Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-30

yOu u8v8 QOH4t Oau you de 6u uVucst Ddu, gay you would hare done les than MT. Lincoln did t is easy abuse by wholesale and gay his manners were unconsiifu:ionaI and wroig.
 etc. but 1t is mach more fair to pafticuiaris' ard say what acts were wrong, and show why. And now sir. let me ask what one act of the l President at that time was unconstitutional,
 rash. unjust or unkiud. He published his iu- | tention to enfufce the laws, and kindly, but
 firmly callei on the rebels to submit, and when
 he found resort to force was necessary, he
 declared his purpose to restore the Union as
 it was, without meddling with the inststutions
 or laws of any state. This, according to your
 showing, is what the Democratic party recog- nises as . fundamental principle of govern
 ment But how was he met by the secession is,s and their copperhsad allies at the N0rin | You say the course pursued tends to lntensily
 sectional hate but is the fate of the secession
 ists any ,,,ory intense now than in the incipient .tspe If inc controversy before the measures to which you object, were adopted 0r even thought of. It was then the detertninatiOn 10 prevent the inauguration of Mfr. Lincoln was
 published. It was then his assassination it Baiti
 more was determined upon. It wss the: that troops froiR New Enstand were sho, down in the streets, when psaceably marching for the defense uf Washington. It was thea that U governor was called fur in Connecticut who would prevent troups from other states from passing through this ct te. Indeed to talk Uf increasing the maliynity of southern cession- -ists and northern copprrheads is about as idle as to talk of increasing the wickedness of fallen spirits. asi.j 1slsfa o.s@taa seq
 The President. beginning thus mildly and in exact accordance with whut the democratic party rpeugnizes as futaamental principle et government, soon found he had U foe in the rear, as veil as In funt. and that mild measures were uuxyaling, concluded. after while. that other and more severe uieaoures must be re- sorted tp. He and Congress harmonissd in their views. and confscation an emancipation were determined on but not till the rebels had tol- lowed coiIdscation and murder with the Union men within the t reach. sd3 1tsA s9t5ss lp<
 Now, cir. will you, as lawyer and judge, say that these measures, adopted by cur gov- srnmant as military necessity, are unconstitu- tlonal O. contrary to the laws of war Or will you as an honest man say they are unjust? Can SoHdelberately say that the rebels, having cast aMa5 the constitution and laws of the c0untty have just right to ask the right and immunitiss which the constitution secures to peaceabfe, law abiding citizens? aa
 In short, sir. was disappointed and pained. after reading the doings of that convention, with all its lvitupsration and bitterness. and after reading your letter, with -its csnsures ot our government and your seeming endorsement of the d0ings of the convention, and finding that you had no harsher name for this daring rebellion than political heresy.' and was cou strained to ask, does Judge Seymour remember that hs has ever taken an oath to support the constitution of the Unitso States. and isshe now laboring to support that constitution. or is he encouraging men to subvsrt and destroy it! af1 1{ aots, I74i ! stag EeEi
 To conclude, I say that some thick headed men may convince themselves that they are beneftting their country by slaudering their government. encouraging treason and absurdly talking of peace. But you are not one of that kind. You are man of education, inteiIi- gence and high standing. You well know that
 no paacs can be looked for but by . vigorous
 prosecution of the war. You also krow that every ssspsrsion cast upon our government, every Attempt to whitewash the rebellion. every
 cry for psacc, has a tendency to proloug the
 war, and thus insure the sacrifice of blood and
 treasure. And the question i'd, will you lend
 your name and influence to. such wotk for the
 purpose of galvanizing party which the
 American people have determined shall be
 buried? If you will attach yourself to such g party. you must sink with 1t, aud with 1t occupy an unhouored grave. 'sa t7asi'a 8SA'f.