The Litchfield County post., 1828-11-27

tosssabaa snnpors 10 lie assslarn sinlsss.-
DIT siuas will deiermine. There are bEeskers
ahead. and happy win L Be ior the President
elect ifhe can sterr clear ofthem. If he does.
he has been most Goully bslied, IN being char
ged with natural rashness. and = want OfsOre-
sight and discretion.
Either Gen. Jackson was born in Ireland,
or in South Carolina, for his father settled 10
that state on his arrival in this country from
the Emerald Isle. and continued there until
bis son Andrew was Is years old. We pre-
srme the statement in the Hero's life. which
assigns him birthplace in the Waxaw set
Element is correct. Should the Jackson tick
citizen succeed. as there can be no doubt it
viii, we shall have President, Vice Presi-
dent, and Secretary of State, (if M'Dufie is
appointed, as he probably viii hel aIl natives
OF one state, and that state, at the present mo-
ment. in almost open rebellion against the
peace and perpetuity ofihe Union. Certain
~ the most staunch advocate of the Slave
States can hardly desire more than this. with
any tolerable show of moderation. We are
rather inclined to doubt whether our Jackson
1Den at the north, will be entirely satisfied
with this condition Of affairs. for it certainly sa2
yors rather strong of southern interests, in
opposition to the commonly received notions
ofthe northerners. But the people would have
it so,Ss the people must be prepared to submit
cheerfully to the result of their strange choice.
whatever that result may be.
The U. S. Telegraph, allowed on all hands
to be the principal organ and mouth piece of
the jackson party. give. some indication Of
VIVA, is to be the policy OF the president elect.
The editor says:-
1--WE know not what line Of policy Gen.
Jackson will pursue. We take it for granted
however. that he soiU REGARD his friends, and
7,unish his enemies" --
Re,card his friends ! with government
patronage we presume; and when salaries
can't do it, outright gifts from the treasury
must. Unless jackson raises his standing
army to 100000 men," he will not have Off
ccs enough in his gift to give one in hundred
Of his cxpectant partisans chance at the
leaves aud fishes. ''His friends" we sup
pose. are distinct class Of people fr''m the
friends Of the country" We have hereto
core had some misgivings whether such were
not the fact indeed. we believe we have So
said on one or two occasions.
..Punish his enemies this looks a little
like Vandalism; although it will be very
much in keeping with the spirit of the times.
The revelation commenced when Jackson
became prominent candidate for the presi-1
dency-it viii be consnmmated when he
takes the chair of state, and hurls out Of Of
fec men of tried worth and patriotism, simply
because they have dared to think for them
selves upon national politics. When rapa-
cious and unprinciPled men get little brief
authority into their hands, virtue and worth
either retire, or are driven, into exile. May
God in mercy avert from our country such
AN evil as this. So
It will bchove the New England States TO
look about themselves for the most talented
and patriotic ofher sons to he her delegates
in the next Congress. Never has there been
a time when talents and firmnrss "f purpose,
in our Senators aud Representatives. was
more needed. Let the people have an eye
upon this subject, and wisely act as wisdom
dictates.