Litchfield enquirer., 1838-02-15
THE ENQUIRER.
LlTCHFIELD, FEB'Y I5, lS3s.

U dress of several gentlemen who former members of the Jackson party which we had deferred for fu- ture occasion if found necessary as it has recently had toeraby extensive circulation in this neighbor- hood. Those however who have read it, may perhaps with profit read it again and to those who have not we would recommend an attentive perusal. It is cheering every patriot heart see Locofocos in the benighted and partyridden region of New-Hampshire thus coming out from and abandoning a corrupt and oppressive party, and ranging themselves under the broad banner of the American Whig party.
 As connected with this subject, we copy the follow ing article from the Courant:
 We published in our paper a few days since, ad- dress to the laborers and mechanics of Nashua N. H. signed by several of their fellow aborers who had for merly supported the administration but who had be- ests to do so any longer The following article from the Nashua Telegraph, is copied, to show the con- fempble conduct of the Loco Focos of that town, to- wards their former political friends and associates be- cause of their ndependence.-COurant.
 Persecution fer Opinion's Sake.-We are not at all surprised at the the Van Buren party have talk en in relation to those of their number who have had the independence to desert thenn in the face of the jeers and insults of their old leaders For long time the party have denied the existence of any charges and when the truth is forced upon them in such gibe shape. they show the cloven foot and fall to ab- Rl1g the very men, whom but few days ago they re. gar'led with great favor.
 BE IT REMEMBERED, that because number of o,,r citizens have desert the administration party. and have the moral couraoe and independence fo avow it, the leaders of the administration party in 'h's town employed the Town Crer to bawl their through the streets, with accompaniment of his own foul mouthed and miserable wit for the purpose of calling down upon them the contempt and the rid cue of their old associates. Are the independent members Of that party to be de'erred from thinking and acting for themselras and frowned into base sub jecton by such dasardly means?
 Conservatiuc Sta'e Conueniion-This body assem- bled at Hartford on Thursday of last week. Having little business to attend Hartford. we took the occasion to go down while this Convention was as sembed, and attended the afternoon and evening rOns as lobby member and we were on the whole pretty considerably gratifed with the proceedings batting that we thought they made miss-hit in the election of presiding officer. The resolutions and address that were submitted to the meeting were most lv such whigs could adopt without doing any vio- lence to their principles feelings The Convention was organized by the appointment of Luther Looms, President; James Loomis, Newton Wheeler, Peter Rerce Thomas F. Rowland, Joel w. White, Sabin K. Smith, and Thomas Clark as Vice Presidents, houeh in the official account of the proceedings the latter s omittedo and Joseph Barber and Iere- niah Parish. Secretaries. Committees were appoint. n eanzation of the party-;o nominate State officers, &c.
 In te afternoon these committees repor,ed-.he committee on organization reported plan-that here. after Conventions should he held alternately at New Haven and Hartford ench town to send five dele Fates, hut to have only one in Convention and that Congressional and Senatorial District Commt- '"es two of each he appointed at the State Conven- tions-the towns in the senatorial districts to send three delegates each. The committees appointed for L'tchfed County follows:
 ~ f'ou"ty Con'miae-Peter Berce, Cl,a's A. Judson.
 i5fh SenafcriI Dis!riei--Ter,i,,s Wa,lsworth
 l6h 6o. d.. John Buckingham.
 l7h do do. Hiram Converse
 The committee on nomination of State Officers re. ported the following (i may be observed that when the name of Mr. Clark for Lieut. Governor was first proposed he pcremptory declined. The com 1ni:'cr retired again, ab-ent about an hour and again reported his name, when he consented to saudD
 ELISHA PHELPS, for Goucrnor.
 THOMAS CLARK, for Lt. Gorernor
 JEREMIAH BROWN, for Treasurer
 ROYAL R. AMMAN. for Secretary.
 JOSEPH BARBER for Comptroller!
 At the evening session the resolutions and address f''oh very lone, would this week give the lauer were reported and adopted. Then followed ,be fun Charles Chapman, Esq. addressed the meeting for nearly hour in a strain of the most vehement and i'npassioned invecve against the Regency at Hart ford and throughout the sate and against some of the measures of tho admnisra ion of the general govern ment that ever heard It far surpassed any thing we have known from ,he whig party on any occ ason and was "app!auded to the echo that applauds again." His pictures of the poked, anaeled loco,foco party were ludicrous in the extreme. Tho editors of the Times and others of the locos were thcre, and seemedt shrink like whipped spanels from his search. ing sarcasm. He was followed hy Mir Rucples and another gentleman iron, Fairfield county whose name we forget in some remarks upon the currencv &c, when the Convention adjourned sine die.
 There were POS names reported as de'cqates but as near we could ascertain only about l5O were pre- sent; and should judge were among the most sub- of only four delegates from Litch6eld county-Terus Wadsworth, Peter D;crce, Fayeue w. Pierce, and Augustus Sqnires.
 We have been thus particular in giving an account of the first meeting and organization of this new party because, though it professes to be democratic dis tinct from whicism, and is a secession from the Van Buren party. it's principles are very similar to the Whigs. and with whom as one great party, we can perceive good reason why they could and should not cordially unite. Their aim and object are the same-the putting down of the corrup, caba which Aased this state for several years past, and to put Q stop to the -runous "e1periments' at Washington which have already spread desolaton and wo through. Out all departments of industry in our land. 'Tis no,