Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-16
TWISTED, Or, AUG. II, 1866.

l notice in the ENoUI- ,RER of the 9th an article signed Republican intended I suppose as reply to one I wrote some two weeks since.
 "Old Standard B ,arer," it appears, has no word to offer in vindicatiou of him 'elf. "Repub. lican," however takes uo the cudgel in his be- half, next week suppose Standard Bearer will investigate the matter" and com, to the support of Republican.
 Come tickle me Tommy and
 I'll tickle you" '.'
 Not wishing to trouble you with matter which the majority of your readers must fee but little interest in. will reply in as few words as possible. The whole subject resolv es itself into just this. @
 Certain gentlemen from Winsted assisted in the nomination of Mr. Botsford. The head oi the delegation was much pleased with the re- suit, boasted of how he had "6xed up" dele gates to the convention, and gave people to understand that the appointment of Deputy for these parts was in his hands. Mir. Thompson who was then acting in that capacity having been appointed by Col. Vessels, was laughed at, and plainly told that he should not be re- app oipted. The course pursued towards him was considered insulting, and 80 much of an aggravating character was said that some of his friends declared that they would not vote for MT. Botsford.
 MT. Newton who was laboring hard in the canvass, evidently became fearful of the re- suit he wect ard saw Mr. Thompson and as Thompson and others say, promised him he should be Deputy if he would go earnestly at work for Botsford. This Thompson agreed to do. and did labor for the success of the entire ticket. Some time after election petition was circulated in favor of the appointment of Mir. Thompson: Republican" says .Thomp. son allowed himself to be represented by men of Copperhead tendencies" Let us see. The petition was circulated by J. B. Whiting, and signed by Dr. Welsh. J. J. Rockwell, J. R. AL word, c. J. Camp, T. M. Clark, Henry Gay, w. c Coe, Woodford, and almost every other leading republican in the place. Now, consid- ering the character of these gentlemen. it seems little strange to hear them spoken of as of "copperhead tendencies" and after snch a charge should hardly think "Republican ko1~ nh1,~k xl- Al f .S CTS. = ' = < .5<,a The statement as to Horns petition being larger by fifty names than Thompson's, is sim ply calculated to mislead and is part of the hair-splitting method of argument resorted to by Republican" Why not state the whole truth and say that Horns petition was circu- lated in other towns, and names got without regard to the signers knowledge of the mat ter. but simply for the purpose of getting a petition signed by more names than on the one sent in for Thompson. Republican" devotes a considerable portion of his communication to telling what was done to harmonize Union voters upon candidates for representatives. This has nothing to do with the subject or Deputy Sheriff as he well knows, and no rei' erence had before been made to the subject. Furthermore, that any portion ofthe Union par ty especially those living on what is termed the aFlat. D to whom ailusion is made, threatened to vote the Democratic ticket, as is boldly as- serted, is to say the least entirely void of truth. Republican, tells about having "in-