New-York tribune., 1872-04-01
CONNECTICUT.
NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE.

CLOSING SCENES AND EsTIMATRS-TIIE f5sCE
sQUARELY MADE--AN oLD-FAsHIONED DE-
M0CRATIc sPEECH-TuE NEW DEPARTURE
EvADED.
lRROM THg REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THR TRIrUyRI
Hartford, March 3i.-In this closing letter of
the campaign there s nothing In addition TO what has
already been said, with reicronoe 10 platforms and
didates 10 be written. The people OF the State and Of
the country understand the issue made up between
the two leading parties There has been change in
the principles fCOnnectcht Republicans The Democrats
are making the canvass platform proiessedy tho
same as that adopted by tho Liberal Republicans of
Missouri. though 1t Is entirely different lfairOnc
laying down a cardinal doctrine OF political faith,
the righfu sovereignty of the Union" and tho other
swered its purpose possibly had the party leaders
IN their press and on the stump insisted that the party
itself has not changed It's principles, but Is tO-tay
ever in the past vigorous supporter OF the doctrine Of
state sovereignty The issue then, far as the nation
concerned Is one which the war ought to have settled
and would Lave settled did We not have party OF
BourbOns among us, Connecticut may now answer
again. IL not decide, the question whether the Union
paramount TO tho States, or Is so much thelr
| creature that 1t has not the power OF s.i-
preservation In uphodng the rights OF the states the
Democratic party here has sought during the campaign
TO make the direct. az least more conync
ing. by complaining OF the centralznS tendencies oi me
Republican party shown by its majority action IN me
Federal legislature but have recognized In all this
cital Of old complaints which were put with greater
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional
Democratic party to-day in Connecticut Gays IN iis
platform are deserving the support Of all g00d cItZ.s
OF both parties"
Turning from National to State Affairs the Democrats
have nothing There Is absolutely nothing for them
to say In all the departments of the State Government
the Republicans have displayed energy good sense. and
wise economy The public debt during the past year
has been reduced nearly million dollars. The argI
ment concerning home aiirS Is all side and the
Republicans have "a decided advantage in holding
before The public the the result IT. o, their own good
making no appeal concerning national matters except
trhZlon, ana having no word 10 say why CONNECTICUT
State has not been well anu faithfully governed by
campaign live dead issues and If the party shah
encounter defeat lo-norrow may we not hope Tor some
energies OF the Republican party against something
better and grander tnan a corpSei
Az ITO the prospects Of to-morrOws ght
70 change the opiaons which already been freely
EXPRESSED in this correspondence. All signs point TO
complete Republican victory. By fair reasoning Gov.
Jewell ought be elected b. the people as tho canvass
stands and probable that he viii he ii the vote given
for the Temperance and Labor Reform parties doe not
exceed that which is conceded by the Republican Com
mittse but there's the rub" All depends before me
people, the strength othose two new political expert
inc,s Bat there he TO doubt that II
Jewell is not elected by the people there will be no
the popular vote and that thc Legislature WIZ
be sufficiently Republican joint ballot 10 elect the
whole ticket. Atthc Republican headquarters there Is
the greatest confidence IN inc general rS..ii, anu anu
walls. the contrary, al the Dem0cTatc hcadluartefs
no statement is furnished unless qacdby so many
conditions that 10 amounts m nothing. Mr. Brown inc
Chairman OF the State Committee agrees with Mr. Bent
the Republican chairman that the total vote Of the State
viii All vi probably three four thousand from last
wear He SAYS figures satisfy him that the state IA
Democratic bat cannot rely upon united action nor
upon full expression at the polls and be Is unwilling to
say than that the result il in considerable doubt
vote aud agrees with Mr. Bent again that ~ Will GER
tainlY ncutrazc the Temperance vote 81 far az the
latter will draw strength from the Republican ranks.
The contrast the conversation OF the two Chairnen.
concerning the situation is so great that one in seeing
them both feels 81 in his bones" that there Is very little
cause o hone the Democratic slle.
The Hon. W. Eaton whose bitter Secession proclyltics
were manifested during the made his first speech
Of the campaign last Thursday evening" and boldly
ayowed the state Rights doctrine opposition to the
faith OF the Missouri Liberal Republicans in the right
f sovereignty Of the Union" Mr. Hubbard. the caudi
date for Governor spoke from the same platform and
his speech Judged rs a political effort failure It's
distinguishing feature was ITS omissions. lie Inado no
illusions to tho platform adopted at Newiiayen; not
word was salt 10 coAmit t"e SPraAer NO 10
any great princlple or political action WIN
of using money for dishonest and criminal purposes 10
elections aud in this every honest Republican VIII agree
cratic party Connecticut has not elected Governor in
years, except by corrupt means He might nave shown
been attempted defeat the honest vote of tins state
was exposed in Gov Eagshs own ward in New-IIayen:
100 ballots for English into the boxes, and subse,
quently, when they iognd that the fraud would
come light and be clear as day upon comparison
the whole number OF votes cast win the checked
names upon The list they committed 2 burglary az t1e
Fourth Ward box deposited there In no single case
has the Republican party OF CONNECTICUT been suspected
consistent advocate of the State Rights doctrine. par
cnary since 1861 when he declared that Massachusetts
troops could not pass through the borders OF Con-
nectcut 10 invade sovereign OF the Union without
frat marching his dead body. Nh. Hubbard. at
that time prayed that the "pl0wsh1rc OF war might
tear ND Southern SOIL which TO Mr Eaton 50 sacred
and bring aD0ut the harvest of new race delivered
from bondage These men differed then bu. Mr. Eaton
now announces Dir. Hubbards conversion. The rocep-
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