Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-10-21
A curious Development.

The New York Sun, the most abusive Of
Garfelds opponents, and the hitherto one OF
Hancock g strongest supporters, comes out in
an editorial Monday which exeites good dea
of interest. It begins as follows:
The Democrats have sustained an unexpect
ed and Notifying defeat in Indiana and Ohio
1t is disastrous, and may prove fatal 1t is
silly to make light of it, and idle to try tc
white it away by cunning calculations and
adroit figuring The Democrats are beaten,
badly beaten; whether beaten to death or moi
is the only question.
1t has seemed to us that the whole Demo
cratic campaign was series of blnnders
Then follows labored eulogy of Tilden
whom the Sun considers the one Democrat
who has shown any strength on national
field. The Democrats deserve to be called
fools, it says. for not renominating Tilden
The party nominated Gen. HANCOCK. a
good man, weighing two hundred and nifty
pounds.
But HANCOCK is not TILDEN.
Then, as browning act of folly, the party
went into the State of THOMAS A HENDRIoKs,
and took another man for Vice President
Any name other than that of HENDRICKS
would havn been folly enough; but to go one
step further. they had to take a man with the
most odious reputation as a skinfint to over.
come!
The Sun further remarks regarding the can.
didate,: -.
We are beaten we are overthrown; but we
are not destroyed. The disasters we have ex
perienced may yet be retrieved. HANCOCK il
not TiLDfN in ability; but be Is "a good,
true, patriotic man, of strong common sense.
He has signed and written In the form of or
ders, as is believed, some of the most admir-.
able essays on civil and military authority
ever issued or composed by mortal man. He
never took bride. Pure, patriotic, and good,
he is fit man for President.
As for ENGLISH, though he may be stingy,
he is a firm believer in the rights of man aud
in the equal rights of all. If he has net given
much money to the canvass-which is the
chief charge against him-has he not gener-
ously given his name to the ticket? Besides,
what do democrats and patriots want of mon-
ey ? For ourselves, we are utterly opposed to
the unnecessary use of money We would
rather lose the election than to carry it by one
bribed vote. If that vote giving us major
ity could be bought for three hundred and
twenty nine dollars we should ba opposed to
the payment of even that petty sum. We
sail in with colors flying or not at all. No
back stairs entrance to the White House for
our candidates
The following editorial appears in Tues
days Sun:
Much as our candidate excels in writing
letters we most deferentially advise him not
to write any more.
But if he does write any, let him enclose
them with ten-dollar bill in transparent en-
velope, and the Republican subordinates in
the Post Office of this city will be sure to
break them open, steal the money, and destroy
the letter; 80 the contents will never see the
light.
Gen. HANCOCK need write nothing more on
the tariff.
Every one knows he is in favor of a tariff
which will yield the utmost protection to
American industries, and especially TO the
Democratic party.
Gen. HANCOCK should devote himself to
writing his inaugural, and, even if it is never
delivered, the preparation of it will be salu-
tary literary exercise.
But if he must write on tariff, let him ex-
plicitly state that if it had been left to him he
would have put prohibItory tariff on the re-
admission of unrepentant rebels to citizens
rights after the close of the war;
That is about the only letter on the ta iff
we can conceive of that would help him.
Unless he is going to writes some such letter,
let him return his goose quill to the original
goose!
Such Cracking of friends" is not very &C.
ceptable to the Democrats who have been
such strong supporters of the Sun of late
years. 1t shows plainly that the paper has no
longer any confidence in the success of its
candidates but is busy preparing for defeat.
The Sun is not the kind of journal that can
hurt an enemy much, but it has considerable
capacity left for damaging its friends. -