Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-23
Mark Hovard.

Mark Howard.
 II any of the friends of Senator D;xon ~;.h l TOT M complete justification of his course ;n da- iea.ng the nomination of Mir. Howard. as col.
 S oi this district, in the Senate of the TIni sS.. S,ases' they will find it, ready furnished to s saSt. Aaaas' in the address which the late coI. .9csvr nas seen 1t to issue to the RepnhIicsr. gr 2 Connectcut, and which was published ir sha , n1Isore fTess ot Wednesday last. A mor. violent' inconsistent, selfcon.radctorv nrodnc. .lon " n"se noe often seen, and we proposs. absurdities and contradiction VI "' That Mr. Howard should dveplv f..., ,,. ,... of the office which he supposed to be so ssc". ,".s y within his grasp-that he should be mor,i. ned by hls rejection-that he should ipdule. angry and revengefu feelings toward inc su. thor of his disappointment and modification Ia not to be wondered at. We can excuse much m man placed precisely in his position vol we must express our surprise, Knowing as wo do the defiant, abusive, and insolent tone ;n which, ever since his nomination. he hus almost challenged, and, as it were, invited Mir, Dixon to defeat his appointments he shouId now, when he has met the late which he iuvok. ca, whine aud complain oi his hard fortune and persecuted man VI ASu repeatedly that Senator Dixon, by reason of his disloyalty. and inlilsi. ty to his party, had lost all induencs ;n ,hs Seuate, and could not. if he would. dpfsa, h;. nomination, the manly course would have been we think, to submit quietly, and acknowledge that he erred in inviting the issue. This, how ever, Is not MT. Towards iisa of manly and chivalrous conduct. His notion Of honorable warfare is to bully and goad an opponent into all attack, and then, when dscomht sd. to ssak for sympathy under the cry of persecution. ng to our limited observation. that sort of game IS not apt to bo successful It suits Mir. Howard, however, aud let him have the advantage of il. Tho public in making up an. opinion upos the case, wtll not forget that tho. defeated nominee invited his owu fate, and haa. nobody to thank for his i'll luck but himself.
 We are unwilling to speak ill harsh terms of the vanity of our amiable fellow citizen, but we apprehend he exaggerates the importance of his services, and does not accurately measure himself. Self praise, he should remember, is no commendation. Some kind friend should hunt to him that he is mistaken in supp6sing, that his rejection has brought reproach upon our State." So far as we are informed. tha State does not See it in that light,-nor are we aware of any mourning, right here in the citv of Hartford, over our late collectors misfor. tune. We think the historian will overlook the humiating fact" of Mir. Towards persecr. tion and final rejection by the Senate though such an oversight, on the part of the muse of history, seens impossible to Mr. Howard him. self. We doubt, even, whether "the future Organization upon which the government now mainly depends for it's support was at all staked upon the question whether this off .er. or some other man, should collect the internal revenue for the first district of Connecticut, It is an innocent qualification to disappointed man, to suppose that history will not overlook his prosecutions; but sensible people cannot help smiling when they see such manifesto tion Of inordinate vanity and self conceit as. Mir. Towards address manifests more espec. ially when the fact is considered that nine-. tentbs of the community think he has been, treated precisely as he deserves.
 We have spoken of the se.fcontradictory character of the address in question. Mr. How. ard first decares that he has been defeated by :" senatorial despotisln''-an appeal to Sena. tors love of power. Then it was "months of interruptions and secret effort on the part of Senator Dixon." Yet he says no charge was made from any source, that he was wanting, either in honesty, capacity. or flelity." Sem ator Dixon, he adds, admitted that he pos. sessed these qualifications and was even zeal ous supporter of the government What. then was the secret and interruptions effort cf months Why, it was alleged that Mir. How-- ard twas personally opposed tp him"-and Mr. Dixon's statements as to this opposition hs says were sud distortions of truth-some Of
 them :" without any foundation of truth" Is; seems then hy Mir. Towards own statement that the only iarge against him was that he opposed Mir Dxons election-tlat his only crime was merely having been more devoted to the Government than 10 him." Where then, was the false charge of which he complains and ou which he says he demanded an nvesti. gation. His "honesty, capacity, fidelity and jealous support of the GJvernm .nt," being as he says, admitted, an ordinary mortal might be satisfied with this inventory of virtues. and even hope that history would forget to record the humating fact of his rejection by the Senate. Yet no. satisfied with this record of his virtues, he demands an investigation. on, the sole issue. which he says was his being personally opposed to Senator Dixon, and hav- ing been more devoted to the Government
 than to him." How Was it then on this pointf
 Was Mir. Howard uujustly accused if this waa the ouly charge? Let him record his own au- swer to this question. He says:
 "I was forced to the conclusion that his sym
 pathies were not with his own section, but
 were with the Southern oligarchy-that he was really hostile to our bene6cent political faith that ne hated repuDllcani5n TOT Us numanlty' and it's self sacrificing devotion to principle that he had no faith in the political integrity : of his fellow men, but believed that every man : had his price, and that the political indspend. ence of men depended on th"ir recailiary cir- cumstanees7-that hls on!y interest ie,tEe re- publican party was it's power, which he.dos'rsd to use solely for the gratif 'ation of his own pride and ambition, and to defrssad. fhe se"ti-
 menf ofhis State &c"
 These convictions he adds, "o5liged mo to oppose his re election to the Senate " Aud yet he says Mir. Dixon declarations respecting his opposition to him aers " sa distortions or the trutll,' aud some" without any foundation in truth"
 Now we ask the candid minds. of CDnnccti- cut to look over the above list of charges against Senator Dixon. on which Mir. Howard, says he founded his opposition to. his re-eisc- ton. Is there anything left for islander the most atroc'ous to allege-for malice the most bitter to invent? Could worse character be described! Our citizens know Mr. Dixon. Here is the ground on which Mr. Howard says he opposed him, although he had long had for him 4 friendly disposition" Ne understand that it Mas stated to the Senate that these pre-.