Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-06-19
NEw HxyxS HorEL, June 10th, 1885,

has been >e0Htrolled by factions clique, of pol
iticians, whose action has demonstrated that
their watchword was 81 rule or raj" -and they
have again triumphed in the election of their
candidate fer Judge of the Superior Court, by
the most corrupt and disheHorable measures. -
For two years have as an individual quietly
hoping that time would set the. mat.
ter right, and that the party would have "A re-
turning sense of honor, and shake off the incu-
bns of this despicable regency.~-This year a
fine opportunity presented itself for doing it,
and they are thrice victorious. The nan that
the bar, and the public, desired to be appoint
ed Judge, Is shabbily thrust aside to acco,nmo-
OF faction ard dictation. Under these circum-
stances, g f0rbearance has ceased to be Tir
tue" and the time has arrived for me, as an
individual, to place myself in position where
| will at least be beyond such contemptihle
party; and do, therefore, hereby renounee
AND abjure all allegiance that l may have ac-
knowlcdged to any party in the last ten years,
and aTow that in future / viii act with the
Democratic party-and that what Ettie infu-
!ence may have in, the coming canvass for
President of the United States, shall be given
nnhesitatingly for Buchanan and Breckenridge
Thisroncluson has not been hastily formed, but
upon the most serious and deliberate reflection
l am, very truly, yours.
HENRY 3. GRAVES
Eg% The above letter, which appeared in the Aer
Hfren Register of last week, is somewhat amusing to
those who are acquainted with the part Mr.. Graves
has taken in political matters for few years past
That attempt has been made to control the party
F,oS;
and Mr.. G. might have truthfully added, - of whom
am chief" The quiet submission with which he
has waited for returning sense of honor to the
party had entirely escaped the notice of his friends
here and were it not for his statement to the con-
trary he would still retain the credit of having eng
necred most of the chcanery in which that same
sctious clique has iadulged. His long suffering and
hopeful resignation are truly creditlble and when
we think of it is wonderful how our immaculate
friend could have witnessed such corruption and still
remain with the party. But the lowest depths of
political degradation reached by this contempt
Idle party when it declined to make FATHER DurroS
Judge. No wonder then that forbcarance ceased to
be q virtue.
Our friends abroad may desire to know how the
whether they give up entirely. In reply We have to
say that no very marked demonstrations of despair
have yet appeared; perhaps the blow is softcncd by
the remembrance that Mr.. Graves is only returning
to his first love-he having made his debut in Itch
field as a Locofoco of the loudest kind Some have
unkindiy suggested but don't believe it, that as
his late change was more from revenge than princi-
pie, it would not be long before he might make vet
another change to crafty the same spirit. We hope
not, friend Graves-now that you have found congo
NAL spirits anu been received into the democratic
fold, stay with them and fail not to bless your stars
that you forever secure against the corupting in
fuences Of that wicked faction from which YOU have
SO narrowly escaped. From what we hear We don t
think people in this section feel as badly as our
neishbor OF the New London CAroaice, who thus be-
walls:
DREADruLLy ALARMING Mr.. Henry B. Graves.
said to lie of Litchfeld and to be son-in-law of Ex
Governor Button, has published highly important
manifesto or platform of principles in the New Ha-
ven Register. This document will probably produce
an immense amount of amusement and possibly n
considerable alarm and botheration in the quiet
Commonwealth of Connecticut This same Mr.
Graves 1--WE believe that is his name )feels aygrievc
by the election of Mr. Curdv to the Judgeship the
uoFc especially rs IL prevents that OF his law
aforesaid, who was thought in Fairfield the most
dcscrtess' man for that office, an opinion which
Mr.. Graves most cordially concurs in In conse-
qucnce OF this naughty proceeding of the Legislature
Mr. Graves notice that he shall not any longer
patronizc the party parties which have hitherto
had the happiness toenro him among their members
he intends hereafter to she'd the light of his couuten-
ance and rcfuigence Of his genius upon the demo-
craey Neither the Wing. the American nor the Re-
publican party is any longer to enjoy the felicity of
his fsaternal influence. He has, for the reasons men
toned gone for to the more congeaial bro
therhood Of the locofocos. What trU become of the
opposition party now.
Mr.. Graves has, since the advent of the Duttonian
dynasty, been looked upon in the State for the up-
holding Of the Wing, Republican and American par
ties IN Its uIune capacity of opposition When
this important plank in the platform has rolled out
what under heaven is to become of itS Who knows
how many Circus bills are to be lost after they
are enacted by the legislature and sgnedby the Gov
ernor! The Senate and House Of Representatives
will look upon the loss of Mr.. Henry b. Graves
whose name will be found in good Mr.. Goodwin's
book under the head of Graves, Henry B., official
bore TO both Houses and private trot cosey to his
Exeeiioncy. the Senate and House We saw will look
with disy upon the transformation of this interest
ing gentleman and inevitable funetionaTy Indeed
the transfer of his trnscendant talents from the said
opposition to the democratic party aforesaid is almost
as certain to secure the Election OF Mr. Buchanan as
was the loco!uco triumph ut city election Monday
last, and our gallant friends ought by all means to
muster powder enough TO load their ,apidated pot
metal and fire another tti de oe the Parade for if
"Old Buck isn't elected President now he never
will be till the ocouco ticket prevails at the coming
election for filling vacancies among the Hog haywasi
IN the town of Hardscrabble-but the acquisition Of
Mr. Graves 'e'N enable the friends Of Mr. Buchanan to
carry Connecticut, high and dry :" a.l though we
hope for the best, we confess ourselves discouraged
and advise everybody and the rest If mankind To cry
leccail and let Mr. b. walk over the course lust