The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-04-18
From the Hartford (Connecticup Courant.
AN UNEXPECTED CONFESSION.

The last Norwich News, one of the most
INSCRIPTIONS and violent Locofoco papers in
this state, and the particular mouthpiece of
Gov. Cleveland. in commenting upon the result
of our recent election, makes the following I'M
expected confession:
The grand cause of our defeat is to be found
in the fact that the Federalists, Selling upon the
pretext afforded by the expression of preference
for Mr.. Van Buren, made by our State Conven-
ton, were enabled in all their electioneering
speeches and newspaper appeals throughout the
campaign, to prejudice the cause OF the Demo
cratic party by attaching thereto the name Of Mr..
Van Buren,. The opinions of Mr.. Van Buren, on
various political subjects are quoted by the Fede-
raj presses as the opinions of the Democratic
party. IfMr. Van Buren, had ever recommend
ed measure OF doubtful policy, or written an
iDjudicious letter, or even dropped an unwise
expression, the Democratic party Of Connecticut
were held responsible for it by every Federal
orator and Federal newspaper in the State. The
people, many of them, were made to believe,
however unjustly matters not,) that Mr.. Van
Buren, was opposed to any sort of Protective
Tariff and in favor of Free Trade. The whole
matter of the Independent Treasury had to be
overhauled In short, every point OF attack, laid
open by the presumption that Mr.. Van Buren,
would be the Presidential candidate of the De-
mocracy, was violently and indefatigably assail-
ed. The result is, our Stale Ticket has been de-
eaied By being exposed 10 The raking fire designed
| for THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE OF 1910. The fact
is evidently SO, and, as we have before remarked,
is noao almost universally acknowledged to be So
We have scarcely conversed with Democrat
since the election who has net expressed himself
to this effect; they say, and say, truly "Mr.
| Van Buren, has been dead aoeigh upon our
party; had his name been ou Of The ,cay WE
| SHOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED
Now, in view of this startling fact, ques-
ton Of the utmost importance presents itself
State, and especially of the Eastern counties, and
call upon them to take this question into imme-
date and serious consideration Shall Mr. Van
Buren, be the candidate Of the Democracy al The
| approaching Presidential campaign? He GER
tainly should not unless there is prospect of his
being an available candidate. Is there, we ask,
any such prospect? No man Of common sense
as we conceive, can say there is. He has cnused
our defeat by simply having his name associated
by the federaliss with our State eection-what
hope is there that he can succeed in the Fall
Where can be found man that will vote for
Mr.. Van Buren, in 1914 who did not vote for him
in 1910? Did he not get the united support of
the democratic press throughout the Union in
that never-to-be-torgot,en contest? How is it
now A large portion of the democracy through.
Truly the Locofoco party are in sad fix"-
somewhat in the condition of that amphibious
animal which "cannot live on land and dies in
the water" Van Buren, is the strongest man
they have, and yet il is death and destruction to
run him. Poor devils, what are they to do?