Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-12

clement of the South It voted against each and every constitutional amendment, embodying, as its can declaresn his letter of acceptance he results of the war"
 It declared the fifteenth amendment de- clared a radical change, not an amendment to the Constitution. and it's adoption blow to the liberties of the people. That was the Democratic doctrine in this State. There was not prediction made by the Democratic party which was not falsifed by result. So it was after the war. It prophesied no re- sumption, and when it came without shock to our prosperity it predicted that resump- tion had not come to stay. It had con- trol in Congress for three years without accomplishing one single benefcent measure, spent it's time in setting snares to help their elections and sending out committees to fish for suspected frauds, which have resulted in hooking the fisherman in the parts least ex- posed. CGreat laughter. appeal to reading and thinking men of that party-has 1t not uniformly labored to break down safeguards to the ballot-box and removing restrictions guarding an honest vote? Always and every where it has opposed fair registration law and made the solemn baptismal act in the ad- mission of naturalized citizens fraud and a show. Ashamed of it's history, the Democrat ic party now appeals to the people that it's blundering record be forgiven. It makes a merit of accepting what is inevitable. It now wants to be considered the only party
 
 the lamb over to the wolf. When the devil was sick the devil monk would be; when the devil got well, the devil @ monk was he. Laughter. This party, which wanted the republic based upon the corner stone of sla- very, is glad in the fact that the South again dominates in both houses of Congress. ''In the Senate, of the 42 Democratic Senators, 30 are from the South, and of these B were rebel brigadiers. In the House of 155 Dem- ocrats, 100 of them are from the South, of whom majority served in the rebel army. Of all committees which shape legislation the South has the chairman and the controlling majority In all Democratic caucuses by which party policy is determined, the South is supreme. The rebel army laid down its arms at Appomattox, but it has now crossed the Potomac and is camped at the capital. It lays siege to the White House. Gaunt, hun gry, famished it has turned out every Union soldier and filled all the offices in it's reach with Confederates It has increased the cur rent expenditure of the two houses $1O0, GOO annually by this new mode of pension ing the rebel army. It has swelled the expend- itures of the Government while it has had control from $2, 596, 292 annually in the name of retrenchment and reform. It has reduced the taxes upon tobacco and whiskey, those prime articles of Democratic consump- tion, $11, ,OOO, 900 annually. It now essays to take the White House either by storm. or by fraud God knows never was party more mapnanimous than ours. Not 8 life taken since the war. not an acre of land, all restrictions suffrage removed, and the red handed men who struck at the nations life invited back to the halls of government.
 Dropping his huge roll of manuscript, Brandegee gathered himself and struck home in an eloquent strain in @ scathing review of the claims of ftHancock's statesmanship, " his connection with the Surratt business, and his pomp and splendor in catering to the rebels of the South, and comparing with this pampered son of the nations purse the life and toll and devotion of the scholar-soldier Garfield. ssConscious of his worth we unfurl the grand old banner of the Republican par ty Great applause. As heroes of old at Bunker Hill unfurled theirSappeal to heaven, so we to-day unfurl our standard, appealing to heaven for the success of the right and the discontinue of the wrong" storm of applause greeted Brandegee's eloquent speech.
 COL. BEERS MOVES FOR THE NOMINATION.
 Col A. J. Beers, of New Haven, address ing the chair, moved that the convention now proceed to take an informal ballot for can- didate for Governor; motion carried. Col. Beers of New Haven, John R. Hills of Hart ford, P. G. Thomas of Lebanon, Lucius Brown of Norwich and A. H. Byington of Norwalk, were appointed tellers.
 Hon. George H. Watrous suggested that names be presented pending the taking of the ballot. The chair aequiesced if no objec- tions were taken. Objection was taken by a stalwart venerable gentleman, Dr. w. w. Welch of Norfolk. MT. Watrous pressed his suggestion on account of the effect such a presentation of names might have on the in- formal ballot. The chair decided against the suggestion in the absence of motion, which AIr Watrous said he did not see fit to make. Mir. Brandegee entertained the con- ventioh with spicy remark he asked if all had balloted.
 Pending the counting of the votes the members of the State Central Committee were announced as fellows: