Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-19
YiirkftlS Gaqniter.
TMURsDAY, JUNE 10, 1889.
The Situation.

Ths vesk has given us no news of startling or important character. We seem on the eve sfimpsrtant events which overshadow the nec- sss.sy preliminary arrangements that have been syada.lly and silently going on for the past fort uigss We surely cannot be much longer with sat news of desperate and final advance on the enemy. at the only two grand points of resist snes nov left them. With the Mississippi eff isstuaIly and forever cleared of the hateful flag ef rebellion, with the seaport townsof the South nssfiy sII once more under the protection of the cd Stars and Stripes, uith commerce and trade ssain beginsing to assert itself after it's long ssagnation, VIC shall have but few more days e weeks to wsit befsrs the final doom and exit sfths rebellion will be written on the dead walls sf Richmond and Charleston. .~5t vs;t t..q .
 Ths questions which will arise then as to the means by which we shah bs able to bring back the rebels to their allegiance, will be easily set
 ted hy themselves. They have probably become convinced by this time, that it is harder matter so ovsrturn the federal government and defy the pewen sf the land than they had supposed it to hs. even with the advantages they had gained o: stslsn arms and perfdious traitors. It needs nsw buta signal thrashing out-suchas McoLEL- aAx is prepared to give them-te settle the ques- tion ef the power and perpetuity of this Repub- Es forever -4 4- ,..s. t.. 's...
 The report that Beaursgard's skedaddlsd ar uy has reached the vicinity of Charleston seems ts bs well founded, and we may hope tha: it is e. We can afford to wait before that chiyalric city. while we can keep so large force of tie f>bsls in eheck. until our army shall have com fisssd its preparations for the capture of the <cbsl capital. Then it will be time enough to
 -Rsw6 | tw shells over among the Palmetto
 hiStlry. and give them a taste of the same .-s]ps they showered with such glse upon thede- x.se1 heads of ANDERSON and his forty soldiers, syen sso. It is gratifying to know that the
 isysl sentiment of the people South is not all
 sxsinct in the gloomy year and fiery trials they have passed through. It snly remains for us to hesd the country we capture, beyond peradven- S84Us v UfoSOtCt tu0 utVcS uuuSictahuuio beuti- nsnts of loyalty and devotion to the old flag. It is this fear which has hitherto kept back the ex. prssaion of Union sentiments by those indubi- tably loyal, in the cities and towns which our troops already hold. We have seen this week a latter from Northern gentleman, long resi- aent of New Orleans, who states that even yet 10 is esmpellee to preserve dign:ned retici. snee in respect to the Union sentiment which he. with two thirds ot the citizens of New Or leans. he writes. entertains. Thanks to the viz srous course of Gen. Butler, this will not mucl longer bs the case in that locality, nor will i long Do in others. s..t Lat
 The war cannot last mach longer. We ma not have heard the last of horrid battles or fear fal Fighting, but we shall have but one or tw, moro of these, before the broad banner of peac shall Do again unfurled throughout the land, un der the protecting folds of the old banner o Liberty and Union. Liberty and Law shall re assert itself, and the Great Rebellion shall liv. only in ena of the darkest pages of history.