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MEETING AT FAIRFIELD
At a meeting of the Whigs of Fairfield held
at the house ofMr. Jacob White, on the 26th
of March 1835, the following resolutions were
adopted, and ordered to be signed by th_e Chair.
man and Secretary, and‘published.,.
Resolved, That a crisis in the affairs of‘ our-
Country has arrived, which demands the united
and patriotic exertions of all its citizens, in de-3
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fence of its laws and Constitution.
Resolved, That in removing more than 1300
Post Masters, and many other faithfull public
servants, tbr opinior-i’s sake, President Jackson
has evinced" a determination to destroy the free-
om of speech and opinion; and Inaififested an
utter disregard for the rights and liberty of the
people as guaranteed.by the Constitution.
R880lV.8<la That by \'i1'tue of the Veto power
President Jackson has defeated many important
bills; and exhibited a determination to set up
his own arbitary will, in opposition to the wish-
es, andiiiterests of the people of the. United States
as expressed by their Representatives.
Resolved, That by continuing \V. T. Barry
in the oflice of Post Master General, notwith-
standing he has squandered more than $800,-
000 of the public money ei1trusted'to his care
President Jackson has not fullfilled his promise
in relation to Reform.
Resolved, That by expending $9,000,000, per
annum more than were expended by his pre-
decessor in office, President Jackson has not re-
deemed the pledge which he gave, when he as-
sumed the reins of government, that he would
retrench the public expenditure.
Resolved, That having already the command
of the Army and Navy and the disposal ofmore
than 40,000 Ofiics, President Jackson has, by
seizing upon and holding the national treasure
contrary to law, and in derogation of the Con-
stitution, given the people of the United States
great cause to fear that their liberty isin danger.
Resolved, That the House of Representatives
of the last Congress, by attempting to place un-
der the unlimited control of President Jackson
$3,000,000 of the people's money, exhibited a
spirit inconsistent with the principles of repub-
licanism, and calculated to excite feelings of
alarm, in the bosom of every friend of his Coun-
ll’ '. .
Resolved, That the national Administration
is not eiitittled to the confidence, and support of
the people of Connecticut, and that the public
interest imperiously demands a change in the
national councils.
Resolved, That in our opinion the Address of
the Middletown Van Buren Conv_entiot1 and its
accompanymeuts, are a tissue of misrepresenta-
tions and falsehoods; calculated to mislead and
deceive the people. And we deem it our duty
to caution all independent electors, against being
circumvented and led astray, by the artful and
unprincipled devices ofa party, whose motto is
“Every thing for the party, nothing for the Coun-
tr '3’
yReselved, That we approve, of the nomina-
tions made by the New Haven State Conven-
tion of "V-Vhigs; and that we will use all honor-
able means to promote their success. And we
recommend these to the support of all who pre-
fer a government of laws, to the arbitrary rule
of a faction.
Resolved, That we cardially approve, and
will support the nomination of Thos. B. Osborne
Esqr. for the office of State Senator, for the 10th
District.
Resolved, That we respectfully recommend
DAVID HILL and
HEZEKIAH ALLEN
to the Electors ofthe Town of Fairficld as suit-
able persons to represent them in the next Gen-
eral Assembly.
XVALTER SHER\VOOD, Cir.-uRuAN.
HORACE BANKS, Secretary.
MR. HOLLY’S LETTER.
From the Litch/ield Enquirer Extra, Illarch I9 .
Furnace Village, Srtlisbury, .March 16th, 1835.
Ma. ADAMS: Sir—In your paper of the 12th
inst. I observe a communication from this town,
inquiring of you, whether I accept, or decline,
the nomination for member of Congress, made
by the late con vention at N cw-Haven. Perhaps
I have not been sufficiently aware, of the impor-
tance that such knowledge should be more wide-
ly spread among the electors of the state, than
it has been hitherto ; and it may be proper that
I should now respond to this call, thus publicly
made, and aparently in a good spirit. I can say
with truth, that the notnination was altogether
iinsought by me, and was entirely unexpected ;
no person could have been more surprised by it
than myself. And however gratifying it may
be to enjoy, even in a limited degree, the confi-
dence of our fellow citizens; I presume I must
attribute the nomination thus proflered to me,
more to the fact of my being an anti-mason, as
well as a wliig, than to any other consideratiofis.
I have made no public coirimunication on this
subject, heretofore, because I had no ambition
to embark in a political career; and besides, I
did not know that the "nomination would be sus-
tained by any considerable portion of both bran-
ches ofthe Whig party in the state; nor do I
know it now. But I have, in the course ofafew
weeks past, seen the proceedings of several con-
ventions in different parts of the statc—some of
both branches of the wliig party; in all which,
the nominations at New-Haven were approba-
ted in general terms. And I have learnetl
through other channels, as well as through the
communication in your paper, that my “nomin-
ation was made in a spirit of conciliation and
good will;” and I have understood also, from
some of my personal friends who were at the
convention, that they were informed, it would be
agreeable to my political associates in the eas-
tern part of the state, that I should accept it.-
Under these circumstances, and believing as I
do, that the present administration of the gener-
al government has been calamitousto the coun-
try—and that the elevation of Mr. V an Buren
to the Presidency will be still more disastrous——
and ifa union of all parties desirous to prevent
the spreading of this pernicious influence in our
own state, he thought necessary——and if the elec-
tors think my nomination as above referred to,
will aid in producing this result, I shall not de-
cline, but except, it.
I remain, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JOHN M. HOLLY.
P. S. Ihave declined the nomination for Lieu-
tenant Governor.
JUDGE ‘Witrri; AND rm: PRESIDENT.-Tile
Baltimore Patriot has this puragrepli—-“Can it
be possible that the President should so far for-
get what is due to propriety and to an honorable
Senator, from Tennessee, as to undertake to in-
terrogate that Scnalor as to the manner in which
he may have acted in relation to the vote of the
Senate upon the question of appropriating three
millions to be placed at the discretion of the Pres-
idem. and also to charge the same Senator with
opposing his Administration ? If such should
appear to be the fact, we can readily conceive
that the answer ofan independent scnat.or, would
be, as it is reported to have been in this case...
that his course had been dictated by a conscien-
tious judgment iii the matter, and ifthat made
him an opponent of his Administration, why,
then he must be contentto be so—or words to that
effect.
THE SLAVE 'I‘ii.im:.--\Ve learn, on unqucs-
tionable authority, that a slave vessel has left
this port within the last ten days, for the coast of
Africa. \Vhatever may be the legal evidence
on the subject, no one who has seen the construc-
tion of the vessel and her manner offitting out,
can have the least doubt that she is a slavcr.—
She has on board two Captains.—one a Portu-
guese, the other an .»\.nierican.'—Journul ofCoin-
merce.
CATHOLIC Mission/uuizs.-—It has been ascer-
tained frcm the oflicial records of the Custom
houses, as w_e are inforuied, that upwards ofsix
HUNDRED Roman Catholic Missionaries have
arrived in the United States within thelasttwelve
months. lVhat .are the Protestant friends of
Missions doing in comparison with this L’
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l TUESDAY MARCH 31. I835.
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DEIVIOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
N©MIlN.A’EE©NSo
FOR GOVERNOR,
SAMUEL A. FOOT-
EOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
THADDEUS BETTS.
I-‘OR. 'rr.i«:AsUni«:n,
ISAAC SPENCER.
1-‘on SECRETARY,
THOIVI A S DAY.
FOR CONGRESS.
NOYES BARBER.
EBENEZER JACKSON, JR.
SAMUEL T\VEEDY,
JOSEPH TRUMBULL,
EBENEZER YOUNG.
JOHN M. HOLLY,
SENATORS.
10th District, THOMAS B. OSBORNE,
111/2. do. STARR FERRY,
12!}: do. CHARLES HAVVLEY.
REPRESENTATIVES.
NOAH IVILCOX,
CHARLES \V. TAYLOR.
VVHIG MEETING.
By a resolution adopted at a meeting of the
\Vhigs at the Fairfield County Hotel, on Tues-
day the 10th instant, a call was ordered for a
general assembling of the Whig Electors of this
town, at the same place, on Friday Evening
next, 3d of April, at 7 o’clock, to concert mea-
sures preparatory to the election on the Monday
ensuing.
It is confidently expected that all good \Vhigs
will respond to the call by an early and prompt
attendance; and show to each other that the in-
terest they feel in the good cause has suffered no
abatement; that the sacred name of liberty is
still as dear to them as ever; that they are not
disposed to wait until the foe be at the gates, be-
fore they show their alarm ; that they feel, while
countries have been subjugated without blood-
shed and a people enslaved without the firing of
a musket, they are not free from danger; that
the foes of the constitution and laws, are foes in
the disguise of friends to freedom,and should ac-
cordingly be the more closely watched ; that al-
though the majority be with us, it cannot be pre-
served without constant watchfulness ; and that
one united and well timed exertion is now espe-
cially neccssary to put down alike the hopes and
organized efforts of the Tories, for ever.
TORY Locic.—If we can place any reliance
upon the certified records of the acts of conven-
tions and legislative bodies, a large proportion of
the candidates on the Jackson Van Buren ticket
in this state are -Fcdcralists. If, on the contra-
ry, the assertions of the press are to be our au-
thority, these records are false—or, are equivalent
to a declaration to the contrary.
If we are allowed to judge of the principles of
men by the measures they support—and the men
they serve—then the Jackson Van Buren party
in this state, is the Tory party, and essentially
and radically tory in every respect. If, on the
contrary, we are obliged to credit their asser-
tions, these tests will not apply—and princi-
ples are no proof of character. So we may lay
it down as a rule, that—-The greater slave the
greater democrat.
If we examine the list ofacts passed at the le-
gislative session of this state, in 1833, we will
there see an unprecedented number of banks and
close corporations granted ; a large portion of
which were in favor ofa certain class of people
calling themselves Jackson men; from which
facts, it would be natural to infer, that our legis-
lators, at that period, as well as a majority of
their constituents, where what are now called
monopolisls. But, if we are to turn to our Jack-
son press and ask for information upon this topic,
we shall be told that those legislators were oppo-
sed to monopolies, and that the session of 1834,
during which, a much smaller number of char-
ters were granted, was the real session of mono-
polists ; and that the democrats hate monopolies,
and riches and office, and allsuch worldly com-
forts anti distinctions. From which we infer,
that those men who do the greatest amount 0
evil are not the people who are guilty of it, but
those who doit not.
If we cast our eye over the removals made
by the general government under this adminis-
ration, we shall see thousamls turned out of of-
fice for their opinions, and villified‘ and branded
as traitors, because they thought a little different
from the executive upon some points in politics,
which would seem to be proof of oppresssion
and persecution for opinion’s sake; but if we
ask the men who fill these vacated offices what
they call it, they will tell you reform; which
leads us to the conclusion that under this free
government, every man is at liberty to express
his private opinion, provided he shall not differ
from the party in power.
During the legislative Session of 1834, there
were some removals made in this state of peo-
ple whose term of ollice had expired, and of oth-
ers who were incompetent to the discharge of
tlieir duties; and this one would naturally call
reform, and the wholesome doctrine of rotation
in ollice put into practice for the benefit of the
state.
pressions and official pimis/nncnts of the general
government for the sin of holding a contrary
opinion, they will tell you it is prescription and
contrary to law and justice. And this enables
us to deduce the axiom, that--In turning men
out ofoffiee for their opinions, we act upon the
democratic rule of re/‘arm; but in filling ofliees.
vacated by the expiration of their legal term,
and in appointing to them men who will perform
the duties themselvs in place of those who are
incapable of so doing, we are guilty of proscrip-
tion.
In former times, it was never thoughtthe good
of the country could be promoted but by the elec-
tion to office of men of talents and honesty ; but
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But if we ask those who support the op-
now, such qualifications are regarded as of no
kipd of importance at all, provided a candidate
be popular and believe in the infallibity of the
"u.
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Albany.Regency and the Kitchen Cabin -ft. 3 .;~:
‘ plain then that no man is honest, wl-.= .. not
popular; or able, who is not obedient.
When Gen. Jackson said that, wher.
bers of Congress should be appointed to c *‘i';-... by
the President, “corruption would be the order of
the day.’.’ and inimediately after his election to
the Presidency, commenced appointing mem-
bers of cougress—and mark the words—such
metnbers only as supported his measures, to of-
fice, and has already so appointed between for-
ty and fifty; every impartial rcasoner would in-
fer that corruption is the order of the day, not
only at \Vasbingtoii, but throughout the ramifi-
cations of the entire party. But the tory press
denies the conclusion, thereby virtually estab-
lisbing the principle, that when a man is guilty
of violating his own promise and subjecting him-
self, in his conduct, to the censure of his own
precepts, it is not the man who is wrong, but the
doctrine. That Gen. Jackson is consistent in
action, but lies in precept.
\Vhen Mr. Van Buren is the friend‘6fTnter-
nal improvement at Albany, and the enemy to
it at Vlfasliington; a tariff man in the cast, a
free trade man in the west; an abolitionist in
the north, a slavery advocate in the south; an
opponent of Madison and the late war formerly,
and at Jackson democrat now; once opposed to
universal suffrage, and in favor of .a division of
the Union, now friendly to the importation of
paupers and the admission of foreigners to vote
on the first day of their arrival in this country;
once asking for a branch of the United States
Bank in Albany, and now opposing it; pretend-
ing an opposition to all banks, and supporting
an aristocratic combination of monopolies in the
Safety Fund System. \Vhen we see Mr. Van
Buren under all this variety of opinion, We ne-
cessarily view him as a cunning, disingenuous,
unprincipled politician. But the Tory press as-
sumes these as evidences of his consistent de-
mocracy—of his devotion to the public good—of
the purity of his motives--as entitling him to the
oflice of President. Hence, we infer that it is
the party, not the talent and honesty of the man,
that confer the qualification ; and that all merit
in a candidate is not personal but cicariovzzs.
Under former administratious,the Constitution
and the decisions of the supreme court upon con-
stitutional law, were the guide of our Preaidents,
and all power not expressly delegated by that
instrument, was carefully abstained fi'oiut-in the
limits of the executive functions; now, the con-
stitution is not only interpreted as he understands
it, but it is searched to discover what power is
not forbidden, that it may be added to the in-
creasing prerogative which that instrument is
made to confer. This practice does justly alarm
the observant politician ; and he sees in it the
most rapid and near approach to absolute au-
thority. But the supporters of these measures,
say it is an evidence of vigor in the old man;
whose judgement being better than the consti-
tution, and whose motives being purer than theirs
who framed it, that instrument is defective, not
the man ; and that it is evincing the most odious
federal opinions to think other\vise—which all
good democrats carefully eschew. Hence, the
doctrine has obtained, that our danger does not
lie in executive usurpation, but in legislative en-
Tlie King can do_no wrong’.
.:“:'.:lt:-A
croachment.
\Vhen the President took into his own charge
the public revenue, and defended the at'.T.‘..'ird-tiie
right of it, in his protest—-the tories_ said he was
right-—the Bank was insolvent. ' But wb_en the
President called upon Congress to regulate the
deposits of the public money by law, and dis-
claimed his right to its custody,—the torics said
he was right and maguanimous. Other people
thought the old gentleman had been guilty of
contradiction and an assumption of power.-—
Not so his supporters; they denied that he ev-
er claimed or exercised it. From which we de-
duce the rule, that aman’s opinions are never
to be known by what he does or asserts, but by
his intentions. If his intentions are supposed
to be good, so are his acts. One man may kill
another to put him out of trouble. He should
receive a medal, not a halter.
\Vhen Gen. Jackson said that when the pat-
ronage ofthe government was brought into con-
flict with the freedom of the elections, he should
be in early expectation of a dissolution of the
Union, people gave him credit for his pnrriotisin 5
but when he made it his particular care to see
that the officers in pay of the United States at-
tended the polls and electioneercd for him; that
all the influence of his patronage—and all the
influence of his promises and his tlireats—-that
all the rewards of the postoffice department,
even beyond its means—should be brought to
“bear upon the freedom ofthe elections,” people
very significantly enquired how these contra-
dictions were to be reconciled ? Nothing easier,
says the tory press ; It would have been wrong
in any body else, but Gen. Jackson, you know,
won the battle of New Orleans ; besides he—oh,
his motives are unimpeachable—he—the great-
est and best—might lay down these rules for
others, while he had no intention of following
them himself. \Ve have nothing to do with the
opinions of men, in this free government, unless
they agree with their conduct. So, if a man’s
opinions and practices do not accord, not know-
ing which is wrong, it would be contrary to
rule to impeach eitlier—-tlierefore, both are
right.
Gen. Jackson wrote a long letter to Col. Mon-
roe to impress upon his mind the importance of
being the President, not of a party, but of the
United States ; but when in the Presidential
chair himself, devoted his whole_ energies to the
upbuilding of party. He at one time declared
that the Batik of the United States was insol-
vent, and gave that as a reason for his hostili-
ty; at another, he accused it of possessing too
much money, and then said that was the reason
why the public deposites were not safe in its
custody. He professed to be opposed to a war
with France, and recoinmeiitled the commence-
ment of hostilities; he recommended unanimity
in his cabiilet, and set his Secretaries by the
cars, that he might have an excuse for turning
them out; and in his search after a “unit” was
always at sixes and sevens; he told Secratary
Duane to act according to the dictates ofhis own
judgment, and punished him for doing so; he
swears “like a trooper,” and is under continual
anxiety about the “flissenions in the Presbyteri-
an church ;” in short, he is consistent in nothing
but his contradictions, which the J acksou people
tell us are his marks of sagaclty. \Vise men
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change their opinions often, and consequently he
' who changes most, is most wise. The greater
tlie contradiction—no matter if amount to an ab-
surdity—the greater the evidence of wistloin.—
It is morally imposssible that Jackson or his
followers can be guilty of misconduct or contra-
diction, because, it being a bad rule that wont
work both ways, working both ways, makes it
one ruIe—and, in being one rule, that rule must
be right, as they understand it-
LIEUT. Gov. B£T'rs.—\Ve have had the
question asked, why this paper has not made the
qualifications and character of Lieut. Gov. Betts
the subject of remark :—sucb a course being es-
teemed not rnerelyjustifiable, but politically ex-
pedient. There is a very obvious reason for our
silence upon this topic—and in giving that reas-
on, we shall have said all that can be required.
Lieut. Gov. Betts is so well known, and conse-
quently so inuch respected and valued in his
own neighborhood and to the extent of the circu-
lation of this paper in Fairficld County, that no
studied praise ofours could culiancc his populari-
ty, or add one vote to the majority which he has
before and will again obtain from the free suf-
frages of his fellow citizens. In this county, a
dignified silence on his part and on the part of
his friends, is the most full, complete, and satis-
factory contradiction of all the slanders, great
and small, uttered by a groveliug and shameless
press, that need be offered. These are not pub-
lislied with the view to inflence his election here;
they are intended for a distant part of the state ;
and if any studied refutation of them should be
given, it ought to be attempted at a distance.-
\Ve know that Lietit. Gov. Betts would not stoop
to do it himself or suffer his friends to do it for him
in this quarter. He knows, and we all know,
that such condescension would be but giving an
importance to his traduce1's,to which their person-
al, literary and political merits, could never ele-
vate them. These slanders which are beyond
example feeble, mean and ludriciously low, are
not merely expressive of the character of the eu-
emies that utter them, but show to what despi-
cable shifts calurnny will sometimes "resort to
express the feelings of a mind half idiot and half
knave, inflamed by political excitement and
sinarting under a sense of its own depravity.
fik’ Before an other impression of this paper
shall issue from the press, the political struggle
in this state will have ended ; but not in time
for us to give details. Respecting the issue of
that struggle, no well informed mind can enter-
tain a doubt. The \Vhig ranks have been ex-
tended since last fall, by accessions from all par-
ties; and those who then felt but little interest
in the question are now strongly enlisted in sup-
port of our cause. In a reading community like
this, error cannot long predominate. The faci-
nation of party names and the declamation of
heated demagogucs, may allure the ignorant and
unsuspecting by artfully inflaming their pas-
sions, for a while; but when the tumult subsides,
reason soon dispels the mists of error and as-
sumes the ascendancy. \Vhat we have had
most to contend with, has been studied misstate-
ments of facts, garbled extracts from the debates
in Congress, and a wilful perversion of truth, in
almost every instance. These have been seri-
ous obstacles, but they have been encountered
with vigor and perseverance. In numerous
instances they have been overcome, and in the
aggregate have added to our increase.
\Ve say then, confidently and considerate-
ly, that Connecticut is safe.
{if \Ve learn there has been some desire
shown by the Jackson men in this place to sup-
port their expectations of a majority at the en-
suing elections by the offer of bets. To such
as still feel disposed to evince their confidence
in this way, we are authorized to say, that even
bets in amount from_fit‘c dollars to _/itvc hundred
will be taken upon the Govenor, Lieut. Govenora
Members of Congress, Senators, or town repre-
sentatives, in favor of the wing ticket. on appli-
cation to the editor of this paper. If the Jack-
son men really feel so ccrtain of victory as their
papers declare, let them improve this opportuni-
ty to put some money in their purses.
SLAvi:iiY.—The Richmond (Virginia) Enqui-
rer, is electionecring for Mr. Van Buren at the
south, by representing him as being in favor of
slavery. It says that a letter at an early day,
will be addressed to the people of Virginia, en-
tirely disproving the statement that Mr. Van-
Buren was opposed to the introduction of slave-
ry into Florida. The Enquirer also promises
the publication of a letter from Mr. Van Buren
to a gentleman in Mississippi, in which his fa-
vorable opinion of slavery was expressed. \Ve
see, likewise, a statement in a southern paper re-
presenting Mr. Van Buren as taking part in the
celebrated Missouri question, in which he is im-
plicated as being in favor of slavery.
These deveolopments are rather ill-timed for
effect at the North. But, we suppose the Van
Buren press will contradict them here, until af-
ter the election.
Mn. VAN Buui«;2\"s Di:MocitAcY.——Thc friends
of this gentleman found his claims t_o Democra-
cy upon his affection for the people, as shown
in his support of a universal suffrage ; not to
mention Oll1€l‘_fi1ClS equally susceptible of proof
to the contrary. Mr. Van Buren’s opinions re-
specting universal suffrage are matter of record ;
therefore there can exist no possible room for
doubt. \Vlien, in 1821, a convention assembled
at Albany, to amend the constitution of the state
of New York, Mr. Van Buren was a member.
The following is an extract from the report of
the proceedings of that body :— -
“Mr. Van Buren occupied the floor for some
time in expressing liis-sentiments against the
amendment, and against um'~vc-rsal s-ufl’ragc.”
“Mr. Van Buren said, that as the vote he
should now give on what was called the high-
way qualification, would be different from what
it had been on a former occasion, he felt it a du-
ty to make a brief explanation of the motives
which governed him. The qualifications repor-
ted by the first committee were of three kinds,
viz : the payment of a money tax, the perfor1n—
ance of a military duty, and working on the high
way. The two former had met his decided ap-'
probation ; to the latter, he wished to add the ad-
ditional qualification, that the elector should, if
he paid no tax, performed no millitia duty, but
offered his vote on the sole ground that he had
labored on the high ways, also be a householder,
and that was the only point on which he had
dissented from the report of the committee.”
The Legislature of Newfilersey have passed
a law fixing a ton weight at 2000 pounds. Ev-
ery State ought to follow the example. There
is no sense in liavinga hundred weight. exceed a
hundred pounds.
HON. GIDEON TOMLINSON AND THE POST
Or‘rici~:.—\Ve see the Jackson press in this State
and in the city of New York, having obtained
from some of the disinterested clerks in the ‘Post
Office,en elaborate statement of the exact amount
in pounds, of the public documents transmitted
through the immaculate] branch of that well reg-
ulated department, by the Hon. Gideon Tom-
linsou, of this State, seem disposed to attribute
its defalcations and insolvency to the 180 pounds
with which that Senator stands charged in break-
ing down the mails. These documents were prin-
cipally printed at the order of :1 Jackson House
of Representatives, and in such numbers-about
five thousand, we believe—as to lead us to infer‘
that they were intended no less for the use and
information of their constituents than of them-
selves. Otherwise, we presume, as many lion-
dred would liave answered. But we believe, in
this country, where the represented no less than
the representatives, feel a direct and common in-
terest in our public affairs, it is customary to
print large numbers of all reports, inessages and
bills of general interest, that members may send
them to their constituents. Now as the Post
Office Department was not created for revenue,
but for public inter-communication and conve-
nience, it is but just to expect that its facilities
will always be yielded for these important pur-
poses. How are the people to obtain these re-
ports, if not through the mails? and whose fault
is it if they prove volumnious? Must they for
that reason, remain at \Vashington as perquisites
for the keeper of the Capitol and the errand boys
of the departments?
But Mr. Tomlinsou is charged with bringing
these documents into Connecticut for election-
ecring purposes. How can that be, when both
Houses of Congress have concurred in the truth
and justice of the statements and inferences made
in these reparts? Are they not true ‘.7 And is dis-
seminating truth electionecring? In the Jackson
sense of the word, perhaps it is—for the \Vhigs
seek no other means to convict their opponents
than that affbrded by the aid of Truth. But Mr.
Tomlinson, so far from using this as a means for
influencing the approaching elections in this
State, acted by direction of a number of his con-
stituents, which left him no choice between the
exercise of his duty and an abandonment of it,
in direct contradiction to the request of those who
had the right to demand it. Mr. Tomliiison
could not hesitate, in such a position. These for
wliose use a proportion of these documents were
printed, wrote to VVasliington and requested the
transmission of some hundreds of them, for pub-
lic information. The request was proper and
just; and should oftner be made, especially in
cases like the present, where the most alarming
abuses in an important department of the gene-
ral government is the subject.
If there be any thing like electionecring in this
business, it must be found on the side of those
who are endeavoring to mislead and inflame the
public mind lbr the purpose of impugning the
motives of an honorable Senator.
Tin: REWARD or Mi:ni'r.—Poor Major Bar-
ry, who has suffered so much in purse and char-
acter for the past two years while exerting every
facult.y and every means to sustain the admin-
istration of the Greatest and Best, not merely by
expending some hundred thousand dollars of the
public money, in rewarding pzirtizau contractors,
but in even risking his own reputation by bor-
rowing money, contrary to law, on account of
the United States, to pay for losses in the cause
of democracy; who has sufii:i'etl persecution not
from fees merely, but also from friends in both
Houses of Congress, who have ii1ipriident.ly un-
dertaken to prove upon him gross mismanage-
merit, extravagance, illegal coudtict, &c. &e.,
this innocent, lamblike public servant, finding
his present situation a little too uneasy for him,
is to be sent. as minister to Spain, in the recess
of the Senate, to reward him for his manifold
services in the Post Office department, and
Amos Kendall, the “heaven born Amos,” who
never was guilty of an honorable action in his
life, is to take upon himself the reform of the of-
fice vacated by Major Barry as Post Master
General.
\Vhat a nice sense of moral excellence our
President has ; and how steadily he sticks to the
determination of not being the President ofa par-
ty. nor of lavishing the public treasure upon un-
worthy favorites ! '
Hi~:ADs OI-‘F l—-\Ve are indebted to a very
‘clever J acksonman——when we do meet with
such a man, we make it a point to be particular
and civil—for the information that, in our last
impression, we had omitted the word “\Vliig" at
the head of our nominations. Now, as we pride
onrself upon wearing our own hair as well as
being a consistent whig, this bit of news has saved
us the mortification of appearing before our rea-.
ders again in such a plight; and we do not
know but that some apology is due to the party
for having looked so much like a certain figure
head which had suffered decapitation for the
crime of being a block-head. But both having
been replaced, with all imaginable secrecy aiitl
despatch, both the French abroad and the To-
ries at home, must expect to surrender to the im-
pression, or fall, like the courtiers of Cepheus, at
the frown of Medusa.
PRACTICE vs. PitEc1«:1"r.——\Ve read in the
Boston Traveller, that “a committee of the
Jackson Legislature of Maine have reported in
favor of granting charters for eight new banks ;
four of which are to be at Bangor. The capitals
of several other banks are to be increaset .”
It would be a waste of words to attempt to
prove that our anti-monopolists here are not a
whit behind their Maine brethren in consistency.
Those who do not understand what the Jackson
men mean when advocating a metalic currency
out of office, will never fail to be fully informed
by them when they get in. Like the inhabi.-
tants of a certain province in South America,
described by the late geographer, Morse, the
part.y are so notorious for their punic faith, that
they never tell the truth unless it be to deceive.
If they should say they were in favor of banks,
we would most readily give them credit for be-
ing opposed to monopolies.
To coitru-:sPoNm:N'rs.—’I‘lie commtinieations
of Enquirer, Vialor, II, and Hafiz, next week‘
\Ve must decline the publication of “-A Good
\Vhig.’l \Ve agree with him, and highly val-
ue his sentiments; but we think he shows too
nuicli heat
0? It would be doing the liberel minded An
ti-Masons of this state great injustice to suppose
that the querrelous, discontented and aimless re-
marks of the Hartford Free Elector, expressed
the sentiments of one twentietetli part of theif
number. These disingenuous attempts to induce
Anti-Masons to throw away their votes for the
mere gratification of a surly antl sturdy affecta-
[ion of independence, when their own interests,
the dictates of a sound policy and a spirit of mag-
naniinous concession, strongly urge them to up- '
hold that cause which has most upheld them.
against the abuses of the torics, is worthy of the
most signal rebuke. \Ve feel no disposition to
coax or intimidate, but we cannot look upon a.
course so suicidal, and at once so disingenuous as
that pursued by the Free Elector, without an-,
imadverting upon it; and at the same time, as-
suring that paper that it is only frittering. away
its own influence and usefulness, by its want of
character and its captions conduct.
1
0:1” \Vc have before us several periodical
works claiming our attention ; among which are
a plate number of the New York Mirror and
some late numbers of the Christian Library; ,
but this being a political week with us, we should I/' '
not feel satisfied with such a review of them as if
our limits would allow us to make in our pres-
ent publication. ,
A propns of the Miri'or.—\Ve have not re-
ceived No. 38. Let us have it, by all means-
\Villis’s descriptions of the literati of London:
are too piquant and attractive, to be interrupted?
by the loss ofa number, without feelings of dis--
appointment and regret.
Ef“’The government ofthe U. States is now
in the field against the people in all the pend-
ing elections. This alarming fact is no longer‘
concealed ,—those who are anxious for the pre-
servation of the constitution antl laws are fated,
not only to meet theiropponents in the field, btit
to meet thcm_hcaded by the government, armed
~'-Ind 0‘[UlPP€<1, With the power of the treasury,
and the influence of oflicial patronage. \Ve
mtist be prepared for this crisisAa military des-
potism —tlie corruption of oflicc, antl a foreign
band of emissarics. The approaching clectibir
in Connecticut, Rhotle Island, and Virginia are
in proof of what we now state: the whole pow-
er ofthc government at \Vashington, and the
colossal power of this State, are united to beat
down the freemen of those States. Travelling ‘
agents are in all directioiis—-corrupt politicians '
are abroad on missions-—-oflicci holders and cx- ;
pectants are commissioned to go fortliin every di-
rection to sustain the projects of our present
rulers.
The corruptions of the Post Ollice arc the
main instruniciits and levers by which their pur-=
poses are effected. Post-masters, mail contrac— ‘
tors, stage proprietors, t.avcrn keepers.__stage dri--_
vers, aiid liostlers, are sent into the lieldin eve-
ry quarter to influence the people. The Alba-
ny Regency, with their untiring, ambitious lead-
er, originate all these plans, and furnish tliei
agents in every state, how to proceetl—how tr.
act. How long can this country maintain it.
liberty and purity under such gross and corrup
systems? \Ve say to every freeman of Con-
necticut, ofRhode Island, and Virginia, nemat-
ter of what age, or how infirm, the time has ar-
ritfcd to turn out and sure the cozmlr_:/.
The motives which influciicetl our ancestor
to dissolve the bonds which coiiiiccted us with the
mother country, were not stronger than those
whicli call for resistance to the tyrannical ambi-
tion and inisrule of the Albany .Regt-iir:~y. Let
the question at the polls be stripped of all ex-
traneous or fictitious coloring-it is 17.112. Burcn.
or anti- ’an Buren .’—it is on this broad ground
the contest niust. be inaiiitaiiicd, and doc-idcd.——
.\I. Y. L'?:cI1i7Ig'.5I(tr.
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Mn. Bi«:.\"i'o.\ .\::;i GEN. J.-ici<so.\:.——-Duriii
the last session Mr. Benton was profuse ofhis
pancgyrics on General Jackson. \Ve _could
not help recalling to our iuiud the letter he wrote
some years since, giving his then opinion of the
General, and asking ourselves what has protlu- A
ced this great and wonderful change in his opin-
ions. \Vhat new virtues has General Jackson
lately developed, that have thus taken him by
the heart? Can it be from the fact that now
he has the distribution ofthe “spoils,” If Mr.
B. does not get his share, we may reasonably
expect some‘ day hence, a pamphlet on ilie
subject of“afIidavit makers," and ‘‘bullie.-:.’’ -’ _
“1 am literally in hell here; (that is, in the‘
vicinity of Gen. Jackson)-—thc meanest wretch-
cs under heaven to contend with; liars, ulliila-4
_vit makers, and shameless cowards. All the
puppies of Jackson are at work at me; but they
will be astonished at what will happen ; for it is
not them, but their master, whom I shall hold
accountable. The scalping knife of Tecumseh
is mercy compared with the affidavits ofthese
villians. I am in the middle of hell, and see no
alternative btit to kill or be killed; forl will not
crouch to Jackson, and the fact that I and my.
brother defeated him and his tribe, and broke his
small sword on the public square, will forever
rankle in his bosom, and make him thirst after
vengeance. My life is in danger; nothing but
a decisive duel can save me, or even give me a
chance for my own existence ; for it is a settledf
plan to turn out puppy after puppy to bully me,
and when I have got into a scrape to has7e me
killed sornchow in the scufile, afterwards the
affidavit makers will prove it was honorably done.
I shall never be forgiven having given my opin-
ion in favor of VVilkinson’s authority last winter ;J
and this is the root of the hell that is now turned
loose against me.”
Quite descriptive, truly ll 1 4'
K3*'His Majesty’s birth day was celebratcdv "
yesterday by his liege subjects at Taminar.
Hall. Alas! alas! “whata falling off, my con-: -
trymen.” And yet in the midst ofour troui .
les there is some consolation. The emperor r~
China only requires that we should prostrwr —
ourselves before him, and bump our foreher
nineteen times on the pavement. Our severe»
lord is more reasonable. VVe are bound to I i I
ebrate the day ofhis birth, the battle of New--..;
leans, and to cry harm for Jackson an all 09. . _-
sions. \Ve buy our liberty dog cheap.——N.
E-vening Star.
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“THE MOST I-‘RE_E COUNTRY ox EARTH.”-
correspondent of the Philadelphia Gazette, da.
\Vasliington, March 1, says :—“It is unders
that Lieut. Barry, ofthe U. S. Army, sc _i.
the Post Master General, has challenged r
Hon. \Vin. C. Johnson, of Maryland, a mo - -
ber of the House, for words spoken in dcba!» 1
few evenings ago. hit‘. Johnson had pronq
ced the Post Office Department C0l‘1‘l.]p[5a‘-').‘.
the head to thelowest menial inclusive. Tl‘l1 ,,
are becoming truly alarming. We shall am»;
be under the dominion of military despotisrr . - .
\Vhat will be the con_ditiou of popular liber' «v
all the desperadoes in the country should ‘-2..
come as officers, soldiers andsailors, in the t
of a foreign war?”
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Mississirpi.-,—-A bill is before the Legisl‘m.::~
to establish a Bank to be located at the to" ’ ~
Jackson, of Five Millions of Dollars.’ Als--.
another Bank to be established at Rodney.
though this beautiful Jackson administrat-I .
for a gold currency and for putting dow :"
Banks, there will be ten where there was
before their crusade commenced.
’i.i
Goon.-—Tlie Circleville (Ohio) Heralc
enumerates the Candidates, forthe Preside): . :-
Martin Van Buren — - - of N67? Y0? 1‘
John McLean — - - - 0f 07110-
Hugh L. White - of Tennescc-
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vDANIEL \VEBSTER or Noiu'n_'A:sn’
Norwalk Chronicler