Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-04-14
The Recent Election An Connec-
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Iron III. New York Tribune, Apriiel

From The New York Tribune, April ol
The Unonists carry New Haven (gain),
one representative (gain) in Hartford, Mid.
dletown Il gain), New London, Norwich,
Bridgeport, Meridcn, New Britain Il gain),
Stamford, Windham, Norwalk, and nearly
every city or county seat but Litchfeld,
which they fail to gain by IL votes. In
Hartford, they are beaten from Is to 43 on
State ticket, but elect II. K. w. Welch a
representative by Il majority over William
W. Eaton. Charles Chapman Dem is
the other member. Eighteen Of the twenty
one Senators and from two.thirds to three
fourths Of the Representatives are of the
right stamp. The Hartford Daily Post says:
The almost unprecedented victory in this
State is subject Of profound congratula-
ton. Gov Buckingham is probably elect
ed to his seventh term Of Office by more
than 1000 majority. The Senate is nearly
unanimously Union, while three-fourths Of
the House can probably be counted upon
to pass the Soldiers Voting bill, and, if op-
portunity aft f,rds, the amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States prohibit
ing Slavery. A renowned days work was
done yesterday.
Everywhere there are large Union gains.
The Counties of New Haven, Tolland, and
Hartford show an immense increase. New
London County gives Buckingham major
ity of l,420, and Windham comes in with
majority of LIB, gain in both Of $780,
and so it is all over the State.
1t is not always that indignant patriotism
metes out such stern punishment upon those
who estimate the peoples love Of country
and nationality by their own mean standard
of partisanship as has been bestowed upon
the Copperheads of Connecticut. The story
which we tell Of their discontinue to-day
has an almost monotonous glory, and the
completeness of our triumph is only dimin-
ished by the apparently insignificant resist
ance of the enemy we have defeated.
And, now let those who propose to throw
one obstacle in the way of the prosecution
of the war, let those who believe that the
manhood of the sons Of Connecticut is yet
extinct, be warned by the disasters which
have overtaken men of this kind in the
State which can count by hundreds the
graves of its sons strewed from the Potomac
to the Rio Grande, and which loves and
honers most tenderly their sacred memories.
Determined upon an igRominious peace
last year at all hazards, they were put down,
together with their favoritc leader, without
ceremony at the polls. Nor did more sin
lister and disguised hostility protect them
this year, and they have been made the
objects Of contempt as we'll as of hate.
Men Of the Opposition party the people
of Connecticut, the people Of the United
States, hare made up their minds on thus sub,
ject. They are going to see this tcdr through.
Call them Abolitionists if you please, cal
them abject slaves if you choose. They
propose to abolish this Rebellion, and they
seek the servitude which their country i'm
poses upon them.
Returns from all but three towns foot
up: Buckingham, Union, 3S,445; Seymour
Copper, S2904; Buckingham's majority
5,54l. The towns to come in will not vary
this much, snd the majority will be about
$500, against $500 last year, Union gain
Of 1900. The vote this year is about y 2,000
against 79,45l last year-a falling off OF
nearly 1900, of which the Unionists lose
about $500, and the Copperheads about
5000. The Senate is Is Union to Copper
last year, l3 to s; Union gain, 7; the
House is 1853 to 72--last year, l42 to 95; 8
gain for the Unionists of l6, making sair
on joint ballot of A. ...