Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-01

s"7suA in Polaea T. Though we 6a vs no exu.c,, ton that the article annexed, from the last Hartfort State Eagle, will have any efIec. upon the loco focs publications in this etate, we trust ts admoni,ions vii not be unheeded by the wEig press. They have nc motive to state other ihanihe mtt-ther cause is tr be supported by it-and they sbobld leave falsehood aud its attendant crimes entirely 10 their opponents
 TRUTH IN POLITICS.
 In the tumult and excitement of party feelinr lei us not lose sight of Truth. There is great danger in times like these, that men will learn to think lightly of slight preyaTicatons, and by deg qet to tell boldly, falsehoods which they know to be such Nothing is gained by this course, but eventu- al shame. There ia no hurt in prophesying nor in wshing-but to Ie. fer political purposes is the ex, tremity of degradaGonS One would think from the tone of some of the newspapers, that the tate not only ot the United States, but ot Texas, and the the vital interests notOnly of the present but those of all posteEity, were involved in this Ire. nlendous struggle, Now much of this is hunlbug- sheer humbug. Neither Harrison, nor Van Puren can do EVERY THING for the veal or woe of their country. They cannot make every man happy or miserable, by any course Ot policy. There are prin- ciples involved in this contest, which are important but if either side could gain all that they ask by sacrifice of all that is honest manly, and indepen- dent in private and public character, we should de- precate victory, as Q national disgrace.
 tSy q. ble men-erring and mistaken in their politica sen tments but stlll, men who are not ALL depraved- The end does not always justify the means A party that winds its way. to power by corrupt practices will maintain itself for brief space, by corruption but in this country, aSs seen in the rapid decline of the party in the ascendancy it's reign cannot but be short. The people will settle these mooted ques- tons ot currency, about right, at last, without aid from corrupt presses and interested poltcians.- Meantime, all who participate in this wordy war, should remember that all is NOT fair in politics.
 RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE.
 It s remarkable fact, and one that should incnl. cate an important lesson to the o the people, never again io defy and trample upon popular rights, at the beck of mere party recklessness that of the eight members from Vermont and Maine who dared and the passage o the Sub Treasury, but has been
 John Smith. Isaac Fletcher, Joshua A. Lowell, Virgil p Paris, and Albert Smith, have each hren reected ny the people whose confidence they had ab sed! Davee and Anderson were not even cand. dates tor reelection and the constituents of the for mer have proclaimed M G thunder tone. by change unprecedented in New.England district, their dis. pleasure at his career of political intamy.
 On the other hand, the Eve Whig members who opposed to the ntmos! both ontraees have each one less than thousand, and by an aggregate majority of fourteen thOusand-BOston AtLas
 Tbe Popn'nr Vote in Mdine- -Aghast at their urex-
 
 press are, at this late day. attempting to create the belief that their friends have been taken by surprise and that they could have prevented the result had they been aware of the exertons the Wings were making: Were it not that their own declaratons before the election give the lie to this absurdty how completely is it refuted by the amount of the vote thrown. Prior to this election, the largest vote ever thrown in the state was in lS3S The whole number then was 69,ll3, of which the Tories obtained 462l9, the Wings but 42,789 This was larger by ten thousand than any vote before given in the state. The vote of the present year is targer by n leasf ffiern hundred linn in eighteen Hundred fhirty;eicM' The Whig vote is larger by more than 2 300 votes than it was then. While the polit- cal changes in favor of General Harrison, which the Tories denied before the election, have thnned their ranks of about twelve hundred. Perhaps some of this falling off may be attributable to their dmin- ished means for fraud from those they enjoyed in 1888.
 All who were present in Maine during the recent contest, must have been struck with one important fact, which alone will account for the immense vote thrown by the Wings This is the surprising unani- mity with which the young men of the state, more especially that portion winch has recently become of age, support the Whig cause. The Tory papers were disposed boast before the fatal 14h of Sep tember of their strength among the yourg men of Maine. But we challenge them to show the town where our gain is not attributable in great to the soundness of the young men on poli- litical mathematician Atias. -4... ..t.. .5t Il