New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-02
THE coNNEcrIcuT ELECTION.

necticut is Of more than usual Importance. There
are, it is true, no very great interests Depending
1 on it. There are no members of Congress 70 "
1 elected. Only State officers are to be CHOSEN
and in these the people of the other States "oulu
ordinarily feel very little interest. but the
of Connecticut bear very peculiar relatioil 70 Tue
,ol;t;cs If the rest of the country. Party lines
4 have always been strictly drawn there, and the
,,,n,.r;co, remembrance has never been very
erect on either side. The Republican party has
Controlled the State for some years, but with sort
j If uneasv ascendency which always seemed liable
IN disturbance by even the slightest uctuation in
] public opinion.
| The fact is that Connecticut is the political
| barometer Of the North. Her people are ex-
tremely sensitive to variations in the political
atmosphere. Connecticut is, always, the first
State to indicate the vcissitudes of public opinion
When her people hold fast to any particular party
that party may feel safe for the rest of the year at
least When they change their adhesion from one
party to another. political revolution may be
considered imminent.
Connecticut has maintained this character for
many years, and it is, therefore, that her
elections always excite so much interest and
comment throughout the rest Of the country.
Even in the midst of the Republican storms
| which swept over the country in 1850, the
Democratic party Of Connecticut maintained
their organization, and every year since that time
| they have accepted battle, and have never ac-
knowledged total overthrow or lasting defeat.
There is more real sound State rights feeling, more
attachment to the Consultation and the principles
of civil liberty in Connecticut than in all the rest
4 of the New England States combined. During the
war, division existed which paralyzed the power
of the party for time. Seymour and lngersol,
who represented the Democratic organization and
who always refused to approve Of the exercise of
coercive measures towards the South, had con-
trolling influence in the party, whilst English and
Cleveland and Others supported the war. All these
are now reunited in support of President Johnson's
administration, and Of his reconstruction policy
The candidate for Governor, Mr.. English, was war
Democrat, and even voted for the abolition of
slavery in the District Of Columbia and the anti
slavery amendment to the Constitution. These
issues having passed away, he is unwilling to fol-
low the radical Republicans in their attempt to
convert the government into o centralized despot-
ism, and to maintain the supremacy of their party
by excluding the southernStates from representa-
ton in Congress, and. if possible, from partcipa-
ton in the next Presidential election.
| The Republican candidate, Gen. Hawley, is
| thoroughly committed to the congressional pro
gramme, and as thoroughly committed against the
President. There has been no lodging of the
issue in Connecticut. The question simply is
shall the President be sustained or shall the radi-
cal congressional programme be approved? On
this Issue very many of the most prominent Re-
4 pubiicans of the State have abandoned the Re.
1 publican party and are supporting the Demo
cratic ticket Their secession from the radicals
indicates revolt in the Republican ranks, and is
4 the first visible symptom Of refux of Northern
| opinion. E
/ For these reasons the Connecticut election is,
this year, of more than ordinary importance and
interest. The prospects look fair for the Demo-
cratic nominees. If they should succeed in carry
ing the State it will be an Indication that the tide
Of public opinion has fairly turned, and that its
wave is about to sweep the radical Republican
| party from the seats of power.
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