Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-03
THE ENQUIRER.
LlTCHFIELD, MARCH 3, IS30.
THE STATE CONVENTION,

assembled. The members came, (DOt like the mem- bers of certain state convention al Hartford through
 the crcutous route of three or iour preUOGs
 enable the leaders select their subservient tools, buI) fresh from the people. The cheering inte~
 gence was communicated by the delegates from the different coUnIes-nteIligence thai the indepe ndent, high.mnded freemen of COnneciieu were determined longer to submit the diclaiien oC desperate office holders. During Ihe whole proceedings of the Con- venon, the most perfect harmony and unanmity pre- vailed. When the repor. of the committee on the mo- imitation of State Officers was heard, it welcomed with bursts oG applause from the whole assembly. It met with joyful response from every voice. Itlhnp new animation i" every eye, and kinded fresh cOu- rage ih every heart. It was a nomination which ev
 cry member could carry with pride to his consiWen nS. Not the whisper of an objection heard. One fee
 ing. one spirit pervaded the whole body. Each man felt that it's reception hen the bright harbinger of its reception" with the virtuous freemen of the whole s'ate When the Convention dissolved, all the mem- ners seemed impressed with the consciousness that 'hey were engaged in a contest which demanded the sacrifice of every thing but the public good-hat it was contest Tor principles dear the heart of every honest repnhican--a contest involving in is results the hghes, interests of the satehe purity of the go- vernment-lhe invioability of the eonslIution-lhe supremacy of the laws-hc tree independent, uncor- ruped exercise of the rights of eemen. Let the dis interested, determined, patriotic spirit which animated the members of that Convention animate their cons
 tuenIs, and the State is salehe of truth and 1 constitutional liberty will triumph. T We are indebted to a correspondent, who pre- a, the State Convention, for the above notice ot ils proceedings. In addition would add, that lhe names oi l77 members are published in the Hartor,
 Review, and learn thai several others arrived aer the names were taken down. From Hartford county 1 there were 32 members-from New-llaven 4l-from Fairfield 30-L,chfeld 32-New:L Lo ndon l3-Mi,lde- | sex 17-Tolland 8-Wndham f. The travelling so bad that great many were prevented from attend ing We give the names of the delegates from this 1 county, flo wit:-Alber Sedgwick, Leonard Kenney, E. w. Andrews. Lamberi Hitchcock, George Whea- | ton H. N. Lyman. John nf. Wadh sms, David Wilson, P. w. Noble, A. $. Johnson, C. N. Case, N. Perry, Isaac Holt, Reube" Brown, Peter Curliss, Chases Sears, Ariel P. Bates, Urie Futile, Martin Webster. Abjah Tomlinson, D. G. Plat, Barnett G. Fenn, D. N. Can6eId Hollrook Curss, s. w. Cutler, Roger Coe. John Boyd. Lemuel HurIbu,, N. F. Smith, Dan. 1 iel Bacon, R. Holchkiss, John De Forest.
 OGce- Hoiaers' Meeting.-Another great meeting flor according the poen. democracy fy is called great among hcm of the Van Burenites of this town and different parts ofhe couniy together with gem tle spri"klng from Hartford and New-EIaven couW- ties, held at the County House Tuesday night of last week. We plead guilty of negligence for not having noticed so important affair in our last. Af
 ter the appointment of a" expecant office holder for chairman, and real one for secretary, the meeting opened understand, by the everlasting great $l250 democrat' who in mournul strains his sufferings" from the year 1799 to l336-how he | came [" t,ch6eld when mere hoy, and under the bue,ings of adversy and federal persecution had ri
 enjoy the snug little fortune of 100, ,000-how he had witnessed the incarceration oi his fellow labor CT Seeteck Osborn for ether crime than that ofli. boiling federalists! !-how under the admnisr aon of | the whigs he had had conferred upon him the most lucrative office in the state and by which he bled REALIZE nt least the of $l250, inderend 1 oi all his expenses being paid whenever he was out on ertva duty Truly his |" suferngs IS in,oera- ble" and always has been under the reign of whgs- Next followed another o6;cekoder to the tune of 600 dollars, wit, the P. M. of l.chfed, but he had much else say than to acknowledge his ad
 herence this side up," he gave way, and was succeeded by third oce-hoider from the N. E. with an office from the U. $. worth 5000 per year !- enough in all conscience induce any patent demo. era, to speak the truth. After him up jumped office holder from New-Haven county, brough, all the way
 hiiher enligen the heathen in these pars and de-
 ivered speech of some 90 30 minutes to the vast enlightenment of" the democracy" hereabouts And
 last ofa, iR the way of regular speechilyng, up
 in native dignity and majesty he fifth o0ice-hoider he
 l2h deputy aRd with infinite and in strain of genuine eloquence probably never equaled poured
 forth from his prolific repository "thngs and old"' What followed need not he reported here, as all of the people became convinced that but of. fcehoiders the expecrans of office were be al- | lowed to participate in the affairs of the meeng.- Sundry of the crank and 6e," their drill sergeant would say went away dsgusted with the utter selfsl- and Restitution of principle of of the ead CTS of lhe pary-And of the number has since sent a communication upo" the subject, which wilt be found in another part of our paper.
 zhe Commissioner o,f the School Fund.--No one do. nes this gentleman the right form and to express
 emperatey his opinions the affairs of the State and Nation, occasion may requre nor the right of suffrage 10 be exercised he may see fit; but multi tudes upright men of all parties will think that s very improper for him to become active election eerer, to get up and take prominent part in political meetings ol mere parlizan character, to mako in- nammatory speeches. and resolaiions lraduciuga
 large portion of his fellow cizens just as well inform ed and as patriotic himself .Ohen he hoids in his hands as saere0 trust fund e ssro millions 1 bkA "A R.. nkafo