The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-10-09
Opposition Ttrket.
For President,
Andrew jackson.

Who in 1906, in the town of Nashville, deliberaeI,
shot down Charles Dickinson, a respectable fellow
townsman, merely because Dickinson complained
OF some unfairness in horse race, and then exu-
lngIy wrote to boon companion, "Iieti the ID
>, scoundrel ,oeltering IN has blood";
Who in 1873, Sept. 4, attempted to assassinate Tho
mas ii. Benotn, then officer in the army and
now Senator from Missouri;
WhO IN the streets of Nashville run sword through
the body OF his relative, Samuel Jackson; but con-
tr'ved to escape the gaIIows, which he should
have expated his crimes, by the laxness ofthe laws
of Tennessee:
Who on the 9th of June, 1914 denounced Mr. Mad
ison as unfit for President for the horrid that
he was too much of philosopher to look on blood
and carnage auth composure'';
Who on the 22d Jan. 1915, after the news of peace
had arrived, signed the unreenting order for the
Murder of the Six Militia Men;
Who in 1914, ordered John Woods to be shot, simply
because he refused to obey an upstar, who bid him
DO some mental service, which he had no right to
demand;
Who when the Legislature of Louisiana refused to
suspend the privilege Of Habeas Corpus, at his bid
ding, nJsuspended it HIMSELF, and expelled
The representatives from their Hall at the point ofthe
Who, in 1915, imprisoned Mr. Louaillier, Senator
of Louisiana, merely for complaining Of his arbra-
ry measures ordered him to be tried for his life by a
COURT MARTIAL, dsapproved their verdict of
acqu ttal, and kept him in prison until Jacksons
dict was abrogated by the Presidents proclamation
Otp peace;
Who imprisoned Judge Hall for granting a writ of
habeas corpus, which he was bound on oath to do :;
and who, when. the District Attorney applied to
Judge Lewis for writ to berate Hall, arrested the
one for making the request, and ordered the arrest
of the other for granting t;t-and
Whose only pretended claim of qualification for the
exalted CIVIL station to which he aspires, is his
MILITARY success at New-Orleans, the theatre
on which he displayed his arbitrary and tyranncal
disposition.
For Vice-President,
John G.. Calhoun,
Whom Randolph styled the "Army Candidate" in
1922 and the head ofthe attempted rebellion at the
South IN 1923.
Whose hostility to the Tariff, whose vaulting ambi-
tom, and whose conduct in the Senate, are so many
dead weights and drawbacks, that Gov. Clinton pro-
nounced hum IA milestone around the necks of the
Opposition.
"The zeal which has been displayed in favor OF
making Jackson President, has caused me to doubt
the duration Of the Republic. He does not possess
tho Temper, the Assiduy, or the Physical Qualfca-
tions for the Office. He has been in several civil
stations, and made a figure in none. "-JEFFERSoN.
From the United States Gazette
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
TO the People Of the United States.
Fellop Citizens -
War is at all times great national calami-
ty, and sometimes sent as Judgment from
heaven, for the sins of men.
No warts justifiable, that is not purely de-
fensive.
Our country has been engaged in two
wars.
The first to emancipate us from foreign
bondage.
The second in Iindication of our violated
rights.
Both were purely defensive--both, we
trust. justifable, both in the sight of God and
man. >.
Our country is now tranquil aud happy,