Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-30
For the Enquirer. KENT PLAINS, August goth, 1855.

iHr. Edifor s-I am well aware that the good people of this community are not so .. given oves to belle se lie" as to urge me to a denial, or u refutasion Of the false and shameless assertions and base innuendoes with which " Woodnihe's" vrnlent coni- ,nunica,ion is fraught, regarding the recent change of Post Masters in this village; aad I am also well aware that they do aot re- qnire another word from m. in confirmation of the truth of the statement contained In my previous communication to the EnGuirer Mad ambition, subtle jealousy, and mis- conceived personal ubiquity may fret and brandish theii .daggers of Loth," and still the change alluded to will be deemed an outrage by the honor and intelligence of this people. worthy oaly of the veaal ad- ministration and its repudiated sycophaats. But in view of the personal attack of Wood riiie deem it but just to myself that that attack, naagatory as 1t is, should be repel- ed and notwithstanding "Esquire Legion" halls from district which truly has of late been infested by few mad dogs" yet he is not so mach intimidated at their snarls nor even bite as to Zee from the attacks of these obnoxious animals, whether they be of ,he Woodville breed or otherwise, or whether they be local or transient ones. am conscious. MT. Editor, that crimiaa,ion and re-critnination, such as has been or may be developed in this controversy, are not among matters of interest or concern with a large portion of your numerous readers, but l trust 1 may be allowed in this instance to attempt feeble vindication to the asper- sions with which have been assalled-for dariag to give such publicity to one of the many acts of injustice and abominaiion which has so steadily marked the career of the present administration.
 Says nay phiianihropic antagonist, l" In a moment of rabid excitement Legion seems 10 have forgotten that very few of the demo- cratic party were consnlte and that the appointment was secured by ciandestine means" Yes. he has forgotten il and such a fact exists not within the purview of truth full recollection. en the coatrary the De- mocraic party of this town almost unani- nously petitioned for the appointment of Beecher but very few were not consuli- ed, and the advice ot these in any matter would be appropriately dispens ible, for
 I" "The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, and these are of them.'
 AHU II OHtJ tFW Ot tUE DtihOCINWE pdTtT ,cere consulted, those who were not,reminded us of the three poor tailors in London. who began their proclamation with :. We, the people of Englandt' But before Wood. vile ventured to make the assertion which he has made, it would have been well fol him to have examined the list of signers to Beeci,er's petition. where he would have found the names of Democrats by scores, and the names too of almost every promi. nent member of the party. But Woodville is aware of this tact, and when he asserts to the contrary, and also that Beechef's ap- appointment i" was secured by cIandesiine means'' he becomes guilty of gross fahri, cation. 50 essential in vindicaiing mean act. Becchef's appointment or raehfr she means adopted to secure il was matter of the most complete publicity every one was an eye and an ear-witness of the whole irans- action save our philanihropist,a t,and his blind- ness and deafness can he accounted foron no other hypothesis than that of sheer wilifal- ness, since the development of their organs requisite tohave known these facts, as others knew them argue strongly in favor of his first knowledge of then. Again, says my sympathetic rebuker ' Esquire Legion also states that the duties of the cfTice were dis. charged in manner highly satisfactory to the community. Poor man: it would seem that his neral sense is completely obscured hy ihe rabid infection. He does not seem to remember ti,at when young man in the west part of the town applied io him 10 pro. secnte the Postmaster Beechcr. he fI.euion.l advised him to stale tie abuses he had re- eeived to the Post Master General, and BeecheT would De removed immediately. Nor docs he recolIeci the complaints that came from East Kent and from North Kent. and inderd from every point of the com pass. T ! did state that the duties of the office were so discharged by Post Master Beecher. and Tn making the statement spoke not of my own observation and experience merely, but ] ITepeaied in substance what l have heard from more than hundred lips, and too, among all parties. did not suppose that tlsis community was so unlike all others as not s0 contain some small souls. that no kindness. no fidelity can ever satisfy: and in one of my .spasms" stated that no one could imPute to him {Beecher) with the