Litchfield enquirer., 1829-02-26

This scheme is magnificent, and we pre- sulne that Nicholas will pursue the plan of his predecessor, until it he fully completed. It must be remembered that these colonies are separate and distinct from the regular army of Russia but it must also be remembered that although these colonies support them selves in time of peace, they must he supper. ted by the government when they bear arms abroad.-M '. Courier.
 WAsHINGToN, Jan. %.
 People have done speculating as to the next cabinet. Your statesAvill probably furnish one member, andit is believed that the selec- ton will be so made as to conciliate rather the great interests and geographical divisions of the country, than the parties by which it has been agitated. Some suppose that the most distant members of the Union will fur nish the cabinet--say MT. Livingston of Lou isiana, MT. Woodbury of New Hampshire, Gen. Cass of Michigan. and Mir. Benton of Missouri. That would be strong corps.- There is no danger of Gen. Jackson calling weak men to his assistance.-N. Y. Spec.
 It is now understood that MT. Adams in the regular discharge of his official duties has, during the present session of the sen- ate, submitted to them considerable num- Der denominations for the various judicial and executive offices which had become vacant by death or expiration of the times for VI hich they were held-that the candidates prOpos- ed have been of both the political parties which have existed touching the late election without regard to the part which the candid ates might have taken in that question-fol- lowing up the same liberal system which has characterized his whole administration. The senate, however, in spirit worthy of the worst times of political intolerance, it is un- derstood have affirmed the nomination of on- ly such as were thorough going Jacksonians. either putting their negative upon all others, or refusing to act on their nominations at all And yet, G0vernor Van Buren has the con- science to intimate in his speech. that under MT. Adams Administration the patronage of the Government has been prOstituted to par ty purposes, and to congratulate the country upon the evidence which the late political revolution firGfshes of the purity of our polit- ical institutions. The Governor is certainly GUery pleasant joker.-U Utica SentiaeL
 It seems by the Washington papers that during the time Gen. Smyth's project for a. mending the constitution was in discussion. one mode of securing votes in Its favor was resorted to, which was of a novel char acter. Anonymous letters were sent around to members, of the following tenor:
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 "Ought not every gentleman, who thinks that he may one day have a fair claim to the Presidential Chair, be on the alert to double his chances?'
 The following is the copy of note, in the A-.S A~ member on Saturday morning. when the dis cussiOn of the same project was to be contin- ued:
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 Suppose that gentleman should conceive that he will at some future day, say 25 or 30 years, have a fair claim to the Presidential times makes 48, 6 times only 24 years,sO that fisk citizens stand before him, he has no chance according to usage and the Constitu- ton as it stands at present, and that if chan ged according to the proposed amendment, he will"
 One of these letters was read by MT. Wright of Ohio, which he laid upon his desk, and invited members to examine, for the pur- pose of ascertaining whose was the hand wri- ting. Now tits not practicable to determine the precise number of votes that this gentle man would be likely to draw to his plan by his mode of felectioneering, because we do no' know the exact number of members who, in their own opinion, are suitable personages for the office of chief magistrate of the Union.- There are, now, if we recOlect right sls members in the House of Representatives. to say nothing of the Senate. It may be set down as unquestionable, that all these cannot look forward to this honor, for four years to each, will require, even under the amend ment, about eight hundred and fifty years.- This would extend far into the millenium, when very different sort of characters from many of those now in office, may probably be in power. To some therefore, however we'll qualified they may be. the chances must be hopeless. But as the chances are to be doubled, the project holds out strong induce ment to some of the most prominent and an1- bilious individuals to fall in with it-such, for example. as Mir. Kremer of Penns ylvania, and some others of equally we'll known and decided qualifications.
 It is not stated who wrote these letters but from what took place in the house, at the time Mr. Wright produced one of them, and from the fact that Gen. Smyth, through the medium of one of the Washington papers, re-