Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-30


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 As yoc have again been nominated by ths socalled Democratic pa ty as candidate fo governor, 1t is to be presumed that your politi cal views gre the same that you expressed ii y1ur letter of acceptance last syear. Thess views propose to examine.
 My personal acquaintance with you has beer limited, having kn0wn you only as Judge though have long heard of you as an abl, lawyer, and high.minded. honorable man. 5, far as have known, your conduct as Judg, was upright and intelligent; and until sav your letter accepting the nomination tendcres you by tbe copperhead convention of 1864, regreittd that you were not rtappointed Judge Some things in that letter, must say. staggef ej me. That letter seems to identify you. il principle, with the convention which made th, nomination. I lam coilstrsined at least to fear that you adopt all the d.ings of that conven-
 You cay. I looked with anxiety and alarm upon the iise and progress of great sectiona, party, whose success bfoughs the North ana Sou.h into collision. and earnestly 0PP1sed me anti. Union principles of that party Now SIT: do you not know that the rise and progress Q! that great sectionul party, oil which you looked with a, much anxiety and alarm. had nothing to sl., win secession. only as an excuse and the m. ans of indiniing the masses at the South ? You know tull well. that foa many years the country has been ruled by great sectional parry at the South. and that ths democrats of the North w-rs members of that party. By the help of unpriuciplel men and dough faces Of the North. the country has been kept in sutj+ciiun to the South. Southern politicians have clustered and threatened. ard men oi the North with weak nerves have listened with anxiety and alarm a} ea es .t
 Ton well remember the South Carolina nuli- fcaiion. when we might have had all our pres- ent troubes, if James Buchanan had been President lnstead of Andrew Jackson. You are well aware that since that time, thera have been secret associations all through the South. with the object of preparing the public mind for an ont-break, and persuading the people that it would be better for the South to break away from the Union. .4ss .elsys.
 And you must be aware that the disruption of the Charleston Convention was for the pur- pose of promoting the success of the great sectional party, which so sadly unstrung your nerves. think tha; you. as an honest man. believe, and vii! not deny, that the ssceders irom that convention earnestly wished for the election of Mr. Lincoln. and preferred it to the election of ei,her Douglas or Breckinridge.- Else why was platform insisted on. which they knew that Northern men could not agree to without disgracing themsslve's? And why oppose Mir. Douglas. whose principl.s were even better for them than Breckinridge's r.. He held to enforcing the Drsd Scott decision, by which t was determined that the constitu- tion carried slavery into all the territories. and that neither congress- the people, nor any other power could prevent it. And why did the Southern leaders rejoice at Mr. Lincolns elee- tion? And why did Southern senators and representatives declare, before leaving con- gress. that we might repeal all our personal liberty laws, stop writing, and preaching and talking about slavery, ani yet they would not continue in ths UniOn Indesd sir, you must know that you, and l, and all Northern men wele deemed far too low. too icnorant too de- graded, too vulgar, too i'll bred, to associate with Southern gentlemen. m
 You profess strong regard for the constitu. tion, and yet you know that constitu ion has long been a dead letter to the South, whenever it intsrf.rrd with slavery. Were more negroes wanted, they were impressed. Did any person presume to express an opinion against slavery, hs was in danger of mob. If ao agent were teut thsr, by Northern State to try sn im- portaut case, le was not safe from personal violence. The constitution, which you 90 highly lrizs, secures freedom of speech and of the press, and also provides foriths security of the people against uni easonabls searches and seis. urs ia persons. houses, papers and effects and yet you must be aware that all these provisions have been violated in countless instances, and that ID mans life has been safe, unlsss he was entirely subsrrvient to tue slave power. The rsalpg of the U. 5. mail has been . thing ol very frequent occurrence; and that in pursu- apce oi o0nthsrn laws, under the consultation Of the U S., the citizens of each State may go into any other State. and there bs entitled to all privileges and iinlnunit,es of citizens. How this provislon has been regarded ut the South you know us well as |. Aud all this, notwith- slsnding the provision. 'This constitution. and the laws of tue United States which shall be made in pursuance tberest- shall be the su- prone law of the latd ama the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby: anything in the constitution or law 0f any State to the contrary notwithstanding. Beside all this, 4,000, ,000 unfortunate human beings were held in the must cruel and degrading bondage, or, though thess were imnIortai beings hastening to the judgment and state of -tsr,.al happiness aud nl,sery. they were forb dden to read the word oi tod. Aud this Judge, is the Union as it wac wliicl. you 50 ardent.y wish to See restored This is the g.Uniou uf mutual confidence and respect, which we have enjoyed for years past. Jh.s is the peace with which we have been favored. Whether this is the, peace which is agreeable to Hun who is the author of pescs and lover of concord, is another question. # $ YOn saYtil De n0crstic party recognize as . tundamsntal priucipls vt. government, the righ, tu put down t,y force, if need by. all re- sissuncet 10 laws from whatever quarter aud it can and will when 1t shall again assume the controll of the government bring order out uf the sad confusion winch now covers the lhnd
 It the right tO put down by fOrce, if need be. all resiatnnce to law. be fun,iampntal principle Of govern nent held by the Democratic par,y. why tiId that party want u governor in Cvnnec- ticut who won q prevent troops from other states passing through this state to defend the .iaiionul capltai before the President had fired . gun, shown any disp, s,ti0n to interfere with the domestic institutions of any of the states. or cummi,tedapy oi the sins now laid to his charge. His only 0ffense then. was preparing to defend Washington agSinst the threatened attack 0f tho reh-ls staF 8 s22as
 iaBy the way. Judge, if we must wait for the lamfn, ntit. uartv as at lrs,sent orvs n; ys,d sn