Litchfield enquirer., 1851-04-17
LlrCilFIELD ENQUIRER
THE BANNER COUNTY /!

We are grat'ied to notice that the wing
papers in and out Of the State are so prompt
in awarding due credit to the exertiOns Of
our friends in this county. The Hartford
CourAnt Of Saturday has the following:
TIE BANNER CoUNrY.-The wings
of L:tcl.feIG County covered themselves
with glory Mt the hate election. They have
elected 8 Senators and 81 Representatives;
List year, Senator and IL Representatives
g .in-2 Senators and 10 Representatives
-eq lal to change Of "a votes.
The New York Tribune of the same
date says
ONE IF THE sRuRA1. DlsrRIcTs.'-Ths
county Of Liichfeld Conn. last year gave a
small Loco Eco majority for Govrtunr. and
elected 10 membsrs u each party % the House
with one Wing TO two Opposition Senators.
This year il gives Wing maj 'rty for Cow
ernor in sri,e of strong Rum division, CIV
decided majority for me WING candidate for
! Congress who lives in Fair field. over an able
| and popular citizen ut Litchhed. c'l"0ses cer>
ia;nly two and we trust three Wing Senators,
and sends ttcenfy scuea higs ten L"c" For"s
and One distinctive Free Soiier to the Hons.
To the unexpected gains in this c",ntH will
the Wings be Indebted for al their State Off
GERS and a II. 5. Senator for six years ensuing.
Iitchield County is the must inland and up
land portion at the State, is mole thoroughly
Agricultural than ahy either. and seems not tn
be- affected with the raging AicnhElic thirst
which did so much To burn the soul out ct
bridgeport and several other towns. II uses
Cotton. bui will not be used by i: G;- Hon
TRUMAN SMITH lives in Litchfeld. The
Laco Focos dearly hate him, but how can he
help that? l.itchield town made first rate
gain on last years vote and gained a Wing
member. New Milford Sharon, Rev Hartford
aud in fact most Of the towns did capirallv.
Cotton must be ever fifteen cents pound " hen
it buys that county.
Other papers speak equally to The point
We are proud to believe that the compile
ments thus bestowed upon the gal"n,
wings of Litch6eld County, are we'll de-
served. The victory was not won without
struggle. Out friends never went into
political contest with more resolute and
determined purpose. Without noise. or
buster, or parade IF any kind -wnhou,
a mass meeting or stump speech dur'ng the
Lcampaign-the wings. feeling most deeply
the importance Of the election, went quietly
to work. contrasting the several towns and
districts, and IaboringtO arouse the indiffsr
ent and win over the opposing. Knowing
with wflnt regret the elec,h"n Of - demo-
cratic" Senator to Congress would be re-
garded by their partiz ms throughout The
Union, their first object was. TO secure the
election Of Representatives of the right
stamp. so important was this doomed,
that in one town, which last year elected
democrats, the wings, after effecting
thorough, organization, voluntarily reiin-
quished the Judge Of Probate to their oppo>
uents with II view Of obtaining ? or l5deu'-
ocraiic votes for their candidates for the
| Legs ure-and then elected them both
by from so TO 60 minority! The result
shows that the wings MIGHT have chosen
their Judge and Representatives too, if
they had had "a little more faith.
But we have done as well on the popular
vote as for Representatives. Last year
the opposition had plurality in the county
NOW our candidates for State officers, Con-
gresham and Sheriff, have majoriies vary
ing from 40 to 400.
Another cause of success mny be attrib-
uted to the fact, that all ''sidc issues" were
left out ofthe contest. The Compromise,
tUnionism:' Free Soilism.' 'Temperance,'
and other kindred topics, were left untouci-
ed, and all went into and THROUGH the
campaign on the naked merits and demer-
its of the principles and acts of the two
parties. Locofocoism can stand no such
test as that. 1t 10 ever seeking TO thrive by
bringing to its all those IRRELEVANT yet ex-
citing subjects WHICH are calculated o blind
and bewilder. With no definite ohjec, but
the spoils of victory, the means for the Mt
tainment Of that object are often unscrupu.
ious and reckless. Look Mt the result in
Fairfield County. where the questions
above named were agitared. There. an
adherence to the ''compromise" seem 9 to
have been the test cunningly raised by our
opponents. and unwittingly accepted by too |
! many of ourfrisnds. AZ n consequence.
Bridgeport, which last year gave whig
majority Of IA. now gives majority of l4o
against US +; Westport. which last year gave
us majority "f 90, now gives majority |
"f4O against us; in Fairfield tho whig vote
fills off SO, and the democratic vote inoreas,
as 90-and so in several other towns
Why will wings be caught in. such trans :?
The net whig gain in this county, in Rep.
resenta'ives and on State Ticket, is greater
than that Of the entire State besides,
* Massachusetts has passed the
pluralityslaw and it has b.en signed By
the Governor SO that :he next election
for nnannhara oe Covnrass - Gil