Litchfield enquirer., 1866-11-01

I cured. Is the Democratic Party ernu;site. ly adapted to destroy Slavery, that spent its whole life lowing down to it's feet? We Eare now to purge the Constitution, the lava. and all oiyil processes, of the taint and con. tamination of slavery. Are theyfit at this moment, when to the yeryxlast act of their party existence they have been opposed to these changes !? Are they to be put in pos session of the administration at this time, when that change is to take place We are to re-adjust those relations, who have been particeps criminss with thems7 The security, the education, the enfranchise- ment of the negro population is the most solemn, the most affecting. and the most binding duty of the hour. Are they who have never failed to scorn him as less than 1 a man, an inferior race, uneducated-are 1 they to be the schoolmasters of the nation al freedmen The establishment of good will and cordiality between the North and the South-this is to take place. Are they lit messengers of peace between the two of- tended parties In view of all this can say deliberately cannot belong to that party. Cheers. Excuse me, gentlemen. l have been invited. Laughter and ap- plause. It was the whale that swallowed Jonah, and he didn't like his accommoda- tions. cannot countenance their aspira- tion, their ambition; nor can advise any one to join them nor to remain with them. Laughter and cheers I feel bound to exercise whatever and the whole of any in- fiuence which possess, to warn of my countrymen from any delusive, varniahed pretences of new found liberty. They are unsafe, they are dangerous, and if liberty IS to be promoted in our day and govern ment, it must be by some other instrument. Let us now turn to the, only other alterna- tivsIthe Republican party. .[Applause.] Is this party fit for administration ? fCries of yes, and "no," and. "put that fellow out " A million white tongues, ere long, will decide that question. [Cheers and ap- piause. It sprung up originally as party ot liberty; 1t was born in sorrow; it was the child of suffering; weary and almost sigh ing unto death, it was brought forth, and scarcely brought forth before, as in the Apocalyptic vision, the dragon opened its mouth and poured out floods of water to destroy the woman and her child. It began long back, and it has had history and 6 spirit; and it Is 6 history and spirit uni form, broad; it was the party that brought to life and power the original doctrine of our fathers. In almost my whole lifetime nothing has besn so unpopular as liberty. In schoolbooks you can no longer find those lessons that in my boyhood stirred my blood to an early love of liberty. The very tracts that we circulate must needs be expunged of all testimony against slavery, and men even fear to read the Declaration of Inde- pendence Orators run it over nimbly on the Fourth of July. Even this was becom- ing rather perilous to read-that document which said that all had inalienable rights, first and foremost among which should be liberty, personal and political. Now, this doctrine of liberty had been raked up, and lay smouldering on the hearth in midnight The Republicans opened it, kindled again the fire on the hearth, on the altar, and when danger came they built of the same coals beacon fires anew, and when camp fires burned along the line thousand miles every camp fire was from coals that the Re- publican party raked out from the cinders of. forgetfulness. [Cheers.] This is the party that includes in it East, West, North, and South, that great army of men whose hopes, sympathies, labor and sufferings have been poured forth with sublime earn estness for liberty. Not only is the party by its principles party of liberty, but even more so by the character of it's elements by its population, If I may so, say,1 and by
 
 the old aboitonists; in it are the most re- cent anti-slavery men, the men and women who in faith have prayed long for the ris- ing light. The sons who have learned from sainted mothers the very religion of liberty they are to be considered members. To such party it is safe to commit the sacred work of reconstructing liberty. Great Ap- plause. It has carried the country through the war. It has proved it's fidelity and pow CT; 1t has earned in blood right to per scribe for bleeding country. fCheers I hear men say that the party had lost its function, that it rose for an emergency, and now should give way to new party. It rose for the whole day of liberty. It has made important progresss in the elementa- " steps of reconstruction; it holds great fundamental principles, and is seeking for specific objects which no other party has. And though there may be differences of judgment respecting the methods. of securing common objects. there ought to be none as to the objects themselves and think there are none.y It is the duty of the Republican party to con- tinue in power, and have said from month to month, for g year and half, that if tho Republican party by any bad management suffered itself to be busted it wonld commit crime against liberty second only to trea- son. Applause. It is its duty to live and to reign,- and so conduct its counsels that it shall live and shall reign.
 CHANGE IN THE FASHIONS IN FRANCE. It is bewildering and almost ridiculous, says the London Queen, ''to note the change which fashion has of late wrought in the appearance of French ladies' During the last six weeks there has been collapse all