Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-05-19

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mini-t-Stiun in IL purely war meas
ure-- Still. a rn4l"riiy of the Peo-
tie "f Come ciicut have wisely de-
c,ded e. stand fast to the p"lirical
par,y which carried the country
safely through gigantic civil war
and 10 set their face. firmly gainst
the party whose recognized chiefs
declared the war failure, and did
all they could to compass ultimate
rebel triumph. Another gratifying
fact is that the newly chosen Legis.
lature of Connecticut will have a
Union majority in each branch,
which ensures the choice of sound
Unionists to the United States Sen
ate in place of Lafayette s. Foster,
whose term expires with the present
Congress.
Nevertheless this triumph came
very near to being a defeat. The
present Governor of Connecticut,
Mr.. Buckingham, was elected by a
majority of over 1900, while Gen.
Hawley's majority is now esti-
mated at only about 700. The
Democrats, too, have achieved very
substantial gains in the Legislature
probably 8 or 8 State Senators,
and from IA to II Assemblymen.
AS the vote was very full,
we must attribute this marked
change in tho relative Of parties
to some specific change of public
sentiment, forit cannot be accidental.
1t can have been produced only by
the unfortunate issue between the
President and Congress. Tho ex.
treme course of Congress under
the lead of Thad. Stevens, in oppo.
sition to President Lincolm's and
President Johnson's reconstruction
policy has already, in a single State,
in Il very short canvass, cost the
Union party 10000 votes Had
the canvass been n little longer,
there need he no doubt that the
Coppcrhead Democracy would have
won an absolute triumph. This is
the more certain when we reflect
that the people of Connecticut, only
few months ago, declared by an
overwhelming vote AGAINST negro
suffrage for that State. Without
discussing here the policy of that de-
claration, it is sufficient to remark
that those who effected it were not
likely to favor the dictation by Con-
grcss of negro suffrage to all the
States, subject to penalty against
whichever Of them should decline to
accede ther, to. Time forbids extend.
ed comment upon this topic to-day.
Wise Unionists will do well to
inquire whether they can afford to
follow the Radical leaders further
in IL road leading to destruction. Is
it not evident that if the Radical
policy is to be persisted in, the
Union party will become divided
and bc destroyed? Probably one.
third of those who rebelled against
the aggressions of slavery, and
united f"r its overthrow as an cle-
ment of political power. were for
merIy Democrats. All Of these
were educated in the same school
of p,liiics with Andrew johnson.
The hcr-sv 1T STATE sovereignty.
sn,~-ri.r &" Federal. having been
crushed hy the war. the>e men sFe
frra ~ ever IN thesr .aT-a-t cf she
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