Litchfield enquirer., 1863-02-26


 late of Naples, could collect st Rome such Ia set of fanatical Reactionists, as met at I'opro
 Hallon the 18th inst Tlieir faaaticism was not of the kind which, like that ofJohn Knox, of the PurItans, or of our own Abolitionists,1 springs from hcadIong zeal forg1ibarty aud reform, too littletempered by judgment, but l the deadlier fanaticsm of darkness and error, tsuchas enyenomed the thin blsod, and fiiedth8- narrow minds of Laud and Philip Il, bearing it's proper fruit in prosecutions, Inqsisitions, Land St Bartholomew massacres. But m the broad light of the 18th century, and in New. England, the rawlings of bigotry) and prejudice provoke smile, rather than raise such appre, tensions, as, in other times, and other places, they might naturally inspire. sa s.si .so' We had been led to suppose. that this. vas, to be " Conservative gathering, but no such element, anywhere appears; like the assembly in Pandemonium described in Paradise Lost, !! it might correctly enough be called an Opposi- | ton Convention, but the term < Conservative" would hardly apply. We think the rouro af9 i fir WAS rat her the more vioient ,of the two; 1 for every speaker was of the Aoloeh stripe, | and not Moderate of the Belial or Mammon l.School, could catch tho Chairman s eye or get the foor Not only were they far past the usuai high-pressure point of; party haired. but they ragged indecently against every thing loy-. al! More particularly does this appear iii, their grossly insulting treatment of theirsiass years Canddate for Governor; who, contrary to their expectations, as it appears, has tafned cd out patriotic man. In proposing the name of Dr. Taylor of New Milford, as nomi- nee for the office of Lieutenant Governor, the Hon. John Cotton Smith, a gentleman some what noted already in connection with Demo cratic Conventions in Hartford and also somew hat notorious in this County, made tho following statement :-" Last year, Mir. Buck inrhanl, whom I 5sltsre is.Governor of this State, came to New Milford with so called Democrat, (rcferriny to KIT. Looms,) to make d war speech. The Committee waited on Dr. Fay! !or te ask him to entertain this Democrat l He refused to have hm in his houss, and said he would see hun to - rather than entertain hiin on such an errand." And this polite and patriotic behavior of Dr. Taylor, so won upon the polite and patriotic Convention, that he received le5 votes. against the rreGestnated Etonan Candidate, who was nominated,
 Like most fanatics who have poetic license for all manner of violence, sourness and big otry, they appeared ia rather an uHanfable mood while discussing the merits of tho Ad mnistfation and the loyal portion of the na- tion. But tliese unpleasing traits of'claracter passed out Of sight, like. clouds befere the N ". wind, when they came to speak of those in rebellion against the Government. Then indeed their words were gentle and tlleir countenances pleasant as they told their love i fer the estrangcd Democratic brotherhood of ''ie South, and protested, that come what would, the gods Of the Confectionery should he their gods. Ever and anon, as tie true Aussliman turns at evening towards Mecca ! they fell on. their faces towards Richmond, praying witii' us.o'TishiHg fervor fer T reconcil iation, and signing for the es: ecu benefit of 1 Mr. Jefferscn Davis. .'
 "Thou, thou reign,st insthis be sen, &c.''
 Then, as t:-ey thought of Gen. Pratt and Ben. Butler, they grew red iu tle face again and n,altreated the Kings English and the third Commandment, as is the manner of your true Conservative when excited, so fiat before the proceedings were finished, bys:ander might naturally have supposed that ho had strayed into the first meeting of the great a 4is socfation of all .who have been coafned for political offences in any or tho SIincoln Gov. ernn;eut Bastiles,'' which is to meet next Spring in the city of New York e
 The Resolutions are as pretty a piece eff disloyal art as has ever been produced, and read remarkably like an unusually viruent leader in the Richmond Despatch. They first shape neat States Rights wedge, after the Calhoun pattern, ready to drive into any seam that may appear between the States now upholding the Union. Against draft, tley next make most melo-dramatic stand j, The disnlenberment of tine patriotic State of yir- ginia is particularly condemned whereby. mt only the integrity of the Sovereign States is attacked, but the people of Western Virginia deprived of the protection of the legitimate authority at Richmond. And who can claim that the proper steps, by way of arn,istics and suspension of hostilties, &c, have been taken. to get the permission of Gov. fletcher and his Leg slature, without which no division can constitutioneHy' be made?
 But most especially do tke framers of these resolutions denounce the "Arbitrary Arrests In such state of bodily fear do they seem to have been ef the !" 1'yrant Lincoln, ,, that now Tor the first time since the war commenced they speak the trutlfl Now, however hoy soilclt the honors of martyrdom, with endless liberation and Yocferation; seem actually to yearn for Fort La Fayette, probably a sort of finishing School of Reaetionary Democracy. where they can sit at the feet of those who. have actually committed treason, and have nc.