Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-02-10
COUNTY CONVENTION

SNAA DONN8N1tONA
Pursuant % fhe rscommenddtiOm eftke RepGbli-
can Centnat COrrspOnding COMMITTEES APP
pointed az nneetiag ii Hartford, September
l7tk, 1880
The Republican Electors If the Comntv Of
Lifch fetd friendly 90 the American System and
The election Of henry CLAY to the merit
Presidency Of the United States, are requested
to meet at the public house kept by Albert Sedg-
'Uick, IN the village Of Litch field, on Wednesday
The leth Of February inst. at one O'Clock p. Nj.
tOr the purpose cf choosing Delegates to the
State COnCwntSOn, and 10 transact any other bu-
Sincss proper to be done at said meeting.
ORANGE MERwIN, GILES GRlswoLD,
JONATHAN, Coz, AUGUSTUS MILES,
DAVID WOOSTER. OxlAs LEWIS.
LifchtteLd, Feb. I, 1891.
Instead Of some remarks which we had intended
making upon the proposed County Meeting, we give
p'ace-tho"gh not in all respects in accordance with
our own views-io the following
COMMUNICATION.
An expression oft sediments Of this County re-
lative to the alarming cOnjuncure Of our national az
fairs, is generally admitted TO be necessary. The
measure therefore which has been adopted by the re-
spectacle gentlemen whose names are appended to the
universally
we'd BY the republican friends Of Henry Clay. Hith-
erto we have contcn,ed ourselves with manifes,ing
our disaPProbaton Of the Selfish prescribing, ariso.
cratic. and anti-national policy Of President jackson
and his adhrrens by the exercise Of the right Of su
frnge--But the mnment has arrived when il Is proper
that another method should he adopted to give utter.
ance 10 the opinions entertained 10y q great majority
Of the electors Of the county. we come forward in
strength, aud second the movements made in 9th.
er parts Of the country in nominating Henry Clay for
the Presidency Of the United States, additional
impetus will be given to public sentiment, which is
believed will terminate IN n contamination suspicious
TO the best interests Of the nation Besides this it Is
Independently necessary that should cooperate
with the friends Of The American System in other
parts Of the State. A" appea! to the character con-
duct, and principles the las, Legislature 10 su-
eient illustrations Of this remark, in which Jacksonism
gained an Rsccndancy, and succeeded in prescribing
and hnnsing down Especially 10 the county Of Hart
ford) prominent friends Of Henry Clay Tor opinion
sake! Yes! Jacksonism triumpted in that Assem-
bly,! in opposition to the known sentiments Of three
f"urhs ofh people Of this state, through the treach
cry Of some and the folly ofo,hers of their representa-
tives elected friendly to the republican cause
Hence the friends Of Mr. Clay have become convin-
ced that there mus, he a thorough understanding
lno"g republican," throughout the state to resist the
Of Jacksonism, aud to the
dancy Of sound principles in the state. This can he
effected by means Of the proposed meeting Hartford
on the 23d Of the present month. nominate State
Officers and candidates for Congress under Aau ering
prospects Of success. The other countless and espe-
rially Hartford, MiddIrsex, New-London, and Wind
ham, are awake to this subject, and will do much for
he cause in which embarked. Shall not
Lisch6eId county do its duy' Shall speak the
language Of independence, patriotism, and integrity
On this momentous subject! Yes-we will speak that
anguage-and friends abroad shall not be diaap-
pointed i" the support which they have been accus.
lomed 10 receive from Lite hfeld County.
AN ELECTOR.