The Litchfield County post., 1828-03-20

with any other ticket, only say it has no better claims for support than others, and nasmuch many of its candidates very objectionable characters it has not as fair claim for support, the district ticket
 Just previous election, there is not an ofce-ex. pectant in the who dares come out against Dis trcting Resolutions handed in to petty caucus ses and published in newspapers, recommending, in the strongest terms the division of the state into dis trcts-every candidate claimed by bis friends to be the decided advocate ofthe measure andiudging from these appearances, we should suppose it would only be necessary for the representatives meet n Gene ] ral Assembly, and unanimously pass Bill to this eE- feet But how is it that the Bill last year barely pas sed the house, and that the men who then pretended to object Only it's deais active in procuring nominations politicians of their own stamp and vet claim that they are friendly dstricng Talk about independent republicans!-we have but a precious few amongst us. We admire independence & if can didate, aspiran for office, will come out openly Tn hs senments we will applaud his integrity if we do not approve of his opinions but this getting be-
 hind the curtain, and from thence drspatchng runners to trumpet forth his sentiments and then after an c. IectIen alsfy their statements the ground that he never committed himself and is not responsible G,, the representations of his friends is insulting in tho highest degree. The hustings of the west, and the seit-nomInations of New-York, are infinitely prefera 1 ole to this course of conduct There n candidate comes out honestly andnforms the people how he will serve them provided he IS elected to oice-candidlv states his sentiments and appeals to men of like prn cipes with himself for their support Here the can. ddate must not be supposed be any thing more than ] barely ktD tO 8I
 stand entirely back, while his speclaI friends claim m III" one ser of oPnIons to one class of freemen and 1 e"'fey onerent set to another cass and after he secures an election, he the independeut ua
 com'tfed republican, ready to take care of hmselfn the best manner possible. Ifthere were Dotica hon. ssty enough among to induce ncumbents of oAIce to actas the people wish them to- this state of ,hre
 would do very well; but it is not so-and hence i, ia that the freemen have been so often deceived by man WHO were appointed to transact public business for 'em' And thls state ofthings will last so long as the people are willing to go the polls and elect men to oince "ho can show no other credentials of political honesty than what their bare word, or the word or some interested frend presents In republican gov.
 '""e"'S' vigilance IS at all times of vital importance
 e e'ec'ors. 1T they care but little about politics" take candidates upon trust and submit to caucus dc
 '"no"' they nigh, as we'll appoint 6cers for life and done with it. Those who are in office look ou, shsr, to get Tn again. and by managemen mt and n,reue mos, usually succeed in living upon the treasury pap, nnt they are surfeted Nothing short of some ov.r, oo, '' "'quy' or papabe neglect of duty, can rouse the electors to effort; and then it requires mighty nol;, lca' conV"son to put them down. Their exnripo struggles for power are those of the dying giant All ths comes from ind ference on the part of the free men. majority of our Senators in nomination. .ra antl-dIstrcting Jackson men; not nominated bec,,s the people wish to have it so but becanss tb.v uo supposed to be asleep and will not object to ii; they profess to be friends of dstrictnQ, because no,hna '"o'' o' 'n's Will Keep the sumberng lion still bns '"e'r recent puolc acts fix the lie upon this preeu- slon'-they profess to be uncommtted upon the Prcs; dentlal question: bu, their known zeal for the H.., stamps tl'is profession with its true coors-Ie. ,ha electors remember that it is the suggard who folds hls arms, and cries Ia little more seep." whIs h;a garden IS overrun with weeds and thst similar con- duct Tn politics produces results in tho political garden. Let them arise, ,shake of this stupor and sn Po'nt men of EnoaOn moral and political honesty to sea, or trust and profit The honor of the state reoures thIs at heIr hands-the freemans oath reoures i,and the duty which they owe to poserity requires ,,.
 lu republics the people accountable for the good or III conduct of their rulers since they have the d;- rect and sole agency in appointing them. It does therefore become the bounden duty of every freeman, before he giVes his support 70 . candidate for anv responsible office, to enquire into his character both Tor honesty, ability, ande morality. Charity is not blind; and however blindy many people may act m. on political subjects, under plea of "chary." stiI, charity does not require its votares to call darkness
 ght or evil good. It is unaccouatable stretch or ths principle, to suppose that every aspirant to ofhce and fame acuated by pure and patriotic mo- tves-that every man who wants an office and its z. molumens, is amply qualified 10 honor the station be aims at The present national admin straton is as wise, as patriotic, and vir,uOus as any proceeding one since the days of Washington; and yet this ad- minlstratisn is attacked vi6ed, and attempted to be run down by the partzans of man whose character, to say the best of it, will not bear an investigation The republicans of ConneG ticut assisted in electing present rulers,-the best republican blood in the state still supports them, and approves the meas ures and principles by which they are governed. Is ii, uncharitabe in the friends of this administration to rally for its defence, when they see the zeal and &C., tviy with which it's enemies abour for it's overtbrovg Does candor require them to look calmly on at the