Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-06

p a, the Following letter to it's President:
 l WASHINGTON, Dec. Is, 1861. DEAR SIR: have received the letter which was addressed to me on the 9th instant by you. an oneer or political association recently or ganized in Philadelphia l You will excuse me, my dear Sir sr vbo. -,.v seem unkind or ungratef6f in this renIv Fo fLs, communication, which has given me some un. easlness and which only fails to inflict severe pain upon me, because do not regard the move. ment which 1t describes as one of very considers. tble magnitude. - co,,-.,sss ,-.s The club, as you inform me- have adopted . resolution to'exert themselves to secure inv ad- ganeemeat- tes the ~Rsesideney of the ~Unitsa States. and this resolution is generously based up991 2 high spprecis!ien Jsack public hervicea as have hitherto attempted to perform,
 avail myself ofsthe good will of the club, thus datterlngly manifested, to say that consider he tproeeeding as one altogether uii Wise sndtendfnv to produce only public evil in a crisis whenseve ry possible path of danger ought to be carefully | avoided. It IS partzan movement, and, worst of all, partizan movement of personal charac. ter. e 1E SI Il ~ If, whenthe present eivilwar was looming up before us; I had cherished an ambition to attain kthe high .positona you have indicated, I should have adopted one of two courses which lay open
 
 lc service at home to position of honor without great responsibility abroad, or to retire toprisats life, and avoiding the caprices of fortune, await the chances of public favo: E But 1 deliberately took another course. Ire. nounced all ambition, and came into the Execus tive Government to aid in saving the Constitu. tion and the integrity of my country, or to perish with them: It seemed to inc, then, that must necessarily renounce all eSpectton of future 1personal advantage, in order that the counsels that might give to the President in such cri- sis should not only be, but be. recognized as be- Ing, dlslntereSted, loyal and patriotic. ma, - 1 Acting nthis principle, | shun no danger and shrinis from no respoasibiity. ty.-~So neither look for, nor If it'should be offered to me, would ever hereafter accept any reward. r-7 h. The country Is to be saved or lost by the high- est efforts of public and private virtue before sn- other Presidential election shall occur If it shall be saved, as believe it will, 1 do not fear that my zeal in that great achievement will be overlooked by the grateful generations to come after us. If, ont the other hand, it shall be lost. he who shall study the causes of the great ruin shall not tnd among them any want of self.saeri lice on my part. l could never consent, if unan- imously called upon, to be President of . divi- sion ot the Republic. lcheerfully give up my as- plrations for rule in the whole Republic, as con- trlbution to the efforts necessary to maintain is in its integrity. I hardly need add that it results from these circumstances that l not oulyask but peremptoriIy require, my friends, in whose behalf you have written to me, to drop my na,ne hencs- forth and forever, from among those to whom they look as possible candidates for National dis functions and preferments. Very truly yours,
 #s. It l WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Correspondents of the Commercial Advertiser.1 l ,as.s! WAsnrNGToN, February 2s.
 We arc favored, at least, with pleasant wcath CT, the sun shining brightly, while steady wind has already dried up the mud, and the roads are again in excellent order. This is we'll calculated to favor movements Of troops, and many ndieur have been cordially exchanged by old friends and | comrades who may never meet again, yet who part in the best of spirits. Even the soldiers seem inspired bs hope singing gaily. " as they go marching on.s.i ... Ofcourse, it would be very naughty on the part of our correspondent to chronicle what is transpiIing here, especially as it appears by senl-oicial statement'pu5lished in your city that correpo ndence " has also been largely used of late in an untimely and unjust distribution of military praise and blame, and this Mr. Stanton desires to prevent"
 Well may it be said that Republicans are un- rtteu, when We see the defender of our met TO i'os, the organizer of our armies, and the pro prictor of campagns crowned with victory, going forth amid such vollies of small abuse. simply because he believes that the white citizens of this land can assert the supremacy of the laws, and that it is not "a military necessity" to arm the negroes. -...-..s r-EE.-l.. l B fore Gen. Mcclellan left here recently on . visit to Gen. Banks, he called Ut one of our pho tographic galleries, and stood while the proprie- tor took some@fne photographic portraits of him. These have been published as cards, and there will also be iss d an imperial photograph ic portrait of the General, which doubtless wil have large,sals. yss4 .3 bitlsG THE FOREIGN NEws-Parliament was dis cussiug American affairs Earl Carnayon stated that three British subjects were imprisoned by the federal government for not taking the oath | of allegiance. He hoped the British governments | would take earnest steps in the case.
 Earl Russell replied that those cases were con- sidered in the papers laid before the House and | referred to the peculiar state of affairs in the United States as justifying urgent measures.-- In England, parliament had given the govern 1 ment, in times of difficulty, authority to arrest persons on suspicion, and it had to be frequent ly done without their being brought to any trial. He did not defend the arbitrary manner in which the arrests had been made, but if the persons l arrested had been engaged in oOnspirAciss against the government of the Uhited States, tho British government could not interfere A
 Earl Derby would make allowance for the diff faculties of the federal government, but the ar bitrary manner in which British subjects are treated and the uncourtsous replies to remon- l strances natuFally excited indignation He ask ed if any nglish preeedents it was made con- l dition of being brought to trial that the party should swear allegiance to his own country. 1 Earl Russell was not aware that the oath of allegiance had been tendered to British subjects, except one who had declared his intention of be- coming citizen of the United States. He be- | lieved the federal government had not tendsred the oath to British subjects knowing them to be such. . 'e--t-
 Earl Mamsbury approved the conduct of the government, in relation to the blockade, and complained of the Times misrepresenting Earl Derbys position on the question. 1
 Ear. Russell was glad to find the conduct of the government-approyed, and said the country mustGeeL Leon6dence when it's leading men were agreed Mls4th
 In ths .IfouS5 of Commons on the 10th Inst, Mir. Cobden gave notice that an early day he in- tended to bring under the consideration ef the House, the state of international and maratime law, as it affects the rights of beligerants.
 An. order had been received at Portsmouth to reduce the number of men and guns of the ships of war in commissions aI1 <F.eag-
 The London Daily News reviews the engage ment at Mill Spring, Ky.. as genuine and im- portant federal success, and thinks the result of rapid and decisive action cannot be doubted.
 Prentice {if, as everybody supposes, he is real