enemy to show that have not kept g clean political record. | My only fault now is, that 1 firmly maintain it to be the duty ofevery citizen, liable by law to do military duty, to come forwsri personally to
 fill up the quota from this state, in compliance with the recent requisition of our President ' Our best young men are what our country de.
 mands in this her hour of, need. They, are as
 much superior in the field as in the, office. or in
 the discharge of business affairs. We should t"S eAS S"hi0 poAAol u S0CuF0 elNCIenCV Tn me
 army that we do in other, pursuits, The man
 who sets the higher value upon his life, and his
 lIberty, will make the better soldier. lavish to
 see our educated and intelligent young men who
 are military subjects, ready to fight out this
 great war, wagingf between law and liberty on
 the one hand, and icentiousness and slavery on
 the other, with the best materials they have in
 their power. It is easy, for us to raise money, but it seems to be q hard thing for us to come forward manfully'and personally discharge the duties which are imposed upon us socially and
 morally, as well as by law If We are men and tpatriots, worthy of our privileges, we should
 never shrink from their defense. We have be-
 come so enervated by luxurious ease and indul tgence, that we are lacking in that firm unfalter- ing love Of our country and her institutions,
 which would induce us to, first offer, ourselves,
 and then all that we have, in ther, defsnce. Of old they were lying and decitful spirits who
 said ",Go,s. the Lord will surely deliver
 thine enemies into thy hand," and it was only
 the Jonathans who said, ."Come and let us go
 over into the garrison of these uncircumeised D
 by whom the [" Lord saved Israel in that day D
 Let then our first class, our ablsst young men,
 our Cornelian jewels, arouse to a, just sense of
 their duty. and come forward boldly declaring,
 that eff it be the will of Heaven that their
 country shall require the offering of their lives,
 the victims shall be ready at the appointed hour
 for sacrifice" and there shall be such rush of
 our young men, of all classes, to the battlefield,
 that Secessia's hosts shall seem to hear a going
 in the tops of the mulberry trees, and 1ee in
 terror and dismay before the in9incible army of the North. .ngD8&1"Tpf 2 7 Methinks sec the Goddess of Liberty with anger and contempt exhibited in her look, and
 hear her addressing,the young men of this ebtn- ty who attempt to shield themselves from he
 full discharge of their duties by lavish offers of
 money for substitutes ;-" Degenerate sons of | noble res, think you to pi eserve those glorious privileges and inslitutions bought by your fath.
 er's blood, and left you as priceless legacics, by
 the mere gift of money? if so, you are unw orthy
 of thsm, and have no part nor lot in the natter l. Young men of Litchfeld County your more
 patriotic brothers are already in the field, and
 are calling for you'to come and help them yin.
 dicate the noblest cause; will you longer hesi.
 tate to respond totheir call, to rishto their as-
 sistance? You have but to put forth your hands,
 and liberty andevietory are within your grasp
 : Is life so sweetaor friends so dear as to be
 purchased Dat the price 1oftsubmission and
 FAgnras of Litchfeld county ., ,o,p freely ,, Offer
 your Benjamins while yet .herei is hope of suc-
 MOTHERS, of Litchfeld County, let it not be
 sad that yoa are noso wanting in patriotic love. Like the Spartan mother, send forth your sons l with your blessing, to, fight ,ceurageonsly, and
 die, if necessary, in defence of our noble cause.
 Let us all awake to . just sense of our situation, l and be resdy to discharge our Aioher duties, and
 we shall shen eheerfully make all interior sacri- fees bur srmy, with the help of Heaven. will soon exterminate the most wicked and tiniustiii- able rebellion, and i've shall again enjoy the in-
 valuable blessings ofsliberty and peace made ldearerto Jus thy the priceless efforts through which they shaye beenpreserveda s6t fgg@mH s9 Mr. Editor isdch are the only sentiments' |shaye entertained or 5adsocated in reference 10, pur duties iu relation to repressihg the present gigantic rebellieaa soI please put me right en1 the record ip conformity with the eeaboye,f and
 Will then cheerfully consent that I my name De tA"t handed doWni.e posm'srity1a m ,1sa,.aI j 2, iWoo iWooaaburs, aab August ALI, 1862. AfsSS
 |ia a4WAnnEx-A patriotic meeting was held 1t the Town Hall last .sataffdany afternoon, which was addressed by bft? Geo. s. Williams of New Milford, and others. .aThe town voted tosgiys .s1oo bounty to every resident of warren Who shall volunteer before the H first , of gssptsmbsr
 99- Sunday morning the pastor. of the Congre- gational church preached asefmoh on the times, the aim of which was to stimulatA ypnng men to eniisk He made one statement, however, which I we think not only very severe, but also very un- just He said, that of all the ladies with whom he had eopyersed on the subject of the war, not morethan half dozen had been even ssiSling to- l have their relatives enlist; and. had thrown syel rypossible obstacle in their way. This may be