The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-12
From the Democratic Press.
THE JACKSON CAUCUS.


 THE JACKSON CAUCUS.
 By letters from Washington, we under stand there has been caucus of the most influential Members of Congress, friendly to the election of General Jackson as Pre- sident of the United States, at which a. mong other things, it is said they determi- ned
 l. That vigorous and simultaneous movement shall be made, by messengers, letters, &c. from Washington City, to all his friends in all the states, to test the pro- bable strength of General Jackson, and thence determine whether it be, or be not, advisable to take up some other candidate for the Presidency, in opposition to Mir. Adams.
 ,. That as means of testing General Jackson's force, attempts are to be made upon all the State Legislatures to have a resolution or resolutions passed, either ap- proving of General Jackson, or censuring M. Adams, or the measures of his admin is1:ation-such resolutions to be variously modified as may be deemed most suitable to the feelings of the persons to whom they sh'll be addressed.
 3. That where it shall be found imprac- ticablc to pass any favourable resolution ill State Legislature, that it be recom- mcnded to such members of that body as are friendly to General Jackson's election, to hold caucus, and there adopt the strongest possible resolutions to advance his cause.
 4. That in addition to to all this, the most confidential, influential and intelligent Jackson men in every state shall be writ ten to, for all the information they may be able to collect and transmit to Washing ton, on or before the last Monday in Feb ruary.
 }. That on the last Monday in Februa- ry, another caucus shall be held at Wash ington, to which shall be submitted, by a committee of three for that purpose ap- pointed, condensation of all the informa- ton collected, and then it shall on their report, be determined whether General Jackson shall or shall not be requested to withdraw his name as candidate for the Presidential Chair.
 The following is the sentence of Judge Edwards, pronounced upon four of the N York conspirators.
 You having been convicted of the con- spiraces to defraud, for which you have been indicted, it has now become the pain ful duty of the Court to pass sentence upon you. With view to correct discharge of this duty; and that we might not inflict a. ny unnecessary suffering on the one hand or fail in meeting the demands of public justice on the other; we have bestowed our free and deliberate attention to the facts developed in the course of your trials, and to every circumstance which has pre- sented itself to us either in extenuation or aggravation of your offences. In arriving at tue result we have also considered what is due to the great end of criminal justice -the safety of society: aud in conse- quence of developments within the last six months of the frauds which have been practised upon this community by the a. gents of monied institutions, this consider ation has pressed itself most powerfully upon our attention.
 Even during the trials which have taken place at the present term of this Court, we have witnessed displays of depravity on the part of the agents of monied institutions o the most appalling nature. As common a. crimes arc Tn all great cities, yet this com. munity were not prepared to expect iron the class of society to which the perpetra. tors belonged such burst of iniquity.- These offences have been characterized by breakers of official and personal conf, dence; by course of deception and mis. representation long and systematically pur sued; and by injurious and crafty device. which no ordinary prudence could guard MI AIs k1 actors in these scenes were some of the