New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-30
CONNECTICUT.
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| The eyes of the nation are fixed upon Con-
necticut with the anxiety Of the Revolutionary
patriots, when in that dark Winter of the cause
their hearts yearned for news from the Jerseys.
We trust that the response, when it does come,
will be as cheerful as that which gladdened tho
hearts of our ancestors when they heard that
Washington had routed the Hessians
| In Connecticut, We have more to fear from the
Hessans than from those who are openly OPP
posed to the party of the Union. In the days
of Mr.. Lincoln's Presidency. the Republican
party was afflicted with lot of camp-followers
and neutrality-suspicious. like Victor Hugo's
Th6nardier, who followed the army to plumber
the dead. They were constantly anxious fol-
spoils, and supported every scheme Of coalition
which promised to perpetuate their power. 1t
is the curse of all successful parties that such q
class will follow them, and we paid the penalty
of its support in Connecticut last Fall when we
attempted to carry the Constitutional Amend
ment in favor of equal rights before the laws.
To conciliate that element now, the Copperheads
have selected Mr.. English, in the hope that his
spotted loyalty will induce the Hessians to
desert in body. In addition to Mr.. English,
we have President Johnson brought into the
lcanvasS-two President Johnsons, indeed-one
said TO be pure gold, the other copper-each
party claiming the original A. j. with as much
pertinacity as though the said A. j. were trade
mark for box of blacking or a bottle of horse
liniment.
To our friends We make this appeal. Con
necticut was lost on. the question OF Equal
Rights by the apathy Of our friends, and by the
secret treachery of these very Hessians who
carried their votes against equal suffrage tc
Washington City as sweet SAVIOR for Pres
Dental gravy. That election belonged to US;
and with earnest effort we could have united
|New-England on the basis Of Equal Freedom.
The lesson we learned should not now be for
gotten. We must carry Connecticut on the
highest and manifest ground, Sinking no issue,
avoiding no responsibility, making no attempt
to play the part of Mr.. Facing-both- As
to the President, his approval or his opposition
is of little importance to US. Whether the
President is supported or not, is Of small con.
Germ. He is but man, whose life must run iii
course, and whose power of to-day will be the
merest memory of tomorrow. Principle il
eternal; and this contest is eminently one Of
principle If Mr.. johnson follows the prin.
ciple, he is with us; if he opposes it, he i.
against u.s. Better far that each yeoman Of
Connecticut should feel that the question is not
whether he shall support President johnson,
but whether the President shall obey him. The
ballot makes every voter President; and we
trust that the preferences of Mr.. johnson will
pass from the canvass. We are now fighting
above the clouds; and all such personal ques'
tons are of the earth, earthly.
As the day Of trial comes, let every true man
Connecticut grid on his armor, and see that
MS neighbor is well armed, and every loyal
shield locked tightly. Do not let a vote be lost
If any sort of effort is made, the State is ours
but let us have it by decided majority. Shall
it be twenty-five hundred Lincoln received
nearly that when the nation was called upon to
declare that the unfinished war was a failure.
The question is now repeated, but with more
serious meaning. Connecticut will certainly do
as well as in 1864.