The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-21

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WHILE THE recent election in New
Hampshire was suffered to go by default,
SO far as the politicians outside ot the
State were concerned, the contest in Con
uecticnt is quite spirited Among the
speakers who have taken or are abOnt
to take part in the canvass on the Dem
ocratic side, are numbered JOHN VAN
BurEN, JAMES Il. BRADY. s 5. Cox, ID
w. VOORHEES, and Others. The Repub-
Leans labor under peculiar disadvan-
tage, inasmnch as in their platform they
have Endorsed both The President and
Congress, and thexe is hardly any repre-
sentative Republican who eau explain
or indorse 80 singular a position The
appearance of leading radicals on the
stump would insure the certain defeat
of the dominant patty, while the
speeches of the Republicans who sup
port the Presidents policy really
strengthen the position OF the Democ,
racV The State Is very nearly equally
divided politically, and the result OF The
election is looked for with mnch inter
est The Democrats have secured, in the
Hon Ell THAYER, al important add
ton to their strength on the stump
Mr. THAYER formerly represented the
Worcester (Massachusctts) District i'll
Congress ANA ranked among the most
| effective anti slavery advocates III that
body The slavery question being set
| tied Mi THAYER finds himself hike thOn-
sands of ofheIs left to choose between
the panty which hopes alone 10 retain
power bl Keeping alive disaHoction be-
tween the two sections, aud thar which
proposes to lay aside " hat is now only
the ghost of the "irrepressible conflict
MI THAYEK's views Will secure an at.
tcution from the men with whom he
formerly acted, politically, which would
hardly be accorded to representative
Democrat Among the foremost claims
which the leaders of the party III power
urge upon the country is that based on
the supposition that they ale entitled 10
which they conducted the late var. Mr..
IuAYER, in his address at New Haven
on "Wednesday evening, pretty thor
oughly meets this question:, as follows ::
Bat let us look at the ground for this
| boast Of having carried the country
| through tonr years rebellion. Let us
| 60 back TO the problem that was presen-
| f,,i TO the country in 1861. Greeley, ia
| his WUIE on the great American nf1iut,
saws that the number OF white people III
the Southern States who were in favor
| of secession at that time did not exceed
one-thlrd of the whole white population.
Now, Mr. Greeley and all other men OF
| that stamp are unanimous IN the asser-
ton that the entire black population OF
the Southern States was and Will for
! ever be loyal ;hen, coming to the ex-
act tigures, we have the fact that not
more than one. fifth OF the people Uf the
states that rebelled were in 1861 ~ Ia
vor of secession The whole population
of those States was not one. fourth of the
| whole population of the United States.
One-ftth of one fourth is One-twentieth
SO that, according 10 the testimony of
these men, onetwentieth or less Of the
people of the United States We're III favor
of secession III lS6l The problem pre-
/ sented to the country al the time when
| the first shot was fired on Sumter was
how this rebellion OF Que against nine
teen was to be suppressed / tell you,
uu the strength OF these facts, that the
rebellion ought 10 have been qnal!ed in
1861, and, If our political affairs had
been guided by political sagacity aud
craftsmanship, it would have been
quelled Applause. There is no eS
cuse OF apology for its having continued
day after that year; and l say to you
that 1t is my most sincere belief, that if
Andrew Johnson cheers OF Stephen A.
Douglas cheers had been President in
lS6l, there would have been no rebellion
In existence IN le62 Loud applause I
Now, this Boosting abont HAVING nut
down rebellion in four years, thai
should have been put down in four
months, is superficial aud vain boastng,
and should not be tolerated without an
answer; and it shall not be tolerated
without an answer in this State, daring
this campaign. We were carried through
this four years of war, without states
manship or foresight, and the Re bel
lion was suppressed by mere attrition