Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-22
Correspondencs.
NEW YORK, March 12th, 1877. R To THE EDITOR or THE IrrcHFfEED ES-

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 NEW YORK, March 12th, 1s77. :
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 Dear Sir.-Ip your Editorial last we1l
 you condemn decidedly though not very
 warmly. the frauds and other crimes by
 means of which the Republican Party has
 managed to seat its candidate. after hif
 defeat at the November election; but. be.
 fore you conclude. you take away any
 antl-Repubiican effect which your con-
 demnation might have upon the mlnds.o oi
 honest voters, by an intimation (which
 seems to me unwarranted and unfair, !
 that the Democrats are just as corrupt in
 intention as the Republicans. the chiel
 difference being that the latter are snaa1.
 ter than the former. Now I should be
 very far from making any such absurd claim as that. A party so large as to ern.
 brace, AS the Democratic Party does to- day, considerable majority of the people Of the United States, has within it no ras- cals. It would be strange indeed il among the thousands of unprincipled men acting their parts on the political stage in these times of widespread demoralization, there were not many such in each of the two parties. But here lies the great. -the all-important, point of difference between the Republican and Democratic Parties of to-day,-that the former (with some good and honest men still left in it) has become, as e schole, Gs e party. thorough ly corrupt; whereas the Democratic Par ty, yhatever it might become after six teen years uninterrupted possession of
 Iue sPoIID, '.o-~, = s---~...- parison soith its opponent, pure and hon. est When Weeds frauds were discov- cred in this City, who. him, took his part, stood between him and his just punishment? Were not his most untir- ing, most relentless prosecutors Demo- erats? Was there any difficulty in get ting jury to conylct even the Tammany Chief in this oft-reviled Democratic stronghold? Tweed lies in jail to-day. But where are Schuyler Colfax and ;Bab- cock and Blaine and Belknap and the others, whether members of Returning Boards or doing party service in other honorable spheres. of whom a full list would too much crowd your columns? from just founishment, evcry one cf them, by the Republican, Party; You refer to Oregon; what are the facts? When it became evident that the Hector al votes of Louisiana, ::and Florida were to be stolen from Tilden aud given to Hayes, some Democrats. with nc-s zeal than honesty, ,seem,to have forgotten that one wrong, however great ,neyer justifies another. and to have conceived, in their wrath, the purpose of fighting the devil with fire. I do not k,sow whether there was any actual attempt at bribery in Ore yon or not. But suppose there vas. .--can y- = . ---S sfsSs.ss eaao UUMUCraG who openly defends 1t, as the whole Republi- san Paffy has defended and endorsed and in the, most emphatic manne. possible shouldered and mads it's own the huge az gregation of briberies, frauds and per- uries by which tho Returning Boards have defeated the will of the people and by means of which alone could Mir. Hayes be in occupation of the White House to- day? The very first act of Mir. Grover, as B U. s. Senator. from Oregon, is to de- mand of the Republican Senate search. ing investigation of the charges which have been made against him as Governor. This does not look like the act of a man conscious of guilt. It is in striking con- trast to the course pursued by Colfax, Babcock, Blaine, Belknap and the many others of that class who might be named if space permitted. when charges certain y as serions, were brought against them. If Tweed had only been a Republican, and had only chosen Washington or some other spot where the sheltering wings. of his party could have protected him, in- stead of Democratic New York, as the theatre of. his exploits, he would have been free man to day. mo 'bondman, but a "peer." ."--and probably high in the counsels of his party. charge that the Party has become the Abettor, Apologist. Defender and Friend of Crime; and claim that the Democratic Party stands to day on much high level than that. D. N. E..