The Litchfield County post., 1828-03-20
NEW-LONDON co. EBENEZER BROCKWAY ROGER HUNTINGTON. MIDDLESEX co.
 JOHN ALSOP.s
 WINDHAM co. JOHN NICHOLS.
 HOLLAND co.

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 Last year we opposed legislative caucuses; and ad-
 vocated the principle that nominations, well
 ectons, should be made directly by the people. We have not changed our views upon that subject; we still wish for legislative interference relative to our elections. But has there been this year |? DId not a legislative caucus, in May last, appoint Committees of Vigence in each county m the state, whose duty it should be to supernend the nomination of Senators, and report to the secretary of the Cau GUS? Has not the whole business of making out nom- l nations this spring been conducted under the imme diate authority of these different committees and has every expression of popular will, independent of caucus dictaon, been condemned irregular and disorganising2 What right have few men in office this year, to dictate relative to the choice of officers next year It would seem az though our representa- tlyes felt atherly for the dear people, and were unwilling to trust them too far out of ther sight Instead oi yielding up all their prevlously assumed dictatorship, at the command of the treemen, ex- pressed at the polls last year, they distributed it to cerain agents of their own appointing thus virtually retaining the spirit and power of legislative eau cus In this county and in New Haven, the agents appear not to have abused their pswsr-nominatons
 
 But can the same be said of Hartford and other counties2 We should not have mentioned this subject, were it not now claimed that sUsry republican is bouad to support the regular, or caucus uCkst al- though reasonable and well grounded objections made to many of the names upon it. For ourselves, we are not willing to yield up either directly or n- directly, the privilege of voting for our rulers. But If this clam be well founded, mght as well yield
 It up, as pretend to else it. In fact, the clam tuay implies that we have no oter right as a repub- lican, than to go machine, the polls, and for men who have been previously virtually by order of a legislative caucus. It IS burIesque upon the name of freemen, to contend that there aDy possible mode oi making out nominations which shall be obligatory upon them, for support; and more es- pecialy when they are made out, as many have re- l gently been made out ia this state. We last week received letter from gentleman of Hartford Coun- y,--if there is real old school democrat in the state, the writer of the letter in question is which informed us that the most unjus6abe and in- triguing measures were adopted to secure the nomi nation ot Messrs. Niles and Woodruf,--that a csr- tain public officer rode over the whole county tran- ing aad drawing out Jaekronans, in order to take ad vantage of the well known supineness of the people, and thus secure supporters for the Hero. Are the Republicans of Connecticut boSRd to support this nomination Read the assertions of Elisha Cos and others, of Middlesex County supporte by proper names, and then say whether bewnd | to support the nomination of Mir. OcOtl The same may be sand of other counties in the state. The question thea returns,-shail nominations made out by the authorised agents of Legislative Caucus, who have the advantage of year to lay plans for de- feating any measure which they may happen to dis hke-Dlstrlctng for instance-be considered BIND- ING upon the reemen. If they are,where IS the boas- ted freedom of our elections? The question is not whether they are not good nominations made in different way, and without leg sative interference; but are they any betterf have they stronger claim for supportf We say they have notevery intelligent freeman must say the same. Let them, like other nominations stand upon their own ground ;---f they for Jackson and anti-tarif, opposed to, in favor of dsu icng, let these be the grounds which they ask for support, and not make the insnl ting claim upon the freemen that they are BOUND to elect men to office, whose principles they dislike, | simply because they placed in nomination by the l authority of Legtstatire Ca~cns,
 Perhaps our eaders may have some doubts wheth- the above statement relative to legislative inierser ence be really true; if they will please read the following certificate which accompanies the irregular ticket" called published in the Hartford Times of the l7th inst.
 al certify that the above true list of the State Officers, nominated by the Meeting of Republican Members of the Legislature sad others, held Hart ford iH May las Ben am Isaacs, Charman and al- of the Senators duly apportioned Co each County G nominated hy the County Conventions, held for that