The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-04-17
THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.

feelings and cheered our hopes the success OF
friends in the recent elections in Connecticut II is
the more gratifying when we remember the extraor-
binary means which had recently been employed by
the black republicans to keep up the excitement
amongst the people, and to enlarge and intensity
tional hate. The decision of the Supreme Court in
the bred Scott came just in time to enable the
fctionists to utter louder shrek and to groan with
more imposing emphasis. They addressed them
selves to their unhallowed work of agitation with
redoubled zeal The pulpit too forgetting its proper
duties to both God and man, again came forward
to utter its impious howl and attack in the gross
est language the highest Judicial tribunal of the
nation fanatical preachers, demagogues in clerical
robes, stringng together irrelevant texts from the
Old Testament Scriptures, prophetical warnings
against class of sins and state of society having
little analogy to own, and thereupon founding
pretext to utter dcnunciations and COMBINATIONS
against those venerable and pure who were hon
estly deciding for themselves and the country. Yet,
although the opinions of the two dissenting judges
published at length and scattered by carloads
the State whilst only the points decided, but
not the reasons for the decision, were given on the
other SIDE the sovereign people determined TO
denim these false teachers, and to cling to and sus-
tain the courts and the laws. This we repeat,
is truly gratifying. 1t is gratifying to know, too,
that some Of the influential Journals of black
republcanism would not place themselves in OPP
position TO the decision Of the Supreme Court.
And large numbers Of the people, having had for a
time their passions nfianed and judgments msled
by prostituted press and perverted pulpit, held
back from further opposition to established law. The
President had told them In his Inaugural that their
rights and the rights of every portion Of the Union
should be respected; that the citizen should every
where be protected; that the laws should be faith
fully executed and public peace restored wherever
it had been disturbed. They believed him. The
whole history of his life was guarantee that he
meant what he said, and would faithfully perform
what he had promised and the effect upon their
minds is seen in the result of the election. To dis
credit these solemn assurances, and to array them
selves against the equally solemn decision of the SUI
preme Court, at one and the same time was more
than they were willing to assume they, therefore,
voted with the national democrats or stad at home
We look upon this election, therefore, as truly
auspicious--as full Of promise and hope for the fu-
tuFe, The New York Daily News calls it a break
ing up ofthe sectional parfB;' and further adds that
"he utter decadence of the party which based itself
upon religious prescription before the pres
idental election; and now the result Of the Connec-
ticut election gives the first outward symptom Of the
extinction of black-republicansm at very distant
day" And whilst we commend the wise determine
ton of those who have allowed the sober second
thought to influence them to do right what shall we
say in praise Of those who have always been right p?
that Spartan band Of true national democrats in Con-
necticut, and IN oil the free States who have so long
SO courageously and so perseverngly battled with
the fercest and most unsparing combinations that
the country has ever knowng Fhey have stood up
to their principles with the knife Of prescription at
their throats; they have remained true and faithful
to the constitution and to the rights of the South
amidst clamor, opposition, and violence. Though
repeatedly defeated and overwhelmed, they have
still rallied the true and faithful and standing reso
lutely always upon the constitution and the imper
ishable principles of the democratic party they have
continued to fight the enemy all the issues and
doctrines upon which party stands. The con-
stancy and firmness Of the true democracy of the
North have elected tho admiration and appreciation
of their brethren in all parts of the country 1t has
cost them much to maintain their principles in the
midst of such fierce and unsparing opposition. We
know their sacrifices we know their difficulties !;
and they may be assured that we shall stand
by them, and cheer them and assist them, in all
their future efforts to the utmost extent Of our inu
ence and ability
And to those seditoniss and fanatics who are
now exhorting the people to violate the laws and
sist the decisions of the Supreme Court, we COM
mend careful consideration of the following extract
from speech Of the Hon. Edward Everett whose
learning eloquence and patriotism rank him as one
of the first Of American statesmen Shouts and APP
plause greeted the eloquent speaker. There was no
dissenting voice then Fanaticism had not then rem
dered them mad and blind, and deaf But let them
remember that what was true then is true now,
though they viii not see il nor believe it
Then, gentlemen, as to the Supreme Court of the
United States. do not know what Others may think
the subject hut for myself sir addressed TO Chancellor
walworth who sat by Mr. Everetts side) will say,
that all the abors the sacrifices, and the waste Of