Litchfield enquirer., 1862-11-06
THURSDAY. NOV. 6, 1862.
THE ELECTION IN NEW YORK.

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 THE ELECTION IN NEW YORK.
 With sorrow, humiliation and shame, we write the result of the election in the Empire State. It seems as though We were never to have ms- fortunes and trials enough. It is hard enough to bear the defeats and mortifisations We suffer on the field of battle, and the harassing delays we endure through the imhecility or treachery of the Generals in command of our army. And now comes the news, more disheartening aut discouraging to the loyal heart than the defeat of great battle-a great moral defeat which seems to deprive us almost of hope that the accursed rebellion is to be put down. or that the Government is to be sustained in it's efiortS to crush treason.
 Tke election of Hora,io Seymour oyer that tried and trusty soldier, JAAzs $. N WADswosTH as Governor of New York, will sen.! thrill of Joy to the hordes who dispute lhs rigA: of the Government to enforce the laws of the amG- to the concave of traitors who sit in council plotting treason and Wal against the Union and Const tutlon-to the secret sympathzers and open upholders of the wicked rebellion, here and elsewhere through the world. It is d terri ble stroke which would be crushing, were it not for the hope: We may reasonably enteJtan, that Q large proportion of the masses who have been led to vote the ticket headed by Seymour, have been deluaed by their leaders into supposilg they were voting to sustain the Governnaent and the war. That it is not so, We have the lhinly- disguised utterances of such leaders as John Van Busen and Fernando Wood to disprove but we are not yet prepared to believe that the majority of the voters of the State of New York are willing to take the yoke of Jeff. Davis upon their necks and yield up hon,r, manhood, patriotism, everything that makes the m fr,emen, to the dictatiou of Southern or Northern trai- tors.
 Every influence has beeu used, every app- ance forced, every wire pulled to occasion this defeat of the government in the State of New York. To the loyal voters the cry has been for a more vigorous prosecution of the war-to the disloyal "we must let them go.' The burden of shO thO eoASS1 eiiS uAai13 GAS SuilCH c'e the poor gummy postage stamp has en used to gum and deceive the public. The howl against the Government for it's failure to put down the rebellion, has been used universally, but nothing was said of those democratic Generals by whom the Government has been most grossly deceived and to whom it is largely indebted for its dis continues and defeats and but little has been said against the wickedness of the rebellion nothing calculated to injure the feelings of ou, "Southern brethren.' The cry of conservatism, has been blindly used to deceive eyes only too willing to be blinded, and such 'conservatives as Fernando and Benjamin Wood, the one convicted thief and the other lottery dealer, both traitors and secessionists, are elected by conservative votes.
 We may hope that at least one good result will obtain from this election, that it may lead the Government to push on the war against our "Southern brethren" more vigorously than ever that it may show the "conservative" lovers Of the South that the Government is in earnest, and that it will defeat any machinations and conspiracies against tself,either North or South and that it will begin by deposing from their positions of trust those officers who have been hitherto SO Conservative" with the rebels as to weaken the confidence of the loyal people; cor rupt the government, and bring the country well nigh to the abyss of utter ruin. Let US have no more Generals retained to command our armies because they are diametricallv opposed to the policy of the Government, and are vast ing the lives and treasure of the country. whl,e they fatten upon it's trials. Let Us have no len. ger traitors stalking about in our midst, preach tug treason or marching up to the polls voting treason, and to sustain traitors. Let the Pres ident lay aside his good nature and go to work. vigorously, earnestly in his own way, regardless of partizan favors and partizan frowns. most especially of all regardless of the frowns of those who have proved themselves his revil.rs and the enemies of the Government he repre ssnt..
 Finally, let us all take courage from the glori GUS patriotism of the grand old Bay State and the States of the West. Let us all sustain the hands of the President, amidst every discoul. agement and every reverse, Let us hope for brighter and better days for the Republic Let us never despair till every vestge of rebellion is obllterated Let us set our faces gteruly against treason, in whatever shape it exists, North or South, and then, when the great con- splracy IS crushed at the South, the valiant ha- roes returning homs from the wars will be able to take care of the conspiracy at the North