Litchfield enquirer., 1860-03-15
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 ca The Springfield Republican says of the late State Convention in Massachusetts: The reaction among the republicans in favor of Geg. Stewards nomination has been very rapid and deep within the last fortnight. Were the convention to assemble at once, his nomination would not be doubtful. But with two months to the convention, and two other nominations to be made in the meantime, which will necessarily infect the policy of the republican party, no man is wise who insists to-day that the question is settled. A month ago, Gov. Seward was almost gwen up by his best friends and another month may create as great revolution in his prospects as the last one has, Our republican state com venton this week exhibited very strongly the deep interest the people are already beginningto ,eel in the election, and he new impulse that has been given to Mir Stewards prospects No ut- tarance at the convention was responded to SO warmly or better expressed the sense of the dele gates than the speech of Mir. Hopkins of North ahaptoh' which strongly condemned the idea of golhg outside the party organization for candi- date. and urged the selection of Governor Sew ard as flrst choice. Mir. Hopkins declared. with great eioquence. that Heaven was on the repub- lican side, and left the impression that this was eEough 10 secure victory. Are we to infer that Heaven was against the republicans in 1856? HH"V their powder dry as well as to trust in God. The republicans must needs have faith in the divine decrees, but they had better have a shrewd eye to the votes beside, if they expect to carry the country. The delegation from Massachusetts to Chicago now bids fair to be very able and hon. orable one; to act together and with influence :; to give their votes to Mir. Seward till he isnomi- mated or withdrawn and in the latter contin- gency to cooperate in any reasonable opportuni- ty that may be presented for uniting the conver- tion upon Gov. Banks A 1L <0 & . a3s Parson Brownlow has published yindica- tion of his son, who killed fellow-student in Emory and Henry college, Virginia, as he d.
 eges, in selfdcfense. But the parson cannot treat so serious matter without ventilating his wit, and concludes by saying, Il respectfully suggest to newspaper editors and their curres- pondents the great injustice ofvisiting upon him the political or personal sins of his father, 0rer rso'n he has nerer ere'cised ony control" The parson is publishing spiritual messages from John Brown, in the last of which, dated - Hell, Feb. 2l, he makes Brown says .--
 Some of my northern friends are here for putting scraps of leather or bits of paper in the soles oi negro shoes, and then welt round the edges, instead of putting on two good soles. In looking over the register of hell, as who is set down for hell sure, l see the names of Chceyer. Phillips, Greeley, Sumner, Giddings, CT
 Seward, Grow, Banks, Helper Sherman. etc. SX have long list Of southern big folks charged with half starving their negroes. suffering them to go nearly naked, and rot in filth; disputing and grinding down the wages of their poor and dependent blacksmiths, carpenters. doctors. wheelwrghts, etc, in order to save a little more to sptu'ye on befoe the world"
 sss~We coy the following core ton of the re- port that MT. A. L. Dennis of Norfolk WIS about to purchase the residence of the late Washington
 Irving.
 A mistake respecting the sale of Washing tln lrvlngs residence, Sunnyside, is going the rounds of the newspapers Sunnyside was left ] by the late Mr. Irving to his two nicces to be 1 turned over after their death to male relative bearing the name of Irving, which clause pre- cudes all possibility of sale at least for long time to come."
 DeSF FThe Montgomery (Ala.) people have been. busy burning copies of Spurgeou's Sermons of late and the Editor of their Weekly MaH warmly remarks that if the Pharisaieal author should show himself in those parts we trust that stout cord may speedily find its way round his eloquent throat. He has proved himself dirty, low-bred slanderer, and ought to be treated accordingly"
 If the MASTER should ever visit Montpon err in the Millennium and the Maa should have it's existence thcn-which is quite unlikcly-and should HE repeat his ideas of humanity and love to all men, there will be one voice at least which will repeat the old cry of !" cruelty hmr'
 Hay~ James A. Pearce. the old whig turned democrat, has been reelected United States Senn- tor from Maryland, for the term ending in Isr.. Mir. Pearce has had the rare good fortune of an uninterrupted public service for more than thirty years. He entered the Maryland legislature at 70, was sent to Congress at the age of 3O and after serving six years iu the lower House was elevated to the Senate in lS43 His new sena- toral term lengthens out his service in that branch of the government to twenty-four veara- and he is now but 55 years old
 sea-T The Evansville Qnd. )Jomnal "presumes" that Governor Joseph A. Wright is coming home from Berlin to run for President, or Vice Presi. dent if he can't get the higher office: Or failing m both, we presume he will put in" for th, Uni ted States Senatorship to be filled next winter.
 Mir. Dallas comes home unn.ixed, uncommit- ted, or uninvolved in the Lecompton troubles. He comes like Mir. Buchanan came four years ago, and belongs to Pennsylvania ; therefore 1t would not be surprising if he should slip in ahead of all other aspilants at Charleston.
 BGs~ Ex- Gov. Mcdonald of Georgia, Q very venerable old fogy, having proposed, in a circn- lar to remedy the evils of ab itioni by explicit amendments of the constitution, making aboli- tionism treason, the Macon TeLegy'dph sugRests that the adoption of such amendments, frequir- ing threefour of all the states,) would in it. self indicate pretty sound state of health in the patient and that whenever three fourtls of the states are of that mind the oth.r one fourth can be kept in order without such harsh provisions. The trouble is the three fourths are lacking.
 neLThe Democrats of New Haven were ad- dressed on Thursday evenidg by Hon. Caleb Cushing. We notice in the long array of Vice Presidents the name of Ghas. A. IngersolI, lately deceased. Are they getting short of live mate- rial down that way !-Cowant. tia
 neA-An Ohio paper calls Senator Pueh . type of Democracy" whereupon Geo. D. Pren- tice continues the metaphor, observing that the type" is considerably battered, and does not make fair impression. a g W