Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-26
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THE CONNECTICUT CAMPAIGN.
ENTHUSIASTIC DI'NHOCRATIC
MEETHNG AT HARTFORD.
SPEECH OF HON. ELI THAYER,
speech Against HawIey by the GEN.
JIcman who n dominated HimS
&c, &C., &C.
HARTFORD, Conn, March 10.

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citizens, assembled this evening at Allyn
House for the purpose ofexpressing their
approval OF the policy OF President john
son, and of pledging their support to James
f.. English in the forthcoming election, as
a true and sincere friend of the Administra-
tiOn. The meeting was in no respect a
partisan one, the audience and officers be-
| ing composed almost equally of Democrats
and Republicans. Over the platform the
stars and stripes were tastefully arranged,
and stitched to the bottom of the flag was
a motto johnson and English" An eX-
celent band had been provided, much to
the apparent satisfaction of the audience.
At half-past seven o'clock, the meeting
having been called to order, the following
officers were elected:
President-William II. Green, Esq.
Vice Presidents-Samuel Woodruff, Esq;
Major General VIM. b. Franklin, Colonel
Geo. d. Chapman, Hon. John G. Palmer,
Horace Lord, II. Tuder Brownell, L. S.
Tyler, James NJ. GTeeneaf, Horace Corn
well. e. I. Smith, Hon. II. ID. Hubbard,
X. w. II. Jarvis, Colonel Geo. n. Lewis,
Joseph Pratt, Samuel H. Green, Thomas
Holland Joseph II. Williams, L. w. Cady,
Horace Ellsworth, Lucius G. Goodrich, j.
w. Daniolth.
Secretaries-Maior H. Glafcke, Oliver
WOodhouse, Captain John Brennan, Samuel
H. White.
Mr.. Green, on accepting the chair,
apologizpd for his inability to make aspeech,
in consequence of severe cold. He OBJ
served. however, that he was entirely in
favor of the policy of Mr.. johnson. By
cones should be hygOnes; and the one
thing now to be desired was a reunited,
restored country. They all wished. not
that there should be fewer but more States
in the Union. He had made up his mind,
Individual ly-having carefully weighed the
issues at present involved and Imposition
of the various parties-that if he wanted to
indorse Andrew johnson and to put his
veto upon Thad. Stevens and his miserable
crew, that he must vote tor James E. En-
glish. Applause lie had nothing to say
against General lIawlPy-God bless him as
a man-but as politician, he had fallen
into wrong hands. He was unable exactly
to say who the general stood by, Congress
or the President. as he had carefully
abstained from expressing to which side
his support would be given, in event of his
election. but he believed he stood by Con-
gress. On recent occasion. when asked ii
he was johnson man, General llawley han
said ''He was no mans man but his wife's."
If so, perhaps, it would be as well to let
, him remain his wife's man a little longer.
Let them put their shoulders to the wheel,
and do all they could, and James f. En-
glish would be elected. [ADplause.l
: Postmaster Cleveland, who was received
with much enthusiasm, then read the fol-
lowing resolutions:
RcS0lved, That all acts or ordinances of
secession alleged to have been adopted by
, any Legislature or Convention of any State
were, as to the Federal Union, absolutely
null and void; and that while such acts did
fl,n fn
torfeitures and penalties, they did not in
, any degree affect the relations of the State
wherein they purported TO have been
adopted, to the Government of the United
States; but were, as to such Government,
= acts of rebellion, insurrection, and
hostility on the part of the indi-
viduals engaged therein, for Civ
ing assent thereto. And that such States
were, notwithstanding such acts and ordi
nances, members of the Federal Union, and
as such were subject to all the obligation
and duties imposed upon them by the Con
sttntion of the United States, aud the 10y
al citizens Ofsuch State were entitled to all
the rights and privileges thereby guaran-
teed or conferred. ....
WHEREAS, The President and the SUI
preme Coert of the United States have rec
Ognized thirty-siX existing States within
, the Union; aud whereas, the majority OF the
J present Congress, led in the Senate by
Charles Sumner and in the House by
ThaddeuS Stevens, utterly ignore eleven of
, the States, and to the extent of the power
! of Congress dismember the Union by rec
ognizing twenty-five of the thirty-six
States; therefore,,
; Resoiued, That this meeting most cordial
ly approve of the policy of PresdentJohn-
son and emphatically condemn the disun-
ion policy of Congress.
Mr.. Cleveland then said that before pro-
ceeding to read the remaining resolutions,
he wished to pay a tribute toGeneral Haw-
ley, who was gallant man, who had al
ways been, and he hoped would always be,
his friend, and whom he dearly loved as
man. Bat, in the present crisis, he felt it
to be his duty to come forward and vote
without regard to his personal feelings.
He was determined to vote for no man who
would not stand up squarely and fairly by
the President. He knew he was about to
bring down upon himself the abuse OF the
Republican press, but to that he had been
accustomed duriug the last four years. lie
had waited until about two weeks ago for
4 General Hawley to come forward and say
one word on the stump in support of Mr..
johnson, but in vain. He did not believe
that General Hawley would support the
President. But, thank God the Demo-
cratic party have come upon a platform
upon which he could stand, and were to-
day unitedly, nobly, and generously sup
porting the patriot who sat in the presi-
Dental chair, battling for the perpetuity
of the American Union. [Applause,l He
should be an migrate to charge that party
with deception. He had waited patiently
to see If his own party were for the Presi->
dent, but they gave no sign, and now "his
sword was his own" The organ of Gener-
al Hawley, of which he was sole editor and
proprietor, had assailed Mr.. johnson, and
when Johnson meeting was called he (the
speaker) felt it to be his sacred duty to take
part in it. His record for the past they all
| knew; and he would keep his record
straight for the future, by sustaining the
principles of free Government, in accor-
dance with the requirements of the Con-
stiution of the United States. [Applause.]
MIR Cleveland then proceeded toread the
resolutions, as follows: hisf,.--r rrri-e.. d.
"WHEREAs, General Joseph II. Hawley,
having disapproved of the essential princi-
pies of President Johnson's policy, and be-
ing supporter of the Sumner-Stevens
plan OF disunioD; and bln.r
"WHEREAs, The Hon. James Z. English
has written letter, which has been pub
| lishad proffprinO his universal sunnort to