Litchfield enquirer., 1843-06-01
LET THE LIGHT SHINE.

ion of the Whig party, there is no intention to contest fiercely the Elections in the appa- rently adverse States this Fall. In many of the decidedly Whig States, and those where in U. s. Senators are chosen, manly effort will be made-for instance, in Tennessee, h. diana, Maryland, Massachusetts ; while Yer mont, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Ken lucky, will probably do well without an effort; and some other States promise fair resull-among them Ohio, Illinois, and Mis- sisippi. But in large number of States Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, &c. &c.- the result of the Election of l943 will afford no criterion from which to judge of that O. 1944. The Wings know their strength, and they know it is silently and steadily ncreas- ing. They know that the public impotence with and destination of Tylerism IS fomen- ting daily, and is extending to the allies with which treachery has of late consorted they know that every month of inaction adds to the number of those who perceive that there must be action, and that of the right kind, if the country is to be restored to that signal prosperity from which it was precipltated by the depostic measures of lS32 and the five following years. Even in distant Mis- souri and Arkansas, there is quiet hinking in progress which will yet manifest itself in decided and suspicious change of public sentiment if suffered to go on undisturbed.- Col. k. M. Johnson could readily secure the votes of those States; but an Eastern man who gets them from Western one must Uid higher.
 There will be papable indications, even this year, of the reviving energeis and hopes of the people. Wherever there shall be off cred a clear opportunity 10 strike decided blow for the Whig cause and in condemna- ton of treachery and destruction, there blow will be struck. But every one con- versant with the course of our Politics un- derstands that there are States where de- termined and probably victorious effort will be made by the Wings in "A which will scarcely exhibit sign of vitality in '43- To make desperate struggle, and gain by it, if successful, only one branch of Legls- lature-incurrng responsibility, yet acqul- ring no power- is just such an enterprise as the Whig party is least fitted for. We wish all to understand, therefore, that we shall not regard the Elections of '43, let them re- suit as they may, as decisive or strongly ln- dicative of the grand result in "A. In '39 with far more inducements to put forth their strength the Wings scarcely made show of fight in Maine or Pennsylvania, lost Massa- chusetts, Connecticut, Mary land, Ohio, h. diana, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and were beaten largely on the popular vote in New Jersey. The next year they carried all these generally by overwhelming majori- ties. Like causes will again produce like re suits.
 But while we presume that the current year will not generally be one of strong ex- citement and of desperate party struggle, we believe that it is now that the impressions will be silently made which will be mani- fested in the result 1.-the next years contest. Now is the time when information, judicious- ly imparted, universally disseminated, will sink deep into the public mind. Now is the time to call the public attention to the con- flicting MEASURES of the rival parties-the contrasted means by which they seek to pro- mote the public good. Now is the time to scout from the Country the shameful false- hood that whigs struggle to confer privileges on particular classes and not for measures calculated to promote the good of the whole People. Only let this be repelled as it should ho anA ;4l .uill hl;ster tho toasuoe of the knaves who utter it and be driven from the thoughts of the dupes they now make by it.
 In short, now is the time when evidence is weighed and truth asserts it's legitimate force. The result will be declared in I944, but the victory may be secured no,o.
 Impressed with these views, the publishers of The Tribune are preparing to supply at the lowest possible price to Wings who will cooperate with them,a series ofPolitical Pub- lications treating of all the material ques- tion at issue between the two parties with frankness and power which must command conviction from the minds of the candida Among these publications, as we have here. tofore announced, are
 l. THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY. By an arrangement with Mir. Swain, who has got up by far the most complete edition of Mir. Clay's Speeches ev- CT published, with an Original Biography of great merit and vividness, we shall publish from stereotype plates an edition of the entire work for One Dollar. It is comprised in two large duodecimo volumes of over HOO pa- ges, is got up in beautiful open style so as to be read with ease and pleasure, and is en- bellished with PORTRAIT OF MIR. CLAY, en- graved on Steel by Prud'homme from Lin ems celebrated Painting, a VIEW OF MR. C's BIRTHPLACE, also engraved on steel, and an engraved FAC SMILE OF LETTER FROM MR. CLAY-the whole printed on good paper for $l per copy, or $sSO per hundred. It is be- lieved that no work could be compiled set ting forth more clearly, persuasively and fully the measures contended for by the Wings than does this edition of The Life and Speeches of Mir. Clay. Being the candidate of the Whig party for President, the People will read with attention his views on the great question of public policy which so deeply concern them; and, having read them the arrows of detraction and misreprcsenta- tion will fall harmless at his feet. The Ia riff, the Bank Question, the Land Distribu. tion-every important topic of National con. cern-are here discussed thoroughly and