The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-02-09
FOR THE COUNTY HOST.

The writer of the article in the Post of the
! 18th Tit, is surprised to fnd that his remarks
are supposed by the friends Of Mr.. Sterling,
to contain an imputation upon the moral char
acter of that Gentleman. He is not able to
determine what part of the article alluded to,
contains that charge, unless it be that part
which asserts a well known fact, to- ,oit, that
Mr.. Sterling has changed his Politics.-This
fact, neither the Republican Elector nor Kent,
has presumed to deny-And this is the e ,co,l-
! ton, un,oarranta5te, and base attack upon the
moral character of Mr.. Sterling' which has
called out the bitter and vituperative reply Of
the Republican Elector. The writer will not
! object that the friends of Mr.. Sterling should
give what character they please to the fact
just alluded to, but he has never given it as
his opinion that it involved any degree of NOR
al terpitude. If, however, it was considered as
! sin of most aggravated character for a man
to apostatsc from his political faith, such is
the frequency of its commission among the
weather. cock politicians ofthe day, that it can
hardly be esteemed as innicting very deep
stain upon the moral character Of any man.
The " Republican Elector" has not been
contented with giving very unfair and I'M
warrantable construction to t,+ remarks con-
tanned in the article alluded to, but has seen
fit to make a most calumnious personal attack
upon very respectable gentleman, a near re-
lative of Mr.. Merwin, supposing him to be thu.
author of the article and has even intimatcd
that he is in possession of evidence to prove
that such is the fact. Such an assertion must
be entirely unfounded. No such evidence
can exist, because the fact is not so. The
writer is neither the friend nor the foe of Ell
Their of the gentlemen who are before the
public as members of Congress- and he
would scorn to become the "cats-paw'' of
any man or any party from undue prciu-
dices towards either. Under these circum-
stances such unbecoming asperity and such
direct personalities demand the severest rep
rehenson Of every honorable man.
The writer did not give Mr.. Merwin the
ling is lawyer,-There is no such iptimation
in the whole article. 1t is well known that
there are manly of that profession who stand
deservedly high in public estimation and who
have never become intriguers and managers
in politics. MIR. Sterling was opposed on the
ground that he was the candidate put forward
by cabal, or as it was termed " Il confedera-
cy of lawyers" and the Republican Eleeto1'
will have no better success in convincing the
public, that such confederacy does not exist,
than he did in guessing who was the author
Of the article. 1t has become fact of such
apparent notoriety as to be in the mouth of
almost every man. Now the writer prefers
Mr.. Merwin to Mr.. Sterling, among other
reasons, because he is presented to the Elec-
tors, free from any intrigue and management
in obtaining nomination, whereas the claims
of the letter gentleman rest principally in the
fact that he is the candidate of the Caucus, a
name which implies, er Vi termiui, as the law
yers say, that intrigue and management have
been reduced to system to carry the purpo-
ses of the party into effect.
Mr.. Kent" has come to wrong source
for information in relation to the subject a.
bout which he has made his enquiries.-The
writer has no knowledge of any caucus trans
actions.-He would despse to enter into such
a system of measures as those connected with
the buying and selling, and bartering of du-
ly regulated caucus. If however the intima-
tons contained in the enquiries-of Kent, are
true, it is high time that honest folks should
bestir themselves; that they should come forth
in their united strength, and put down those
managers and wire-drawers, who, from be.
hind the curtain, have been playing off their
professions of love to the people, and of dis
interested affection TO the cause, while, in the
deep recesscs orthe caucus the whole system
of appointments throughout the State has
been the subject Of barter, of trOdcand Of per
sonNl cmOlument