The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-02-14
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connecticut Leads the Van

Connecticut Leads the Van.
The Republicans of Connections IL,
: serve success, and we doubt not, vii
gam IT, They have adopted platform
{" equal political rights; they asser,
'hat the only just basis of human gov
ernments is the consent of the governed
'hat IN representative republic sucl,
consent Is expressed through the exer.
cise OF the suffrage by the individual
citizen, and that the right to that exer-
else should not be limited by distinction
oi race or color"
iiiat Is the true ground for the partv
OF progress In every state, and We com
efasulate the Connecticut Republicans
'hat they have squarely placed them
serves upon it We believe It will secure
them the election, but If 1t should not
they can afford to be beaten on that
ground their victory will be sure the
next time, and will endure.
Universal suffrage is the ou!y safe an,,
sound policy of free nation. The late
war placed this beyond argument. From
1850 to 1865 we saw that wherever all
inc unlon anu W hBerUy; DuU Wherever
only part of the people exercised the
right Of suffrage, there the secession elc-
ment was strong, and wherever the class
excluded was numerically large, there
the sccessionists were able to control the
people and to plunge the State into re-
bellion.
An English publicist, Partridge, re-
marks, in a discussion of the merits Of
various forms Of government, that
whereas all other forms have failed,
when the theories Oh which they are
founded have been carried out most
faithfully and without obstruction, de-
mocracies have only failed when and
where they were not really democracies,
where only Il part, and not the whole of
the people, had voice in the govern
ment.
There is II profound truth in what lie
says, which we shall do well to remem-
Der. We have come near to national
death once, because we neglected to car
ry out in practice the theory upon which
our government is founded, that all
government, to be just and enduring,
must be with the consent Of the govern
ed. The history of the secession move
ment shows that the only and sufficient
security of the whole country lies III
giving the suffrage to all the people, In
excluding no class or race, in giving tc
every man an interest in the govern
ment. Why were the free States faith
full to the Union? Because in them the
whole people ruled. Why were tht
slave States faithlcss and subject to thu
schemes of the disuniouists? Because
there only il part of the people had ,
voice in the government.
| Th., cor, .,ui. L~ Allowed up il, dc
tail. The two States which were mos
rabidly given over TO rebellion wer
South Carolina and Mississippi, ant
they had the largest slave population
| In South Carolina nearly twice as man,
were excluded from the suffrage as vot
ed; and in Mississippi much Jess thai
half the people voted. Again, in thos'
parts Of the southern States where til,
slaves were few in number, as In Eas
Tennessee, and where consequently tn
! number of persons excluded from tn
suffrage was small. and almost tn
whole population had voice in th'
government, there were found tn
strongholds OF loyalty to the Union.
These indications should teach us tina
if we want peace, If we desire to keel
/ powerless the lawless and ambitiou
schemefs who are found in every com
munity, If we mean to secure Lawful
liberty in this country, we must, every
where, secure to all the people voice II
: the government. IT is right that in thi!
| matter the northern States should SCI
the example. Therefore, We congratu
late the Republicans Of Connecticut up
on the gallant stand they have taken, il
defence Of a right and necessary policy
| They have nominated good mon OF
/ their ticket, and We believe they vii
carry the reople with them.-Nso yorl
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