Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-09

come better acquainted with the system and to more heartily approve of and endorse it."
 POLITICAL.
 Be~Gen. Pratt's summary departure from the New Haven Convention was not. as has been stated, based upon personal feeling en- ttrely. It appears that the copperhead ee- ment was too strong for the General, who did not wish to affiliate with men whose boast for the past five years has been their opposition to the war for the Union. He will never aid directly or indirectly, in placing in power northern men who sympathized with the assas- sins ef President Lincoln.-COurdM.
 THE NEW HAVEN CONVENTION letter to the Bulletin, thus describes tn @ | Convention of last Wednesday:
 | Shortly after ten, Pratt entered, took seat at the table on one side of the stage, and con- menced an attack on half quire of foolscap.
 lie was consulted frequently by Leverett E.
 Pease. of Somers, who seemed to have an
 unusually enquirng turn of mind. At quarter past ten, the scene was enlivened by the en-
 trance of six reporters. Several persons of advanced age, who had the appearance of hav- ing been left over from some of the conven . tions of the last century, struggled towards
 the front seats. and in the course of halt an
 hour went to sleep, This gave that part of the
 hall more cheerful aspect. Time passed on, ence grew impatient, and Selah Strong, of
 New Milford, and another mummy, started a little subdued applause. This brou ht out the General. who stated that the convention
 was waiting for the arrival of the train bringing in the Litchfeld county delegations. After making this statement he relapsed into his chair and resumed the attack on the foolscap
 The entrance of A B Mygatt of New Milford a little after eleven. was finally accepted as a proof of the arrival of the trail from Litch-
 field county, and Gen Pratt arose and started the machine by reading the Randall-Doolittle call for the Philadelphia Convention, and the call under which this convention assembled.
 He was frequently interrupted by applause from MT. Benjamin Beecher of New Haven and another man who sat on the front seat, and got up tnmultuous applause without regard to shoe leather. At the conclusion of the reading, the list of officers of the convention was presented and adopted. MT Dixon 8 nom- ination was warmly applauded and three cheers called for, but nobody led off and so they were not given. In the excitement of the moment, the man who proposed them probably forgot it. The officers. as many as were present, took seats on the stage. and everything looked quite comfortable till Dixon deliberately drew out of his pocket and unroll- ed about twenty pages of manuscript, which he proceeded at once to fire off. Selah Strong immediately went to sleep, and the thirsty souls on the edges dropped gently off and went in pursuit of lager.
 We have seen livelier and more enthusias. tic assemblies, but for the patient sitting in painful silence, it was a convention hard to beat.
 saL The Lockport Journal published the following call: SYhI, i
 "OLD GUARD, ATTENTION Those who vo- ted for Harrison and Tyler, Taylor and Fill more, Lincoln and Johnson, and who approve the course of Tyler, Fillmore and Johnson. in in carrying out the principles of their lament ed predecessors land none others), are request ed to meet at the Continental on the llth day of August. at 8 o'clock P. M., to consult that the Republic receive no detr,ment, and con. cerning appointing delegates or sending resolution to the B. and E. Convention called at Philadelphia. s.
 By ORDER OF THE SURVIVORS OF lS40.
 OH1o.-We Chicago Ini6use takes the fol- lowing view of the political horizon in Ohio:
 Looking the State of Ohio all over careful ly, and making the allowance for any bread and butter defections that may occur, we come to the conclusion that the Republicans will elect i6 members of Congress, and the cop perheads two, with one district (Delanos) doubtful. The Republican majority on the popular vote will not fall much short of 36,. 900. The increased majority on the "West- ern Reserve" will far more than make geod any losses in other parts of the State. The camr raign will be short, sharp and decisive, and the Copper-J ohnsen party will come out of the contest badly smashed. }
 @rVallandingham remarked the other day that ''the only question now up was whether the whale would swallow Jonah or Jonah the whale-that is, whether the great Democratic party would swallow the handful of Johnson men, or whether the handful of Johnson men would swallow the great Democratic party. For my part said the Ohio delegate, I have no fears or doubts as to which will do the l swallowing at Philadelphia" NA. At the State convention of the John son men of Wisconsin some excitement was | caused by the secession of one of the newly elected district delegates, whe declared him seIf opposed to sitting in convention with such men as Pendleton Vallandigham. The matter was excitedIy discussed, and the convention sustained Vallandigham and struck the name of the dissenting delegate from the list.
 1~The following is the estimate of the DO itical chances in Penn, in the next election y the Tribunes correspondent from Harris. ,urg. "From this glance at the political field, ,ou can easily perceive that there is little dis ension in the Union ranks in this State. The contest for United States Senator will create much excitement but no division. Where here is 30 much harmony on principle, there 8 little danger of division about individuals. The course of Congress has completely con- olidated the party, and no man can be return. d either to the popular or higher branch of i he National Legislature who does not openly ,