Litchfield enquirer., 1862-01-23

hundred delegates present. Hon. Josiah M Carter, of Norwalk, was called to the Chair, and afterwards appointed permanent President oi the Convention, supported by one Vice Presi' dent from each Senatorial District Hon. Elliot Beardsley, of Winchester, for the 18th, and Ell Curtis, of Watcrtown, for the 10th, and Dr. s. W. Gold, of Cornwall, for tho 17th District Abner L. Train of Milford, B. R. Agard of Vol 'cottSille, and Cyrus Northrup of Norwalk, were among the Secretaries. .-.r---.-. .;z. =
 MT Carter on ascepting the office of Prosi dent, made 8 short patriotic speech, in which ht said "a as sFa<7'szz 5~- 2, .s s 7' '
 "We are in the midst of bloody war, and il becomes every Republican to remember only his country. We arc met under . call which in vitcs every loyal man, and we should not seel mere party good, but the good of the country We arc in fearful strife, but shall go safely through. There are those who cannot come ir with us in an unqualified support of the gov ernment. They must have their provisos as te what Is constitutional" meaning that the wal is unconstitutional. He who does not give the country his full support is traitor at heart. have faith that we shall succeed-that this Union cannot be rent asunder, but will yet re- main " one and inseperable" Let us do our du- ty to-day and then go home and do our whole duty, and we shall be safe.''
 The Committee on Credentials then made their report of delegates in attendance, the fol- lowing named gentlemen representing
 LircHrIELp COUNTY.
 Litchfeld--L W. Vessels, Jas. Humphrey IT,, DC. Churchill, E. o. Peck
 Barkhamsted-B. D. Lee, R. o. White, E. J Youngs, Bevins.
 Bethlem-L P. Judd, S. L. Monsou drew, J. L. Hart
 Goshen--G. W. Humphrey, D. Lucas, J. P Bailey, J. W. Brooks.
 Harwintou-H. G. Birge, Willis Catlin.
 Morris--R. Pierpont, Henry Waugh.
 New Hartford-D. B. Smith, J. M. Steel.
 New Milford-Silas Erwin, A. B. Mygatt, G Hine, L. s. Knapp.
 Norfolk-J. II. Welch, s. D. Northwsy, Al bert Miner, James McLochn.
 Plymouth-Henry Atwater, Edward Thomas
 Torrington-B. R. Agard, J. ". Phelps, H G. Colt, H. M. B. Miller.
 Watertown-Eli Curtis, T. A. Warren.
 Winchester-E. Beardsley, T. NJ. Clarke, W G. Coe, G. R. L. Penny.
 A committee on Resolutions was next appoin ted, composed of oEe from each county, Dr. s W. Gold representing Litchfeld. After which, somewhat prolonged discussion arose as to tn, appointment of a State Central Committee, whicl was finally settled, on & resolution offered b, Mir. Clarke, of Winsted, by adopting the ole course of going into county conventions, an' nominating one from each county, which wa done, and the following committee was presen ted to the Convention and adopted by aeclama tion:
 Hartford County-Wm. ". House. New Haven County-Abner L. Train. New London County-Edward Prentis. Windham County-Gilbert w. Phillips.
 Fairfield County-Cyrus Northrup.
 Litchfeld County-O. J. Wolcott.
 Middlesex County-Wm. T. Elmer. Holland County-Marcus Lillie.
 A subcommittee for the more complete ant effective organization of the campaign in thi county, was appointed by the Litch6eld count. convention, consisting of Truman 4. Warren, 0 Watcrtown, for the 16th District, and Jas Humphrey, Jr., of Litchfeld, for the 18th.
 The State Committee were empowered to ap point chairman either from their own number or from without their organization, and to fill any vacancies which might occur in their mum her.
 E After4a~recesa for a;.as-, c~pt. Godfrey e Fairfield moved "That the Ticket nominated or the sth of January, by the Union Convention be declared nominated by this Convention, b, exclamation" which motion was instantly put carried by unanimous and laundering "aye, and ratified with the most tumultuous cheering
 The ticket thus nominated, is as follows: Fon GovERsoR-WM. A. BUCKINGHAM LIEUT.. GovEnsoR-ROGER AvERILL. SEcRBrAnY-J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL. TREAsuRBR-GABRIEL w. COTE CoMPTRoLLER-LEMANW W. CUTLER.
 On motion of Mir. Warner, of Hartford, it wa. ordered that the President and Secretaries o the Convention inform the nominees of theil nomination, and request their acceptance.
 Mir. Gcer of Lyme, referred to rumors of the 'disloyalty of Mir. Coite, and moved that lette, from him in possession of gentleman be read After some discussion the whole subject was in definitely postponed
 Ex-Gov. Ellsworth of Hartford, then by unan imous voice of the Convention, was called out and addressed the convention in a very able ane powerful speech.
 At the close of the Ex-Governor's address, tn, committee appointed, reported the following
 REsoLUrIoNs.
 Resolrcd That the supreme object of all pa triot men at this time should be the salvation o the Nation.
 Resolued, That the President of the United States has manifested on all proper occasions conscientious and unfinching determination te prosecute this war, in absolute good faith, for the sole purpose of saving the Nation, by re-es- tablishing through bout the land the supremacy of the Constitution and that in calmly, eau. tously and faithfully carrying out his high pur. pose without permitting himself to be swerved from his design by friend or foe, he is entitled to the respect, the confidence, the sympathy and the unwavering support of every loyal citi- zen.
 Resolred, That this Convention earnestly UT. ges upon the Administration the most vigorous prosecution of the war, and that it employ every means necessary to speedily wash out this wick cd rebellion, and restore the authority of the government on every foot of our National do- Inain. And to this end we unitedly pledge to it our support.
 Resolred, That the gratitude of all loyal men is due the brave soldiers, who have volunteered to fight the battles of their country, and that the heartfelt thanks of this Convention are here by rendered to them for their patriotic devotion to the Union and the Constitution. =. -. Resosred That in view of the burdensome tax ation rendered necessary by the rebellion, it is the imperative duty of both our National and State Governments to reduce their expenses to efficiency of the public service. . R1solpsd That tho of, pEa nf &hn afn