The Litchfield County post., 1826-11-21

ton Of the trade was fully discussed. and
cOmmitteswas appointed to prepare memo
rial to Congress, and report the same at an
adjourned meeting to have been held on the
18th. - FF "
A6uses.-We have once before taken Ehe
liberty to advert to certain abuses in our vi
lage; and although a few Of our neighbOrs
were somewhat vexcd at our meddling with
such-like affairs, we believe the article had
good effect: and are therefore disposed Co
gigea second edition Under the above head
! 1t is not however of the gnbbling of geese or
the squealing Of pigs that wewould complain;
it is an abuse Of more serious nature, for we
have rational, accountable beings to deal with.
TO be plain--certain Young gentlemen who are.
very much in the habit Of indulging in mid
night revels and street brawls are reminded
that the authority are not disposed to suffer
the peace and dignity Of the place to be thus
wantonly trampled uponi if they are, they
bear the sword of justice in vain. Serious e..
wills have arisen, and are always liable to arise
from such savage yels as have been often
heard in our streets at an hour when decent
people should be in bed. We hope this hint
viii suffice; if it should not, the subject viii
be taken up in more open manner.
On Sabbath evening,the 5th inst. Mr.. John
Hinsdaie, Of the firm of J. s. D. Hinsdale,
Middletown, was arrested by the marshall at
the suit Of the United States. Several Of the
citizens of the city, supposing an arrest on the
Sabbath illegal, setto and rescued him from.
the hands ofthe officer. The next day, how
ever,on learning that the laws ofthe q. S. are
different from those in this state inregard to
arresting man on the Sabbath Mr.. II. gave
himself up, and was conducted to the prison
in New Haven, where his brother and partner
has been confined several weeks; If these
men do not feel disposed to pay little, at
least, OF the immense sums they justly owe,
or do not satisfactorily account for losses in
trade sufficient to cover the amount, we hope
they may be kept in confinement until they
have experienced that prison houses were not
| built in vain. 49, @.s
+ 7 There wus, one feature in the late election
Eeering contest in: New X ork, which Of all 9TH
ers that have eyer, come to our knowledge is
the most revolving to truth and justice; we
refer to the efforts chat were made by certain
prints and certain politicians to excite preii-
DICE against Gov. Clinton because he pardon
ed young Tayloe, who was convicted Of man
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slaughter in killing q boy at Undertook. Not
only in New-York hut N some prints in New
England, has an argument been drawn from
this act Of clenency, that Mr.. Clinton il. an
aristocrat of the rankest order aud that his
only motive in pardoning Tayloe, was because
of the responsibility Of his father, Gen. Tay-
loe, of Va. The moral character Of the nor
them states is not Of that order which would
acquit Desha because his father is Cover
nor, neither is it of that degraded, grorcllins
stamp underworld deal out an extra measure
of vengeance upon an offender because he be.
longcd to highly respectable family. There
isno feature in'the character Of the American
| people more disgusting than the Efforts which
are often made to excite a vulgar prejudice -
ganst an opponent on the ground the wealth
and responsibility of his family; as though
that had destroyed his love of rational liberty,
and rendered him an object OF dstrust, and IN
worthy of confidence. In the case above.
mentioned, the argi m ut had wonderHifef
fleet upon uniformed minds, and gave Mr.
Rochester thousands of votes more than he
would have obtained, had an honorable elec-
pioneering course been pursued. After read
ling the report, Of the trial of Tayloe. at tlle
time Of its notoriety, we thought he ought to
be pardoned, and so we presume thought eve
i ry candid mind. The jury upon their oatks
were obligedto find him guilty of maDslaugh-
Il ter, and the judges were obliged to pass cen.
tence accordingly; yet the judges and the j.,
4 ~ united most earnestly 10 recommending him
to the executive cleu,ency--not On the ground
Of the responsibility Of his connexions, but bs-
cause he used the deadly weapon in high
state Of excitement, produced by the wsnton
and hnproyoked attacks Of the deceased.--
This was clearly proved. It was, not shown
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