Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-21

1 special reference to Mr. Corwin, reported the following resolutions:
 l Resolred That whatever opinion might have been entertained of the origin, necessity or justice of the Tories of the Revolutionary War, by the Federalists of the late war with Englan1, orly the Wings and Aboliionis;s of the present war with N'exico, the fact of their country's being engaged in such war ought to have been sufficient for them, aud to have precluded debate on that subject till q suc- cessful termination of the war; and that in the meantime the patriot could have experi- enced ro diNicu;ty in recognizing his place On the side of his country, and could never have been induced to yield either physical or moT al aid to the enemy
 This was good tt::oc.::na then, and believe it is now.
 Among the other charges named in the third proposition it one conderning the ad- ministration for interfering with the freedom of the press. Certainly no paper which has followed the course Iail down in the Resou- tion of Mr. VallanligIiam, which have read, has been nterfered with.
 But. sir. this charge comes with poor grace i from the representative of d party which tried to force through Congress- and upon q free dom-lo'ing people tEe Lecompton Constitu- tion.
 The 2lst section Of that Constitution pro- vided-
 If any free person, by speaking or by wr- ting. assert or maintain that persons have not the right 10 ho.l slaves in the Territory. or shall intro luce into his Territory print, pub iisti wr:'t' circulate, or cause 10 be introduced into this Territory. any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular. containing any denial of the right cf pcrso:s to hold slaves in this Ter ritory. such person shalt be deemed guilty of 1 felony, and pnnShcl ny Imprisonment at hard la'or tur tern, ::f not less than two years There is freedom of the press for you Yes, and freedom of speech at the expense of i'm pris1nment at hard labor for tern, not less th m two years Amd that Is what the very Democratic administration of Mir. Buchanan tried to carry tbraugh Congress, aAd force up on the people ot Kansas.
 When the administration of James Bucban- an shall Isav. b.en pursed of this effort to srikr down the freedom of speech and of the press there will i,e abundance of tine to frame all indictment agAis.st the administration now ill power. But it is claimed that the Post Office Department has, at times, refused to c.rrv certain papers thereby denying to the people free Is Of the mails think it was during the administration Of Mr. Van BGreir, If 1 am wrorg, any gentleman will please correct m-> T law was passed eTing to post masters the rig lit to refuse to deliver any mat- ter believed lp ha If nn 'ince:llary charac- ter PoStl.,ast,!s ortan.ti.Ees during the ad-- ministrations of Van Bnrnn, Polk. Pierce and Buchanan, exercised their rights under this law. and refused to deliver papers printed in the free States. have before He copy of q letter sent bv a Southern postmaster to iIor ace Greeley during Mr. Buchanan5 adrninis- tration. I will read it:
 Pos1 CFFIcs, Lynchi,nrg, Dec. 2. E5.C. Mir. HORACE GREELEY Sir II hereby ill., form you that shall not, in future, deliver from this office the copies of the JiibNnc which come here, because believe them to 1 he of that incel,iary character which are for biei,ipn alike by the laws of the land, and a proper regard for the safety of society. You will therefore dis .ontuue them. Respectfully,
 R. II. GLASS, F. M. Has anything appeared in the New York Tribune of more ncendiary character than i language published ill certain Democratic pa pers soon after the breaking out of the war? 1 If there has, 1 have never seen iI. But perhaps it was not intended that this law should be enforced against it's authors. l may be that it is unkind. Let the Democrat ic party call for it's immediate repeal.
 1. Another charge against tho administration
 s,.that the President has, in violation of law
 issued Proclamation coDiiscating the prop erty of the rebels, and declaring their slaves i free. The gentleman has made this charge but failed to advance any argument in support of his position. Mr. Stevens, in his speech before the Geor- gia Convention, from which l have already quoted. after referring 70 what had been done for the South, and the prospect of more new slave States, adds - If you do not destroy this hope, and, perhaps, by it lose all, and have your laSt slave wrenchcd from you by sern military rtle, as South America and Mexico were or by the vindictive decree of universal emancipation, which may be reason- ably expected to follow
 The Presidents Emancipation Proclaina ton vas issued in accordance with the req sonable expectations of the South, but the gentleman from the Eighteenth considers it a very gross infringement upon Southern rights.
 It is enough for me to know that during and after the Revolutionary war, nearly every one of the original thirteen States, passed laws confscating the property of the Tories. ] know of no good reason why the rebels of the South are entitled to any greater considera ton than were the enemies of our country ill the days of the Revolution.
 The common law of military necessity has demanded, for the purposes of bringing inc war to as speedy close as possible, that every support of the rebels should be taken away.
 We now have large number of these slaves in our army, and it is the unanimous verdict of thelr generals that they make good soldiers. Yes
 Adorn but him with freedom,
 And proud he braves
 The rebel knaves
 That fight where traitors lead 'em D
 This attempt to throw diseredit upon the government by finding fault with every act of our public servants, has been carried much too tar. It has injured us in the eyes of foreign nations, and prolonged the war, sacrificing thousands of lives, and materially increasing our national debt.
 The Richmond Enquirer of the 7th of Sep tember, in all article headed the road to peace, thus speaks :-
 7Ae success of the Democratic pa, iy ,co,tld be no longer doubtfl should Gen. Lee once more aeluance on Meade. Parties in the Uni ted States arc so nearly balanced that the least advantage thrown in favor of one will in sure it's success
 Gen. Lee did advance On Meade, and thou
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