Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-28
THE PERSONNEL OF OUR CANDI-
 DATES FOR CONGRESS.

THE PERSONNEL OF OUR CAND1 DATES FOR CONGRESS.
 We have already-just after the nomina ting convention had placed the candidate on our state ticket-given our views of th' character and worthiness of the severn candidates offered for the suffrages of tn, voters of this state We had just ground for speaking we'll of all of them, and W, felt that our words would be justified b every well-informed and honest-heartec man in the state. We propose now to de vote short chapter to the several nomi nees who have been selected in the differ ent congressional districts as candidates te represent Connecticut in Congress There are no candidates now before the people whose election is moro important thar those whom the Union party has selected to represent us in the Fortieth Congress It is to be remembered that the question of reconstruction is not yet settled, and the Presidents recent veto clearly shows that he is determined to use his position for the lowest and most unworthy ends. He will continue his hurtful work of ob. struction just so far as he can do it with impunity. Congress then needs strength. ening. Nota single vote should be lost We should see to it that we elect in this state every man who has been nominated by the Union party. There are thousand of the very best of reasons why this should be done. It therefore behoves every man in the state, who is true and right, to dc his very best to keep our congressional delegation as perfect and true in the pres ent, as it was in the last Congress-.
 Seeing the great importance of this, it affords us great pleasure to review the char. acter, ability and past history of the gentle men who have been put in nomination in the several districts in the stat, by the Union party. ..s
 THE HON. HENRY G. DEMINa.
 This gentleman, who has been nominat- ed for the third time, an unusual thing iu this state, is too we'll known in this district to make extended comment necessary. He is popular, and deseryedly so. He is known all over the country as one of the most elo- quent and effective speakers in Congress. He was bred Democrat. He remained q Democrat so long as there was any honor in acting with that, party, but whsn trea- son raised it's head and the Democratic party showed its unhallowed afaliation with traitors, Henry 0. Deming left the perry, placed himself on the side of his country, and has remained faithful to his country ever since. Unlike too many of those who came out to sustain the war, but who have gone back to their old and corrupt associa- tions, he has remained true to the party that saved the country, and we have req son to believe he will remain true to the end. He is now too thoroughly grounded in the living principles of the Union party to ever forsake them for the shifts aud bad principles of the demoralized democ- racy. .@
 THE HON. CYRUS NoRTHROP.
 This IS uomination of which the Union ~e.lasSys .ssxx1. IT. zSsfa- 4 those men who do not seek honors, but who wait to be sought by them, and who have honors thrust upon them. He IS scholar and gentleman. One who will re- fleet great credit upon our commonwealth, if the voters of the second district should be wise enough, as they certainly will be, to send him to Congress. MT. Northrop belongs to the class of men whom we hope to see put forward for such positions more and more. If we would redeem our poll. tics, and make the calling of politicians an honorable one, such men should be sought after and put forward wherever they can be found. They would do more to redeem us as nation than all the preaching in the land. Let us seek honest men and put them in off1ce-men like Cyrus Northrop- and we shall serve our highest interests as @ people in every sense of the word.
 THE HON. H. H. sTARKwEATHER
 Mr. Starkweather, owing to his position as chairman of the state central committee for two years past, has become known i1 every part of the state, and there is this pleasant peculiarity in Mr. Starkweather' qualities of mind and heart, the more gen orally he becomes known the better he will be liked and the more popular he will be come. Mir. Starkweather is good speak CT, an excellent citizen in every sense o the word, man who cannot be seduced b, the temptations which political caree often involves, and one whom we feel sure if his life and health are spared, will ris' to the highest hcnors as Congressman His election, of course, Is foregone con clusion. s~1 -
 THE HON. PHINEAs T. BARNUM.
 Those who do not know Mir. Phinea T. Barnum, and who have only heard o him as the great snowman and the prime of humbugs, may not have 8 very pleasan impression with regard to his persona characteristics, but those who know hin personally, know that MT. P. T. Rarnun has few superiors as man of talent, as
 public speaker, and as private citizen He is much better man than is general, supposed We do not speak from hearsay but from personal knowledge, and we. cal honestly say that MT. Barnum's private Tiff is adorned by some of the noblest trait by which human character can be distin guished. He loves g. joke, he loves to per petrate joke on his best friends; he is ful of vivacity and life, he is smart-smart il the keenest sense of the word, but his SOU overfows with the milk of human kindness and he is governed by very high sense 0 honor If he should go to Congress, c which there seems to be little or no doubt he will not fail to make his mark at tn capitol. .-~,.--.--~
 All these gentlemen belong to the ad vanced school of Union Republicans, an if elected will confer great honor upon ou state. Let us all set ourselves earnestly t 1 work, then, to make "their calling an alecfion sure. ."-Hn,tford Posk