Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-12-18
NEw-M1LroRp, Nov, 2sth. 1s1f

was Saeu Aot Tue CHOICE OF UelegateS 10 the State
Convention; few took any interest in the affair.
For my own part. thought nothing of it on the
day Of the meeting until about o'clock in the
evening, when was told there was such mott
ing OF course, at that hour, l did not attend.
was also otherwise engaged.
From the information which l have received
have learnt there were IS persons attended that
meeting, and the names, as far as can ascertain,
were
Col. Hallock, the moderator .'.
George Taylor ..t.,... .. 4...
Lawrence Taylor, his brother;
Perry Smith ......t
John c. Smith, his son; -....s-.
Lyman Carter, P. Smiths tenant, and formerly
Wing;
Holden Pickett, P. Smiths tenant;
Albert Terrill, P. Smiths hired man; ..s
Truman Richmond; u
John Richmond, his son;
John Watson, a relative of P. Smith by marriage,
and formerly Wing, who attended Wing
conventions during the last Presidential
struggle; ---
Solor.o,. e. Bosftcick, who few years since
was a candidate for the Post Office in New.
Milford. and made strong effort to get it
at the hands ofthe Wings, and was defeated;
and who made powerful efforts to obtain
votes for Albert Sedgwick for Sheriff in OPP
position to Stephen Deming, and who after
falling to obtain the Post Office from the
Wings, got up and sustained split party
ticket composed in part of Wings and part
OfDemocrats, himself a candidate for Town
Clerk, and from the votes he obtained from
the democrats we had no election the first
I'm Cd I'd ho md ho
wings were defeated, and we succeeded over
wings and Bostwick's friends, the said Bost-
wick having 80 votes at the time Of tho
choice Of the democratic candidate. Said
Bostwick before he claimed to have voted
the entire democratic ticket was made Clerk
of the Court of Probate by George Taylor in
opposition to the will of many substantial
men of the democratic party, since which
time believe he has voted the democratic
ticket, accepting once, and who now holds
the post office under the appointment by the
Administration of John Tyler, and contrary
to the will Of large number of the demo-
cratic party, -.
Ed,card ": Hine, who was candidate for the
Office of Deputy Sheriff by the Whigs about
three years since. and whom the Wings re-
fused to re-appoint for certain reasons well
known to themselves, but not for want of po-
litical faith to that party. he then being the
most noisy and abusive of the wings that
contended with, and person from whom
the democrats have received more political
abuse than any other man in the town; -
o. M. Cushman n r". '' as@'j ,
Nelson Sanford;
julius B. Harrison ..| .., ......- e.
Sheldon Blackman and ..s .s .i,~
George Richmond, son Of said Truman. ''''
All the above named gentlemen, unless perhaps
G. Richmond. Blackman and Harrison. l suppose
voted for the resolution and preamble drawn up as
am informed by P. Smith, and described in said
paper.
And John Stilson; ..,..,l
Oliver W. Pickett ESQ.,; ..r .- 'w e,
Capt. George Peck, late of P. Smith memory;
William Hartwell; ..
George Northrop; a-...I. g. .l
Oliver G. Crawford, and ..
Daniel B. Wilson.
All of which latter named gentlemen were, am
told, decidedly opposed to the introduction Of any
such resolution, and so expressed themselves in
conversation regarding the same-Mr. Pickett sta
ting what he believed to be the consequence, Ito
wit, the ruin Of the democratic party) 'tas7,-
After the resolution had been conversed about
some time, and it was ascertaIned that majority
of the few at the meeting would vote to pass them
it was suggested by some one that should be no.
tilted, and accordingly Carter and Hine, two turn.
coats, with Mr.. George Redmond. wete appointed
committee to inform me of the object of the meet.
ing. They called on me about half past o'clock
and having been absent from my Office until thai
time. on my return at said time found them, OF
they soon came ia. Mr.. Hine stated that they were
appointed committee to inform me there was q
resolution introduced to vote me out Of the party
I answered first by enquiting how many were Al
the caucus? He replied there had been about thir
IT, but some had left. then told him that a. thert
were 90 few there, and 1t was not generally known
and understood by the party, at such late hour
should decline answering it that evening. for j
could not be prepared on SO short notice, andre