Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-28
DEBATE BETWEEN MESSRS. STARK 9Dlaee WEATHER AND MARTIN. 5rgs7

DEBATE BETWEEN MEssRs. STARK .49ubaee WEATHER AND MARTIN fsa l ~ We quote the following from the Nor
 w:.ch BuHetin's account of the contest be. tween Messrs. starkweather and Martin in fthe 3d Congressional District. The former
 opened the debate but we have room only
 o1'1 for Mr Martin s reply and Mr: starkweath- 1 CTS rejoinder. --
 Mir. Crosby, the Democratic Chairman
 arose to introduce Mr. Martin, but that
 gentleman remarked that he didn't want
 anybody to blow a penny trumpet for him.
 for most of the people there knew him, and
 commenced his speech.
 He said, I appear before you tonight to
 discuss only such measures as members of 1 Congress are called to act upon, and no
 others. Still, I am willing to acknowledge that my brother Starkweather has pronoun- ced very we'll the frantic call of the Repub- ican State Central Committee You have probably all read this address in the Bul-
 letin-and Mir. Starkweather has rehears- ed it very well. The great question which the Republican State Committee say is in issue in this canvass is that of reconstruc- tion, and, Gentlemen, has he alluded to this in even the remotest manner? He then read from the New London Chronicle,
 March 31st, 1866, an address of the Repub- lican State Committee signed by MT Stark port the restoration policy of Andrew John son. And now he askslyou who have your sons murdered at the South if you are will ling to trust rebels. (Mr. Martin. here re- l marked that he had an almanac which he
 proceeded to search for, .talking meantime
 in rambling, incoherent way, about Gov. Hawley's letter to the workingmen. No one in the audience could tell what he was
 driving at, but he finally fshed up Fri bNne Almanac. from which he read the pro- posed Constitutional Amendment. Then
 he read extracts from the address of the Republican National committhe without any apparent pertinenoy or point At length he resumed) ). Now what is that? It is the Constitutional Amendment What is that Constitutional Amendments? It is a Constitutional Amendment which says nothing of suffrage. This address which I read says the Constitutional Amendment is just and safe. It is signed by H. H. Starkweather. This is the man who said it was just and safe Henry H. Starkweather said it was just and safe. He met in solemn conclave with this Com mittee, and said that this Constitution sl Amendment as ayplan of reconstruction, is just and safe. Just and safe, says H. H. Starkweather, to leave. the rebels of the South to say who shall, and who shall not vote, in the rebel States I only go back go last September, to find this man saying that he was willing to trust the South. Talk about Bill Eaton Isaac Ton cey! For Gods sake talk about some living imam even if 1t is nobody but MT. Stark weather. himsef. With this record Mr. starkweather ought not to talk about any MT. lassffsfiae lassffssffMia eeitesod with an appeal Tor James E English--not for -Toucey or for Eaton, but for the candidate of the work ingmen, Mir. English.
 MT. Starkweather's reply was very brief but earnest and forcible and set his oppo- nent squirming in the most uncomfortable manner, MT. Martin, several times inter rupted him, and was guilty of marked dis courtesy, to which his opponent paid no heed. MT. Starkweather took up all the points argued by MT. Martin, and answered them in succession. He showed that when his policy that sstraitors must take back seats, ,'' and, that he, (Mr. Starkweather,) occupied the same position that he always had. As to his own and Mr. Martins war record-he should not have alluded it had not the gentleman opened the question. l He understood that MT. Martin did put in l a substitute, and afterwards upon finding there was no danger of draft, expressed regret that he had done it, q say it with out boosting" said MT. Starkweather, "for
 claim no credit for doing what was my du- 1 ty, paid for and put into the army, four substitutes when there was no danger of a
 draft, and all of my salary as Postmaster to
 which the gentleman has alluded, was. ex-
 pended for the benefit of the soldiers. " Hut he said he asked no man to vote fol
 him on that account or any other unless he
 believed hissprinciples were right. MT. Starkweathers closing. speech was extreme.
 ly happy and we regret that our limits and time forbid more detailed report of them.
 At; the close the audience gave him rousine cheers .,,r...r. .-..~,-s..... 4.t+ -...t... | The meeting was very orderly through out, and with the exception of Mir. Martin interruption which was attributable perhap: to nervousness, there was not an attemp
 at disturbance. MT. Starkweather made
 new friends by the ability with which ht supported his positions, and by his manly and courteous department. 1E .gsass~r~
 f The World, which did it's worst to excite
 the riots of 1863, inwhich so many negroes l of this city were murdered or maimed b.