Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-01
1.-THE LATE oNpLEAsANrNEss,' J

AAA LATE ONE ! Threatened Rebellion of a Democratic Retainer. His Deiiant Attitude and speech The Application Of Salve to ms wounds. Aa NH SPECIALLY REPonrTD FOR THE ENQUIRER. From the late Democratic County Convention,
 one or the unsuccessful aspirants for the sherifal went forth breathing out threatenings and slaughter. He assumed 8 bellicose attitude. His whole manner said. with all the eioquence of ac- ton: Canst thou draw out leyiathan with 8 hook or his tongue with cord which thou let test down? Will he make covenant with thee Wilt thou take him for servant forever? Wilt thou play with him as with bird or wilt thou Dmd him for thy maidens2 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. His scales are his pride. In his neck remaineth strength. His heart is as firm stone yea. as hard as the
 neither mill-stone." When the unterri6ed" sew the disaffection of their political gladiator, they were troubled. There9wers some among them who had proved the prowess of Paroles at the expense of dark cell and bread and water. It was decided to soap him. The bravest and the most cunning among them met with him for that purpose, onthe Thursday evening following the Convention. The speech of the gladiator has
 been preserved. Behold it: Gentlemen, un- derstand me now-I ain't going to be exposed on.
 left the radical party because my conscience ex- pelled me to do it. The consequence is, | might
 be High Sheriff now, if had staid with the party. I've got friends all over the county. There has
 never been as lenitent officer as am. Lev
 Vessels learned me my duty. Says Lev -Lev'sa gentleman understand mi Navar afo5
 mans feelings more than you can help when you
 have writ to serve on him r I never done it. I
 have at one time or another, as you may say, ar-
 rested half of all the persons in this room. want
 to know if ever took one of you by bar-room
 without letting you stop and drink? All the obse-
 quies and the epitaphs that has been heaped upon me. has come from that pudding headed Hickox and Bill Baldwin. And I have been fool enough to trust his brother. showed him the lowest
 abscesses of my heart We went off together to electioneer. Once, over in Kent, he wanted me to go in and treat crowd. I mounted down from the carriage and went into the bar-room and spent 8 dollar and sixty cents. The money came out of my own pocket Understand me, gentlemen, I have spent my time, and drove my horses, and kept my parlor open for everybody to come in and take something on election day, and it's cost me more than hundred dollars year to attend to political matters. And what havo I got? got
 that appointment in the revenue department in New York, but the internal radical Congress sent l up commission to inquire into matters, and they
 cut me off. It didn't do me bit of good. spent
 half my pay going to New York to draw it, and the biggest part of the balance in treating people
 here in the interests of the democratic party. You democrats promised that shouldn't suffer if I
 come over to you. George Baldwin has tricked
 me out of the nomination for Sheriff. hain't gos
 where to lay my head What does he want of the office? He don't need it. There is no necessary
 for him to have it. I've got a large family and
 I've been in politics, in sense, all my life. I
 get my living, you may say, by politics. I can't 1 get another appointment in the revenue. can't get appointed mail detective; and who's going to
 take care of me. got Ollie to leave the republi- can and got 'em all down on him, and now
 we are all out of house and home. Botsford says
 I got my pay at the time for going over, and some
 of you say 80. Ineyer half got paid for turning
 The republicans always kept me going. You get ! me to come over and now you have gone back on
 me. The consequence is. gentlemen, there aint nobody has worked harder for the democratic par
 ty than and Ollie My hear. palliates almost to
 burstiney when consider how have beeu trorst- l ed. I've got to take care of my family. "A man
 who don't take care of his own family is worse than
 heathen.' What am going to do? I can do
 well-do better than I haze done by going back to republicans. I'm going over to see Wm. H. Bar
 mum. I'm going to tell him just how things is. I I'll find out if he'll go back on me. I've got to lhave something this spring. aint going to get ID evidence to make democratic voters toYote for
 George Baldwin, for nothing. am going to re- l sign my position as Deputy Registrar and you can
 put somebody in my place as chairman of the town
 committee. All I've got 10 say is, gentlemen, you
 can run the machine, and see where you'll come
 out at.'' s+s.sss-e -
 After the gladiator had been delivered of this oration his audience felt very thirsty. When this 1 sensation had been modified they assured the em
 bryo rebel of several things Firstly, that there
 was chance that much pap would fall into the l hands of the democratic town committee this
 spring; secondly, that the nomination was forced
 on Geo. H. Baldwin much against his will; and,
 thirdly, that if the ex-turnkey pulled steadily in
 traces he should have all the substantial benefits
 of the sheralty while his principal would be con
 tented with the honor and the incidental political
 power s3 i4f