The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-30
Senatorial Districts.

In a late paper in some remarks upon an assertion
in the Hartford Times, that Gen Jackson has filled
the most responsible stations in the gift Of the people,
asked the question, has Gen. jackson ever been
Representative to Congress?' and added "we
have heard that such is the fact" In this re-
mark we had no disposition to intimate that Jackson
has never filled civil station of that responsibility:
we knew, and said, that he has been Senator to
Congress- but did not then know, or recollect the
circumstance of his having been representative.
And in humble opinion it is lmmaterial whether he
was the first Representative that went to Congress
from Tennessee, as the Times asserts, or not, since
such an appo'nmentment would neither be an evil
dence OF qualification for the presidency, is it
Of " the first in the gift Of the people,"
But why does the Times seize upon this simple init
nation that Jackson was never representative, with
SO much zeal why not content himself with chasing
this among the string of fasehoods," which he de-
cIares all the charges OF maladminstration and cru
city, urged against his Military Idol, to be? The fact
is, Mr. Wells knows that every of those charges of
moral delinquency are true to the word and the let
ter and that all the withdrawing of the Opposition
party cannot up or hide the bloody stain. He
therefore attempts evade their force by declaring
them all-the murderous duel with Dickinson, the
murderous ARRAY with Samuel Jackson, the murder
execution of the IL Indian prisoners, the cruel
Imprisonment of Louiliier, Hail, Sc &c-aH nothing
but "string of falsehoods" But why not let the a.
bove pass under this general headl again ask Why
particuarze that as one over heignous Surprising
jackson had never been representative to- Congress-
there could no moral blame attach to him that
count. Let common for it had the
others, almost infinitely weighy and important
let our readers again peruse them and judge # we
speak unadvsedly,] been as easily dsproved or con-
troverted this, the editor of the Times would not
have contented himself with attempting sweep them
very doubtful veraciy. THIS simple circumstance is
of itself sufficient prove tina, all the serious moral
charges against Jackson true, his active par.
tizans themselves being judges.
A patriotic tumble-and Sign extraordinary.
A short time since certain youthful Herotes eieva-
ted from the uppermost branches of an Elm, in Our
village, "a flag, bearing te of the military Idol of
the Opposition party; which said flag still floats in
the wind subject only to the sneers of sundry idle ad-
minstrauOn boys, who, in like manner elevated an
An-Jackson flag upon the opposite side of the
This second nag has disappeared; and II sageiy in
timated that 1t fell down. and that with it fell of
the heaviest and most substantial Of the Jack
party. Ii appears that the political fire Of this
man was k'nded within him, al the of ths ap-
prOpriae emblem II the Her, = real character; aud
wth something OF that NOBLE daring peculiar 10 has
grea, leader, ne mounted the Hee and despoied 1t ol
Its-rag. The ascent was diSbculs-'hs descent was