Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21
l" "Rishteousness.''

The Editor of the Sentinel has turned preacher. He has importeds sone of MT. John Steyenson's <" secondhand pulpits, |" takes Righteousness" for his text, the EN- ou1RER for his "awful example," and pro- eeeds with the richest sermon, VI venture to gay, that was ever delivered Hom that high moral standpoint. The impressive grandeur of the exordium, the gravity of the charges. and the judicial severity of the psroration, and the admirable solemni- ty of the whole discourse, seem to have half imposed on the performer himself.
 It begins with @ brief history of the ca reer of the ENaURzK; which does such full justice to former proprietors of that jour- nal, retracts all mere editorial inu- endoes, 50 handsomely, and is altogether such gem of pulpit oratory, that we must make few extracts: s--- ..-a
 The ltchfsld Enquirer has existed as 6 news paper more than forty years. During this period, against it, it has always retained the public conf dence and has had it's fnl share of the public fa-
 All coin that bore it's stamp passed as genuine :; ana when at last it put forth its claim to the mo- nopoly of intelligence, morality, and honesty, no man holdmg the same political faith dared do oth- erwise than accept it for truth Even it's oppo- nenss wnne putting it's political doctrines on q professions and believed # honest s in what I it it taught. ~
 Such, we are told, was the commanding position of the paper when it was so un- as to fall into our hands nj For a time. says the preacher, the new editor of the Enquirer endeavored to keep up ap- pearanoss; but it wouldn't do; real right was not in him; and although he pretsnded to dislike P. T. Barnum when first talked of, no sooner was the nomina- tion made, than he fell to hankering after the "fesh pots" experienced "a sudden change of heart" and relapsed into sup porting that wicked humbug. Worse than all, he pretended to doubt the sincerity of the eminent Salisbury philanthropist who is straining every nerve to introduce the eight hour system into his native town, to bring to speedy justice all employers who endeasor to influence the votes of their h. borers, and to remove the duty on import ed iron. In view of this hideous exhibi- tien of depravity, the following awful sen- tencs is passed on the Litchield Enquirer: -" N can nerer again hope to wia Me public conddence." - @75' '~.-., .; . Q. t"----
 Although in our present "pitifu1 posi- tion," it may only aggravate the severity of our doom, we venture to ask the reverend gentleman few questions, to which in his capacity as. Professor of Moral Philosophy &c. in the John Stevenson Institute, we wish authoritative replies:-
 l. Can an editor who, two years ago, ad- vocsted the election of James F. Taylor to Congress from this District. "ever again hope to win the public coufidenoe?. :, :,-- --,--
 "ssna pontcal party comes forth as the champion of free trade, an eight hour law, and the independence of 'working- mems votes; and then nominated as fitting of those principles. high tariff man, an employer who works his b. borers twelve hours a day, and who is most unsorupulous in influencing their votes, what ought we to term such candidate?
 3. If he is g humbug, is he one of as dan- gerous description as the man who twenty or thirty years since exhibited 8 spurious mermaid, but whose political course has been throughout consistent and straight forward? .... a,:..... ....r
 4. When the editor of g party newspa- per charges gentleman. who has twice represented this District in our State Sen- ate, with something little short of forgery, that gentleman writes him 8 polite note of denial, and the editor. without producing an iota of proof, rs-iterates his charge, is he not throwing his mite of mud?" @'-
 Righteousness" having been disposed of last week, we presume the next lecture in the Stevenson course will be upon "Rsm." We hope it may not be post poned till after election.
 Ba- The emisaries of the. "Iron Bar