Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-18
The Senatorial p p.s

@t1e sSolaa GO1lal F. v -ss
 The signal misjudgment of Doolittle of Wis consin and Dixon of this State. in boldly afi- Hating themselves with the eopperhsad party. IS something pitable These men became
 blinded and thought they saw chances of DO llticai preferment in the. Copper-Johnson al- liance. Ambitious of place, Doelittle forgot the good sense of the people and delivered himself over to the Administration in isnk un- fortunate moment. Dixon having had it here
 tofore hinted to him that he might sometime reach the Vice Presidency was looking out eagerly afterithe sssigns of the times,'s and mistook the signal. These men have in a few. short months reaped the reward of their folly their silly ambition and feeklessness in the peoples scorn. Doolittle had considerable reputation at one time for stateamanship, Dixon for cunning and diplomacy; but the short-sighted course of the one, and the weak strategy of the other have robbed them res pectively of their honors, forever. Doolittle will never agaia be respected for profunditys: and Dixon's famed cunning is now seen to have possessed only shallow. Of the latter it will never be said, as people were won't to de- clare, "He is not great man. but he is shrewd" Even tha. pltiful discrimination in his favor has now vanished. We have said their course is pitiable. Net so they are not ito be pitied. They have unmasked themselves and the people ought. as they io, to fejoice over the fact. Doolittle has recently. been on the stump in his State. The public appre- citation which he there received but forsshad- ows that which Dixon would be likely to find here under similar circumstances Y 5s''.2 !sss, We commend the following. from the Mill wankie Sentinel to the attention of our req ders. .. asE,E.t9. 1.,&.9 ,s.t.5l s.' ii l::ak z THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN SENATORS DooL1f TIE AND HowE-A REMAaKABLE DIALOGUE. A 'sWe learn from parties who were present that in the discussion between cur two Sena- tors on Thursday, at the Kenosha County Fair, Senator Doolittle was fairly and completely de- feated. s.s !. ss54sgg, Fl .s1osi ,:t'iaf;=
 Speakipg of ofinterruptions, oue.oro two incl dents occurred that are worthy of: record While Mr Doolittle was discoursing of the loyalty of the South, some one in thes4erowd 
 greatly angered at this, and called out s'Who
 was that? Get up and show yourself r.. Whereupon young man in the audience got up and showed himself conspicuously,a and declared that he was the man. Doolittle shout ed. ''What is your name, Sir 2" The prompt and emphatic reply was: My name is Smith, ] and I served four years in the army, Jfghting just such men as you are t'',7i '.sf ''.f Y 7s In the course of-the speech the following dialogue. was held between the speaker and an intelligent old gentleman named Gleason. The Senator was, ,iwe think, speaking of his. own consistency, and charging the RepHbli-< can party with desertiag him. when the dis- logue opened: rst i3d gHdf Eii8 Gleason-"1 pronounce you, Sir,@a traitor to iberty!'' .5t.,..,s 5...:I,g, 44.r.3le:. Doolittle-s'You villainous, gray haired old
 man do you dare come here and insult me in this way, after have been invited here to ad :. dress the people?" (This was spoken in a very offensive manner as though addressed to 8 servant. 5sl,... i...,..
 Gleason. am not talking to my my master,
 but to one of the servants of the the American people. pronounce you q traitor to Hberty!''
 Doolittle-..I have sacrificed mora in this war than you" a.s+ffe 'fh- i,ds t"'}i':iH 2
 Gleason-''No you haven't!" P i''-'@'7l Doolittle--'.Yes have.n His -+r.sisg'iss'l
 Gleason-tsNo you haven't P Js5. ht5 ids ac | Doolittle-''tI have given a son to,the coun- try !' ,.;Y- tSs.lJ.1. 2 II ve.ii ..':9 b,g-
 GleasonT-..:AndI have given ats0g sons to the country !'' pe!s. .sa o..e .i,..z: stj4 l. Doolittle-"Buta are your sons dead sirsa.,
 Gleason-'No; thank God they came out of the war alive.". 4 -,.., ,,f.a
 Doolittle- -'sBut my son is dead .'' ., ,,',
 Gleason -tt'Well, sir, it is g blessing to him that he is dead, and has not suruivsa to scitness fhs shame of his father i'' " 'S'
 That is to the point. Let the Doolittles and Dixons everywhere. beware; the people know how to weigh themfin the balances,-an they will inevitably be found wanting X.