Litchfield Enquirer

The editor of the Stamford Sentinel, a "whole-hog original-democratic-Jackson-man," throws at our genial, sweet-tempered cousin-in-law in New-Haven the following friendly but palpable hits. It may be, nevertheless, as the old adage has it, like "Satan reproving sin":—

"We have to regret that a person endowed with the quick thought and discriminating mind of brother Barber should be so fearful of losing a small patrimony from Government as to sacrifice his better judgment on the altar of political inconsistency. We say better judgment, for we cannot but believe were he to speak his real mind he would say, it is more honorable to pursue a straight forward course, even in the minority, than to be a sycophant of contending parties.

That Mr. Barber's course previous to the late election will not consistently correspond with his present measures, must be admitted by all who have been conversant with the columns of the Register. Then, he was silent upon the all important question at issue between the Democracy and the Aristocracy of our Country—then he appeared to be determined not to commit himself. Immediately after the election in this state, viz. on the 10th of November, no doubt being fearful of consequences: Connecticut having gone strong for the opposition, and the political horizon of the West made rather gloomy to the success of our Chief Magistrate, in his mind, he boastingly declared reference to Henry Clay. Mark his language—'We have admired the past services of Mr. Clay to his country; we have supported him fairly on Monday the 5th inst. WE VOTED for others friendly to Mr. Clay.' [As though it was important that the world should know how he voted?] Now, the result of the Presidential Election having attained, Mr. Barber is prodigal of his commendations of the measures of his Administration—Now he is desirous of ingratiating himself into the favors of the Jackson Democrats, and he proposes that they and such democrats as himself should come together as an Unit. Notwithstanding all this manoeuvering on his part, Mr. B. insists that he began, has continued, and calculates to end a democrat. We do not covet a controversy with him on the purity of his democracy, but we would caution him not to couple such democracy with the democracy of Fairfield County: if he does, he will count without his host—the honest politicians of this County will acknowledge no such democracy—his plans of amalgamation will not take, as a 'wooden nutmeg'."