Litchfield enquirer., 1843-08-03
FTHE ENQUIRER. LlTCHFTELD, AUGTST 3, Is43.

August EtecelOns.-EtectlOhetoE-N toE -NAetiOefsVANOu gress are held to day in North Carolina and Tennes see, and on Monday next in Kentucky, Indiana, lIl nois and Alabama. As it is conceded that the loco focos will have decided majority in the popular branch of the next Congress, but little interest is felt in any of these elections SO far they gO to affect that majority. The Wings will preserve their organ ization but will make no strenuous efforts until the great trial of next year.
 In Tennessee Governor and Legislature are to be chosen, and as the election ot two Senators in Congress depends upon the result, the Wings will be more active than in the other states Our hopes of success even there are not however, very strong.
 9TWe published in the Enquirer of the 9th of Ju- ly, letter from Augusta, Georgia, communicating the result of the trial of William H. Plait for the murder of William R. Harding, ard commenting in strong terms the verdict othe jury As that letter has occasioned much remark and its authorship been at- trbuted to various individuals deem it proper to say that it was not written by one of Plafts counsel, nor by any other native of Litched, but by person with whom we have no personal acquaintance. We deem it proper further to say, in justice to oursel, that the said letter would not have been inserted in our columns, had we previously read the evidence given on the trial That evidence, as we have be- fore remarked, established the guilt of the accused. beyond the possibility of doubt, and how twelve honest men could agree to verdict of acquital, we are at loss to understand.
 0rThe citizens of Buffalo. it is said, are to make much parade over Benjamin Rathbun on the occa. sion of his return from Five Years Residence in Roeues' Academy at Auburn. We do not learn that the Great Forger expresses any pentence for his crimes, gives ary evidence that he will not play the part of villain again whenever an opportunity offers. Any public honors paid to such character do not reflect much credit upon those who bestow them. lfRathbun will betake himsefto s"me hum. ble and honest calling, and by unobtnsive life of industry and honesty re.estabsh himself in the con. 6dence of an outraged public he will gladden. the hearts of his former admirers; but any attentions which would go show that the people of Buffalo thought lightly of his crimes, would be neither ad. vantageous to him nor creditable to them,
 PusEyrsM -The edito. of the Poughkcepsie Tcle. eraph-an Episcopalian we believc,-spcaks thus of this new excitement:
 The excitement produced by what is called P": s"ism from Dr. PSev the leader in 'he established
 
 pal Church of this country, and causes mnch alnrm among the most devoted and pious friends. of that church. Weare among those who see little cnnse to tear of the evils that in the opinion of snme are seriously threa tened. vet af tho s1mP time oce fo that every step towards heresv tending io sanction the abominnfinns of Romanism is watched with the most vigen' x ieamls core. a. the rromp'. ness with which Dr. Pusey himserh has been arraicn. ed and suspended for two years ai Oxford. probably 'o he discarded altogether showe. think that ile tme.honored and venerable church has s:ili within d. served her arains: every assnnh. Bnt object in introducing the subject here s to discnss i'. seldom med6le with rel gons matters in columns but to refer those who wish o understand the subject 'o most able and interesn0 article respecting i from the T.onAon Quarterly Review. which may he found in iio Nnyp V"'l, Alh;o" ef S"'rinv 'n-+, +,- less formidable rhnn is commonly represented. and that # the r-op"r course is taken and adhered to hv the wise md ndicinns men of inc church. and nnrtc- nlarlv bv the hishonsha' rwif any of the evils fear ed will with any ea,on'he prohahili:vfan T rpon the church there or here. It s no thing n ex. citenents resnectinG the Episcopal Chnrrh aesuuc much more formidable md discordant character ou: of khe poie oflhat Church than withint
 GTThe article on our first page, on 'he Origin, Prevalence, &c. of Puseyism, find in reary nlf our exchange pnpers-religious and political AL though taken from London iournnl we cannot think it altogether candid statement of the extent of the Oxford heresy. That three fonr,hs of the clergy of England and Wales ale even "tainted" with it we nre slow to believe. , ... .e
 By the way, Bishop Doane, oi New Jersey, denies that Dr. Pusey himself is tainted" with Romanism as he render will perceive by the following letter so the Editor of the Burlington Gazette:
 My Dear Sir,-l could have wished that there had been no place in yonr home-keepi.g sheet k,r the Oxford gossip which has come to us ny the Coiur- hi". scarce half made up" Perhaps it were too much. however, to expect of flesh and bloo6 in this our scandal mongering day ;-a day it seems to me, m which people take revenge for their own indffer- ence to religion by finding fault with the religion of
 The distinguished individual whose name, by DO seeking Of his own is now current n every sort mouth. s. you are not ignorant. my friend. should not have thought of following. into any foreign jour nal. this record of his persecution, which will be | But when it comes. as it were into my own home, and my children read the charge oftreacherv against their fathers friend, cannot we'll keep silence. | content myself-as sufficient nt least 10 procure | of his sentence in every honest judgment |
 only add the declaration of myunwav vering conf | dence in Dr. Prscys fahfnlness to the standards of his Church. and his integrity as Catholic Church man. He is no nenre., my word, to Rome, than | the Liturgy and offices of the Church of England | and of her sister in America, go with him. l would that we might all remember and net upon these | homely lines, which find in our favoTise Newark | Daily: ,, 9.fs
 "Believe not each accusing tongue,
 As most weak persons do; .'
 But still believe that story wrong
 Which ought not to be true /"
 . Your fai!htul friend. CIV. DoANE.
 Riverside, 2 June, lS43. f' .'is More Disclossrss The Philadelphia papers are