New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-23
Democratic state cp..>ss.. 's.'ss. - +
and New Han,pshirs. 8

G +a+a ,o,,venaions of the Democracy
',s,s 1sss rsas,s III Connecticut and New
,si.a ms telegraph has already given US
h,;s of the proceedings, but the following
go, ~ from complete reports will be found in
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The Democrats of Connecticut assembled IN
convention on Wednesday, at Haruora, ~ 10y. alis
Hail. for the purpose of nominating state sieae.
electing State committee, and the transacIioa u
such other business as might be bfougnt peio,e
them The assembly was the largest OF cue se uaa,
acter that has been gathered IN Ihs s' eoS feens
/ years and TIE utmost harmony ana gouu Iee.lns
| prevailed. At 103 o'clock the conYenllon was
called to order by the chairman OF the Sta.e com,
| mittee, James Gallagher Esq, OF New raven; ana
| nrganized temporarily by the choice OF Hon. VIM.
| D. Bishop, of Bridgeport, as chairman, ana =. NJ.
| Holly as secretary.
the platform, spoke as follows:
/ SPEECH OF HON. VIM. D. BISHOP.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention;
! / ran assure you that am taken somewhat by
surprise in being called upon to preside over this
| Convention. However, thank you for the honor
Won have conferred upon. l am little surprised
10 find that there is y Democratic Convention in
the State of Connecticut for it has been constant
" prophesied by our political opponents that the
Democratic party would be unable to Withstand
the defeats and reverses Of the past few years.
and that, if it ever hoped again to assume the posi-
ton of power and influence which it once possess
ed, it would be compelled to change, not only its
name but also its principles. But find, gentle
men, that the members of the Democratic party of
Connecticut are once more ready to show their
allegiance to the Constitution and the union of our
common country, and their devotion to those en-
during principles upon which alone a free
government can rest. loud applause.] The
Democratic party is often styled the +" I'M.
terrified I am inclined to think there is
some propriety in the disqualification during the
M fhraa or four n he pf
all the opprobious epithets of political parsons,
all the hillingsgate and abuse which meanness
could invent or malice concoct, all the persecu-
tions of the press, and pulpit, and rostrum have
to their principles or brighten them out of their
consistency. [Applause.l And | think, gentle
men, we may be justified in exclaiming. in the
language Of the Apostle Paul, that we are "per-
suaded that neither death, life, angels nor
princpalites, nor powers, nor things present. nor
things to come nor height nor depth, nor any
other creature, shall be able to separate us from
the line Of the Union and the principles which
Never, perhaps, in the history of the country, or
in the history Of the Democratic party, have
the members Of that party been called upon
and urged forward with stronger motives
into the contest than they are at the present
time. We have just passed through four years of
civil war, unparalleled in magnitude in the history
of the world. We are just beginning to reap the
DlLLef IfUIS OF Inc DloOqy naTYeStN fOT years ana
years and years to come the people of this vast
country, their children and their children's chill
dren must continue to stagger under load of
taxation and debt greater in proportion to the
wealth Of the country than of any nation upon
Gods footstool. These evils are upon us, and it
must be the mission of the Democratic party to
render the load as easily to be borne as possible.
Some inquiring political opponents may ask
What do the Democratic party propose to do ~
answer by telling him we propose, first to make
n
agement Of the affairs of this government. He may
naturally inquire what we will do then? / tell him
some things that we will not do. We will not con-
tinue TO force law, or system :, Of laws,
nation which compels one-half of the peo-
pie of this country to bear the burdens
Of taxation of the other half tapplausel; but we
will make taxation just and equal, as between
God and nature have placed in our power to &C.
complish that end. Applause, and cries OF
| { good.Hl Again, we will not attempt to block
the wheels of the government nor to make patch
work of the Constitution of the United States, for
the purpose of forcing the negro down the Threats
| of the people of Connecticut, Wisconsin, or any
other State, against their consent. [Applause.
Again, we will not attempt to destroy the equality
of the States, or rob them of their reserved rights
under the Constitution, and thus build up in this
country great concentrated, consolidated gov
eminent But in the future, as in the past, we will
appeal to the people, and will advocate equality
frage. loud applause.l In addition to this, we
will sustain the President of the United States in
his honorable, patriotic and praiseworthy efforts to
prevent Sumner. Stevens and their satellites from
destroying the Union ofthe States, lapplause] and
do all in our power to aid him in bringing back to
the Union those who had strayed from it for the
time being. These, fellow citizens, think are the
objects which the Democratic party have in view.
These are the objects which we shall endeayor to
accomplish; and if we. are only true to ourselves,
and true to the magnitude Of the great issues
which are at stake, cannot but think that the
Democratic party will succeed at the coming
Committees on permanent organization, resolu-
tons, State central committee credentials, etc.,
were next appointed.
The following permanent officers were reported
and unanimously agreed to:
Thos. H. Bond, President; Messrs. YIN. Marks,
j. 7. Rogers, Thos Hinckley, Ezra T. Bennett,
Lloyd E. Baldwin, Glover Sanford. Mitchell Fl,
Griffin, Vice Presidents; Messrs. c.. NJ. Holly, 7.
NJ. Brown and H. Scheifer, Secretaries.
NOMINATIONS. ~ m
The State Central Committee, with Hon. James
Gallagher at its head was next reported and
agreed to.
The business of nominating candidates was next
proceeded with. when Mr.. Wheadon, of New
lish for Governor. The nomination was made by
reclamation, and committee appointed to con-
duct him to the convention. e
The convention nominated, with similar unanim-
Any, Tue lOltOWlnb gentlemen IOr the Olnef otnGeS:
Lieutenant Goyernor-Ephraim Fl. Hyde.
Secretary Of State-Jesse Olney. ~
Treasurer-Heman II. Barbour.
Comptroller-Col. Thomas FL. Kingsburry.
951 e3FA THE RESOLUTIONS, u @
~ The committee on resolutions then submitted
their report through their CHAIRMAN, VIM. E.
Eaton, Esq, of Hartford, as follows:
ResotGed That the Congress ofthe United States
possesses no power under the Constitution to de-
termine who shall be eligible to the right of
suffrage. That is right, belonging and apper-
tanning to the States or the people of the States as
such; and that any and all attempts upon the part
OF Congress to force upon the people of any State
or States any elias as citizens thereof and entitled
70 the right OF snfrage are violations of the spirit
and letter Of the Constitution, and are infringe
ments upon the rights of the States.
hesolted, That the act of secession so.called, by
which certain Of the States sought to disrupt the
Union and establish for themselvesa separate gov
ernment was in its inception void and of no OBJECT;
that the States so endeavoring to secede were
never out of the Union, but were then as they are
now, members thereof, and having by their con.
ventions or legislatures declared said pretended
acts of secession null and void, and solemnly eS.
pressed their devotion to the Union, and their de.
termination to maintain the Constitution therefore
said States are of right entitled to all the pr,yil-
eyes and powers of States belonging to and exer-
cised by them previous to said pretended acts of
secession, - ~ .-,.-
Resolred That the Legislatures of the so-called
seeded States, in voting to adopt the amendment
to the organic law permanently abolshing slavery
exercised the highest and most important duty de,
yoiying upon the States of the Federal Union
that the government of the United States in pro-