The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-17
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Editorial Opinions Of the Leading
JournaIs Upon The Meet Import
liant Topics CT the Hour.
conrnrD rvlnr DAY TOR rvrSiNe rr1raRArH
Connecticut.
Erem he Tribune.

Ffc,a he Tribune.
The Republican majority in our sister State
RANGES from 1000 to 5000; yet Governor Bucting
ham was reelected last year by 1l,O35. The
World thus truthlully explains that remarkable
result
"1he etetion last year, when Buckingham rol cd
mp majority o. ii 00O, may be sRd 10 have gone by
were firing over the VINO STATE IOT the ian OF Rich
mold, and for Lees surrender IL Was holiday
rather ll0n awSrk-day, even at the pOIs. Thou.
sands Of Domocrats str ed at home"
Holidays naturally bring out Democrats in
sVarms; but MOI holiday caused by Rich
mond's recovery to the Union and Leo'5 sur
lender. Democrats" VI tue Connecticut str pc,
didn't like to be seen IN the streets on such an
occasion. Your true Cepserhead preferred the
chill and slime OF his den 10 the light and
warmth oil the public eXUltation. Hence, you
see, "thousands ol DemOcIats stayed at hoIne,"
ana let the election go by default rather
You told US the war would never end il
Lincoln should be reelected. What do you
think RolgP
Yes, the World is right for once. A vote
taken III UonnectcuJ while cannon we're firing
over the whole State Tor the final COLLAPSE OF
the Shareholders Rebellion, proves nothing as
to the popular sentiment. IL vas not lair test
Thai is afforded bV the two recent elections,
wherein each party did its best, ana each was
confident OF success. These we're the State
election 5of 1868, when L. III. Soy mour was run
on the heel OF Burnside's bloody repulse at Ere.
dericksburg, Grants long pause in front OF
NIcksburg, and tne shame ally ineXphCable dis
asLer to our arms in Galveston harbor; and the
Presidential election OF 1854. At these two
elections the aggregate vote OF Connecticut
~ 1863 1854.
Buckingham. .41O39 Lincoln n.,........A6 601
Sel elmour...n,...,3S8 800 Mcclellan. AZ 2Sj
Republican maj. 2 637 Republican maj. 24O6
The real majority III the State when every vote
is called out, Is just about 2500; and it is thus
which the sham Democracy, by crying John
son !" johnson !n aud putting up lair man tor
Governor, who voted in Congress for the Con-
stitutonal Amendment, are now STRIVING to
overcome.
We rejoice that our friends in that State are
making the contest one OF principle solely. They
do not assail the opposing candidates. They
present for Governor one who, believing it was
right to uphold the Union by arms, when
traitors consplfcd TO subvert it by arms, volGn-
teered to night, ana fought TO the end with the
hearty appreciation OF his suueriors. General
Hawley fought to put down the Rebellion,
while nne-teDths of those who will vote tor
his competitor in their hearts desired the failure
o the war and the virtual triumph OF the Rebels
Mr.. English is SAID to have been WQr Demo-
crat; but his record does not sustain that aver
ment He voted, with Vallandgham, voorhees,,
and Ben. Wood, IN minority OF 40 against ll5
to defeat the act of March 3, 1868, 'enrolling and
calling out the national iOrces,r which III fact
down at whatever cost an act without which it
could not be put down. He voted against the
supplemel tary act OF July 4, 1858, striking out
the $500 exemption, and requiring every one
who should be drafted TO serve in person or by
substitute.
He voted, December IL, 1868, to lay on the
table Green Clay Smiths resolve that in the
struggle which had been forced on the loyal peo-
pie Of this country, there could be bat two oar.
tles-pahiots and traitors; and, this motion
being defeated, he voted nay on that proposition.
which III 1863 reelected HIM 10 Congress on Uhe
4. II. Seymour ticket, and which failed to re-
elect him last April, simply because the Rebel
hon had collapsed and Richmond been restored
TO the Union only day or two before. General
Hawley, on the other hand, fairly represents
that party which carried the country success
fully through the war, and is now fully resolved
not to surrender to the defeated Rebels the
fruits OF its victory. And the voters OF Conncc.
tlcut Will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly.