The Litchfield County post., 1828-03-13
FOR THE COUNTY POST.
Mir. SMITH---

Mr. SM1TH-
 writer in your last paper, in calling the attention ofthe Electors to the subject of the important election which is just at hand, has remarked in substance, that the bill for distrcting the state, which before the people, framed to reconcile all conflict ing opinions among the real friends of disrctng in the last Legislature. Since reading tie article ofyour dent, have examin ed the bill aentively, and sincerely believe that it's provisions are the wi sest that could nave been devised. Indeed, am sur prised when think uponthe difficulties of construct ing bill upon sGbjsct upon which so much differ ence of sentiment must necessarily exist and which must encourter a formidable opposition from the ene mics of the measure, that plan for dstrictng the state could be hit upon ire from ob)ectons as that which the present bill proposeS.
 It have been expected, n. at among the honest friends of dstricting, there would have been some di vision of opinion the of efecting the ob- ject. Some would prefer that each county should compose district, and that the Senators should be apportoned among them according to the population Others would prefer that the State should be divided into large districts ofeqna popuation without refer to county lines, and that each district should be entitled to equal number of Senators. Others again would propose to subdvide the counties into small districts, and to allow each district to elect single Senator.
 To the second mode proposed there seeuls to me to be Hsuperable objections. The inhabitants of Teach county much in the habit of assocating togeth- CT for variety of purposes and of pursuing objects of more particular importance to themselves that they consider the inhabitants of another county as belong ing almost to foreign jurisdiction. Indeed think theeame objections may be urged against such divis- ion of territory, as against the existing mode of elect ing by General Ticket. It seems that the only feasible mode of effecting the object of procuring fair and equal distribution of Senators into the differ ent parts of the State, and of bringing to the know edge of the Electors the character and competency of the candidates for their sufrages, is to make each county district, and to apporton the Senators ding to the population to divide the state into smaller districts, to be composed of contiguous errto ry in the county. It will be seen that provision is made in the bill for the adoption of either of these plans, and with either of them presume the friends ofdistrcting will be satisfied The great ect ofthe opposition at the last Legislature, to force bill through the House which would cut up the state into small districts without reference county lines or any other civil division. The effect of such bill would have been defeat the measure entireya the good sense of the community would revolt such an arbitrary and unnatural of all former civil associations As the bill now stands it will be in the power of the Legislature to make district of each county, to make several districts within each ty as shall be deemed proper under all circum- stances. If either method should be adopted, and should be found nconvenent, operate unequalty upon the several portions of the territory of the sate the Legislature have the powerto adopt another met cd, and thus to remove objecons and meet the wishes of the people, This provisions altogether to be pre- ferred to one which would make arbitrary division of the state without reference county Hines, or any other well known civil division, and which could not be altered, however unjust unequal it might prove be, without reverting the tardy pro- of altering the constitution. think the Electors will give decided preference 10 the bill it now stands. FRIEND TO DISTRICTING. Extract of letter from republican n Windham
 County to gentleman i this County.
 "The caucus men in this county adopted very ex- traordnary measures. In some towns the meetings for choice of delegates notified to be held in Pla ccs not convenient for general attendance, others the of the friends of disrcting were rejected