Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-12-26

cuIiar!y forcibIe. and thought it would answer
as well for this climate, without any material
alteration as Eorthe State of Maine -
From the POifiand Daily advertiser.
The FeW against the Many. characterization
of mower. and the whole power Of this coun
try in their own hands, persons aud pockets,
is.the object of the office holders. They can
brook no rivalry. Hence their opposition to
ali other powers corporations and institutions.
THE Rank is not theirs, and it IS denounced.
The Judiciary is not theirs, and II is denounc-
ed. The Senate is not theirs, and It IS de-
anounced. So every thing and every person
ia denounced that ventures TO breathe, think,
and act for itself. TheFefore Duane Is now
assaulted an all sides by mon who but yester- !
day were crying him uPas the Personlticalion
of all the virtues. .4i-fs
Conventions, Regular Nominations and
CauGuses, however, are the chief and best
machinery by which few can control the
MANY. Politics IS the business Of the Office
holder as much as agriculture is the business
of the farmer. Itis his trade. His bread is
dependent upon il. Hence'heis always alive,
always active. always atthe Polls. The Peo-
ole having livelihood 10 earn. have less lris-
ure, and less inclination 10 be active. Hence
the office holder Rnds il easy,to pick out from
the inactive multitude, the active few who
will do his bidding. To corrDpt the multi
tude is difficult, il NOT impossible. Hit should
be done, il would coat too much. Hence the
art Of the Office holder IS III, establish certain
specious axioms by which the people may be
anadc TO answer his purposes. He tells Us,
the majority should rule. Very well, but
how? Why. the multitude must select few
who will speak for il. That few must have
power to bind the multitude, and that multi
~, EAS., nto cha
multitude. instead 1t controlling the few. are
controlled by the few. Is it not SO ?--Let US
see. (. 4sss.' &9e s1.t.' tf"i i@@ ]
The multitude cannot go 10 caucuses and
conventions. The distance is perhaps too
great. They have no time. They cannot
afford it. And who do go? Why the, Office
holders or their agents. Interested as they
are 10 perpetuating their. own power, of course
they will act for their own interest. And what
are the multitude told? '.This is regular
nomination." g gu must go for regular nom
inations" and even the prePdsterous com
manG is added, !" YOU must not discuss the
merits Of candidates before he is nominated
and after he is nominated. you must vote fol
him at all events" and why ! Because he
is a good man That has nothing to do will
feIligent. honest man Oh no, for it matter.
not what is the character oftfe candidate. blu
you must vote for him, "because he is thu
regularly nominated candidates"
Thus it can be seen that elections can be sc
managed that the people may have nothing Ia
do with them. The elections are in fact trans.
ferred from them to the Convention. The
FEW in Convention do the business Of. the
MANY in their primary assemblies. And these
men are often interested men, interested in
perpetuating their own power. and keeping
down that Of the people :-and if they do not
compose the whole convention which com
mands the people to do SO and SO, they com
s prise majority, which majority il as good as
the whole, for majority rules, ''--and no
man must gainsay hat the majority orders.
Suppose the office holders order a National
Conyentiop--and Baltimore is ordered to be
the place. The expense ofvoting and attend
ing tina; Convention and Of returning home to
Maine, cannot be less, reckoning the least sum,
than one hundred dollars. From Louisiana,
the expenses will be at least two hundred dol
lars, and probably four or Eve hundred. From
Missouri, almost as much. From Alabama,
Georgia. and South Carolina, more; for the
travelling must be chiefly by land, which is
very expensive in the Southern States. Now
who can 60! The Farmer 10 Maine, who can
scarcely make his ends meet at the end ofthe
year !? The idea is absurd. The working
man ia Maine? His family would suder-hs
time will be lost The idea is just as absurd.
The farmer in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, who
aye living ina new country, and struggling
with the poverty of an early settlement r.
The wOrkingman in the southern country, the
mechanic, or the humble planter? All these
ideas are absurd; such iiien cannot afford to
go. The officeholders know this very well,-
this National Convention Of theirs is cum
ming scheme to take power from the people
to themselves. They know full well that the
people. the rank and file, cannot go to such
conventiOn--and therefore. then themselves
must go. They THEMSELVES Can MAKE THE
-PREsiDENT. Let workingman ask these
office holders 10 pay his expenses. and see
how they will relish such a project. In truth
tits only the Office holders that can afford to
60 to such conventions. Therefore they de-
sire il, because this is the means by which they
car. control the many. and how do they do ii !?
Thus:
ORDER. .frsi.- People must never dis
cuss the merits Of a candidate before he is
nominated. y
ORDER, second. THE merits Of candidate
must never be discussed after he is nominat-
ed. Praise and praise only must be given %
him. sy Vt Wai 9.s
ORpER, tkird.-The regularly nominated
candidate must be supported, NO matter wha
and who he Is. .@', II. I'm. IL ...z
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