Litchfield enquirer., 1871-01-26
The pemoeratic Platform

mOcracy. last week, is curious rather than astarfIing set of resolutions. In days gone by, when Mir. Eaton was permanent chairman of the committee on Resolutions, instead of being permanent President oi an Democratic State Conventions. his bold annual avowals of the extremest Southern theory of States Rights were looked foi with some interest. Now, Democratic State platforms are as tame as the Bridge. port Fsvmer of 1871. as compared with the well remembered Farmer of 1881, before ifs Democratic ardor was cooled in the Bridgeport dock.
 The objections made by our Democracy to Republicanism are as follows:
 Ist That it has failed to restore specie payments.-Int the first place the Democ- racy will find it difficult to show that Con. grsss caa restore specie payments. In the second place this demand is inconsistent with the platform of the Democratic Ma tional Convention of 1868, which sustained in effect the Pendleton repudiation theory, manifesfly tending to imitation and the in- deRnite continuance of the present sus- pension of specie payments.
 2a- That it has failed to reform the tar. iG-n the Democracy of Connecticut are really free traders. let them show it by ac' ton rather than by words. Let them re- fuse tO renominate the Hon. W. H. Bar mum. prOteetioHist!
 3A That sit upholds and maintains tax e to sn extent onerous to the people. and largely in excess of the amount necessary to protect the public credit, and pay the expenses of the government. This ob. lsction is easily answered by reference to the last National Democratic platform which demands payment of the public debt of the United States os rapidly as poesiBls" That the latter policy is not only the true one, but that of the Demo. crasic party itself, is also evident from their prompt reduction of the national debts re- salEing from former wars. No policy was more bitterly denounced by the Democra- cy of former years than that which pro posed to continue . national debt. taxing Oaly enoagh 10 "pretect the public credit and psy the expenses of government"
 4EA. That its foreign policy is weak and vecallaaing the Democracy really pro- pee tO follow their temporary admiration of MT. Sumner to the point of war witl 0psak Bxitains
 5th- That the recent national laws to prevent election frauds are subyersive of SzHte Rights. if we Tecollect, was the war. she draft. reconstruction, in short eve rything that has interfered with Democrat Ik fraud and violence. A Democratic plat EOrm without such plank as the above w0aIa be plainly incomplete.
 9th. That while we adhere to the Demo ez2Esc policy of territorial expansion, w object to the annexation of San Domingo by "susd. eioleace or intimidation "-Ex csllsnts but should we have acquired Tex as. California and the "heathen Chinee' cn any such platform? ? In she good olt Aat<dilasian days Of the Ostsnd Manifesto dia we object to spice of ''violtnce ana intimidzfioa" if it would give us Cuba WOrsOssE, as we understand the resolution ik c0@mits the Democracy to annexation shoald it turn out that the people of Sar Do@ingo really desire it. Now that il rzkher farther than we desire to go. Theis is sb0at as much white and colored igno r&nce on the national stomach already Q, n oan digest. and we obi.ct to swallowing WoEeA
 7th That wish Senator Schnrz we ad voeske the repeal of rebel disfranchise msasa-Why travel all the way to Nilsson ri when it ~oald have been so much easie, temy. '.He support Mr. Greeley and en asszs the Nes York TIibaae in their oppo szsSon Co rebel disfranchisement. The, are dli.seresAa Mr. Schurz is little sel n>h. and we gre entirely so. in this mat szss bot bear Mr Greeley and tue Tribune thsy aze EsaIly just and generous r