The Litchfield County post., 1828-08-28


credit dsclaimed any belief in the jackson creed and
refused to attend the Middleiown Convention.
The noisy pretensOns Of the leaders of the jackson
party in this state have beencondemncd as weak and
foolish, presenting the appearance liability,
patriotism, and love Of order, without which it is RI
iiCuous to dream Of final success. Acorrespon-
lent, who signs himself Ultra" has sent rather
long article cOnroverting this position, and proving
conclusively that parts Of the proceedings
OF the late Jackson Convention evnce good degree
of foresight and prudence in the leaders-a careful
eye at least to the 'main chance" In each county
in the state, "Committee of vigilance caed,has
been appointed, whose duty is to correspond with
the leaders of the party, and to that all their Or
ders faithfully laid before the people. Now this
corresponding, &c. must necessarily something
Uncle Sam charges for carrying letters back and
forth in the country, & these charges must either be
paid or measures devised to evade their payment
The wisdom of the Convention therefore evnces it.
selfin their adopting the latter plan. Among the mu
ude of Post Masters in this county, it appears tlrit
three were found who favored the ofthe Hero,
and forthwith they invested with the honorable
and responsible Office of corporas, alias, "Commec
1.-TWO birds killed with one s:one,' and perhaps
three:-The gentlemen composing this Committee are
entitled to the dignifed appelIation of Esq. which
when appended to mans name, signifies that he as
somebody, at least their jealous labors orthe cause
with the exception of head work, paper, andink, will
cost the party nothing, which is very considerable
desderatum with men who have eye upon the
main chance and perhaps this will afford addition
al argument that the government is aarmingy extra
VACANT, in suffering its mail bags be filled with
Free" letters and papers. ''Sraws show which way
the tide sets; and although this is little thing yet
wisdom is often strkngIy evinced by due re-
gard to little things than by combining the attention
solely to those of greater magnitude.-We have given
the substance of our correspondents arguments, and
trust that with this he will be satisfied.
The two paragraphs quoted below give amusing
history of "A Jackson sign.
! "a Sigu.-At the raising of a barn in Bushwick
Kings County, Long Island lat the House of JOS Con-
selyea, Esq the vote taken on the Presidential
question: and of A present, there only votes
for Adams. ''-N \. Enq
"EIoac TO get a Jackson Uote.-A Long Island paper
several days since gave splendid sign, which made
its appearance at the raising of barn belonging to
Mr.. Conse yea at Bushwick, at which vote was Ia
ken among the men present. which resulted 40 for
J Jackson and for Adams.
The facts relative to this great triumph the fol-
lowing. The owner of the barn despatched a person
with $50, and ordered him to cross the Williamsburg
ferry and hire men to raise the barn, charging him to
! bring none but jackson men. The ptchea party was
thus brought together and for the sake of sign, the
hum5ug of taking vote gone through with, when
to the surprise of the company they found that they
had actually got two Adams men among them. This
we do not doubt, is the way in which many of the
/ l,.oIy
National Advocate.
! 1t will be remembered, by many of the inhabitants
ofthis village, that some months since well organized
Band, from Plymouth, gave concert in the Court
House, and that owing to the bad state of the wealth
er their audience very SMALL and their receipts
not sufficient to cover the expense of their visit this
place. This day "Wednesday the band will again
visit our village, under the regimenta order Of Col.
+. Buel, and we understand they contemplate giving
Concert in the Meeting House this evening, at early
candle light We trust that the musical taste Of our
citizens will not suffer them again to play to bare
walls; but that large audience will assemble, both
outofrespect to the members ofthe band and from a
desire to hear the excellent music they will give.
( p. s. The doors will be open for the free admission
of every person who may choose to attend: and will
depend upon the berality of the audience whether
the Band will be suitably compensated for their serv-
| ces.
For THE County Posr.
Lines written to Lady, on receiving from her bou-
quet of fowers-composed of the cold Bachelor
the Pink, the ''Soldier in green," &c.
All can'st thou cruelty bestow
On me that pledge of misery,
That emblem of mans greatest VICE. s.
"Alone on life's dull scene to be- II
To live alone when thou art near,
Would but increase the dreadful thought;
And be perhaps, as ! am here,
| By thee, by all the world forgot ~,
Oh no; the ruby pink that decks
Thv hand were dearer tn nv heart.