Litchfield enquirer., 1862-02-27
TUT t1lt LIiq quHeI' Democratic State Convention.

If ever the people Of Connecticut were insult ed, it was by the late Democratic Convention oi this State. That Convention was an insult to the dignity of the State, the character of the State; an insult to the patriotic purposes, wish. es and intentions of the people. The people have been insulted by the resolutions of the Convention, and by the ticket put in nonna- tien, and the democracy os Liisafeld County will spurn with inefable contempt, that little degrading specimen of humanity, which the Convention has seen fit to thrust So prominently before our eyes, from this County. The peo ple's efforts and sacrifices have been insuted wantonly insulted, with not one pal!iating cir cumstaEce Their resolutions are lie and a cheat, and they knew them to be so, when they adopted them. They have the audacity and the impudcnce to tell the democracy of Litchfeld County, "that the gentlemen pat in aomina tion,' are entitled to the entire confidence oi the voters ofthis State:" Now we say, without circumlocution, equivocation or prevarcation, that such statement, though put forth by a democratic convention, or one claiming to be such, is not only an insult to the democratic sentiment of the County, but bold and deibe. rate lie, too plain and palpable to deceive any body but those who sympathize with the leaders, aiders and abetters of treason and rebellion.
 Were the delegates from this County in the Convention, ignorant of the Democratic senti. ment of the County? Did they suppose that they were voting the democratic voice of the County, when they voted that Nat. Stevens was entitled to the entire confidence of the' voters of this State ?'' If they did, they must be truly ignorant upon this subject for presume there is no mans name in the County more loathsome than that of Nat. Stevens. This must have been well known to the Convention, or at least to the members from this County and yet they have the effrontery, the reckless audacity, to pass resolution, thrusting this loathsome spe. cimen of humanity before or upon the democrat ic voters of this County, and hypocritically tell us that he is entitled to our :" entire conf dence." @=
 Now, knowing, as the delegates from this QQnntE past have done, that this was false, that 1t vas NlaGks premeditated outrage upon the democratic sentiment of the County, we cannot, for the life of us, see why such an outrage, such an insult, Was suffered to, pass unnoticed and unrebuked. Why was the democratic voice in the Convention from this County silent upon such question:? Was it the plant tool of Bill Eaton and his despicable crews Did you go into that Convention for the simple purpose Of registering his edcts, regardless of the true de- moeratic sentiment of the County or of the State Did you suppose that because he would resolve a lie, that therefore you must bow the knee, and fall down and worship it2 Shame on the de mocrats of Litch6eld County, who could not, in such an emergency as that which now surrounds our County, rise above a desire or an effort to palm upon the people lie and a cheat; True democratic sentiment, true, democratic dignity, true democratic patriotism would have risen in the Convention and rebuked the dastardly spirit, who proposed that Nat Stevens was entitled to our entire confidence" LitchGeld County de- mocrats know Nat. Stevens, and they know that he is not entitled to our entire confidence y and the delegates from this County knew this ; yet by the resolution which the Convention pass ed, they ysay he is. If Bill Eaton, sor the Con ven,ion can force that resolution down the throats of the people, they will do more than we think they will.
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