Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-26
State Politics.

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 Since the wishes of the great majority
 of the Republicans of this county. and state were defeated, two years since, by a combination of Democrats and anti Hart ford Republicans, we have taken little "stock" in Connecticut contests over D. s. Senator. Were it possible to remedy our great wrong of two years since and send Gen. Hawley to the Senate, we should take an interest in State Politics, this spring which we do not now feel. No doubt if our party succeeds, some gentle men of eminent responsibility, large means, and fair ability, will be sent to the Senate; but it will not be the man that Gen. Butler likes least. and that three quarters of the Republicans of Connecticut like best, among our prominent citizens.
 Until recently we had supposed that if the Democracy succeeded in carrying the legislature, Mr. Eaton would certainly be Mr. Buckingham's successor, but there IS evidently revolt brewing in the Dem- ocratlc camp somewhat similar to the Republican movement which defeated Gen. Hawley, and induced by somewhat similar personal and ti-Hartford con- alterations. That under such eircum- stances Mir. Wm. H. Barnum might con- ceive that he has chance for the success sion might not seem strange, and the act ivity which we hear is prevailing among the Democratic politicians who usually have the disbursement of his funds (and they are not the regular party committees) indicates that he is looking after that chance.
 Another indication of the activity of Mir. Barnum is to be found in the curious course the New Milford Journal Gnde- pendent) is taking of late. Three quar- ters of the editorial matter of it's issue of March 18th was taken up by two articles evidently in the Barnum interest. The leader commenced with a series of sensa- tional headings, and announced that, The hirelings and masters of this accursed l system of tampering with voters and packing | caucuses are now at work all over this country, | laying their plans and executing thelr purposes for their overthrow of every political virtue and forcing the constituency of the county into the feted cha:dron of partizan rottingness, for sell fish gain and personal pef
 The Journal proceeds to say that number of Republican and Democratic aspirants are in the field and that "every species of lying, falsifying and doggery will be brought into service to secure the end of this hord of seekers" Then comes the following solemn warning:
 We have the name of one of these political paupers-and before the merry chimes of April oth die away, we shall have the pleasure of pre- senting to the constituency of this county polt- lcal asprant whose very name and record should be warning to the whole State and country. The United States Senatorship looms up before this political Elijah with more than effulgent V sion and glory, and not one spark of political villainy and treachery will be lest, in securing to himself such Representatives as will vote for him, for this political preferment.
 The second Journal article of that week calls Mir. J. Q. A. Stone and Jim Galla- gher," and the New Haven Union, liars, for venturing to mention the report that MT. Barnum is an aspirant for the senatorship, and is investing in his usual manner to that end. The editor of the Journal says, "We are prepared to inform Mir. Stone and all others that his article is a base fabrication" How kind of Mir. Barnum to help our " independent" cotemporary to this valuable piece of news, and how dis interested the efforts of the latter to dis seminate the intelligence thus kindly communicated We are further inform ed that Mir. Barnum "has served his con- 1 stituency to their satisfaction" (a very easily satisfied community D and that while,
 Personally ,oe are very much attached to Mir. B., politically we have no more regard for him than we have for any other honorable Representa- tive or citizen"
 It is due to our readers to say that the editorial style of the Journal is so unique that we can only do justice to it by rather copious extracts. The liveliest of Martin Chuzzlewit's American editors, in deliriaens trenaens, could hardly beat the following paragraph with which the article under con- sideration closes:
 Hereafter we will try to keep out of tue dis cussi and let the little CUTS bark and growl at his heels to their hearts content. The Tran | Scri ipt can relp in Windham, it's voice is small ! and but few will hear it. The Union can wallow | in it's feted pool, it's eyes shut from all honor 1 and decency-whi its palsied hand Is extended l for a few dollars wherewith to buy 1t body ana l soul, editors and correspondents thrown in.
 In spite of it's promise to refrain from further discussion the Journal blazes out at the Hartford Post, in it's next (and last) issue, under the classical heading of" Dry up," as follows:
 The Post is fearfully worried about the popu- 1 'arity of Hon. Wm H. Barnum as the incoming United States Senator. We take this time to in- form our Radical Hartford falsifyer that it can copy Headers" from the Journal that will inte- rest it's readers more than the publication of its fears. Mir, Barnum is not 8 candidate for the honor, and when you call him "corruptionist" | you libel as honest man as the State contains and were he in that line of business he could in less time than it takes to tell it, silence your fears and suppress your falsehoods
 Now unless we are entirely mistaken re- regarding the methods of MT. Barnum, and the character of the editor of the Now Milford Journal. the latter is just now circulating pretty large campaign edi-
 tion at the expense of the former.
 PartisanshIp.