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Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
TIE TRUE HISTORY.

Mr.. Ediior-There IL much huItering among The Of
6ce-hOlders a0d "bg democrats" Of this aud Hartford
counties, IN consequence Of certain facts which have
| recently been disclosed respecting the conduct Oi
Ih"se who have enjoyed the public favor and waxeh
fa upon the "spOIIs." The Hartford Patriot and
Times, two most Immaculate prints y and other O
the small Try, are exceedingly grieved these discO
s"res, and so Tar from meeting them 10y any statistical
facts resort 10 the conclusive argument SO often used
Ivy them, " IT'S all federal lie." This kind Of a,gu-
ment VIII not convince the people. School Fund 10
evidently sore under the richly meriied CasgaliOm he
is rece wing, and smarng under his siprs TeeraIrs
the stale argument, " IFS federal lie." am
!shed III the course Mr. Beers has fit recently to
pursue His position before the community is, by no
means, an envIabe one. Instead Of attending steadr
aud faithfully, 10 the business Of his responsible OF.
nee, he has mounted his elecOneerng ear, and in
lilies the very men who aided him in obtaining the of
nee he now holds Did that incorruptibIe patriot,
James Hilhouse, do so? But, temp"ra mulantur.-
Vi Mr. Beers singular conduct, The least extra
binary trait is, that he should not only willingly
ceiUe but claim the eutre credit for which
he had no share in originating, aud very little in bring
ing 10 their consummaIon. For some months past
he has read and heard much GUIsOme faery about the
part he is said to have akeW III devs'ng and carrying
through our present law respecting "com"on schools"
As The law is justly popular one ne rs wiling to
man and the public few facts relative To the origin
and passage Of tina, Iaw-so that The electors may
Judge how much credit Mr.. Beers is entitled to.
In the fall Of 1918, Amsel Sterling Esq. Of Sharon,
introduced bill into the House of Representatives
proposing to repeal the old law, (vz) that the School
money should be distributed according To the
me mt liet, and recomme ndiHg division Of such
les according the number Of scholars in the several
towns between the ages Of and l6 years. The bill
lay that session. In the spring Of 1919 the whole
law respecting taxation revised, and the School
Bill was no, acted upon. Ia 1890, Mr.. Beers then
member Of the House for the first time, drafted bill
upon the plan the one introduced by Mr. Ser-
ling in l8l8-proposing the same mode OF numbering
the schoIars-6xi"g the same limits respecting age
| and adopting all the essential features Of Mr. Ser-
Iings bill, and incorporating them into his own. The
House will incon,estby prove The facts as above sta
ted: and Mr.. Beers cannot and dare not deny them.
Here then, fellow citizens is n with an Office OF
$3.50 year, going about with borrowed plumage,
and trying TO make the people believe that his head
conce, ed, and his energies carried the Poor Chill
dren's Law" But the Jackdaw is plainly under
the thin covering. and like that vain and stupid bird,
redoulahle Commissioner must feel rather crest
fallen at the discovery Of his nakedness.
am sir, One scho sOea1s his oscn clothes.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
Patent Democratic Convention.

Unwearied pains have been taken by the tory man
ayers TO get together great Of people to-day
"Wednesday in this village. They have issued orders
to all their bar-room and street politicians
congrega'e hereabous under the pretence Of holding
convention, at which greatly rejoice, as they
not do the least mischief here; whereas they might
some at home. Republican electors! be not deceive
ed-the intelligence from all parts Of the county is
most favorable. Assemble universally at The polls, and
remain steadily there till the business g. Toryism will
be done up in Litch6eld county for long time
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
An Appeal to Patent Democrats.

Don't call us all FsderaIiss because no.
Jackso" men; for some ofus you know were old JET
fersonian Democrats, and are not conscious OF ha
wing changed principles. II all the democracy in
the Union belongs to your party, convince Of the
fact and we will be with you. Your calling us Fed
eralists--d-,d Federasts," is no argument. II
none but Jackson Van Buren, men are Democrats,
then democracy is late :hng in Connecticut. At
the commencement Of the present administration,
there were believe but II Jackson men in the town
Of Ltchfeld. School Commissioner, Post Office, and
the scratching Justice Of on, with hos, Of others,
were, till within three four years, opposed Jack
son, aud consequently federaIiss them as muc,
as we are now. remember the time we'll when the
Justice above alluded to, did not consider jackson
"any more fit for the Presidency ito his own phra-
seology) than hell was for powder house, and for
this avowal lie was called by his own household " a
blue-skn Federalist," Simply u,tering huzza for
Jackson and Van Buren, breaks the federal nds and
stamps man AN ORIGINAL DEMOCRAT.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
JUDICIAL EXPENSES.

1t will thus be that there has been steady in
crease Of our Judicial expenses which can be ac-
counted Cor other suppostion than that great and
fragrant abuses have crept into this department Of the
finances of the State The subject having been laid
before the Legislature 10 1884, excited much sensation
among the members. II was universally felt that some
| thing should be done, and with view to have the
subject probed the bottom, the subjoned reson,ion
was passed, comforting the necessary powers upon
Committee Of great respectabIiy:
"Wbereas the Judicial expe nses Of this State have
been gradually increasing tor number Of years. and
the interests Of the good people Of this State require
that rigid economy should be introduced into this de-
partment Of expenditure therefore,
Resolved, BY this Assembly, that the Comptroller Of
Public Accounts, Hon. Elisha Sterling and Jared Girls
void, Esqrs. be n committee 10 inquire into and ascer-
tain the cause Of this increase-aIso what rregulari-
ties it any, exist in the manner Of keeping the
counts and in the taxation and allowance Of bills of
TO consider what alterations, if any, should be
made in the existing laws in order TO insure proper
economy in this branch Of the public service and al
whether litigation should be, in some form,
ed in order 10 deiray part Of the expenses at
tending the same and ascertain what expenses have
been incurred by the State 10 supporting prisoners in
gao after conviction, for FIVE years last past; and
hether any and G any, what alterations in the exist.
ing laws in relation this subject may he expedent,
with liberty send for papers, and rerori By bill
otherwise 10 the next session OF the General Assem-
bly,. May Session, 1884,"
| The Committee thus constituted gave the subject
referred to them thorough investigation, and made
TO the last Legislature very able and interesting
port, pointing many abuses that attend the present
SYSTEM and suggesting the remedies that should he
dopied to alleviate them; but the members were too
profoundly engaged 10 efforts to accomplish party and
personal purposes to bestow moments attention on
this important affair. They did not deign to take the
least notice the report ofthe Committee. II was no,
published tina, the People might know how their
hard earnings are squa"dered away by uufahfaI pub
lie servants. Yes the whois amount Of our State Tar
is soaowed up under this head of expenditure with u
heard Of prodigatity!' Yet The Legislature Of 1885
would not liz finger correct these alarming evils
A good illustration this Of the devotiou Of Perry Smith
and others to the true interests of the People!
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
NOTICE.

THE Court Of Probate for the District Of
l. LitchfeId hath assigned the s1st day Of
March instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
at the Probate Office in Litchdeld. for the ex-
animation and settlement Of the administra.
ton account Of the subscriber. administrator
on the estate of ELIJAH SEELYE, late Of War
rem. in said district. deceased, represented in-
solvent, at which time and place all persons
interested will il they choose appear and DO
heard in the premises.
By order Of said COBrt.
GEORGE STARR, Adn'r.
Warren, March %. 1885. -
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
Patent Democracy pleading Federal .rom,L a,
a precedent!

| precedent!
TIE Hartford Times in i,s zeal 10 viOI;..,. a., 80
eePtonabe practice If tie present Commissioner =,
the School Fund in charging over 10 the State his
travelling expenses to, at, and from Hartford savs
that Mr. Hi2hoMse did the same thing! But has the
Times forgotten that Mr.. HIhouse was an old FEEDER.
alist2 Does the writer ia that paper think that off,
cia miscon ducI be justified by federal precedent
Why All this horror Of federalism by Seth p. Beers,
Gideon Wells aud others, and n the same time such
unbonnded love Cor federal example? We supposed
thai these worthy gentlemen considered themselves
more wise, more honest, more patriotic, and more
Trustworthy than their neishbors! that they were
thoroughly mbued with The principles Of a sublimaied
democracy! But they cut singular figure be-
tore the world. The moment the whigs detect an
evil in the administration ola important department
OF our public finances, Seth and Gideon plead in bar
of"I correcti"n-"'TllE FEDERALlSTS DID so!
FEDERALlSTS DID SOL" Is not this sheer
political peuIfoggHg? Will the People suffer the
Commissioner abstract over 500 per annum from
the education OF the poor under the prelext OF paving
his travelling expenses from his dwelling house 30 his
Office place Of business? What need is there that
the Commissioner should reside in Lirchfeld? If he
were to remove Hartford, would not every dollar Of
this expense be saved to the State ? and is not his
constant presence at the Of government just as
necessary as that Of Treasurer, Secretary Of State,
and Comptroller Of Public Accounts7 There is not
q" instance achere one of these patent democrats gets
into office but 'ohat he ,c continue every abuse prac
sed BY his predecessor, provided ,ril put money into
has o.On pocket! This is an excellent les, with which
we can detect political pharisees. X.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
WHAT CAN IT MEANT

Can any one tell why Sherman Peck was selected
last year by the patent democrats Of NewMiIford
their frs. candidate. and Perry Smith. Esq. as their
second for the Legislaturel and why Lyma" Hine is
this year stationed 10 the front Of the battle. and why
this same Perry Smith occupies position i" the rear7
Is be use Mr.. Smith is great man that 10 in
dispensSbe that he should always have har6"ger or
Dreeursor to announce his aeeess has his Honor an
idea o. smsggiing himself into the Legisa,ure-ofr
ding into power on tho back Of another mani lfso.
We hope The Wings Of New Milford will stick to him,
it probable that he may be elected 10 stay a, home
@.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
ASTOUNDING DIsCLOsURE.

We ask every elector Of this county to examine the
following statement Of the Judicial expenses Of the
State, taken from books and papers the office Of the
Comptroller Of Public Accounts, by which it will be
that these disbursements have run TIP in twenty.
Eve years from the sum Of 438 49, the frghtiul
sum Of 500, OO8 Al.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
Watches and Jewelry.

nVHE subscribers having entered into CO.
L. partnership. under the name and 6rm Of
h. MerriEnam & Co.
for the purpose Of continuing the business Of
Repairing Clocks and Watches, Manu- featuring
Siirr Spoons, &c. &c. would inform their GUS
TONERS that they have just received from New
York an extensive assortment Of
Watches, JeaUeys'y, SyasI
Plated Ware,
Of superior quality. and the latest patterns;
amongst which are the following articles:
Gold. coral, flagree and jet Ear Rings;
Cornelian. agate, coral, jet, onyx and gold
Breast Pins; imitation and real emerald. opal,
diamond set, pearl and plain Finger Rings;
Belt Buckles; Slides, Plated Snuters& Trays:
Britannia Tea Pots; Steel Spectacle Cases (:
Near. sighted Spectaclcs and Eye Glasses (;
Music Boxes. Motto Seals, Pen. Knives, Cut
ting Pillars. Watch Oil, Magnets. Combs. Tu-
ming Forks. Belt Buckles and Slides, &c. &c.
Thankful for past favOrs, they will be still
more pleased with a continuance Of patronage.
REUBEN MERRlMAN.
REUBEN B. MERRTMAN.
N. B. Wanted. an APPRENTICE to the
above business. from IA to IS years Of age
One Of sober and industrious habits, VINO Gao
come we'll recommended, will meet with coca
encouragement
One door cost Of P,esbyterioa Church,
Litekfe|G, MGrch 80, 1885, e
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
EXAMINE 1T!

The share Of each State in $20, ,l25 75-beng
the avails Of the public lands in the Treasury Of
the United S,aes rather in the deposi,e Banks, &
uo,v "a hollv vnrroduetive IN the PeoDle.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
DIED.

A Wing meeting sOill beholden in Norskfezd
at the Inn Of Mr.. Jacob Turner, on Thursdoat
evening, 3lst inst. An attendance both punc-
tual and universal is requested.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
NoTlCE-JUsT LOOK HERE!

If any person Of the town of Barkhams,ed wishes 10
know the extent that the ranking privilege is confer
red upon the favored there. and how many hea-
Wy bundles Of eIec,oneering papers without subscri
bers come weekly directed r. M and IL any one does
no, know the meaning Of all this, and wishes to, le,
them inquire Of The trio Of pos, masters in Barkhan.
sied about these days. Bo.PEEP.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
LooR At It'll

W We perceive that there ia STRANGE FLAG
now 0"''er'"s over The County HOuse-Omiy aAsvs
s'U'' ana some ho dozen stripes. win the patent de.
nave the goodness tell 10 what Il means p
that the Tories dare not SssecroGe the Assr
'c0" IN0g-'"a' star spGngLed banner which awakeua
"e strongest enthusiasm in the breas, Of every patriot,
and j" treated with the highest respec, in svsrv
ter Of the world. How natural 10 i, for men ,vho -.
break !" pieces the fabric OfOur liberties TO Docx
OFF THE STARS which should twinkle in pIor;ou.
""'so" for ages to come! they have already 70, ria
of TEN, and we shall soon, unless the Wings come to
the rescue, be reduced to ONE BALEFUL METZ.
OK. borne aoft by parricida hands and spreading
thrO"ghou. the nation the deepest gloom. When
such disi"terested characters Perry Smith, Chas.
Phelps. F. J. FenD and WIN. 8. Hollabrd are IN hold
forth, should be under the auspices of some PRATT
CAL FLAG.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
Martin Strong-Internat improvement

county are greatly ,coried les. the People may think
.ha, The candidate imposed upon the 18th District by
The bases, arts very we'll qualified 10 carry shro
ment recently projected and 10 which the electors
have a deep interest. They are already laying an
anchor TO the windward by the false suggestion that
the opponents Of Judge Strong have made inco"ss-
Blu. these disnteresed characters may we'll be quiz
ct. The electors of the 18th District understand the
capabilities o ha honor very well. They do not
The eyes Of hundreds Of the intelligent electors Of the
District turned upon another gentleman srho BY
his industry his sagacy. his PERSEVERANCE,, and his tai
ents, is admirably qualified to do up the business for the
People in fine style. CORNWALL.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
,lly uuproductive 10 The People !:

respectfully suggested the electors the 18th
District that as the People are resolved to Put the
ship Of state i" fine trim the present srise, i, will moi
be necessary for them to furnish 6oAostP J.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
NOTICE.
NOTICE..

NUIkCEO
THE subscribers having entered into co.
l. partnership for the purpose Of carrying
on the Mercantile business in this place, under
the name and firm Of Sedg,OicAc 8, Porter,
would inform the pnbIic that they have taken
the stand lately occupied by w. & D. Porter.
with their entire stock of Goods. The pat
ronage Of the public is respectfully solicited.
ALBERT SEDGWICK,
SERENO E. PORTER.
LichfeId, March %. 1886. 43
TKNElE snha~s ;horc ha v n md a wonoeo1
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31

We learn, says the Globe Of Monday, that the ra.
ceip,s om public lands, since the frat Of September
as amount to nearly zen millions oi dollars, and that
there ouis,andUg tranAfer warrants for about sew
en- millions of dollars.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
''rhey stole the livery Of Heaven to serve the Dew

"rhey stole the livery Of Heaven to serve the Dew
il in"
This 10 an undeniable fact, if the people will bu.
view the subject in it's true light. The name Of de-
mocracy which the present administration men have
managed 10 afix to their party does more belong
10 them than the Of Episcopalian belongs to the
Mei,od isis--ior as the Episcopal and Methodist
churches formerly were both until the Me'hodiss.
under Mr.. Wesley. seeded from the Episcopal, did
the two parties which now distract this Stn,e with
turmoil and contention. Both belong TO one grea,
democratic family, marching in one solid phaanx
10 the support Of our Constitution and Laws. Our
watchword was, our God, country. democracy
and liberty. IN The mids, Ofths unparalleled pros
perity, few restless aspiraDls who had no Office fnor
deserved any) seeded from the democratic ranks IN
der the popular name Of Jackson men; but the bait
would not take their party did increase In this
dreadful dilemma, what was TO he done? With NAL
ice aforethoUght they seized on the democratic sian
dard, and unfarled il to the People, at the same IN
slant. They imagined they had nailed The old ieder.
erai standard 10 The citadel Of the true democrats and
shouted 10 The rescue. And what was The effect 2
The unsuspecting saw themselves branded with the
odous name OF lederaIist and their opponents march
ing under the broad pendant Of democracy, they
threw down their arms by thousands and ran to en-
brace them but alas many Of them found they had
embraced the but deserted the principle, and
now returning TO it's support. q.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31
MARRTED

In Warren, On the 18th inst by the Rev. Mr.. Nor.
gan. Mr.. Harvey Grannis, Of Lch6ed, 10 Miss Lucin.
da Glover, Of Warren.
/" Newing,on, Mr.. Hezekiah Griswold, Jr. of,he
firm Of w. GriswoId & Co.. OF Hartford. to Miss Fran
ces Norton, da"eh of Roger WeIls, Eaq.
!" Canton, N"rIon Case, Esq. Of Simsbury TO Miss
Eec'a Case, daughter &c DR.. Giles Case.
a, l" Middle Haddam, Levi ID. Wright NJ. ID. to Miss
Mary Amanda daughter Of Benjamin Hurd, Esq.
DIED, ~
In Warren. on Sunday last, Rev. Hart Talco,t n
ged about Is. He was performing divine service in
the morning, when towards the close he was seized
with fit, taken home, and about 3 z. nj. expired.
In Mortified, last week, Mrs. - Gilbert, aged
81. widow Of Mr.. Linus Gilbert
In Meredith, N. Y. in October last, Mr.. John Riey
aged ga revolutionary pensioner--formery of Go-
shen, Conn.
In Eas, Hartford, Mr.. Thomas Case, aged 88years.
Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-31

Vote the schole 7ieket--This every republican
elee"r should do for though the present Secretary Of
State has taken unwearied pains win the confidence
Of the Wings during the past year; yet he has recent
y. by joining in the basest eaumnies agans! them,
shown himself unworthy ofiher confidence. Where
ca" there be found more unexcep.ionsbe candidate
than Jonathan Edwardsi
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-04-06

strous absurdties as is contained IN the
above short extract. Freemen of Rhode
Island, of all parties and of all persuasions,
have you ever detected any thing like fraud
in the conduct of our present popular Chief
Magistrate Is this hack politician,
with mental vision extremely feeble and
impotent-pensioned and pushed forward,
by the whig faction, to bear the brunt OF
opposition-a mere rod of their anger, and
a staff in their hands,-ls he better quail
flied to discover falthlessness in the conduct
of our servants in high places, than his
more favored fellow-clizeus, whose intel
lects are more astute and not stultitied like
his We should think not. Yet this sd-
pient writer, who has travelled, under the
care of his father, and seen cities, particu-
larly Washington, where great men mos'
do congregate-is the first, we believe, who
has ever pretended to have detected fraud
in the conduct of Governor Francis
Strange things have happened under the
sun, but history of past events furnishes
not parallel for this.
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GFThat the wings, who, at the late con-
gressional election, openly recommended
bribery, and invoked and obtained the aid of
wealthy men abroad-who spent thousands
in purchasing the votes of the venal, the
corrupt and the depraved-who used the
most unfair means, and practiced every
species of fraud and chicanery which cum
ming could suggest or ingenuity invent -
that they should be now found pra,ing of
their honesty on that occasion, and charg-
ing their opponents with fraud and corrup-
tion, is ridiculous in the extreme and i'm
pudence without parallel. Anterior to
the election for members of Congress last
August, the wings were positive of carry
ing the election by triumphant and over
whelming majority; but when, too late, they
found the boot was on the other leg, that
the People had decided against them, they
changed their premature cry of" Victory ~
/" Victory " to Fraud " Fraud !! "
q" Fraud ~
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0PThe wings, formerly so powerful a,

@The wings, formerly so powerful and
so potent, now so morbid and feeble. brok-
en- down with internal corruption, distracted
and dispairing-will make their final strus-
gle for political existence on the Goth inst,
and desperate and unavailing the effort
will be. Their doom is ineyitable-the
People will have then decided against them,
and from their decision there is no appeal.
The will of the people is mighty and ire
sistble, and they who think 10 stem it,
will be overwhelmed and disgraced. Had
the wings espoused the cause of the People,
instead of endeavoring by virtue of their
wealth to destroy their dearest rights and
privileges, they might now have been cxuIt-
ing in their strength, and not in languish-
ing minority fast dwindhng into naught.
Alas for the poor whigs-their days have
dwindled to the shortest span,' and there is
no relief for them.