Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-20

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
 CHARLES F. SEARLS, of Thompson. I FOR TREASURER,
 DAVID P. NICHOLS, of Danbury.
 FOR CONTROLLER,
 1 ". T. BACHELLET of Wincheste-.
 FOR ELECToRs-AT-LARGE,
 HENRY B. NORTON, of Norwich. 1 ABIJAH CATLIN, of Harwinton. FACTS FOR VOTERS TO CONSIDER
 The Democratic party is earnestly seeking
 to convince the people that they can safel,
 trust it with power. It is plain that unles.
 the Democratic party has greatly changed
 since 1856 or 1860 it is not safe to give il
 control of the Government. Has it SC changed, or is it still party which should be | defeated at the polls until it breaks up ol
 brings forth fruit meet for repentance?
 These questions ably and concisely an. swered by Hon. Emery A. Storrs in the cur rent number of the North American Review. MT. Storrs points out that the Democratic party of to-day is substantially the Demo- l cratic party of 1860. It had a solid South then. It has a solid South now It rallied around it's banners then the great mass of the dangerous classes in the large cities. It ral- | lies them still. The Democratic party in 1860 counted for it's success upon the States of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and 1 upon those States still
 In 1860 1t asserted the sovereignty of the States and denied the right of coercion In l 1880 it, to all intents and purposes, an- l nounces the same doctrine in its denial of the | authority of the General Government to en- force its laws, even after their constitutional | validity has been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States
 Time has made ravages in its ranks, but l nevertheless it's membership is practically the 1 same to-day as in 1860. Toombs Jefferson 1 Davis, Hampton, Hill, Gordon and Lamar l were among the leaders of the Democratic party South in 1860. They are to-day Hancock, Seymour, Bayard, English, Thur man and Ben Butler were among the leaders l of the Democratic party North in 1860, and 1 they are so still
 In 1856 the Democratic party declared that Congress has no power to charter national bank that we believe such an institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the country, dangerous to our republican institu- tions and the liberties of the people, and cal 1 culated to place the business of the country within the control of a centralized money power and above the laws and the will of the people," It has the same opinion of national banks in 1880, and will abolish them if given power. In it's platform of 1856 it resolves "That l the Democrat party will faithfully abide by | and uphold the principles laid down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in the report of MT. Madison to the Vir- ginia Legislature in 1799 that 1t adopts those principles, as constituting one of the main foundations of it's political creed, and is re- l solved to carry them out in their obvious meaning and import" It has not shown any disposition to abandon those principles since, l and that it is to-day thoroughly committed to the doctrine of Estate sovereignty as it has ever been appears from it's national plat form of 1880, which declares ''We pledge ourselves anew to the constitutional doctrines and traditions of the Democratic party as il- lustrated by the teaching and example of a long line of Democratic patriots and states men.''
 Both by its declarations and actions the Democratic party has shown itself since 1860, as it was before, reactionary and revolution ary It opposed all measures looking to the reconstruction of the Union upon solid and just foundation. It has never been satisfied with those measures, and is not to-day.
 Its record on financial questions has been continuously bad. During the war it opposed all schemes for the creation of the national currency-the greenback and the national bank note. It demanded the payment of the public debt as rapidly as practicable and wanted it paid in greenbacks. It also de- manded equal taxation of every species of property according to it's real value, including government bonds and other public securi- ties" In 1869 the public credit bill was op- posed in Congress by the nearly solid vote of the Democratic party. In January, 1S76 the bill to repeal the resumption act received one hundred and twelve votes, all Democrats but one. In June. 1876, as rider to the civil appropriation bill, an amendment repeating the resumption act received solid Democratic support. In August, 1876, a measure to re- peal the fixing of the time for resumption re- ceived in the House one hundred and six votes, all Democrats but three. And as late as 1878, in very many States, Democratic conventions demanded the immediate repeal of the resumption act
 So far as the industrial interests of the country are concerned the Democratic plat form of 1880 voices the long-known and we'll understood ideas of the party. It hates pro- lection, it has always opposed it, and in it's present platform it speaks unqualifedly for a tariff for reUe1eue o1aly. That General Hancock is in full accord with this doctrine of the party is evident from his letter of acceptance, for he says, "The principles enumerated by the convention are those have cherished in the past and shall endeavor to maintain in the future" The Democratic convention emu merated it's principles, and under the fourth enumeration is found the doctrine of tariff for reueraue 0nEy. General Hancock declares that this principle he has cherished in the past" and further ayers that he will Zen deavor to maintain it in the future."
 Add to this the exhibition of incapacity and blundering which the Democratic party has made since it came into power in Congress, and it's crimes against free ballot and fair count, both in the North and South, and we have record which is enough to damn any party. And yet, in the face of this record, the Democratic party, declaring that ''We pledge ourselves anew to the constitutional doctrines and traditions of the Democratic party as illustrated by the teaching and ex- ample of long line of Democratic states men and patriots, y asks for the votes of the people. people that would put such par ty in power would have little right to boast of its common sense or it's intelligence.
 EDITORIAL NOTES.