Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-06
Concerning Conventions.

We had something to say in candid way, in our last, concsrning the uniting of the loyal mas ses of this sacoauty, against the sham democracy, upon broad and liberal ground, in favor of. f.sus- saining the administration and the vigorous pros scution of the war; There is no question but that the subject is already fully ydigested by the intelligent citizens of this county, and tbat they ars fully prepared to endorse the example of the President, who has lately called loyal democrat Into his cabinet, and of the prominent loyal men of all parties throughout the state and without stopping to enquire whether their patriotic neigh bor and friend has heretofore acted with one par ty or the other, has welcomed him as a hyal cit- isen, and as such will cheerfully vote with him and act with him, in strengthening the hands of those who constitute the administration of the land. z
 But we observe that pes.ilent sheet, issued in the northern part of our senatorial district is exerting all its feeble influence toward dividing and disracting public sentiment, and has already been so successful over one or .wo of its imme- diate worshipers as to defeat the project of unit luR OH lUyal mSu III IulS ulStTlCG III StudtOTl- al convention. Fortunately, the influence of this sheet, always pestilence to those whose cause it advocates, stops here, and though it has con tributed to dividing the nominating convention in this district, it cannot ultimately damage the nominee or the cause. @ ss '.a
 Has it come to this then-tha t:.when candid, loyal democrat forsakes his party banner and abaadons the old organization of democracy, disgusted with the suppliant secessionists that control it-and comes out boldly, manfully, pat riotically in favor of sustaining the administra- ton in all its efforts to put down rebellion, that we must give him the cold shoulder, tell him to sink or swim, live or die, that ace YPharaisees, suspect:him, despise him, disbelievei him, will have nothing to do with himl and all because our brass-mounted patriotism is too pure and too lofty for himl s G al.. 7a ,l .&.y4
 Probably . full half of those noble men who went months since from this county, to protect sAe capitol or to fight the battles of our country wsrs democrats. They are UNION DEMOCRATS now. They write home from the camp and deck, What are you doing now at home in your cleo. honsF" We reply, "We are sending union loving men to the Senate and House, who shall sustain yoa and sustain their country in its life and death stragglel' Aud the voice comes back from every hand and heart, ,t You do right ;- while yon at home support us thus, we will fight for you whie the last drop of blood remains in us." But suppose one of these letters finds its way to the little black nest upon whose addled eggs revolves tke sapient editor of the Weakly ------, what is the answer then7 " Oh, we are trying to keep up party spirit and party strife we are bound to make a party thing of this war" What must be the natural answer to this Why, simply; If this is a party war, let your p0rty light it out then, we'll have none of it. And wouldn't the reply be equally just and un- answerablef [, '.,le :. !
 we ooserve that those who cry out most noisily and biatantiy for Party, Party, are those very fanatics, who would make party dominant and country subservient Or, as we said Last ,ee., they are set of imprac.icables, who cannot live or move unless they roll along in the sama old party track without stopping to see that thev arc running through burning fields and over sbak, bridges, at the gait of forty miles per hour straight to perdition. These are times when ou anxiety should be to perserve the country, no to abuse patriots. Now it is that we are calle, to use all our efforts in strengthening and sus taining the government, not the party j, now ou eoaasry calls on us for energetic men and mea' ures, not party cries and party divisions; 1; no' five are to be saved in entirety we must ae xnited. a.af 19 geE ss
 We have no fear therefore that any will b misled by partisan appeals in this crisis, or pal t'san wirepullings.- We shall adopt only in ou conventions such men and such measures a shall be best calculated to aid our country in it dire emergency; unmindfal wholly, and unmoyed by any narrow-ninded influence which sucl sheets as we have alluded to can exert, or of tn; limited circle from which that portieular on, A~u~s