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THE LATE NORTHERN ELECTIONS.

| IdE LAIE NOhTdERN ELECTIONS.
The late election in Connecticut though it ha.
re"ulted IN the tiiumph Of the Republican pnr
! ty. affords some grounds of consolation to the
Democrats. in the reduction which hos been
made in'former Republican majorties. Buck
SonAM, the Republican Governor, has been
e'ected over SEYMOUR, the Democratic candi
date and Republican legislature has also been
returned, which secures the election Of a Re.
publican United States Senator, for the long
term, commencing from the 4th Of March next
yet out Of vote of sc, 900 the triumphant ma.
Jority is only about 500, and the result might
have been otherwise if the Democrats had
properly canvnssed one of the rural counties
which in this election gave q Republican ma.
Jor'ty OF l,lle. whereao. last year it gave on ly
GIG majority, and might, by proper exertions,
have been reduced to 100 ma jority-iust suffi.
c'eIt to have carried tho election against Re.
rublicanlsm. The Democrats have gained i 500
votes upon the Republicans since the last eec.
ton, and if the gain be anything in. the same
proportion in the Presidential election mex
Fall. it will lie sufficient to win, the State.
The election in Rhode Island has resulted in
Democratic triumph. Col. WM. SrnAGuK. the
candidate Of the Union party having been cleo
ted after one of the most exciting contests
known in the State. There was but one ISSUE
and two parties in the field. and the discomfit
nre of the Republicans was affected by union
of the Foreign" American" and Democrat.
ic vote.
Such are the results so far Of the vital con.
test. which will find its elimination in the
Presidential election of the fall. and which SIS
to determine the fate of Black Republicanism
in the Union. With respect TO the final result
different minds from the same iuta will draw
very different conclusions The Charleston
Nereury thus inter prets the auguries of the fu.
tnrc from the recent indications in Copnccti-
cut:
SIhe late Connecticut election for Governor
and members Of the Legislature involving the
election OF q Senator for the next six years. was
on all sides deemed the most important election
held since the last Presidential election. Itwns
esteemed one Of those events which cast their
shadows before them. The uniform and increas.
ing strength Of the Black Republican nnriv
since the last Presidential election, was fuct
OF fatal s'gnihcancy to the future destinies of
the country. Those who, like ex.Pres,,lent
FILLMORE, believed that the Southern states
would not endure the elevation of a sectional
President Of the United States over them
deemed it absolutely necessary that some diver.
si'.n should be made in the North To nontrol.
ize the probability of such result; Whilst the
Democratic party, in view of its late defeats in
fennsyivania and other Northern States seemed
70 consider their very existence in the Northern
States, to be dependent on this election. Hence
money was raised freely in New York and
other Northern cities; and speakers from other
States were brought upon the hustings, to in.
fiuence by their oratory the portentons rcenit
Nor did the Black Republican party onpeor n
be indifferent to the Importance Of this elec.
tion' although far inferior in it's signifcancy
TO them. They entered heartily into the cleo
ton, and followed in crowds their imnorted
orators. The result is, that the Black Republi.
can ascendancyi is maintained in Connecticut
lhelr Democratic candidate, Governor SEy.
MoUR, the most popular man in Connecticut ia
beaten: :: and the Legislature, by q largo ma
Jority, Is Black Republican, Black Republican
Senator to Congress
Ihe times we're certainly opportune for the
democratic party. Business had been clopped
IN consequence Of tile withdrawal to a consider
ao'e extent of Southern custom from the pro
auctions Of Connecticut industry. Strikes
We Mere sr;yy everywhere rising up in New England
Ihe evidences OF growing discomfort in the
south was manifest in Washington-the De-
mocratlc party throughout the canvass openly
advocated Squatter Sovereignty, by which the
people OF the North could appropriate our
ierritores-and Protective Tariff. by which
the pursuits Of their manufacturing industry
would De stimulated In f,ct, so far as interest
was.concerned, many of their orators nut them.
serves practically upon the Black Republican
platform, whilst they cast the Union into the
scale as the grand nlake-weght in favor of the
democratic party. All was in vain. The
SLACK Republicans swept the State.