The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-11-20
Fiont the Commercial AOrerStser.

Fion the Commercial Aoreritser.
Sir a.
Having read the account of the Jackson
proceedings at Tammany Hall, must ack-
knowledge that you have rather outdone us in
honouring the General in SO characteristics
style. But to show what their Philadelphian
allies can perform--although in a humber
sphere, | propose giving your Heroites an ac-
count of our elections on the l4th and Slst of
Oct. *>ss sT. -..a#s
Onthe evening proceeding the election it is !
custom here. rather disgracefuL for both par
tres tn paper the state house, when the elec-
ton is held, and the walls in the vicinity with
pacards, abusing and commencing the res
pective candidates. AT our general election
the l4th ult. there was a multitude Of those
libels displayed, vilifying Mr. Adams and Mr..
Sergeant personally and politically -urging all
the old charges OF corruption, bargain, mon
archisn, &c. There were few papers setup
by the other side, but did not see one that
contained highly personal reflection on Gen
Jackson. They merely commended the Ad-
ministratiun Of MEAdams, andTthe folly of a
change. When the election was over, and
the result aseeftAined, a mob of the rioters af-
ter cheering Mr.. Hemphill, proceeded to Mr..
Sergeants, where they expressed their feel
ngs in such refined language as Damn Mr..
Sergeant" Damn Mrs Sergeant" and 9TH
er CRIES too shocking and blasphemous to be
repeated. vH ..at 4-tt
But the finest exhibition of taste and gentil-
ity WAS reserved for the electoral election.--
Bills IN most false andindecent language were
all over the city-the administration4side had
none excepting few on the state house con-
tanning merely the names of their candidates.
The Jackson carriages. to bring voters to the
polls, several Of them driven with four horses,
generally carried hickory broom, such as 10
used in scrubbing pavements. IN front. like
Van Tromp's at his mast head. Busts of the
Hero were fxed upon the tops of some. in the
windows of others; hickory poles were eleva-
ted in various parts: and "a fellow rode thrO'
the streets on horse covered with trappngs
bearing ON his shoulder the expressive broom.
One or two dearborns made progress thrO'
the streets with banners and music, shouting
and screaming. A transparency which COW
cred the fronts Ofthree adjOining taverns dis
played the Idol AS the Hero Of Orleans. the
Farmer of Tennessee and the President. The
portraits might readily have been mistaken
for the Knight Of the Raefl conntenance..so
woe-begone and disastrous were they depict
ed. Crowds of boys with painted Ianthprn g
and transparencies ran, or were carried thrO'
the streets shouting Hurrahs for Jackson.---s
Such was the nature Of the uprOar in the city
--whatit was in the Northern Liberties a nd
Southwark. / know not. In short, violence
and vulgarity presided over the day, and un-
der these auspices, the Hero triumphed.
The following article is from the Village
Record. Wepresume there's no intelligent
reader who will not understand it.
THE ELECTION.-Th last shot has
been fired here: the lastarrow is leaving the
bow every where else. For ourselves. we
| deem the issue uncertain. Believing our own
side to be right. we cherish lively hopes that it
may be successful; but these hopes are not
unclouded by fearful approximations. Roch-
f0ucault says-"FOrtune and caprice govern
the world" We are not prepared TO sub
scribe to the maxim.
| But as the smoke of the hattle-as the mist
consequent upon the storm, clear away-oth-
| tr vi, W. presenf--new questions arise. In
Pennsy lvania the majority ofJacksOn mtn is
very large. 1t is, however,by no means clear
a majority exists in favor Of Jackson princi-
pies. A great many. we sincerely believe.
voted for that nomination. under mistaken u
false views, honestly intending to advance the
same great interests, and to sustain the same
great principles, which induced US and most
Of our friends TO take different course, and
vote for different ticket
10 point Of principle, and with. regard to
policy. SO far as it respects abstract PROPOSE
J tons, or clearly defined measures. we feel
: confident in the belief, that large majority
3 Of the people of the state, as well as the cou0-