Litchfield enquirer., 1868-04-02
LETTER FROM CONNECTICUT.

i We clip the following letter from the Brandon, Miss. RepubLcan:
 | We are indebted to Dr. T. J. Catchings for the privilege of publishing the follow, ing excellent letter from his old friend Thos. Harney. It breathes the right spir- 1t, and IS full of encouragement to the peo. pie of the South.
 LIrcHFIELD, CONN.,, Jan. 27, 1868. DR. T. J. CATCH1NGs,
 fly Dear Sir: I duly received a copy of the Brandon Republican of the 18th Dec, containing my letter to you of the l2th
 Profoundly impressed with the alarming condition Of the government of our coun- try, the rapid and impudent actions of the Radical Bump at Washington, and situa- ted i'll this section, so lately inundated with Puritan Despotism, I here presume to lift the veil of the future, so that you of the South may have glimpse of the dawning of the day of your redemption. Like yourself, 1 am watching the conduct of the
 'wlre workers of the negro conventions now in session in most of the Southern States As for the darkies, their ignorance can only excite our pity. The emigrant Yankees, both white and black, who have gone down South to aoork Me machine, flat ter themselves that the Bump will extend to them the bayonet long enough to ena- ble them to naake Meirfo7Iuues und nare Meir names enroAed on Me sc7oN of .fd7ee; and then the reactionary storm. which they must descry in the distance, may rush on as 1t certainly will, when they will flee back to their deserted homes in the North. But when they return let me assure them they Will meet indignant scowls where they ex- pect cordial greeting
 If any such are found in the so-called convention at Jackson, advise them not to return to New Hampshire or Connecticut. As for the latter, she has the proud dis tl1ctlon of having, last April, broken the Ice Of the sea of Puritan despotism which has received you all; and as for Ne,c Hamp- shlre, ?! a'ay of he' caga6ond sons are Mere acd1n Mena nOt to Tetu9'n but to hasten to iSt6e- rtd, Jor you may assure then, Mat he Demo- c1'ats and Conservatives of thdt State aoiN, on fhe loM of 1Ha7'ch, saoeep euery Ming before Mem. Of the certainty of that result I have more conclusive evidence than I have space here to insert.
 As for Connecticut, since her triumph last April, the Democrats and Conser7a- tives have gained seventeen towns in their charter elections, and will most assuredly, ln April next, besides the general ticket, elect legislature that will re-elect Senator Dixon, who has contributed so largely to the redemption of this State from the rad lcal rule. With Connecticut, New Hamp- shire, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, and California, moving in solid phalanx for the Democracy, is 1t not reasonable to pre- dict that Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and | nearly the entire Northwest will join this glorious army? In that event land it is al- most certain of consummation) how can the Radicals expect to elect their President next November? Abandoning all sound principles, with unexampled impudence and braggadocia in the Bump leaders at Washington, they are bound to cry alou. to Grant, " save us, Cassius, or We sink. 5 And cdn Casslus save them? I answer en- phatically, No! Whilst the thoughtless world has ever been dazzled with military genius. 1n what solitary action in the late war did Grant ever exhibit the least spark Of genius? pause for reply. Possessed ot live times the number of men, and of the same proportions of means and sup- plies over his enemies. how could any man. short of idiocy, fail to accomplish what he did against the Confederates? But for the approach of Sherman's army, it is not i'm probable that General Lee would still be ln possession of Richmond Nevertheless, Ii the Radicals are content to adopt him as their leader, be it so The Democrats and Conservatives will whip him out of his boots, cigar and all, next November.