Litchfield enquirer., 1863-02-05
Communications.
SAS FRANeistS, Dec. 22, 1862.

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 The following is from the Evenin,
 Bulletin. published in this city ,and is portion of letter from their St. Louis correspondent
 POLITICS IN CoNSEcrIcUT-A PEAce PARTY i "A former number of the bar of this city who has resided for some years at the town O I Litch6eld, Conn.,, is here ut present on visit l He says that about two months ago, at the charter elections in that State, most of the
 towns elected Democratic and Anti .Adminis 1 tration Mayors and Councilmen by decided
 majvritics. and that the same party is holding
 meetings and perfscting an organization by
 means of which they can carry the State cleo.
 ton in April next Opposition to the Admin : istration, he says, is more open and outspoken there than in New York even, and extreme
 Democrats do not scrupie to declare that they
 are in favor of peace at the earliest possible
 moment. and of letting the rebels 20 aud re. l main independent if they choose. The Peace
 at any terms party has not, of course, majur- fity in the State, but its membNrs are said to be much more numerous thaRa nonresident of Connecticut would suppoe. The Conser- vatiyes at large desire the war to be prosecuted vigorously for the present. to see if the rebel lien cannot be put down, and want such efforts discontinued only ~hen it becomes apparent that the rebellion cannot be crushed. The inefficient management of the war so fur by the Administration, and the enormous waste of blood and treasure to so little purpose, they are determined to condemn, and they will vote in future against every man who calls himself an Administration cand dute, although the latter may denounce them as "traitors' and '.peace meh' therefor. By way of making their rebuke signal one, they intend to run Thomas II. Seymour for Governor, who from the outset of the rebellion, has been chased as a sympathizer with treason, and whose portrait, over year ago, was ordered. by reso lution of the Legislature. to be removed along with that of Ex Secretary Toucey, from the State House. ....
 l cannot tn nk that the writer or rather his
 informant, tells the truth. cannot think that in Litch6eld, where used to see the venerable form of Col. Talmadge, the elder Seymour, and ether Revolutionary worthies. that those same walks are now trod by those who would betray the Government to our enc. mics, or let it perish by default rather than save it by an Administration to which they are politically opposed. The goodly frame work of the Constitution, which our fathers bequrathed to us. and for which they pledged life, fortune and honor, it seems to m,, is matter of too precious memories to be allowed to perish either by the violence of it's enemies. or the trcachery or lukewarmness of profcssed friends Forewarned is forearu,eA and if such men then be among you. as aie described by the above article, you can know their plans in time, hope, to defeat them but if traitors and corrupt politicians succeed, if the destruc- ton of the Government is accomplished in the triumph of Secession, would not like to walk alone at night with such Litchfeld people as helped on the catastrophe; would expect such troops of ghosts gliding up the East Hill spirits of the departed. of these who fought at Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, and Yorktown, ito annoy nnd haunt us, as would make our teeth to chatter and our hearts die within us. What bootless task, what thankless service did the revolutionary fathers perform. if their descendants stand tamely by,and when traitors assail the foundations of our government, and the whole structure totter to it's base, some. without any emotion, speculate on it's downfall, and some even cheer the assailants on. Those early foundation st ones werc laid in the toll and tears and blood of the Fathers of the Revolution, aud if the supers,ructure shall tumble to ruin, and nothing be left of the Great Republic but the memory of the past, and the blasted hopes of it's future glory and dignity, those men at the North who have sympathized with the rebellion, and aided it either directly by their countenance, or indi rectly by weakening the hands of the govern ment,by factious opposition to active measures against the rebellion, while they may escape the just retributioh of tketr fellow men, can never escape the conviction that they have by their conduct de6led the sepulchre of their fat hers. poured contempt on the battle 6slds of the Revolution, and crushed the hope of the world, in the destruction of the American Republic.
 The two parties referred to by the St. Louis correspondent, both aim at the same result. both would allow traitors to succeed in their efforts to destroy the government. for take it none are so blind as not to see that the prnc. ples of secession being admitted, and that surely would be the only basis on which the rebels would make peace, the destruction of our Government follows, for if one !portion of the country can secede from the Governme nf at will, the whole can, and that is the end of it.
 Bet what spectacle will be rfesented next April at the polls in Connecticut, while twenty-five regiments of her brave sons are out on the battlefield, marching up to the cannon's month and periling their lives for the support of the Government against armed rebellion, party formed of their fellow citi. gems and neighbors, will march to the ballot box and deposit therein their votes, with the deliberate and avowed purpose of weakening -s..-A |.