The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-03-22
COUNTY POST.
LITCHFIELD, MARCH 90, 1897.

In previous column will be found the Tick
ct agreed upon by minority Of republican
representatives, assembled in caucus, at New
Haven, in May last; and also, certain altera-
tons which have been recommended by con-
ventions in several of the counties in the state.
The freemen will select from these names,
or from the names of their fellow citizens at
large, such men as they are pleased to bestow
their sufrages upon. Although the pernicious
and insulting doctrine, of" obligation to sup
port the regular ticket" is very strenuousy
urged by few heated partisans in the state,
we confidently trust that none of our readers
have SO far forgotten the rights which our fa-
theirs bequeathed, and our constitution guar
antees to us, as to believe such doctrine
We have always said, and we also believed
what we said, that Legislative caucusses were,
or might be, engines Of corruption; and surely
we have increasing evidence of the truth of
the assertion, when we are told that the cleo
tors are bound to sanction the proceedings of
caucus. What, bound to.giye up the ines
timable right of choosing our own officers, to
few interested men who were appointed to
make and revise laws, instead of making and
appointing state and county officers! Yes,
says the Mercury, bound to support the men,
who, in three cases out Of ten, il not out of
six, procured their own nomination We
boldly assert, that Of all the methods ever de-
vised in free country, to barter away the
rights of the people, and elevate bad men to
Office, the legislative caucus principle, and OBJ
legation thereto, is incomparably the most per-
nicious. We make these remarks, not as
against the men nominated at New Haven last
May; for ifthey are worthy support-hon-
est, capable men--ther having been thus
nominated, will not, with candid men, operate
against them; but we make nlsbecause we
are unwilling to be considered, in any degree,
the subjects of his majesty, King Caucus -
and furthermore, we are unwilling that an alb
ject subsection to his majesty should prevail
among any class Of people in this section of
country. This doctrine may be palmed upon
some weak men, but our whole soul rcyolts
at its being crowded into our creed, or made
to speak in our language. We could not for
the life us, frame a sentence, urging upon the
electors hearty support of ticket, simply
because our representatives kindly volunteer
ed their time and services to make it out
We are willing to give it an equal right to sup
port with the names of candidates brought
forward by county conventions, although the
latter mode of making nominations meets our
decided appreciation. We know not, howev-
err, whether these county conventions are to
be considered as "A full and fair expression of
the wishes of republicans in the several coun-
ties where they have been held but if.they
are not, the nominations are upon par with
the caucus nomination. which we believe no
one has the effrontery to call full expression
of the sentiments of republicans throughout
the state. From the names already before the
public. the electors can select such ticket as
they are willing should succeed in the cleo
ton. We do however most seriously hope
that, atthc polls, such an expression OF obiec-'
ton to legislative caucusses viii be made, that
our representatives will hereafter attend to
the proper duties oftheir appointment. rather
than to those services, which Of right belong
exclusively to the freemen.
1t is generally custom for editors TO notice
in some way every communication which
they receive, either by an insertion of the ar
ticle, promise of insertion, or reasons why
the article, or articles, cannot be admitted.
We have Of late neglected to do thus. for the