Year: 1869




III WM Change Of Bass.


The democracy Of Connecticut ct their
recent State Convention renominated their
State ticket Of last year, headed by Governor
English, and proclaimed their platform for .
new departure. They resolve, frat, that the
late Presidential election was carried by -
system Of prescription and corruption unpar-
aileled in the history Of this country" We
think that to great extent it was the result Of
the stupidity and folly Of tho democrats in
Tammany Hall. Il is next resolved 10 stand
by the old democratic constitutional land
marks; but this Is only the old democratic bal
derdash. Next, while they opposed General
Grants election they are disposed to sustain
him In every just and constitutional measure
plank which may signify something or
nothing. Next they resolve that the efforts Of
the radicals TO deprive the States Of the right,
each for itself, 10 regulate suffrage, is an opt
rage whicf the sturdy Connecticut democracy
s'will resist BY all lawful means" On this
issue against constitutional amendment estab-
fishing universal suffrage, negroes and all, the



battle, and WIN como out as usual since
1866, with the prestige Of defeat. The tide is
running the other way.


But the distinguishing feature and the main
plank in this new Connecticut democratic plat
form q 1869 is the resol1Ion ON the money
question. In this they say that s'the charge
Of intending to repudiats any portion Of the
national debt" so persistently made against
them, sis slander without excuse or provo
cation;" that their policy looks to the settle
ment Of the public debt and the resumption of
specie payments; that they demand the
closest economy and retrenchment until eve-
public creditor rs paid his AQnest dc.ss to the
uttsrmss.t t.g tsEthiagS Nov, th!s Is something
form, but it is the Chicago republican plat
form. 1t is true that the suspicion in the
public mind that the democracy were bent
upon reputation damaged them in the late
Presidential contest, but the party in Con-
necticut say this charge is "a slander,' for
that they intend to pay up the national creditor
s'his honest dues to the uttermost farthing."


1t is evident, too, from some other proceed
ings of the Convention, that they abandon the
fight with Congress upon this question. Mr..
Thomas Waller, president, in his opening
speech, hoped that the Convention would
declare ''emphatically against reputation Of
all kinds, but he hoped, too, that they would
not adjourn without expressing their approval
Of President Johnson's struggle to maintain
the constitution against the encroachments Of
the republican party" But the Convention,
while taking the hint on Reputation, had
nothing to say for johnson. He is completely
ignored, and the reason for ignoring him lies
probably in his recommendation to Congress
to appropriate the interest Of the national debt
to pay Oft the principal.


The Connecticut democracy haul down their
Tammany colors on reconstruction, and on the
national debt they beg the question. On the
suffrage issue they are distinct, but on the
losing tack. On all the other issues of the day
they deal in twaddle or "glittering generali-
ties" The party is all at sea, and having lost
Connecticut last November, the prospect Of
their recovering it this coming spring is very
slim. They have spiked their principal Nm
many guns on the money question and on
reconstruction, and they are adrift.