Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-26

would depend upon the heed which the ten. ant should give to these .trienHty admOnitiOns. It need hardly be added, that the tenant. true whig that he is. treated both the sugges- tons and their author with the contempt thev merNeds Vest side cfthe leEh Distriet. ATRIAL BY JURY"
 The right ot trial by jury has fer succession of F. seS "een justly esteemed of the valuable of all the E'gs and privileges Offreemen. Ofsuch par. amount importance, indeed, that in OUr couw,ry es. peeial care has been Iasen 10 secdre t 10 inc cixen Oy an express proVs"O in the of inc union aud oI each Of the indvidual States. And u has ;lso % "sG" a aI tunes a" object ofthe peculiar Uf e""ghtrned legislators Thus, iH Own State n is uec'areo ly the cOnsuiOH that the right itself n eye- " case civil and criminal sha forever remain invU- 'ate and one Of the first acSn statute book, with
 striking so'Iciude for the abhny, independence, and
 GaF'aiiiy Of tbs important tribunal provides tlsa jurors shall be fTeehOLdeTs, able and uicOus that lney shall be chOsen by the civil authority select mem, constars and grand jurOrs in joint Deeling and by
 aIio that for Ihe trial Ot they shaf Be draw by lot, first by constable n the presence of uagis- iTate, or select maD and again by the clerk of the coort on which they are in attendance. A"d if after the observance of even a these T. .ecauti0ns ihe a- Ors drawn sor the riR Of any particular arc In all respects legally MnexcepiiOnahle, they will be rejected at she insaa"ce of either party whose rights are In issue, md others substituted n their place.. Such has been she exercised by the famers of our constitution and laws the citizen the enjoyment of the right itself; entle ii to the entbgbieneO IrGGmenS aud ,o reader forever worthy of tla. proud appea-
 "n, long since beslo~ ed upon ii'. the palladium of ciVii liberIy."
 A jUrv atus constiused is tribunal truly and em. phai,caily republican it's origin, and in all it's ten denc'es-seiecied by the peOple from amOngsi them se'Ses-abe, judiciOuS Independent im property, tn pers"n, in principle and tn judgment-unbiassed and
 nsophislicaied-l isbeyOn the reach ofimproper in- anence from the high places of power, of party ex- c'!enen', and of popular prejudice, and above ihe wire drawn distinctions and scholastic suhtellies of pLH'esso"" 'earn,ng a"d soph'siry-a tribunal to which the citizen of whatever sec pary or cOndi- ton !" life at al times for the protection of "'s most valued righs-Of personal security of per- sona' 'erts, and os private property, with lns Confidence. Wisely and henevGleniy have the ira'ners "i our constitution aud our laws Con6ded 10 sh's high tribunal the discharge of functions so inter- esi.ng and important.
 have bee" prompted to these reflections ly the communication Of Senex-in your paper a few days snre--.a communication which il true should arouse the IndigDaton Ol every honest in the comn,nni. ". say nothing of the fitness of the individuals de. egnaied !" hatparticnlar case. For any thing know, 'ney may possess every requisite qualification may be ahoVe rrrrOach, aud deSerre 10 be above suspcion.- u matters not. N Is wnh the principle that have to 0o-and affirm that principle more dangerous could noi have been ndOpied-a practice better cacu. lated to shake confidence in the integrity and im pa'''ay of ,l'e individual jurors. destroy all re. sprc for their and to bring the Ir,u- nal itself into disrepuie, could not have been de 'y the most malignant foe O equal rights aud flee inc sIntiOns thai has ever lived
 
 c'"ms par erceence, to be the democratic repu6ican parry, prae about patriotism and poiilicai integrity and "in good sefderns talk OI the danger be ar- prehe"ded from partizan courts-a"d we have here another opportunity 10 contrast their practce with the'r loud professions. Partisan courip!" Aud is to preserve na from the evils of " parii1an c0urs' and partial vertlics that the midnight machiHa,ons of party cOnciave lhns res0ried ll the sacred seats "t jusiice Is Il n order shat go0j jnrors men who are carabe of soaring above the dangerous and argra"e influence of Pafsy isel;ne. and party assoc sions-nen who. forgetting the parties, ihe advocates every thing but the cause, and their high Oga. tons, will fearlessly nneie out justice wh an eSen hand 10 at ake2 ls ina, sMch juvors may be chos- en- that the driceuing iostrHment ca cabai s employ ed [" instruct the ministers oi the law (0r whom to give their euffrageR!
 But eoough--and in the languase of,he ex ,judge of pronate-" Let the independent reemen of CODnecli- cut be ai'nonshed by this cxample."- JUsTICE.
 To the Wkig Electors of fkhe 17th District.
 The name of Gen. Charles F. Sedgwick, of Sha. ron. has been presented you Convention of deI egates of your selec,ion aud hoden solely for the parp"se of selecting suitable candidate for your sui irages a. the approaching election. That selection has been ratified, with congratulated uoanimity, by a Convention Of more than 300 of the iu,elligen, and patriotic y"ung of this District. A convention, ot which it honor to be member; for a conn., rnny of more high-minded, and enlightened spirits never convened in this, or ic any other par, of oar country.
 r h making and confirming this nomiSaiion, both Conventions directed by the single porpose of susainiag the good cause in which we are engaged and he hope, the hope. that it would receive your hearty approba,io" and support The gentleman selected. has already been before you-you have ,r- ed him, and have never found him wanting. He is Honest, capable, and faithful ie Co0sii,ution.- gentleman of urbani,y of manners-of sound judg- men-of extensive experience both in legal and ie- gisla,ive scie"ce and py competent discharge the varioas important duties of the station contemplated l, is not the design Of the writer eulogae; bU present hm as he really is; and am cOn6deni, that all ho know him willbe willing testimony the truth of the forega'ing Temarks. With the appeation of '' Ssnator" we naturally associate talents, much political experience, sound aud comprehensive views among the essentials render that character com pieie Whout these qualifications, no man is com peient for that exalted station. Dues Gen. Sedgwick possese lhemf Let hs whole of public conduct testify. Every office he hss been called by his fellow citizens to 6, he has discharged the dases thereof with prompness aud ndev iasag Gdcliy the inter- esis of the whole.
 Feiiow-ci,izens. The quesiioa now is, shall he be elected? With union, the issue is iriumphsn,y our own. Le, not then throw sway victory when h is at our commandand the dearest rghts and interests of our common country stake. Let not bias, ,he oDes of inc asriUt nor the iust claims of pos,eri.