Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
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 On Tuesday of this week, the State of Connecticut was disgraced by the election of William H. Barnum to the United States Senate. He gets this position, not because of his fitness, for he has shown none; nor for hls attention to his legisla- tive duties, for his congressional career has made his disregard of duty notorious. He has simply bought tho position with money disbursed to the leaders of the Democratic party "for use at elections. !" Indeed the chief objection to his election that appears on the surface is that of sharp practice in his dealings with MT. James E. English, another politicial cap- italist who supposed he had fairly pur- chased the very position to which MT. Barnum is elected. It is a hideous fact conceded by both the Barnum and the English factions of the Democracy, that the United States Senatorship is the property of one or the other of these wealthy politicians. The many capable, cultured and honest gentlemen of that party whose election would have been a credit to the party and the state are pass ed by. .and the contestis only one of money. The plucky stand taken by Mir. Waller for an open vote showed the detestation with which the honorable men of that party regard this infamous transaction. The difficulty is that Mir. Waller has con- science enongh to make him "cranky," but not conscience enough to make him martyr. What that occasion needed was a man honest and plucky enough to put card into the Hartford Times stating that the only prominent names to be brought before the nominating caucus were those of men for whom he could never vote eith- CT in caucus or legislature; not from per sonal dislike of the men, but because he could never sanction the principle on which their nomination was claimed: that he could never vote to ratify any sale of an United States Senatorship, express or implied, made by party managers for the sake of raising election funds; and that consequently, he should decline to attend @ caucus whose sole function seemed to be that of ratifying such a bargain. Such a man would meet nothing but ridicule from the staple partisan, such as abounds in legislatures. He would never be heard of again in politics, or he would never be forgotten, and the chances would be a hundred to one in favor of his political an- initiation; but he could have slept with a clear conscience, and been we'll out polit- ical nastiness forever after.
 It is very easy, however, for Republi- cans to cry out against Democratic cor ruption. The difficulty Is that at the very moment we are denouncing a successful political purchase, we are looking about us, not for an honest candidate as much above corrupting others as he is above corruption himself, but for candidate who can put in more money on our side than they can afford on the other. Den- unciatlon of the corruption of an oppo- nent ~ill never avail anything so long as we are willing to descend to the like in- fanny to obtain the like political success. What is needed is the spirit to denounce corruption on our own side. Where is the Democratic paper that has ever dared denounce MT. Barnum's known practices !? Where is the Republican paper that ever dares denounce a candidate confessedly nominated because of his iberality in re- gard to election expenses ?"
 There is but one way in which this tid- al wave corruption can be checked. Let honest men of both parties agree that they will vote against every candidate, of whatever party, who sanctions such prac- tices. The politicians now rely on eau. cuses and conventions to bind decent men. and on money to corrupt the ''food wood" Their policy can never be successfully met except by bolt of the 'sdeceut" men against their dictation. When such a bolt begins. the day of Reform will have dawn. ed.
 HARPER's contains: Virginia in the Re. volution (illustrated); A Trail in the Far Southwest (illus.); Old Abel's Experience; Miss. Susan's Love Affair; The Romance of the Hudson (iIlus.); The Pursuit of a Heritage; Quatrains: Modern Dwellings. their Construction. Decoration and Furni- ture Qlius.); Garth, Novel, by Julian Hawthorne; The First Century of the Re. public: Medical and Sanitary Progress; The Poet; Lord Macanlay. and his Friends (illus. ); The Laurel Bush --an Old Fash. toned Love Story; Loves Service: The Steamer: Daniel Deronda (continued). by Geo ge Eliot: Editorial Articles.
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 The following from the Winsted News. ia decidedly the hardest hit at the Sena- tor elect we have seen. We italicise two of the most keenly ironical passages
 The result is gratifying. inasmuch as it eievates to high position-the highest in She gift of the state, gentleman who bu JatkI!Tut and conscientious deUotion to his duties 6s congressman, by earnest fidelity to his party, and by personal integrity. courtesy. and dignlfed bearing, eminent iy deserves the exalted position. Much sPlrit has been exhibited in the campaign. EeE Ee believe It was frisndly. and Mir. English has no reason to accuse Mr. Bar mum of unfalrnesS. in any degree. We betfese it is far from him to make anu such GeetsafioH.