Litchfield enquirer., 1842-12-08

Have the Wings any reason to despond now, when in the face of ali the defeats during the two years immediately preceding the pre-. election in 1940, they then gained such a complete victory! Certainly not Let them organize at once in every state m the Union, and prepare to come out in thelr strength, and another great victory will crown their efforts in l644.-H0Tt COUrGnt.
 PARDON OF COL. WEBB.
 The following is Gov. Stewards pardon of James Watson Webb. It was received in New York on Tuesday morning:
 TIE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK:
 To Gn to sOkOm these Presents shall come;
 Whereas, at a Court of General Sessions County of New York, in the month of Mo- vember, ls42, JAMES WATSON WEBB was convicted of leaving this State for the pur- pose of giving or receiving challenge to fight duel with deadly weapons, and giving or receiving a challenge, and was thereupon sentenced to be imprisoned in the State Pri- son at hard labor for the term of two years and whereas, an unconditional pardon is so. licited in behalf of the said JAMES WATSON WEBB, by the Grand Jurors, by the Munich pal Councils, by the officers of Justice in the said city, and by many goo6 and worthy ci tizens of this stats because he was not the challenger in the said duel; because the challenger, though holding high represen. tative trust, has not been brought to justice and is not amenable to the laws of this state; because the combat was not mortal, and the challenged party sincerely manifested de- termination to avoid depriving his adversary of life, and he was unharmed; because the said JAMES WATSON WEBB voluntarily sub- mitted to justice and confessed his offence, waiving all advantages of legal defence; be- cause although the practice of duelling is in wanton and fragrant violation of Divine laws, and is inconsistent with the morality and hu. zed, people, and has therefore been forbid den by the laws of this state with forfeitures, pains and penalties. through a period of nearly forty years, and the Attorney Gene ral, Judges and Grand Jurors have been ex. pressly required to bring all offending to condign punishment yet, until now the mo. ral sentiment prevailing among us, has not adequately sustained those laws, and all persons who have offended against the same have remained unmolested, except three, who after conviction, received pardon through the hands of our former Chief Magistrates, and many of such offenders have been raised by their fellow citizens to high Executive, Legislative and Judicial trusts, wherefore it is represented to US that it would be partial and unequal to enforce in the present case penalties which may have been regarded as obsolete and that the said James Watson Webb is therefore deserving our clemency.
 Now, therefore, know ye that in consider ation of these promises, but upon the express condition that the said James Watson Webb ahnl h ka sv,o oF hse State violate any of the laws designed to pre- vent duelling, nor by any act aid, assist or abet any such violation, nor priat nor pub- fish any justification or defence of the prac. tice of duelling, or any paper with intent to or uphold the same, we have par doned. remised. and released, and by these Present, do pardon, remisa and release tho same James Watson Webb, of and from the offence whereof, in our said Court, he stands as aforesaid, and of and from all judgments and executions thereon, hereby restoring to him all the rights and privileges of citizenship forfeited by him, in of the said offence or the said conviction.
 In testimony whereof, we have caused these
 our letters to be made Patent and the
 Great Seal of our said State to be IL. 8. hereunto affixed: Witness, WILLIAM
 
 at our city Cf Albany, the twenty
 of our Lord one thousand eight hun.
 dred and forty.two.
 Signed WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
 Passed the Secretary's office the 18th day of November. 1s43.
 Signed, s. You've, Secretary of State.
 CRAZY PoLIrIcIANs.-The lunatics in the Vernon, Insane Asylum Cat Brattleboro'O are publishing small weekly newspaper, and the fourth number Is now before us.- There is evidently more method in the madness" of these crazy editors, and much more decency, than in many journals af- fecting to be sane.
 and gay, as well as serious and sensible.- Politics is excluded from the plan, but here is clever hit at both parties
 The Crazy Mems 7Iket.
 For Prssident-SAMuEL B. GoopHuE.
 For Vice President-HNMAN HuRD.
 As the public are, no doubt. waiting with no small anxiety, to see what course we shall take in the coming Presidential elec- ton, we present them above our ticket, re- serving to ourselves the privilege of substitu- ting another candidate for either office, should we hereafter discover more crazy politician.
 We have selected one from each of the great political parties of the day, believing that # sce c0n unite the crazy ones of bolt par ties, shGn most eersGinly elect our candidates.
 We are aware of the mighty influence our paper is destined to exert upon this great question. as it has now a tremendous