The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-18

THE CONNECTICUT EEcTIoN.-The people
of Connecticut are intelligent They vote
probably on principle more generally than
the people of any other State in New Eng
land There are fewer among the among the
voters VINO are led blindly, and fewer who
are influenced by bribery than in any other
State. The average intelligence Of the peo-
Pile is very high. The late election brought
out thorough discussion, and there was no
chance for any great number Of men to re-
main ignorant of the fact that the issue was
fairly one Of Supporting the administration
of BIZ Johnson or supporting tie radical
opposition. We are told that there was an
immense amount Of money expended by the
radicals, and that the result was determined
by that money. Possibly few votes were
bought, but we seldom give credit to stories
of direct bribery at elections in this country.
The last thing man sells is his vote, and
theEe are very few men who can be found
ready to vote for money. 1t is therefore clear
to our apprehension that the vote in Connect
cut may be taken as a fair expression OF the
opinion of that State. If three or four hun
dred votes were bought, which might have
been ON the other side, they may have chang
ed the result, but a small majority the other
way would not have materially changed the
moral effect of the election. Il is plain
fact that just about half the people of that
State are conservative and the other half
radical. That Just about forty-four thousand
voters are in favor of keeping the Southern
States ont of the Union, and forty-iour thou
sand in favor of the Presidents plan of keep
ing them ill the Union.
1t strikes us that such an expression of
opinion from New England State ought to
be highly encouraging to Mr.. johnson. 1t
is only few weeks since the war broke out
between tie President and the radical ma
jority in Congress, and the first election fol-
lowing it was that in New Hampshire, where
the result showed no material effect produc-
ed Connecticut follows, and that State is
evenly divided. The indication is good for
the results VIXEN other States, not in New
England, come to express their opinions on
the Presidents policy.
But the remarkable fact which has been
exhibited in Connecticut is this: that one
half Of the people there believe the war end
ed, and are in favor Of the +" forgive and If
possible forget" policy, which is the only
way of closing human quarrels, while the
other half are for the principle of governing
the South by Northern power. 1t is not i'm
probable that other States may be found as
evenly divided. If the vote of Connecticut
Is metre of the voting population in the
North, it indicates remarkable division OF
opinion among the people, and a very dubi-
oVs future, dependent on which way the shall
maiorities may CO. Every mans vote now
becomes of vast import. The whole destiny
of the nation may depend on the decision of
hundred private citizens who have never
dreamed OF the royal character Of their indi-
vi,lual powers.-Ncaa York Journal Of Com
Dasrce.
CHoKED TO DEATn-The other day. an
indianapolis merchant went into a restaurant
on Broadway, New York, for his dinner He
was in hurry, as snch men generally are
Boiling hiss food without masticstion, he
wind-pipe, and in a few moments was carried
out of the saloon dead--a real case OF sui
eide, in the prevalent mania for doing every
thing at high-pressure speed.
This foolish victim was only one Of a class.
Every day, we meet merchants. bankers,
book-kespers, and persons engaged in seden-
tary avoeations Of all Sorts who are literally
being choked to death and suifocated. They
crowd their stomachs with great loads OF I'M
chewed, indigestible food-leaving that poor
organ to do not only its own work, but that
of the teeth as well At the same time, they
chain themselves to their desks and counters,
seldom emerge from the confined atmosphere
of their business rooms, and manifest con-
tempt for exercise and fresh air, that is posi-
lively fightful. The consequence is, that
they grow despeptic, holow-chested, sallow-
complexioned. sunken-eyed, and incapable
of physical exertion or of real physical en-
joyment.
Thete is room for a great reform in this
direction. No man should give less than an
hour to his dinner-ffteen minutes for rest
before it, thirty for eating, and fifteen foI
rest afterward. Ifmore time can be allowed
so much the better. Carlyle, in his essay on
"chatted food" contends that every hour a
man adds to the appropriation for his din
ner, will put week or a month at the latter
end of his life