The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-09

place tomorrow; that In Connecticut In the be-
ginning of April. The canvass in both States
has been interesting and excited, and we hope
that the people have been sufficiently snlight-
sned upon the true issue Of the election to vote
for the Union and the censtitution-not for tho
niger and the niggerheads. The usual on
deavors to delude the people into an endorse
ment Of the niggerhead party, by charging that
all who oppose tho Niger are peace men and
copperheads, and are in favor Of stopping the
war and recognizing the Southern confederacy,
have been made with unusual vig0r. We hope
that these endeavors will meet with the success
they achieved at the recent elections In the
great Central States.
The voters of New Hampshire and Connect
cut ought by this time to be aware that the mig
gerhesd party is the most hypocritical as well
as the most dangerous which ever dis
graced . free country. During the canvass
in this State the niggerheads denounced all con-
servatives as traitors, and threatened to hang
the conservative speakers Now that the cleo
ton is over we find these same niggerheads
recognizing and eulegizing those very conserva-
tives whom they had threatened to hang a. the
real opponents of the war feeling Of the people
At the war meeting held at the Cooper Institute
on Friday last, who were the principal oratorsi
James 7. Brady, q" traitorous conservative,
and John Van Buren,, another conservative
" traitor" In this way the niggerheads blow
hot and blow cold IS the case demands. II
makes all the differ ence In the world to them
whether an election is near at hand. Let the
people Of New England rightly appreciate this
hypocrisy, and be unmoved by the loud de-
nunciations Of the niggerheads. The very can
didates whom the niggsrheads now revils will
be claimed as true patriots when the election
is over. The issue is not ono Of men,
as some Of the niggerhead journals d.
clare. The voters of New Hampshire and
Connecticut are called upon to give their
opinion in regard to great principles.
They should be deferred, therefore, by no
clamors against certain candidates The peo-
pie Of the Central States set New England an
example in this respect. They elected such
men as Governor Seymour, whom the niger
heads called traitors. What Is the RESULT Has
Governor Seymour proved himself traitor
since his election! Do the niggsrheads accuse
him Of treason nows II there be man in New
Hampshire or Connecticut who hestates to vote
for the conservative candidates on the ground
that tho niggerheads pronounce them traitors
let him consider the lesson of our election and
hesitate no longer.
The true issue Of these elections is, e we
have raid, not one of candidates, but Of prin-
ciples. The voters Of New.Hampshire and Con-
necticut are to express through the ballot box
their comparative regard for the Union and the
negro. They know, or ought 70 know, that Il
the niggerhead candidates arc elected this re-
suit will 30 claimed ~ an endorsement OF all the
abolition schemes for prostituting the govern
msnt into . grand niggsr-bresding asso-
citation. They know. or ought to know,
that tho defeat Of the niggerhsad candidates
will be regarded As victory for the Union
cause. It was 90 in the Central States-it will
be 80 in the New England States. In this WOW
We may hope for . conservative triumph in
New Hampshire tomorrow and in Connecticut
in April. Revolutions move slowly, however.
The New England States have been pretty
thoroughly impregnated with the poison Of
abolitionism. It may take longer to purify
them than IL did the Central States, where men
think quickly, decide quickly and move quick
ly. We can scarcely say, therefore, that we
confidently expect q conservative reaction in
these elections. The work of regeneration Is
slow in New England. More time will be re-
quired, perhaps, before the people will stand
shoulder to shoulder with those Of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. Ephraim has been joined to his ebony
idols for q long while, and may not be induced
to leave them SO suddenly. II Is true that the
abuses, mismanagement corruptions and parti-
san practices of the niggerheads'in Congress and
in the Cabinet must have disguised many an
honest New England man. 1t is true that the
New England soldiers, ruthlcssly sacrificed to
the incompetency Of Secretary Stanton, and the
New England sailors, robbed and maltreated
by Southern privateersmen through the incom-
potency of Secretary Welles, must have some
sympathizers among their friends at home. 1t
Is true that General Mcclellan was snthusiastic-
ally received in New England, and this fac,
shows that the leaven of conservatism Is Of
work. Still we have our doubts that the real
issue Of the contest Is thoroughly comprehended
in New Hampshire and Connecticut The mig
gerheads are - subtle ~ the serpent they imi-
tate, and the New England Eve has been only
too willing to listen to them. New Englanders
do not yet seem to comprehend that the aboli-
tionists are the worst copperheads, the original
peace men, the avowed advocates Of foreign
Intervention, the first disunionsts, the bitteresi
enemies Of any plan Of reconstruction which
does not involve immediate emsncipa
tion. They cannot yet distinguish be-
tween . patriotic conservatism and an un.
patriotic desire to secure peace at any price
The inevitable negro still obscurcs their poll
teal a. we'll as their moral perceptions, and
many Of them still confound the niger with the
nation In this view we can hardly anticipate