, 1864-04-09
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. CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
A Field Day Among the ,Sunkek,

The Unionists carry New Haven, [galn).
ono Representative (gain) In Hartford, Mid
dletown e gain), New London, Norwich,
Bridgeport, Meriden, New Britain e guIn),
Stamford, Windham, Norwalk, and nearly
eTelJ city or county scat hut Litchfe1d,
Which they fail to gain BY 18 votes. In Hart.
: ford they are beaten from Is to 43 On State
ticket, but elect II. E. ". Welch, a Repre-
sentative by II majority over William ~
Eaton. Charles Chapman {Dem.) Is the
other member Eighteen Of the twenty lone
Senators, and from tw o-thirds to three -fourths
Of the Representatives are OF the right stamp
Returns from all but three towns foot MP:
Buckingham. Union, S., AS; Seymour, Cop
per, u, 500; Buckfngham's majority, 5,541-
The towns to come in will not vary this
much, and the majority will be about S, 500,
against :, $50 last year, Union gain of 9, 800.
The vote this year is about 2 900, against
r, ,d5l last year-a falling off OF nearly $500,
Of which the Unionists lose about $500. The
SENATE is Is Union to 8 Copper-last year
13tc IS; Union gain, z; the House is 15s to
s2-last yenr, Jas to 95; gain for the
Uuionists Of 1G, making gain on the joint
bnllot of 43.
The Hartford Htst says: ....
The almost unprecedented victory in this State
y a subject osp1ofound songFata,atiop: Governor
Buckingham fs probably elected to his seventh
term Of office by more thsn 1000 majority The
Senate isi nearly unanimously Union, while three
fourths G! the House CHI probably he counted upon
70 pass tho fo:diers voting bill aud, i opportunity
2h1.ds, the amendment 10 the Constitution Of the
United It.tcs prohibiting slavery. A renowned
days wo{k ~sR done yestertlay.
counties bf New ua'za, TelI.nd, and Hartford
gives buckingham majority Of /, ,s20, and wind
batn comes In With n.aj"E'iy Of LIS, gain In
ftth Of $50. and 80 It !. all orer the Stnfe.
Il Is not always that Indignant Patriotism rnetes
out such stern Euntshncnt upon those: who csti-
matc the peoples love Of country and nationality
y their own mean standard oT partizan5hip as Ill
been hessowed upon the CopieIhcads OF C0nnecti-
cut The story which We tell Of their discontinue
today has an almost monotonous Eiory, and the
completeness o! our t1fumphs is only diminished
y me spPstsny ansnean resistance to the
And, now let thoee who propose to throw one OBJ
tt0cle in thc WAY Of tie prosecution Of the rnr let
1Aose who believe TINT Tic manhood OF the cons OF
Connecticut IL get ektinct be warned by the disas
fers WHICH hare oEertaken men Of this kind In tho
State wlnch can count hr hundreds the graves OF
Its sone strcwcd from The Potomac to the Rio
G1nnde, hrd which lovcs and lonors most tenlesly
thtir sacred memories.
:. D1sIElined upon an ignon.nlous peace last gear
their fntoritc Lender, without ceremony ut the
polls. Nor did more sinister and disguised hos
tAify Project them this year, and they have bcco
made Tic objects Of contempt rs well is Of tate.
neccnt, the people Of the United Statca haTc made
up their minds on this subject. They arc going to
sec this war through. Call them abolitiou,sts II
y0n please, call them aject sfarcs II you choose.
They propose to abolish this rebellion, nnd they
seek The ser1itude which their country imposes