Litchfield enquirer., 1880-03-25

Wesnall Oe ODHgeO to aSK correspondents to send in their letters very early for the coming three weeks, 80 that they may reach us on Monday at the latest
 "Templeton," the Courant's Boston cores pendent, considers Edmunds the most stal- wart of the prominent nominees, though he does not think him man who would be at all likely to take any illegal or unconstitu- tional course against the South, should he be elected. Comparing him with Blaine he says
 Edmunds is ss much the antipode of Blaine in his manner of dealing with general legis- lation as any man in public life. Observe his scorn of Blaine's demagogism on the Chinese question his straightforward action ln con- trast with Blaine's whitfiing on the moneti- zation of silver and the retirement of green backs, The most radical difference of all, however, is ip the fact that, W hile Blaine is Glioays the agent Of the lob0y-while it relies on him as confidently as If he was it's paid at- torney-there is no senator whom the lobby dresds as it dreads Edmunds. There hasn't been a scheme against the treasury, from the endeavor of the Union Pacific to be. relieved of its obligations for interest money, and the sub- sidv of John Roach down, but Blaine has been at the front as its advocate. while Edmunds has held as steady guard of the public inter- est in opposition. These last are to be the vital issues of the next four years. The south ern question is likely to be little heard of after it has answered it's purpose in the coming cleo tion. Blaine would give it the go by, were he chosen President. Nobody knows what Grant would do on this point or on any other : but I am inclined to believe that his policy toward the south would be far more liberal than would Edmuud's, supposing the conten- tion between the sections is Kept open. Ed munds' reverence forlaw and for precedent would protect him from doing any great | wrong there. like tLe sending troops into leg islatures. and his purity and his enlightened statesmanship would be of the highest credit to the country in other directions.
 The statesmen of France understand where in lies the strength and the weakness of repub- lies They devote over twelve millions year for education, a third of which goes to the common schools. In America that amount, in so large population as that of all France, would seem very small, but it is three times the sum devoted to education by the govern. meut of a71. In 1887 there were 1, 757 con- munes without schools Now there are but s9s. The next great necessity of popular ed ucation in France is to take it out of the hands of the enemies and place it in the hands of the friends of popular government.
 Mir. Sawyer, Edison's rival. now has the noor with an electric light which has been burning successfully for several days. It seems success, but so did Edison's. The difference consists in two points. Sawyer fills his globe around the light with nitrogen. Edison relied on more complete vacuum than had ever before been discovered, to prevent the combustion of his carbon circuit. Sawyer claims to have discovered specially valuable cement which enables him to keep the nitro gen of the lamp bulb completely pure.