The Litchfield County post., 1827-02-23
FoR TIE COUNTY POsr.

view men come OUT I'D thS puOhC, in tne dsSu-
med garb of RepubIicanism, while their hearts
are opposed to every principle that savOurs of
true democracy.
The great jargon of public sentiment with
reference to the election of Mr.. Sterling and
Mr.. Merwin, instead of dying away upon the
ear like the last and distant echo of the can
conquered and the cease of fight, seems to
swell into loud and serious thunder of def
ance that vibrates on the heart strings of eve
ry freeman. To what is this storming, belch-
ing, and foaming, to be attributed? Who is the
man that caparisoned his war steed and with
helmet, claymOre and mace mounts him in
proud and lofty attitude and comes out in
full array against the Hon. Mr.. Sterling. He
threatens our annual nominations, procaims
Mr.. Sterling federalist, a lawyer, and conse-
quently not a farmer.
Without discussing the propriety of fair &
regular nominations at the general assembly,
which conceive the veriest mode of concert
and harmony in promoting the interest of the
republican cause, suffice it say that Mr.. Ster-
ling was nominated by an almost unanimous
vote Of good and worthy republicans, who
well knew Mr.. Sterling and Mr.. Merwin. This
is admitted. Yet the cry is that it was eau
Gus nomination, and one consisting of a cabal
of Lawyers. The writer in your paper of the
10th Jan. would insinuate that an infatuated
mob of lawyers convened at the session of
our last legislature contrary to all usage or
right, in one grand cabal, and there nominal
ted Mr.. Sterling as a suitable candidate for
Congress. This would sound like an en-
croachment on our rights among the ignorant,
who only know this, from statement, and be-
lieve it because they know no more. This ca
bal Of lawyers did not voluntarily turn out
from Litchfeld county, flock to New-Hayen
in drove, and there hurry into a secret con-
clave, as would be represented by the writer
aforesaid. But they were men, holding high,
and respectable trusts; they were the repre-
sentatiyes of their people, in whom, the re-
publicans of this state were willing to entrust
their individual, and collective interest; men,
who in their course of nomination, were sane
toned by the uniform usage Of their predeces-
sors; men, who have ever stood first in the
republican ranks, and adherent supporters Of
the republican cause; such are those men, who
are now arraigned under the accusation of
meeting in secret corclaue, to pull down the
noble fabric of our Republic. When the wri-
ter (who pro fssses to be republican, attempts
to break down the effects of this nomination,
he treads upon the tried, and hallowed princi-
Piles of our republic, those principles, which
build up, support, and embellish its super
structure.
would ask why was the nomination of
Mr.. Merwin the year previous acceded to, (as
appeared by the votes of thousands who
knew hin, no) if the nominating system is to
be deprecated Why did the friends of Mr..
Merwin then advocate the great cause of state
nomination. To arrive at the cause, it is not
difficult or arduous- such facts speak for them
selves.
Is this then the policy Of these men who
yesterday eulogised the republican method of
nomination-to-day to cry it down for the
reason, that different candidate has been in
troduced ?!-If so, observe the miserable sub
terfuge to impose upon the people by attack
ing the form of nomination, to crush the can
didate.
The writer before alluded to would repre-
sent Mr.. Sterling a federalist in principle from
the fact that Mr.. Sterling did not in his infan-
cy absolve the federal creed, and consequent
ly must be stamped with disposition to ad-
here to his primitive faith. This doctrine
leads to the infallible result il that,a man would
retrieve an erroneous idea, he cannot, for the
reason that he has once judged enormously.
That Mr.. Sterling is now and has been for
many years one of our first, and truest repub-
licans, and has ever maintained the charac-
ter Of an upright, punctual, and honest man,
not person who knows him will deny. He
is republican in principle. and republican in
practice, and would ask who would deny it,
when. they have the evidence before them.