Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-05-06
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, MAY 6, 1871.

Virginia EIection.-So far as regards the Con.
gressmen this election resulted far better than WE
expected The wings have elected II members To
tne iocos W-out there are among the wings Messrs.
Hunter Mallory and elmer, who are not altogether
Te'a''e tor WING measures. AS contemporary re-
marks, they are as good now as they ever were"
Ihe wings gain three members and lost one.
AS to the Legislature, it is yet doubtful which par
ty has the majority in the popular branch or whether
there is not tie. AT the last advces the wings ap
pear to have lost 10 II, and gained7. In the Sc
nate, the wings have majority of tpO certain, and
perhaps four, that at the worst the locos cannot
domuch mischief. No important appointments come
necessarily before this Legislature.
Red Back Moncy.--Wi;hin the last month there has
been good deal Of alarm as 10 the safety and SOL
vency Of this New-York banking currency. MANY
Vt the bills have passed, If passed at aTl at fearful
discount. People who had them on hand would pass
them off to the best advantage they coud-sometimes
at one hall their face. We 50 lucky as to have
a few Of them and though VIC might have got some.
thing for them, we concluded to wait the event Of
their getting better or worse-thc consequence was
that IN due time we were enabled to pass them at
their value. In speaking Of tho ST. Lawrence and Elk.
change Banks Of Genesre, which have Just resumed
business, the Pouehkeepse Eagle says" The people
will perceive in these cnses the Importance of holding
dq to their money when they hear Of the failure of
any banks under the general banking law The
New-York bank note lists are no guide whatever
with respect to the bills Of those institutions except
simply to designate those TINT ore unquestionably
good by being redeemed in Albany. 1t is but shor,
tl,oh lie NJ III RI
Banks of New-York, the Farmers Bank Of Seneca
county, and the Mllers' Bank at Clyde, were nut
down in those lists comma ndng I" no sale, or as
at forty per cent discount Since that time the notes
Of the Tenth Ward and Chelsea Banks have been
redeemed at par all those Of the Farmers Bank Of
Seneca county at par, or nearly so. and those of the
Millers' Bank at but six per cent. discount The
notes Of other red hack hanks which have been put
down IA bad and refused by our business men, have
heen redeemed at Albany, or promptly bought there
Mt but one or two per cent. discount. Taking these
things into consideration we therefore advise all when
they find any difficulty with red back money to hold
on 10 it until they how the institutions are coming
out, aud in nine ont Of they viii find that
little or nothing will be lost
REMOVALS FROM OFFrE-Undcr this head the N.
J. Ev. Star has some excellent and very pertinent
remarks. 1t says-"One wopid suppose in these
times, that onr Locofoco brethren of the type had
their organs Of benevoence greatly excited. Contra.
" TO their formerly professed doctrine that to the
vctors belong the spos, they insist that the van
pushed should retain them Lamentations here
and elsewhere daily hewail the cruelty and inhu.
maniiy of dives,ing Mr.. Van Buren's partisans Of
those places which they have so long monopuIIzed-
That sanguinary spirit which once tolerated no want
OscOnormi'y in opinion with the partly is now tanned
down. The Globe and its affiliated satellites, which
"ssre exulied in the cries Of suffering people, and
Responded Ia their complaints, there IL pressure
which amy honest man ought to regret" are now
shedding tears over The fate Of those who have
been the Instruments BY which wicked a6rninstra.
ton tOvnsened and oppressed the people. They who
have aided to iRflct wretchednrss and poverty on
ihousands-to snatch bread from the mouths Of the
industrious and enterprsing-they whose efforts have
assisted to bring grief and misery the firesies Of
the merchant, the manufacturer and the mechanic
who asked nothing Of government but be let alone
-ihey-those hcaress parasites Of tyranny, now say
TO these very beggarcd and ruined men, upon whose
calamilies they have coldy smiled, that they must
stand aside. that it will he prescription for them to
For ourselves we say. that we are gratified by the
mistortuncs Of man-miserv and destitution excite
sympathy whoever they af1ict among our fellow
creatures. But bad government. the premedi,ated
wickedness of bad in power. has filed the coun-
FRY with mourning and misery. Thousands have fel.
the cruel pinch Of poverty, who never dreamed of
want, before the destructive reign Of locoocoism-
Thousands Of such worthy, honest and patriotic men,
who would. but few years since. have spurned the
gift Of Office compelled by dire necessity to
ask the boon Of being permitted the service
If the country These men hare been the victims, but
the vassals Of power. lie: it be granted. them
that Mr.. Van Buren's partizans in Office are
equally needy-who shall he preferred The poor
man who has upheld the guilty rule Of oar oppo-
nen,s defended their pernicous measures, and used
the patronage Of their Offices to retain in power the
wrong doer? Or should VIC not rather prefer that
poT nian-made poor by the evil counsels Of Van
Burenism-struck down BY the blow which has pros
trated the whole countFy-hat pOog man. who, al.
though Frustrated had the honesty and the courage
resist the oppressOr, and whose bold front and M.
bought vote have assisted to free the country from
1he nsrule Of oar opponents Ccsiainiy. Justice. as
well ma discriminating humanity, would both prefer
the poor and honest wing to the ponr but guilty loco
loco 1t may be severe and unpleasant task to dis
charge the duty At prefeniBg the one the other
hut as duty to he performsd-hs country requires
is. and it will be performed justly
Appointment By The Presdeaf-John B. Edridee OF
Hartford late editor OF the Patriot and Democrat s
appointed Marshal ct the district OF Connecticut, vice
Norris Wilcox, discharged.
Here is another good appointment. We like to see