Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-18
. " cs- SH1 T IL r'1 The New York Times.

sIhaVe mthea Hease tof Representatives. WAS MT P HenryhJ Raymoadr editor of the New York
 Times. fhrongh the whole of the last a sessior gof Congress Ms Raymond supported MT J chm
 son more constantly than any member elected fas u Union man, Al Philadephia he framed th, address issued by the Convention, and his pa, eper was supposed to be- the organ of the nes E, National Union Party. ''92 7S'A71": eH 7t o.i' | Since the nomination of, Hoffman, however
 the Times acknowledges the failure of the Philadelphia Convention, lays the blame of
 that failure on tha Democratic party, prroe,phe-
 siess their overwhelming defeat in the coming
 electloas,i and advocates the adoption by the
 southsof the proposed amsndhehts' aol'lsoq g Mir; Raymond makes kind mention of his
 late allies as follows ;-r su1 mol 85is19 of U "Itsis very evident zthat the public mind
 dreads the re ewed ascendancy of the Demo
 cratic party more,- than it does the continued exclusion of the Southern States. i While it
 regards the latter as a temporary inconyenl
 fence. involving no important or lasting cot.
 sequences, it. looks. upon the former as full ot
 permanent peril, to the country, Perhaps,
 too, a sentiment of justice has quite as much
 to do with this feeling as any distinct forebod-
 ing of specific evils. What the .De mocratic
 Party would do # fully. .reinstated in power
 by what definite action it would damage the future of the nation -those who dread it most
 might not be able to say. But there is no diff.
 fculty whatever ia feeling that the party which
 opposed the Government during the war ought
 not to assume control of it when the W, war is
 over. The instinct of the country is, that
 those who stood byit during it's time, 70 of peril De,
 should have charge of its fortunes when the
 ''1he Democratic Party has clearly 'oi,i over reached itself in it's contest for ;rerewed ascen. dancy. Throughout the war t gave the Gov
 ernment no support. As an organization it
 resisted it's efforts tosuppress' tae rebeHion..2! .
 1t denounced its policy, condemned as usurpa- stions the measqfes by which it thwarted North, ,erh sympathy with secession, and did every
 thing in it's power to overthrow the Adtninis-
 traton by which the contest was carried on. >Taht it did not succeed; was owing to the fact
 that the people cared more for tie country than
 they did fot the Democratic Party And it
 will owe it's, faifare to the same cause now.-
 While we believe the great body, ot the people desire the speedy restoration of peace and har-
 mohy to the Union, they are not inclined to purchase this at the cost of restoring the Dems ocratic Party to power, s They trust theftwork
 of restoration to the Union Party, and te none other" .. 't:.. .,,--
 "1Ae PhA.s1pASa Conoe,tioa u Aas isa,,pea,, t s, ed from Me contest. Not only has it DO organ 'ized representation-7no party of it's own-in lthe canvass, but it has failed'to affect io any great extant the action efeiCher of the other parties, in tbeir nominations, or in the spriaci- pies and measures which they support. Indeed both parties had made their Nominations be, fore the! Con ventioniw was held but after that meeting some of them should have been chang ed. ,-' Nothing could be more unwise or preposterr- ous than to ask Union men of any sort to sup. port such a candidate as CIymer in opposition to such man as Geary- The one fought for the Union, with ability an dstnction, through the whole war; the other opposed, the Govern
 ment, denounced it's action and aided the Dem ocratic Party in its efforts to embariass and de- feat its measures. .l1 -no,.:.g.., ..; .,,..-.
 Matters have been so mismanaged, not only in Pennsylvania, but throughout the North that support of the President policy of Res toration involves return of the Democratic Party to power and that price the people will not pay. They have no faith in thai party@-iin its principles; it's patriotism, its organization or its leaders They do not believe that it seeks the public good----that it makes the. naz tional safety and welfare the paramount motive of it's actioa-that it cares for the liberties or rights of the enfra,ichised slaves CT sympathiz- es with efforts to elevate the character and im- prove the condition of the great mass of the people" ''t 's7" "' ba'1@ as''5 s'i-. s&"'l3
 ass% Thoreau's humor was never more de- lightful, and spontaneous than on his brief journey to Quebec. The bare legged High land soldiers greatly amused him, and he 7pokes no end of fun at the useless citadel. Here is paragraph .,..,+...,, ..,,. .,..,,. .s ,,0..i+
 {, Sillinan states that "the cold is so intense in the winter nights. particularly on Cape Dia- mond, that the Sentinels cannot stand it mo re than cue hour, ard are relieved at the end of that time :; "and even, as it is said, at much shorter intervals in case of the mos. extreme cold " What natural or unnatural fool must that soldier be,--to say nothing of his govern- ment,-who, when quicksilver is freezing and blood IS ceasing to be quick, will stand to have fis. face frozen, watching the walls of Quebec, though, as far as they are concerned, Uoth uoueSI duu ulSuOn6St men all the world over have been in their beds nearly half a cen tury-or at least for that space travellers have visited Quebec only as they would read histo- ry. shall never again wake up in acolder night than usual, but shall think how rapidly sentinels are relieving one another on the walls of Quebec, their quicksilver being all frozen, as if apprehehsiVe that some hostile Wolfe may even then be sealing the Heights of Abraham, or some operseyering Arnold Tabouti to issue from the wilderness some Malay or Japanese coming around by the 'noartheast coast, have chosen that moment to assault the citadel Why should assoom expect to fad the sen tineis still relieving one another on the walls of Nineveh. which have so long been buried to the world What troublesome thing a wall is! thought it was to defend me, ana not r 1t. Of course if they had no wall they would notineed to have any sentinels. sysd ew sas52 aI ----- ---------- .r
 q DEATH OF REAR ADM1RAL- GREeoRy.-Rear Admiral Gregory Of the American Nav. one of the most distinguished officers in the service ss died aen the 4th inst, At I.the iManslonT House, sBroeklyn of A .ipfamation of the bowels. The Admiral was born in, Nor walk, Connecticut, and at the time of his death was seventy Seven years of age. He {sn5teered the service in 1909 and served in the war of 1872 as lieutenant, and distinguished him. self on the lakes. He also served durinp inc Mexican war as Commander of the Raritan