Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-05-10
From the Hartford Courant.


This will be rather sober and solemn week for
Connecticut Loco Focoism. The leaders of the par.
ty will assemble at New-Haven on Wednesday, with
very different feelings, hopes. and prospects, from
those by which they were animated short year ago.
Then, office, income and influence were all in their
hands. and they fattered themselves that all things
would continue as they were-that they were too firm
danger Of being disodged from its ods or even
shaken in public favor. Under the exercise of feel.
ngs and passions, which such state of things very
naturally produces, they took great liberties with the
rights and interests of the people, and at the same
time, made deep calculations upon the want Of intel
igence and discernment in the community; and as
commonly happens with vain and conceted persons,
mistake until it was impossible for them to avoid the
consequences oft. Having recovered in some meas
ure from the first effects Of the shock, which they had
So Unexpectedly they are now under e.
low their example, and remove great proportion OF
them from Office and we already hear about pro-
scrptions tor opinions sake as an unwarantabe ex-
the very kind oftreatment which they deprecate with
90 much feeling and apprehension. A list Of Offices
hsld &C the present time in the county Of Ltcheld,
was probably fair sample of what exists throughout
the State and il the Wings should govern themselves
6y the rules which their opponents have uniformly
iurnished the latter would have just cause of
plant What course will be pursued by the majority
at the General Assembly, we have nofneans Of Know
ing. That it will be wise and just. we have no rea-
sou 10 uonDt Dt LOCO focoIem considers itself so
fully entitled to all the Offices ofhonor and profit. that
when they fall into meagre minority, they give up
no part OF their claim and if that claim NOT allow
ed if they are not permitted to take the whole amount
OF loaves and fishes. they make as much noise and
complain as loudly and pathetically, if they had
been deprived Of some legal or constitutional right
Whatever may happen, the time Of suspense will not,
venture to predict, extend TO fortysir days. The
hest and the worst Of it will be known in much less
time than included in the debsnure Of the last
springs session.
Although the result Of the Virginia election is not
fully known; when we find the Globe saving that Il
,Du probably be like that in other States here schisn
has roon posUer into The hands oa disciplined minor
iy take it for granted that the editors of that pa
per consider the State as lost to the administration. 1t
is Of the tricks Of their trade to ascrbe the dsas-
schsm. On this point we are not disposed to contend
with them. Ii state, or city goes against them.
we are content One thing is absolutely certain If
the current of popular opinion continues to set the
same way it has done lately, they are at liberty to
charge it schsm among themselves or to any other
purpose; while the Wings will be content to see the
government placed in more honest, more capable and
public spirited hands, than it has been for eight
years past.-C0nn. ConTnnt
DIFFERENCE OF orINIoN.-Th6 following coLoquy
actually took place between two senators during the
discussion on the Tariff Bill, on o motion to reduce
the duty on Moasses:-
Senator Benf0n-Whskey is the heakhiest liquor
that Is taken, men are known 70 have been drunk
upon it 40 or 50 years; while rum finished its victim
in eight or ten.
Senator Chandler-I understand the gentleman
from Missouri. that a man may be drunk on whiskey
for 40 year, This Is reason why shall vote against
the duty, as am in favor Of that LIQUOR which aeon.
est dispatches the drUak0rd.