Litchfield enquirer., 1866-03-29

DeSr The following communication, written for the Boston Advertiser by gentleman in Hartford, contains some facts of history upon which it is wise to ponder:,
 "Though the Democratic party of this State have stimulated loyalty in the canvass by the nomination of a gubernatorial candidate whose
 war record is good, and by the adoption of carefully worded resolutions, yet the disguise is not sufficient to cover up its cloven foot r; and it's party platforms, deliberately framed when armed treason was seeking the life of the na- tion, still stand to give lie to the hollow heart ed professions.
 On the 24th of February 1864, the Democ. racy in Convention assembled in New Haven, fapthe pnfpoees of nominating State ticket, pronounced the war an infdmous waste of the natfUu'B bfuUd and treasure-u Dssttseut oboli.- ton crusade Mir. W W Eaton of Hartford, who reported the resolutions which contained this avowal, indorsed it by declaring that the soldiers from Connecticut were the armed CO., hor1s ef Lincoln-.armed bends of despotism. He is the same man-and it should be remem- beFed that he is the recognized leader of the party in this State-who proclaimed in 1861, just after the first gun ofthe rebellion had woke the garrison at Sumter. that -the abolition as- sailants of Massachusetts should not cross the soil of Connecticut to cut the throats of our Southern brethren. without passing ouer nag
 
 (his) dad body. Thomas H Bond. Copper head candidate for Lieutenant Governor last year, asked in the Convention which placed him in nomination. Who is the greatest trait- O., Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis 7'- John B Harrington, an imported orator from New York, harangued an assembly of Demo crats in this city in the fall of 1864, and among. other denunciations of loyal men, uttered the following infamous sentim ent which was loud ly applauded
 The soldiers are an ntamous Yankee horde who will not gladden the deril aohen hey die i; give them my contemptible pity. and that is all will give them.'
 This man was brought to the, State under the auspices of the State Central Committee of his party. &
 Thomas H Seymour, styled by his political friends the pure mind ed patriot made during the war many speeches giving aid and comfort to treason, and often said: would rather be known in history as the firm and consistent opponent of the war, than wear the diadem of king The uewspape s, like the orators of the par ty. constantly made war upon the Government by Keeping up vigorous fire in the rear.- Connecticut you know, had Benedict Arnold ! in tue Revolution, and it has an Isaac Toucey to day. These papers were under the lead of the Hartford Times, which sounded the key note of operations in April, 1861, on the tbres- hold of the war, as follows: .-.. Had South Carolina right to secede?-
 We claim she had
 From the hour of the publication of this iquestion and answer, down to the moment when Lee surrendered his ragged forces to Grant, the Democratic party. go called, of Con- l necticut, never failed by word or deed to dem. onstrate their belief that South Carolina and all other States engaged in the rebellion had a right to seceda, and that the war conducted by the Government was an infamous waste ol blood and treasure Secession. indeed, was claimed as a constitutional right -vide Hart ford Times again, March 8, 1861:
 Secession-disunion --is stubborn .fact
 A separation has actually taken place. Seven States are already out of tie Union. A new and separate Gorernment has been formed, and it is already reduced 10 system ef orderly op l erdtion.'
 Such is small part of the record of thil
 party and now, close upon the above extracts
 let me give you by way of contrast, . selection
 from the choice declarations made in the reso lutions adopted by the Democratic Convention