The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-28
The Significance OF the Connectf-
Ema KfclnRY.

We are not of those who believe that
the defeat of Radicalism in Connecticut
wholly due to the snapjudgment pro-
cess by which the 10th Amendment has
become part of the supreme law OF the
land. There were other causes operating
which stirred the hearts of the people.
The extravaganza and prohigacy of the
party in power, have loaded the industry
Of the country with burthens which have
exhausted the patience of the masses,
and convinced them of the necessity of
change of rulers. If our readers would
know all the ground on which the Con-
seratives fought and won the fight, let
them read the arraignment of the Radi-
ca party in the address of the Democrat
ic State Committee before the election
We arraign the Republican party for its
var upon the government, for its arbitrary
and despotic acts in violation of the Cansti-
uItion, by virtue of which the government
exists.
For placing large portion of the people
under absolute despolism;
For refusing many States the right OF rep
resentation which is guaranteed by the
CONSTITUTIONS right inestimable TO the
people, and formidable to tyrants only;
For dissolving legislative bodies repeat
eddy by the sword, as i'll the case of Georgia
and other States;
For assembling Legislatures by military
decree. OF men not chosen by the people, and
who do not represent them; surrounding
assemblies by armed men, compelling them
to adopt acts for changing the government
of the United States, as well rs the Constitu-
tons of the States;
For obStructing the lars Of naturalization,
spd violating their own public acts by the
registration of negroes;
For degrading the judiciary and making
an independent branch of the government
dependent and suhservient to partizan die
tation;
For erecting a multitude of new offices.
and sending out swarms of officers and tao
gdthererS to hdrraSS the people and eat ott their
substance:
For levying an Internal rerenue tar without
regard TO representation, and in violation Of
the spirit of the Constitution, by
which seven and half millions of dol
lars annually are taken from Connecticut
and three and a halt millions in excess of
her proportion;
For rendering the military independent
of, and superior to, the civil power;
For depriving the people in many cases,
of a trial by jury;
For taking away charters, abolishing most
valuable laws, ana altering. fundamentally,
the form of our government;
y party whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define tyrant, is
unfit to manage the government OF a free
people. and il should not be encouraged by
their votes. Every vote given for the can
didates of the Republican party this spring,
tends to approve of and confirm arbitrary
acts ; and TO encourage the extreme Radical
leaders to still further deeds of aggression.
PROFESSIONALLY. the talismanic words
which we find flaming at the head Of an
article in the n. Y Times, Radical
"DOWN WITH TAXES" had much
to do in winning victory for the Conser-
natives of Connecticut. On the eve of
the election the n. Y. Herald, a Grant
paper, stated 'that the campaign had
"been mainly fought ON the merits of the
Administration, Congress and the Rad
''ical party" and that "a victory for the
Democracy would show not only that
''the party still lives but is gaining
ground"
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