New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-03-18
CONNECTICUT.
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

the Hon. III. II. Starkweather OF Norwlch, ana lhe |
Hon. Earl Martin of DanielsoDville, took place az
Thompson. The house was filled with large ana APP
preciaiye audience Mr. Starkweather opened thedis-
cusson with an hours speech reviewing critically the
position of the Democratic party and showing their
action and conduct during the war. The Hon. Earl
Martin followed with speech of the same length. lie
criticized with severity the Republican party, opposed
the Reconstruction bill recently passed by Congress
and advocated the immediate admission OF the ReDe
States without exacting from them any pledges OF
guarantees for the future safety, OF this country
He was quite severe on some of the leaders Of his own
party in the State. Mr. Sarkweather closed the dls-
cuSsion with an effective speech OF fifteen minutes
On the whole the discussion was an interesting one,
the friends of both parties apparently feeling salts
fled The next discussion win take place at West
Woodstock, tomorrow evening, when 9I. Maruh
has the opening and close
REPUBLICAN MEETING AT WATERBURY.
WATERBURY,, Conn, March 16,-Ihe first Repub-
lcan rally of the campaign in this city was held To-
| night. Hotchkss Hall was crowded Gen. Kellogg
presided, and Gov Hawley and Prof Cyrus NoTtbrop,
| candidate for Congress, delivered speeches
| IMMENSE REPUBIICAN MASS MEETING IN ALLYN
HALI,-sPEEcH OF GEN. GARFIELD.
| From Our Special Correspondent
HARTFORD, Conn, March Is, 1867.
| The Republican mass meeting in Allyn Hall. in this
gent voters filed the seats and thronged the passage
ways And IL was evident that not alone the name
OF Gen. Gariedstrongy attractive as 1t ever is-whlch
was the incentive OF the gatherings for the general
Unonovng spirit of the meeting inspired the faces Of all
The meeting opened by patriotic air from the ex
ccllent Clee Club in attendance Mr., George g. s was
then unanimously chosen chairman ana introduced the
! speaker OF the evening Gen Carried OF ONO
| GEN. GARfmIps SPEECH; ..,,..
The Generals presence WAS hailed with great enthns
He commenced by saying that he dd not reel that
nTery New E1sapd state az Wen as IN his own OF
Ono the National questions Of the day were tho living
| in Connecticut. tho most vital questions were OF a
National character We have trlunPhsdh 10 tme a
hearers mon their excellent choice Of Col DemiDg
! as their candidate for that District in Congress
and then quoted rom the speech when haa p 61
few days before Mr. Hubbard said that One-haf OF The
states cnueesy and cruelty endeayOred 10 break mp the
ulion, and naugraed frultlessy cruel war ana IN
this the speaker was very happy TO agree win MN
Everybody else IN the Union paIty would De happy 10
agree in such sweeping denunclhioh. me DeAocIe .
had not admitted rs much during the waI-u,ey naa mo, nVs
admitted u one year ag@5 rnI n1 lie so rred with
Mr. Hubbard when the latter 3" thanked God that inc
forever oyerthrown in this country through the progress
of the for the Union After these ahnlrsl0hS, ~
would amost impossible that the speaker should
differ with him who gave them utterance IN any other
portion Of his speech but be was surprised 10 see al me
second portion Of that speech made IN another spirit
sn o NV ~ ke M The eooG work where The war left
off Thore war worthy al the name which
! was not a battle Of IDEAS Take our own Revolutionary
struggle in which King George possessed Of the idea
thai he had the Divine right Oi being King appointing
uur FOR and making our laws Bn the PEG
Pile these England states commended that they alone
had the right make their laws aud govern themselves
and for seven years every American gun was loaded 10
the muzlle with IDEAS until al lasi We NtIodee loees
The last war was likewise war OF ideas There were Two
savery-thc idea that slavery was Dislne INSTITUTION
that they possessed the Divine right of holding portion
was state soyerrignty-the idea that each state was
sovereign In sclf-that every man owed his allegiance
10 Ills STATE first aud 90 the mon aervard We also sent
ont champions. The first was Liberty the second
was the Union lGeat applause AgainS slavery We AZ,
war through and our champions killed theirs Applause
rcSecTsI Durng the ast three years the whole struggle
has been bury the dead bodies OF tho slain champions,
to make a legal argument The gentleman he had before
quoted says II the Robelion IL not over, the act Of
reconstruction Is constitutional ana JUST u the Rebellion
j. over, then the act OF reconstruction ~ not constt
tional and Just by sah mode OF sfkuneht II would
Ice rs just Ia say that II we had DEBT 10 pay u would be
constitutional TO lev! taxes bat otherwise not 10 quote
Rebel state; man can commit tI.ason, Dut "A state
therefore all acts oi Congress for the reoonsruc
GEN Garfield remarked that with equal Justice the crime
OF murder could be excused u he met a man in the
should say 10 him. 81 have not committed murder for
have committed murder, for there lies the nInr.
dercd man" Those States committed treason. They de
Hberately resolved TO withdraw from the Union they
Withdrew their representative from Congress abolished
avery Federal office In the Rebel States aud uned every
new stolen gun against the Union Whether lawful or
unlawful the committed both by States and
| We overwhelmed them by the might
arms and utterly destroyed their Rebel Governments
Now were they tle Union QUIT The speaker would
verify his position ow OF the month Of Andrew johnson
himself ON the 2ath Oi May soSIony few days after
the deplorabe accident nay the horrible crime, which
made HIN Chief MaEistTateAndrew Johnson In his pro-
clauatinu referring North Carolina and other States
said " Whereas, The Rebellion, IN It's revolutionary
progress deprived the state Of North Carolina of all
civil government, therefore, J. Andrew Johnson pro
claim etc etc' Here Ia distinct nvowa that the last
vestige o sate Governments was swept away in all
| those IL Rebel states. There not the
smallesi Office that had not been beld by a Rebel,
AM
away the Io.,l officers felt There Governor,
legislature no Judge no sS9saDl ana no man h9d me
intuition OF The United states had provided for such con
tngency The United states shall guarantee every
state In the Uni0n Republican form Of Government
J by any crime these states shall destroy their Govern
menis there power authorized to rebuild TO recon
s1ct" and thai power is the United States Applause
Who Is the United statesi very humble indiVdua"
uoTse " am the United States lLauglterl Louis |
XIV once said, THE State that is l." but under his
S6si,Td than now and here We have been taught in
different school Che people of the United states are
making power OF tie nation in their Representatives in
Congress. Here In Hew'Eusland, You had an
power. when Rhode Island set up two Governors
and two legislature and began sson rs 70 make MAKE
with Judge fancy at Its head, decided that 10 lay with
Andrew Johnson came knocldug at the door OF Congress
with whole annll OF new made states, ana Demanded
piled You have nothing TO do win making states;
They stay until have fixed the conditions OF
m ns said We Will do nothing for vengeance
but everything for security and peace But let US con-
saws: ANY citizen who shall take up arms levy war;
against the United States shall ON conviction thereof
ssr as eVery " in the South We might have
aed 100000 gPbets and hangf Rebel on each Yet
but what Is murderer compared to Rebel The for.
we could not lawfully hang them. Secondly, We
fron blessings We |