Litchfield enquirer., 1858-03-18
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.


 cei,surng the distinguished Senator from New York for lis yose on the Army Bill which has recently been defeated in thesU. s Senate and the fact that Mr. Seward stands nearly alone among the Reiub iicnn Senators in his support of that Bill, may bc pria faeie evidence that he is wrong But, right or
 rong. we do hot sec how it should effect his stand inc ss the leading champion of Freedom in the Sen ate.
 In his Message to the present Congress, President Buchanan alluded to the state of affairs in Utah. and said that he was bound to restore tue supremacy of the Constitution and laws within the limits of that territory Immediately on this message being read in the Senate Mir Seward rose in his place, and while he disapproycd of that portion of the document which related to Kansas, said that he should sustain to the utmost of his ability and judgment, the Pres dcnt of the United States in restoring the suprcm- acy of the laws in Utah ,'' and believing that the small military force under Colonel Johnston was en- tirely insufficient to accomplish the objection which it was sent he has voted to increase that force by the addition of three thousand men to serve for two years only, and then to be disbanded. This is the head and front of Senator Stewards offending. We are not sufficiently vcrscd in military affairs to know whether he is right wrong, but his reasoning on he subject has some weight, we confess; and hct must commit some greater error than this, before unite in the ccnsurc of those who would make us believe that the ablest and most devoted advocate of the Rights of Man in the present councils of the Ma tion is about to desert the principles he has long and 50 triumphantly maintained.
 The National Era says" Panegyric is not to our taste, nor shall we indulge in it now. But it is his character, his purposes his policy He is just true to the of freedom to-day as he ever has been. He does notoadvocate permanent increase of the Standing Army. He has not said that the bat tie between Freedom aid Slavery is over. He has not renounced allegiance to the Republican party. He has not given up Kansas
 [The foregoing was written soon after the vote on the Army Bi but has been crowded out for want of room. Since then, Mr. Stewards great speech on Kansas affairs has dspelled all doubts to his posi- tivn on the great issue before the country.
 
 GY@ Correspondence upon the subject of intemper ance continue to flow in upon us and among other things, we have received what purpofts to be the Qrcam Ot SOihe UNe over On AcnG
 There is no occasion for any to send us the re- suit of their dreams. We have too much of reality altogether in midst to take up with what may be the result of an overloaded stomach anda bad nights rest. If people get drunk, and dignitaries in low oyster shops (as the dream says) pelt one another with Boston crackers and bottles of pepper-sauce, they surely have the worst of it themselves For us 4s- 1>J ,s<.1x ing, and listen to too,many knells for drunkards' funerals, and see too many bloated grog-shop keep CTS following on the same highway, ta take up with any mans dreams for matter of important discus sion., We have, however, the matter under advise ment, and may yet publish it as picture of the rum society of Ltchfield Hill.