The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-03-04
Our Sentiments.

We give below the resolutions Of the
Democratic State Convention of Connecti-
cut. They have the ring that proves the
old vessel of Democracy sound away up
there in the land of abolitionism and witch
craft. We commend them to the careful
perusal and study of every good citizen:
Connecticut Democratic State Convention.
The Democratic State Convention Of Connec-
ticut, which met at New Haven on Wednesday,
adopted the following among other resolutions:
Resoised, That as the Constitution has been
the only guide ard light to the Democratic par.
ty in times past, we now recognize in war as in
peace no other standard by which to judge OF
measures, and no other guide and light for our
political action.
Resolred, That it is the grand mission of the
Democracy to restore the country to its former
condition, the Constitution to its rightful su-
premacy, the equality of the States undcr it,
their right of supreme local legislation in do
nestle concerns, the freedom of thought, free
dom of speech, and freedom of the press, the
freedom of popular suffrage, religious freedom,
the right Of private judgment, the right of per-
.-onal liberty, that is necessary concomitant Of
the writ of habeas corpus the inevitable right Of
nrivato property under State laws, and the in
dependence Of tho judiciary, the right of trial
by Jury, the light Of civil authority TO hold the
military in stric, srdination-rights which
have been wantonly Violated by the present hd-
ministration, and the inte,,.igcnce OF the people
thereby insuted and their judgment outraged.
Resolsed, That as the deliberate opinion OF
this Convention, the party in power does notin-
tend to preserve the Constitution which we re-
ceived from our fathers, and is not conducting
the present war for that purpose, but for the
purpose of rovolutioniaing the domestic nstitu-
tons Of tho Southern States, and Of establish
ing a new Government of despotic power on
the ruins of the old Union
Resolved, That the entire perversion by the
Abolition Republican party of the object of the
present war as declared by Congress, ''to defend
and maintain the supremacy OF the Constitu-
ton and preserve the Union with all the dignity
and rights of the several States unimpaired,' to
u pestilent Abolition crusade for the total de-
struction of all State equality is IN infamous
waste Of the nations blood and treasure.
Rosolred, That the grand scheme of the pres
ent Administration to fill the country with ma
tional banking associations, supplant the banks
of the several States, to monopolize the whole
paper currency, and to draw the whole banking
capital of the States and people under the su-
pervison and control of the Treasury Depart
ment, and to concentrate the whole moneyed
power of the country in the hands Of the Pres
ident, is bold and daring cncroachment on the
well known and universally acknowledged rights
of the States, more dangerous even than that
great enemy of liberty, a large standing army.
Resolred, That tho gross mismanagement Of
the war and the needless expenditure of vast
sums of money make the Administration NOR
ally responsible for thousands Of lives uselessly
sacrificed, and the addition of hundreds of nil
iluIls or uvii,.. .i,o be-aans of the people
and while it is made the interest of the thou
sands of the retainers which the Administration
gathers around it to continue the war and all
the present ruinous expenditure of public mo-
ney, no effort will be made by those in power
to bring this unhappy difficulty to a close, and
we agree with high Republican authority that
should MIR. Lincoln be reelected not only will
''the dignity and honor of the country suffer-"
but "the war continue to largush through his
whole Administration, until the public debt shall
become burden too great to be borne"
Resotred, That the cause of free institutions
and self-government must never be abandoned,
whatever may be the cost of time, treasure or
blood, and that while the Constitution of the
United States gives power sufficient even for the
present terrible exigency, yet in its letter and
spirit it deprecates confscation Of property, po.
litcal execution Of persons, territorial organiza-
tion of States, forcible abolition of slavery.
Resolred, That the gallant soldiers who have
sacrificed the comforts of home for the hard.
ships and dangers Of the field, to preserve the
institutions established by Washington and his
compatriots, are entitled to the solicitous care
of the Government, and we pledge to them our
best efforts to promote their welfare and to se-
cure full justice TO them on oil occasions.