Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12
POLITICAL.

A Correspondent of The WASHINGTON States
who has recently returned from Europe, sends to
it the following communication. A Southern
American paper which republishes the article
inquiries if the Democracy intend to make Mr.
Seward the candidate of the Charleston Conven-
ton
And now let me say word in behalf of this
most notorious and much abused uIan. In Wash
ington, where he has resided almost half the
time for the last fifteen or twenty years, he is
known as very quiet, amiable, hospitable gen.
tleman, and not at all like the horrible portrait
given of him the other day in the House, in
which he was represented as a sort of ghostly
demon, with hell-fre floating in his eyes! Po-
liticaly, have opposed him, but, socially and
personally, have always liked him. He is man
of great natural ability, and of extraordinary in
dustry. Politics has been the study of his life
and craftsmanship the great object of his ambi-
ton. During an absence OF
eight months Mr. Seward has visited England
all the leading capitals of the continent, and
penetrated into Egypt. No American citizen
ever visited Europe, unoficially, who has receiv-
ed greater attentions than Gov. Seward. Kings
and queens and emperors, believing him to be
the inevitable successor to the Presidents chair
luNlItu ullll W IdUltS, anu UtSIUWcu OH
all the consideration due to the heir presump
tive These facts 1 happen to kno,O, as had
the pleasure of meeting Gov. Seward in Europe
and generally found him engaged ten deep to
dine with the mobiles and rulers of the land No
ex-President abroad ever received half as much
attention he. 1t is the rising, not the setting
sun, that claims the homage of the world"
He would never, so help him God, consent tc
destroy the structure under which we live, mere
ly because man with Objectionable politica
|-Mr. Hill Of Georgia.
A New York Republican paper in alludine
to this noble sentiment, says" This is a decla
ration to which oil patriotic and sensible mer
everywhere will, with one heart subscribe
When the right of the majority to govern, I'M
der the Constitution, is assaied, as it is now as
sailed by the corrupt disorganized and seditiou
party of the, Administration, it is high time fo
all real friends of the Union and Constitution tt
speak out. The country will honor Mr.. Hill fo
this timely utteranoe. "-Bahimore Patriot
Parson Brownlow alN avs talks to the point
He says in his paper, the Knoxville Tenn.
Wing, that
"Were we member of the Southern opposi
ton in Congress, before we would occupy thu
paltry and contemplate attitude of creeping af
ter party that had spurned us by its deliberate
acts, meaning the democratic party,l we would
see the capitol of the nation, and all the terrific
ry north and south of it, sunk to eternal perdi
ton. Nay, we would see all the political organ
izations in America as far in HI as pigeon
could fly in a thousand years, or forge hammer
would fall in twice that length of time! Sooner
than thus degrade ourself under pretence Of
battling for the homes and rights of our chill
dren, We would see them all starve to death, and
then seat ourselves upon their coffns aoiM a
Southern gentleman, and play push,pin for q
drink Of hager-bier."
Fred Douglas acknowledges, since his arrival
in England, that he did know Of the Har-
sper's Ferry plan, as undertaken by Brown, bu,
says that he disapproved it, and that about a
month before the event he visited Brown, at
Chambersburg, Pa, to dissuade him from it,
Douglas says he approved the original scheme Of
running of the slaves and establishing rende1-
vous 10 the mountain.