Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-02-27
THE PEOPLE, vs. THE OFFICE HOLDERS

! THE PEOPLE, VS.. THE OFFICE HOLDERS
Who promised the better currency" The Loco
FocOs, WhOgave Us that which We now have The
Loco FOcOs Who has broken down the best cuTren-
cy on earth, ruined our manufactures, and begVared
our mechanics and laboFeFs? Van Buren, and his cor
rupt and wicked party Who is in favor Of the Sub
Treasury? Van Buren,. Why is it sometimes called
the Independent Treasury Because the President
and This Treasurer" have the sole control Of it, and it
is independent Of the people. Who is for reducing
the wages of the free labOrer to the standard Of slave
labor in Cuba? Buchanan, Walker and Van Buren,.
Who proclaimed perish credit, perish commerce ~
Aleader of the party on the floor OF Congress. Who
has stolen millions upon millions of the money of the
people The underngs and partlzans OF this admin
tration. Whe stole one million five hundred thousand
dollars at single haul? SwartwOut, collector Of the
port OF New York Who stole seven hundred and fif-
ty thousand dollars of the public money? VIM. M.
Price, the leader of Tammany Hall, and District At
torney of the city of New York Who are living in
style of splendor equal to the nobility of Europe p?
Swartwout and Price. Upon whose money? Yours
and mine. Who has "ioined the nulhfiers? p Van
Buren, and his creatures. Who support the Loco Fo-
CO newspapers The Office holders, by tax on their
salaries. Whose money do they thus spend to cor
rupt the nation? The Peoples. Who will hereafter
vote for Van Buren, and his measures? One hundred
Thousand office holders, and ten times that number
who expect Office, beside tine Fanny Wright men, the
agrarlans, and all others who can be bought.
Who will vote against him and his works, "becanse
they are evil? The PEoPLE. D.
GOSHEN
At large and respectable meeting Of the Wings Of
the town Of Goshen, holden at the town on the
adopted. large delegation was appointed to the
Young Mems Wing Convention at Hartford, and the
and 1 IoavGsg9n, ana the
WHEREAS, when the present party came into
power, in 1929 they found our beloved country in
peaceful happy, and prosperous condition; with a
currency acknowledged to be the best in the world
all the departments Of the government in faithful and
competent hands, economically administered at an
expense Of only about $l2oO0,OOO a year And
whereas, under the pretence OF rerenchmsnt ana Re.
form, they have removed almost every officer OF the
general government for no other reason than that OF
INDUCING in an honest opinion adverse to the chle -
they have brought the currency into state OF dlsor-
der and confusion unequaled in the history OF any
other nation the globe every department OF the
government administered for the exclusive benefit oil
the incumbent. They have increased the expenses
Of the governments more than S3OO0O,OOO year =
They have attacked the credit system-a system that
lie interviewer with all the institutions OF our country
They are endeavoring under the assumed name o.
democracy to build upon its ruins system calculated
stroy the featuring and mechanical interests e
the country They have tramp!ed under foot the IT,
gally constituted authority OF sovereign State, and
dstranchised her from her voice in the councils Of the
naion for the purpose Of carrying tayorite PROJECT
they propose to take from our legal just and equ
table RICH. to the public domain, and barter it for po
tcal support They propose, with the aid or an in
dependent trsasury.to take the public money from the
control Of Congress- and give to the President there
by uniting the purse and the sword in the hands o.
one man-Therefore,
! Resolved, Tha. in view Of these and many othe
alarming evils under which the country labors, ant
the alarming and dangerous doctrines propagated by
the present administration party, we believe to be
the duty Of every patriot and lover OF the Tree sstu
tons OF our common country to make oil diligence II
rescung the government from The hands OF our pres
en rulers and placing it in the hands Of faithful, com
petent, and honest men, that may again enjoy tina
peaceful quiet happy, and prosperous condition tina
we did before the present dynasty came into power.
! ResolUed, That we approve OF the nomination o
! Gen. VIM. H. HARRISON for the office OF President
and JOHN TYLER for Vice President, and the nomlna
ton made at New Haven by the Wing Convention
for the Office Of Governor and other officers ot THU
| State.
Resolved, That the proceedings Of this meeting b
signed by The Chairman and Secretary, and publish
ed J. /. GAYLORD, Chairman.
f G,1Hs Gn,'MMG i11s, Secretaries.