Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-01
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The Connecticut Democracy.

A SIGNIFICANT sign of the times is the
adoption by the Democratic Convention
of Connecticut of two resolutions of the
Missouri Liberal Republicans" But
the Connecticut platform and the pro-
ceedinGs are of very different character
from those Of the same party during the
war, when all its energies and eloquence
were devoted to paralyzing the eflprts Of
the Government. There is no conscious
ness of life or power in this latest mani
festo, II begins by declaring that the
Democrats of Connecticut regard emanci-
patton and the equality of civil rights as
established facts, although the Democrats
of Connecticut have always done their
best to prevent their becoming so, They
"repudiate with scorn." The idea that
the Democracy Of Connecticut are in
favor of repudiating any portion of the
public debt, although the Democracy of
Connecticut at the last National Conven-
ton of their party acquiesced in virtual
reputation. The Democracy of Con-
necticut are also anxious for the people
to rise and sweep selfish men from power.
If those people, in Connecticut or else
where, who during the war did what they
could, without taking UP arms, to destroy
the Union, who before the war labored to
perpctuate and extend slavery, and who
since the war have striveh 20 retain all
OF the consequences of slavery possible
have ct last seen that their course was
uh-American and inhuman, it is good
both for them and for the country. But
their case presents two considerations 1t
is just possible that they are not so much
persuaded of their error as of the neces-
sity of seeming to be so persuaded, in
order to recover power. If that be so,
the fleece of the sheep is not large enough
If, on the other hand, they are really CON
vinced that their policy has been wrong,
upon what grounds do they ask for public
confidence or for preference over those
who have done what Democrats them
selves now confess to be right?
The Democrats of Connecticut say that
they recognize emancipation and equality
of civil rights as established facts; but at
the very moment in which they spoke the
Democratic Senators in Congress were re-
fusipg to guarantee the protection of those
rights What security could the people
of the United States possibly. have that
the Democrats would carefully guard
rights which they have always despised,
and for defending which the Republicans
rose to power? That will be the omni-
present question in the campaign now
opening. That is the question for all
"Liberal Republicans" to consider. That
is the question. as we said last week,
which those who are invited to Cincinnati
are morally bound to weigh.
The Democrats retain their name and
their organization. They assent formally
to lncontestable facts. But they are the
same men, with the same traditions and
the same convictions, with whom the
loyal men of this country have constantly
dealt since 1860. Ii they have truly re-
pented let us all rejoice But let us also
reflect a little upon human nature and
history before we insist that what are
fippantly called ''old issues" have wholly
passed away and that, therefore, victo-
ry which the Ku-Klux would hail is desir-
able for the country -HarpetlS WeeIlu.