Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-24
DISAGREEMENT WITHOUT DISRUP-
 TON.


 cut Democrats are not lost to the Democ- racy; and the Irish element will, when the day of battle comes, be found ill the front | with it's well won motto, "Semper Fidelis' l Haunting as proudly as ever. Republican circles are exercised over that little disa- greement in New Haven; and Republican organs are full of hope that the disruption will tend to victory for their party in the coming Presidential contest. We can read this expectation between the lines of edito rial announcements that appear on the surface to treat the whole matter with in difference But let us, once for all, relieve our journalistic brethren of the ''tattering unction'' they have laid to their souls. There will not be a Democratic secession to the furtherance of Republican success. We have fought for hue and bled for a name in other times; and the old insanity will not be revived while the bitter mem ories of disunion are before us. Why should a great party become demoralized by the alleged treason to its principles of MT Troup thousand traitorous troup- CTS of his class and calibre; and why, even the Yale professors tale be true, should we sacrifice great national interests for the incorporate declarations of a Cabinet off cer MT Troup does not hold in the hollow of his hand the power of the Democratic party in New Haven that we should dread the effect of his perfidy as the prostration of its power; and the individual Cabinet officer cannot be regarded as voicing the sentiments of the Administration; why, therefore, should the Administration be made to suffer without some more tangible cause than perhaps-supposing the Yale professor to have spoken truth-the preju- diced rawlings of some third-rate clerk ill the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.
 Smarting under a discriminating injus- tice; feeling that deepest of all bangs, a sense of ingrate requital for uniform de- votion to party and iple-believing that as American citizens and consistent Democrats there should be community of privileges vouchsafed just recognition of political worth, but finding that race and religion were barriers iii this regard it is no wonder that the Irish element in New Aforementioned by brethren all over the State-have kicked against the insnlt and made protest against the man accountable in greater degree than any other for the provocation that led to such protests. No wonder that those who had acted so Loyalty and persevered so nobly when Encouragement presented itself on every hand should vince in the day of victory to find that persistent foe within the ranks should find reward as ii were for trampling down, as it is said Troup has trampled, their best feeling and dearest interests but the wonder would be greater if untrue to their in stincts and in forfeiture of their traditions they were to surrender the party of theil life devotion for the wrong doing of any individual. There would be different as pect to the matter had the Irish protest been made at the time MT Troup's appoint ment was mooted. Then, without delicacy or difficulty the views of the memorialists could be respected, while now the Presi dent would be placed on the horns of { dilemma by the removal of the incumbent from office; raising up for himself and his Cabinet as fierce protest in another di rection. We must view the matter il judgment and with reason; and not rusl on blindfold to the fall of Democracy between two sections of Democrats. | would be too much of triumph for MI Troup if his were the name to give back Conn ecticut to the party of his first affilia tion as a Citizen of the United States.
 And then-why should we be disinte grated by the fimsy Justification of al anonymous Yale professor? A new Chail for the Colleges to teach how to lie with impunity for political purpose might be in or der; at any rate it would be unwis' to give up our loyalty for a ie-a lie cir cumstantial, with perhaps 8 small basis O truth--but then Tennyson tells us that '', lie that is half the truth is ever the black est of lies.
 A lie that is all a lie
 You can crush and strange outright
 But lie that is half the truth
 Is a harder battle to fight.
 We are inclined to take the professor story as flo from the whole cloth-o based at best or worst in the indiscreet bab bling of back stair dependent. But le it turn out to be true in every particular let it be that the Cabinet Officer, if he di, speak spoke the sentiments of the Cabinet if the contempt for Connecticuts six electc ,.,. .,1 fba ,fofin ,G