Litchfield enquirer., 1868-02-13
ADDRESS
.s@g sgss 5. OF THE s 4s -s s REPUBLICAN, GENERAL CoMMIPTEE~ E.
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 hERUbLlsAN4 CENTRAL COMMITTEEs esa 10 "ee Etectors cf ae State 2 roanecttc"t:
 Ill view of the approaching election, we ask you Io consider the issue involved, and td yindicate o.i1e iDore nere III our good old Statt, 1he cause or Liberty, Justice and National Upiy Ne .ar. nestiy enereat every man who yet cher1eheS loyal. y una nope for tine Republic, to lay aside cvers matter of minor importance to forget every per, sonar consideration and look the consequeIces oi lhis election Squately Ill the iace. Two parIe. ask your support-tho Republican party and the party that calls itself Democratic. In the ranks or the Repubilcan party can be found no man who ever aimed blow at the nations life or jceYcd the soldiers who for their cOuntrys cause faced death iii the field, and endured starvation m tine priso pens. Every Republican Wa, q tr,e-hesrted na- tr1ot during the war. On the other hand, in the ranks o1 lhe Democratic party can be found every traitor to hls country, ana every traitors ally The war has ceased, but the spirit Of the rebellion, liy!s-the shock and shout Of battle is heard no more, the fierce onset of 'contendng hosts inc the gasp of the dying, the wall of the wounded and the moan of the prisoner, have passed into histo- ry, but the contest Is the same parties and prin- cpes and the results aimed at, are unchanged. The Republican party is ill 1868, as truly as in 1851, the party of the Union. Tine Democratic Party IS to-day, as then, the party of Rebellion
 1t Is the boast of our oppohents that they have not changed. We take them at their word. Their principles are the same to-day az when they or ganized rebellion, cursed of God and man. plun- dered tEe nations treasury, struck down it's eori- ous flag, sought it's dismembermenE and 7ver throw, murdered its defenders maligned. tortured and starved its soldiers. Then they boldly pro claimed the right of secession based on ''the sovereign power of tine States" Now, when five long years of war have vindicated thG sovereign will Of the PEOPLE, they deliberately reaffirm rby resolution, the sovereign power of all the States Then Northern and Southern Democrats joined hands to establish Southern supremacy by force of arnis. Now they join hands in loving accord to embrace recreant President, and ioif voices to shout his praise while he seeks to establish Sonth ern supreinacy, by tnwartinS the expressed will of A a IG.41G Tc 11ni5. n mocrasle party to-day seeks to accomplish by votes what It failed to accomplish by bullets The Republican party viii maintain at the ballot-box what IL won Tn the field Ihe oa1y question in U4s eecfi1n $ Rl$: SHALL THE AFFAiRs OF THIS EA- TON BIZ ADsnSIsTERED BY ITS DEFENDERS AND FRIENDS, on BY ITS ENEMIES: Under our banner nghts tne sprlt of loyalty under theirs the foul spirit of Treason. / 0.-,- The orators and presses that never applied the word :" treason to armed rebellion, or traitorn tp alufdef"ts Toe, now rave about '' treasona- De congress, and stlgmatiZe every patriot as a trator They who saw nothing revolutionary In secession, now howl about "reyol1tiongry Congress. They who sneered at the murdered LincOln, to-day denounce all who revere his mano Ory and who would emulate his virtues The nar- Y which in the nations need endegvored to de- preclate Its currency and discredit it at home and abroad 1o-day would repudiate its just obliga- tiOns The party which baiied and hindered 0ur triumph, opposed and prolonged the war; increas- cd our expenditures and forced upon us our na- tionSl debt, now whines over the burdens of taxa
 
 franchise the Union soldiers, now as persistently claims that the white rebel shall vote and the col ored patriot shall not. The party which threat cned biOodshcd in cur own State and inst over our border melted and cOuntenapccd rof and dis order, to-day either boldly threatens or darkly hunts at civil war, If defeated at the polls The party ~Llch abetted and defended treason, to-day would exalt treachery and reward crime Tho par. ty which in national convention deliberately nro nOuncsd the war 8 " failure" now joins with do feat"d rebels to regain their '' lost cause" Such ss hg rlpnrI nlaHa ln the days when Connecticut stood with her New England sister States, true to the flag true to the country and to God.
 Men may differ concerning the propriety of car tain steps in the process of reconstrucijon hut upon the great question yet to be settled all pa triotIc men must and do agree. It may be stated mus Andrew Johnson and the whole Democrat Ic party boldly demand that rebels shall be per nitted to participate in the affairs of the nation direct its policy and hold the offices of trust and power, while yet unrepentant, rebellious and me. LE;iAnt, hating the government and determined to rule It For their own wicked and damnable ends or to ruin 1t. Congress snd the Republican party ir s.s on no forfeited life, no sweeping punishment, are ready to forgive and welcome rebeIs hut d. msnd that they shall give up their rebellion ond become loyal and peaceful ctiZens of the poyerr. meni they sought to destroy. Upon which side "t this great l~~ne will You be found? Democrat se Tetsels at the south and their Democratic breth Ten st the North have formed a wicked alliance asaIn&t the best interests and righteous clams of the hepuhhc We call npon all trne-hearted men M common cause of National JJntv Men may disagree concerning certain financial problems, but upon the great financial question vet to bc settled, all honest men ca u have but one opinion We state 1t thus:-The Democratic partv has but one hope of success and that through their alliance with the rebels Should it attain pOHer II can keep 1t only by acceding to rebel de- saNnd- first ot which Is the repudaton of our na- uoR-l debt Upon which side of THIS issue will you a. honest men be found?
 We commend to you the candidates selected by lr.Na Eeg kA ing them tp be men worthy of vour hearty sur- Fssss- We commend them to you knowing that if sae>ted, i will be by tine exertiOns and votes of whose first love ;s for still imuariIIed conn try, whose highest impulses arc noble and natriot ic; bat f delcated, t will be by the votes of men who Etted TO arm In defence of the nations hon "I- who h"F'cd and stroye for divided Union, and Eh9 nos seek Ia deliver it into the hands of its en- oEnses; knoElng, tOo, that their success will hAsfen 'ae establishment of permanent traaaul- ,y and prosperity on the basis of patriotism jus tce so'I liberty, and that their defeat will tend to natlan1l disaster an.i lasting shame
 RePas'-icsns cf Connecticut! YoU CAN ELECT KSCE PICKET IF yol- WILL Last year you were par satly dese@te, partly by accident partly hy rraud by zccicEft n thai issues foreign ia the reGi oues usrs Eege forced upon vou bv persistent misrenre- se1tafsu- whereby the attention of the people was diverted from tn" true nature of the contest by !raH1 En that vast sums of money were unscrupn- ."Gs4y furnished and as uuscrupulously expended Us your opponents In corruptlnS the voters of the state Noa have still to contend with party
 
 baekei by mIney, seeking dishonorablc ends. and 1e~Ei=issag at no means for their accomplishment Ehe result is Eith you. It Is no holiday contest aI'on which you haze entered. There is Repub- ncAn majority m the State. 1t rests with you to Eay whether Ii shall hc secured. The means and rS-ssiS are m these words WORK AND VICTORY "Ork m fsct, and not in theory Every man n r-sHsE and every man cictor, should be the mot e Uf tlsss campaign Years $ the oF,eLins engagement of the great Presidential battle, In which is to be fought and sstt ed once and Forever the issues between right and wrong. justice and injustice, liberty and des POti<m- The nation stands watching and waiting the Issle uf thls engagement. Your victory shafl elevate to the highest office in peoples gift the man wAo to-day stands first in the hearts of his ccant-ymeE- the true patriot, the sagacous states Hlan, and the greatest captain of the world. Un-
 der hs gnl4ance, tr.nqull,ty shall be restored ius- ssce established prosperity ensured, and q THIS SHALL EE REPTsIIc WHERE THE WILL OF THE FEcFEE Is TzEE LAT az LAND.''
 February :. lst5S. .-.. sr
 O- H. PLArr. New Haven County, Chairman
 EZRA HALL, Hartford County.
 B. BENT. JE-. Mitlllcsex County .t : - <
 JcSErH F. CALHOUN. Litchfeld County
 WM- F. SErLET. ..
 wr,H, CGssIISss, Fairfield County.
 JOaS TsEEpY,
 ALFED Corr.
 AI.Ex TryxSy, New London County
 E =. DNS
 DAVID GSEESsLIr, Win, ,l,,a,, C,,,,tv