Litchfield Enquirer

Mr. Adams: Sir—It is really amusing to a disinterested spectator to look back a few years at the political course of a few self-styled democrats of this town, those who are now the leaders of the administration party, and are huzzaing loudly for Jackson and Van Buren. For the first four or five years of the present administration, when the party claiming all the democracy was struggling in this State for an existence, not a word was heard from the "Everlasting Great Democrat" on the subject of politics; neither was it known by any of his townsmen or neighbors what his political sentiments were in relation to State or National affairs. Now, when he supposes the battle fought and won, and knowing the recklessness of the Jackson party in making removals from office of all that do not bow the knee to "King Andrew the first," he hoists his colors and huzzas for Jackson and Van Buren—Van Buren and Democracy, to the tune of twelve or fifteen hundred per year; and if an office is to be filled, or an appointment made, even from the highest in town down to hayward, the School Commissioner must be consulted and his directions obeyed.

Look too at our disinterested democratic-republican-federal-anti-masonic Postmaster of Litchfield Hill who was loud in denouncing Jacksonism until he knew that Mr. Seymour would resign the office of Postmaster. He then suddenly had a vision, and a perspective view of the Post Office met his longing eyes, and the "loaves and fishes" were within reach, whereupon he immediately attended a Jackson meeting, and with but little labor groaned out a speech wonderfully extolling the powers that be, and pledging himself to go for the party, the whole party, and nothing but the party, right or wrong, to the tune of five or six hundred per year.

Another consistent, amiable, worthy old democrat and republican, who never wanted office about those days, "fell," or was instantly converted by the powers of Jacksonism, not by the hope of gain or office.

Such, sir, is a short sketch of the disinterested conversion to Jacksonism of three of the leaders of the pure democracy of this town.

MILTON.