Litchfield enquirer., 1831-07-07

SOuSs aside their feuds, and to unite in redeemlng the country and its institutions from thls ioui disgrace. The details which are poured Out through the press, the still more shocking ones which are freely spoken of in private cOnver- sation, are enough to pOllute the public mind. A dangerous stab has been inflicted upon the morals and the taste of the community. A new era has arisen in our history. The dis grace must be wiped out, the actors in it driv- en from high stations, and these corruPting and degrading influences hurled from their high places.-Ibid.
 Extract ofG letter from Washington, to the Ed
 itors of the W. Y. Advertiser, dated June 25.
 It is impossible for any real friend to our mG- tionoL hOn0r, to behold the present sfGte cf our country'S councils, toithomt 0nguish and disgust. The circumstances Uhich gire rise 10 this retec- ton, tt IS unnecessary for me here to detGit.-- Every man, toho $ not tue sLdve 0f pOsCer. must acknowledge, that there is c set cf tndtvid1tats in the confidence of and immediately around the ] President, GohO have gone eVen to the extremity o moral and political degrc datiOn in their cbt- ciOMs ddUice but fortMratety. hotcever. thetr l reckless hardihood has de teated their designs.- | Moreover, the VeYy measures tchich they denoun- ced, aOlen out of poper, they hdUe adopted sc1fh eagerness during their unprecedented rule. Do you not remember, ,Uhen the dignity and honor of the nation, s0eTe the aOatch-aCOrds 0f these PiE- Jars of the Constitution? And haue yoM nat aoiinesSed their Uiolpnt declGnsations against the administration of MT. Adams, in sohch distf1sss, dread, and despair, sOeTe rung MrOugh GN the changes by those pseudo -statesmen? HaUe yo,s not seen some of lhent, on the Jaoor cf Congress, in defance ofprudence and common decency, os- sun'e tte character cf prophets, and endedcor to arrest the operations of gouernment. by tae pre- l of aehf oSr conduct too often tended to produce? That mag not De charged ,oith making unjust imputa tions, aud arraigning aOroagtully the character of the present Dynasty. permit "ae to add some instructive particuLdrs relation to the conten- plated atfack On Mr. InghGms.
 While Mr. Eaton, and his backers acere "ly- ing in sOait," Mir. Francis S. Key cf George 1o,cn, e particular friend of the President, caV ed wpon Judge Bold,cin, and informed him that A1aj. Eaton, Dr. Randolph and Maj. Lesuis, were then at or near the 1Feasury building arm- ed for Che purpose 9 fassaultimg Mr. Ingham, and he requested the Judge to erert his infW- ence sDith Gen. Jackson, insmediately to adopt measures that might obviate the npleasant con- sequences apprehsnded. 7he Judge declined, but recommended Mr. K. 10 sOait O'e MT. York man. gentleman from Pennsylvania, and pre- vaI uron hins to have 0n imterrietO lcith the President, to that end. Whether MT. W. risit- ed the President or not. am unable to sag: ho,oever the President did not interfere, and the affair ended in the mans,er stdte6 in the public prints.
 Mr. hgham's reception at Philadelphia, am informed by q gentleman sVho ,citmessed it, toas extremely tiattering to hins. An immense concourse of citizens met hins at the Vharf and accomponied hims to his lodgings, tue U. States Hotel, sphere they indiUiduoliy rendered hins their irarmest salutotions. and solicited has &C., ceptonce ofG public dinner. This he sOas con- strained to decline, by reason of Gn engagement of that nature toith the citizens of his nGtiUe county.
 IHe general announcement of Judge White's acceptance Q cfthe Department cf Wor Ithink naay be safely pronounced premature. Without dis- closing my authority assure you the runour cf hts final etusat does not rest on mere conjecture
 Remsmber this ren,nrk. and remind me cf d Jf am m error. Gen. J. sciH not find t so easy e
 matter to Te-organize has Cabinet.
 This goUernment IS e chaos. aud 0N around is mystery and darkness. The cictim cf his ,oretched aduisers, the President striues in vais to comprehend their policy. Indeed. to his sa- gacity. tt $ e ytathomless abyss, ouer ,chich he JIutters on the scing of weary speculation To divine their measures, and reconcile their absurd inconsistencies, challenges the po,cer cf Soreery itselc Heauen forbid that the good sense cf the nation should De longer misLed by men 80 degra- ded, and so incapable-men who spurm the bdr- riers cf morality, and contem" the principles cf' justice and cf truth! We haue tried the experiment., and srith shame perceive that e mere soldier cf .tortune-scithost Judgment or discretion to guaiify the impetuous, despotic dispositions of the camp.-is utterly unfit to control or direct the destinies cf free people, aoho knoc their rights, and are determin- ed to n,aintain them. Such q ruler has, m oA times. driven his country to the peritous edge ot civI tumult and from such c ruler n'ay PTovs- dence, inh hts mercy, hereefer deitrer as!
 MassnchuseHs.-Tn the House of ofReprescnatives of this State, the 14,h inst. bill proposing an amend the Constitution relative to the choice of Rep resenaiives passed by vote of299 to 18O. This pro- posed amendment g,ves towns having population of l200 the right of choosing representative, and ono additional representative for each additional Der of 2400 inhabitants. Where n town haka popu- la,on of less than 1900, it may he united to another town in the choice ofrepresentatives the candidate for representative be taken alternately from each town. The ratio to be altered by tho Legislature once in ten years, if necessary, that the number of Representatives shall exceed $50. On the pre- sent plan the towns send over 600 members. The towns pay their own Representatives, and frequently