The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-14
The Connecticut Election.

Those who imagine that the Connect |
cut election is without political signii- /
cance as an Indication of the feeling of |
the voters of the entire country toward the |
party in power, and the administration of |
Grant, make great mistake The Dem
ocrats of the State put fairly in issue ma
tional questions, and made war on the re-
construction infamy, the doctrine of pro-
lection, the extravaganza in national ex
penditures, and the incompetency and
corruption of Congress and the executive
departments of the government
In the Presidential election, Grant had
a majority of 3045, and Grant was on
trial in the election of Monday. The Re-
publcans barely succeeded in escaping
defeat in New Hampshire, and would
have been beaten had it not been for the
efforts of Mr. Dawes, who was sent by
Grant, and the Republican leaders in
Washington, to stump the State, and in
structed to say that the expenses of the
government for the current fiscal year
would be less than under the last year of
Johnson's administration. This was not
directly asserted by Mr. Dawes, but he
made representations leading the voters
to believe that such would be the fact.
He cannot be directly charged with max
ing false statements in the New Hamp
shire campaign, but he can be convicted
Of making statements which misled the
people as to the actual expenditures OF
the government for the current fiscal year.
He compared the expenditures from
January to January, instead of from June
to June, and dealt with appropriations
merely, saying nothing about unexpended
balances in the respective departments on
no at m nf la
pended balances amounted to S102 100000
and Secretary Boutwell, says that only
$S,000,000 of them will remain on hand
on the 30th of June next. After the re-
turn of Mr. Dawes from New Hampshire,
Congressman Beck let daylight into his
speeches in such q manner as To greatly
annoy the man Of "mOral ideas" frcm
Massachusetts, and afford the Democrats
of Connecticut weapons of warfare which
they have employed with excellent effect
They have circulated the speeches of
Dawes in Congress, showing the extrava-
CANT and corrupt estimates of the Admin
istration, and have circulated the proof
that his speeches in New Hampshire dir
not truly state what the expenditures of
the government will be for the current
fiscal year. Ben Butler, in commenting
on the speeches of Dawes. concerning the
been smitten in the house of its friends,
and the Connecticut election is proof that
the virtuous and patriotic Ben is . man
of good judgment. The evil that Dawes
did in New Hampshire has been more
than compensated for by the good he has
done in Connecticut.
Mr. Dawes is not the only Republican
member of Congress who has rendered
valuable and efficient service to the De-
mOcracy of Connecticut The speeches
of Mr.. Ferry. of that State, In the Senate
ut Washington, cOndemning the Usurpa-
ton of power by Congress, and the dis
position to trample on the Constitution
TO obtain advantages for party, have ar
rested the attention of the people, and
led them to consider the necessity for an
observance of the Constitution. Senators
COnkling, Carpenter and Trumbull have,
also, condemned the bedevilment' of GeOr-
gia, and the proposition to perform the
same work in Tennessee, in fashion that
must have made honest and intelligent
Republicans ashamed of their party.
Bingham, Logan. FarnswOrth, Stevenson,
and other Republican members of the
House have struck their party blows
which have hurt it severely.
The " dislOyaltv' in Congress has been
largely initiated by the Republican press.
The New York Tribune has condemned
the extravaganza of the party in power
The New York Times has vigorously as
sailed our tariff and internal revenue
laws The leading Republican newspa
pers of this city have denounced the doc
trine OF protection" as an abomination
and in this work have been sustained by
their cotsmpOrarieS Of the same party il
all OF the Western States.
1t is stating the exact truth to say tha
the party In power has been condemned
as hopelessly corrupt, and unfit to rule
by the testimony of its press, and of it
best men in Congress The masses of it
voters viii not cling to it under such /;
condemnation.
In their warfare against slavery, thu
masses OF the Republican party have beer
actuaIed by as noble motives as eve
moved men to contest, but the pOliti
clans and leaders Of the party have beer
demagOgues of worse order than eve
before attained power in this country
The people of Connecticut have decided
that they must GO under, and so the PEG
pie of the United States will decide whel
the question comes before them for dc
cisiOn.- Chic0g0 Times.