The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-29

ey 20 the Eatn01l6s. As % lue gentleman
upon bic len. TIE gentleman Of the Book Of
Wonders. that prince Of hypocrisies (NIr.
W0od1 despise him from the bottom Of my
sOul--(Cries Of shame" and hisses); and as
to the s'individual" (NIT. Stanley,l tho very
cll-spitten-upOn individual, on his left, a
gain tell him that lOathe him, as | loathe
every thing that is nasty-(Cries of shame.
and turn him out--turn the old bOne-grubber
out.) At the Captain knit my, brows and
bite my lips--at the hero Of the Book of
Wonders / turn up my nOse--at the foolish,
naughty, insolent tiudividual" | stop my nose.
Tremendous uproar, cries of disgusting ~
-" OF Cobbett.") In this happy state Of
impartiality, not knowing which of the can
didates hate or detest the most, it is my de-
termination that this ditch Of mine shall be
open to the electors of all parties. There
shall be one part of the hustings at least, where
freedom Of election shall be maintained. To-
morrow morning will station twO of my sons
at the entrance Of this fOsse, and every cleo
tor of you that presents himself with a GER
tificate Of his having been duly sworn, will
find admission. / care not what the cOnse
quences may be to the interests of any Of the
candidates. They are oil equally detestable
to me.
An Elector--As you are detestable to them!
June 2l.-In consequence Of the decided
advantage which the splitting Of Mr.. Cobbett's
TALES ia favour OF Mr.. Wood has given, and
is likely to secure to the latter, determina-
ton was formed by Captain Barrie's friends
last night, and regular plan was organized,
for the purpose Of filing Mr.. Cobbetts tally
box this morning with a party Of the blues.
Accordingly, about two hours before the open
ing of the Court, detachment Of the Bar
leads to Mr.. Cobbett's box. But they found
the space before the door pre-occupied by the
more active and jealous greens, who showed
themselves in too determined an attitude to
allow their opponents to hope that contest
would bring them the slightest advantage.
The blues despairingly retired. Shortly after,
party with the same colours, but armed
with cOnstabIcs' slaves, made it's appearance
before the door, evidently with the same OBJ
iect as their predecessors, to force passage
into Mr.. Cobbett's tally-box but they were
contented with merely making show Of
their intentions, and Withdrew. The Greens,
suspecting that foul play would be resorted
TO, were on the alert. They soon received
an intimaticn that their adversaries had been
able to penetrate into the hastings, no doubt
by clandestine means-instanty the Greens
forced themselves into the building. declaring
session Of the box. The latter, it should be
observed, had amongst them number Of
cOnstabies, armed with green and white slaves,
and being Of course, warmly in their interest
They mounted the barriers, threw themselves
upon the Blues, who had possession Of the
box, and getting amongst them, succeeded in
very nearly ejecting the whole of them. By
this time the Mayor and officers arrived. His
worship, seeing struggle going on, ordered
the front of the hustings to be cleared. His
directions were instantly obeyed. The men
retired on all sides, ready, as soon as the May
or gave the signal for opening the bars, to
rush to the box. Bot scarcely had the place
been cleared. when Mr.. Burchell, an agent of
Capt. Barrie's, and Deputy Town Clerk a
vOwedly In violation Of the directions of the
Mayor. and the fair play which he wished to
see take place, descended to the front, and
lifting up the bar prematurely, exclaimed to
the Blues, snow, my lads, in with you"
The friends Of the other candidates declared
his to be scandalous trick.
MI. Burchcll said he was not ashamed to
oft.
The Mayor--that is not right.
Mr.. Burchell-I ayow it; but when one
'arty has recourse to force, the other must
lse stratagem.
<Ao ESbCCtVE~asa1u NC - C1Ggk Oh TIC peace tUOs |
( Scarcely had the signal been given by |
Nr. Burchell to his own men, when tre-
nendous rush from all sides took place to-
Yards Mr.. Cobbett's tally box. The diff
erent parties mounting barriers, breaking
lown bars, dashed at each other-staves
vcro seen striking each other-with the
Imultnous roaring Of those struggling in
ront--the shouts Of appreciation and en-
from one side, the expressions
of rage and disappointment from another.
The hustings presented, altogether, such
scene Of alarming confusious as it is i'm.
possible to describe. The Greens had re.
course to an expedicnt for multiplying their
;onstables on the spot. They broke or cut
'cross their slaves, and thus, in FIVE min
tics, doubled their constables. q With these
hey laid about them, and made fierce eff
OFT to regain the box.
Something like order beinn at length re.
stored, for the Greens had Fot filll posses
'ion of the disputed box, he court was
opened by the crier.
Mr. P. Horrocks, accompanied by two
friends, appeared in the area in front of
the hustings, and addressing the Mayor in
an audible voice, stated that he had pre-
sented himself at the door Of Mr.. Cobbett's
tally-box, for the purpose Of advancing to
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