Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-11

the national debt must be maintained. an, an econ Omical administration of the affair
 of the government be secured. The right of citizens must be protected everywhere (Applause.) The status of those once
 slaves must be fully -dtsormined. fAp tpianse. Something remains to be com pleted in reconstruction. Grant and Col
 fax will carry out the great principles al
 ready laid down. There is a duty yet to
 be discharged in regard to the right of suf
 rage. The late action of the House oI Representatives at Washington, (applause passing by vote of 15O to A the consti
 tational amendment providing for suffrage without distinction of race or color, is q
 monument to the country's honor (Ap. Plause. trust Connecticut will not con. tinue behind other states in this matter. We have this odious distinction in oul
 constitution. It was not placed there un.
 tll fifty years ago. It is modern doc
 trine. This heresy of '.a white mans gov.
 ernment" is the spawn of Calhounism. se.
 cession, and treason. (Applause.) It now
 behooves us to see that suffrage applies to all alike. do not doubt that General
 Grant will see to it, as far as in his power
 lies, that loyal men are protected in their rights to work, vote, speak, and think. in every part of the country, (applause) as conscience shall dictate. If we do not pro-
 tect them, then the war is failure. The
 Republican party stands pledged to pay the sacred debt representing the purchase of liberty and union, and meets the obliea- ton Tn the rig ht spirit. Only in it's full discharge will the country act honorably. The world at large expects of the nation, and justly-the full and final payment. in that medium which the civilized world ac. cepts as full and final payment. (Applause) It must be paid in gold and silver save when other otherwise specified in the con- tract. Applause. Republican legislation wlll bring us back to sound currency basis. t'@ 'f- ; ss@ VII
 Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty -that IS Q trlte maxim--an old and per haps stale one-but there is living vii tai truth Tn it-citizens must not eyade DO itlcal duties. We see in and around Con. gress corrupt men seeking plunder in the form of public lands and bonds. These meu are enemies to the country and must be so regarded. Retrenchment to the full lest extent must be the order of the day. Economy in state affairs must be maintain cd. That man must be regarded as & scoundrel who plunders the resources of the nation. We long for public opinion which will brand these men with the brand of Cain, and consign them to political in- fanny. We ought to show these sentiments m our resolutions; resolutions ought to mean something that they may have weight. In concluding General Hawley said that at the first Republican convention in this stste, over which the Hon. John M. Miles presided, the Rev. Dr. Patton of New Hay- en, asking the Divine blessing, prayed that the new party might be like Moses of old. l 3 proper child from its birth and an hon. pred instrument in the hands of God, to make us natinn of ffraemen. He then in- tros.- suhnson of FptnSm, moved tLSl-.; old ticket of last year be ,renominated by 1.S
 The motion was seconded by General
 MT. Gum of Milford, moved an amend ment that the convention proceed to take . ballot for governor, i$ s3 s.7 3i*ss"7@
 MT. Albert Austin, of Suffield, said if a majority of the convention is in favor of the old ticket, nothing will be gained by ballot. The way to reach it is to take the vote on the original motion. 2s ,@za- Mir. Gums amendment was lost by 8 decided vote. >s ....x. >, e.,...., .. .e.
 General Pratt called for division of the question, so that vote might be taken on each candidate. For himself he was in fa- vor of the old ticket as it stands. szf
 The chair said he would first put the question, if the convention would nomi- nate by exclamation. It was so decided unanimously. aaq
 MT. Austin objected to dividing the ques- tion. &" "'''. -. ..'S'-'-- ,s,--.. ] The chair said the ordinary parliamenta. rt rule left no option with the chair when a proper motion to divide was put, but to SO put the question. .f u Mir. Austin thought the most harmoni- ous course to pursue was to take the ques. ton without division, which would reach the result, in point of fact the same.
 Objection being made to definite action while the committee on resolutions was out, the members of that committee were sent for. .1afalH 1c. 1oa.1l <. -
 General Pratt here withdrew his call for 6 division. -...--.-.-s..-.. MT. Bartlett of Derby, liked the proposi- ton to divide, because it would show if theae was a man to be found better than another he ought to be placed upon the ticket. MT. Austin spoke further on the question of nominating the whole of the
 old ticket by acclamation. g.ale -r@ 7o
 sMr. Shipman of Hartford, as the friend
 of Marshall Jewell, was in favor of an in-
 formal ballot though he was decidedly in favor of the old ticket as It stands. 6ff5~@
 ., Mr. Rockwell of New Britain. was op- posed to nominating by exclamation. The fair way to do is to take an informal ballot for each candidate. 'a@ .'. -2.,. Mr. Shipman here moved that the vote passed to nominate by exclamation be- re- scinded, and it was so voted. He ther moved that the convention proceed to take Ean informal ballot for each candidate. Mir. Bartlett of Derby, asked the gentle man to accept of an amendment that Mar shall Jewell be nominated by acclamatlom. Mr. Shipman-I come here, as do my
 associates from Hartford, warmly in. faso1 of the nomination. of Marshall Jewell tap plausel: but we desire that the name of ev. fery mar, on the ticket should be fairly and lfuliy cousidered.l We do not desire st'
 have it said, after the convention has don, its work, that there was any dissat atastactloI existfno towards the nomination of Ml tyeweIl.s or indeed of any other person ol ttheticket. Itherefore feel it tobe my adu ty to refuse to accept of any, amendment snd shall insist that an informal ballot b Etaken for . candidate for governor. JAP tplausa lnl9d to ea.ifFi1f ssAA' i.Ii. .'.'..ai E The, convention then proceeded to ballo and out of 365 votes 334 were casti to MarshaIl Jewell, who was thereupon, o ] motionlof General Lee, nominate by ae