The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-04-10
The LEssoNOF CONNECTICUT

lie LESSONOFC OFCONNECTlCUT.
We understand says the n Y. Ifi>
6no, the result in Connecticut. The
majority is larger than SAL, and the
delegation to Congress consists OF three
Democrats and one. Republican. The
vote was large, and the canvass fought
upon square issues. The efforts of the
Democratic party were unscrupulous
and unresting. The good old Demo.
cratic custom OF extracting tho larges,
number of votes from tho smallest Civ
en- number OF voters was pracliced very
effectively IN many places, SO much so,
indeed, that at least one OF our candi.
dates for Congress speaks ofcontes,ing
the seat OF his successful opponent. Our
friends hold the power IN the Legisla-
ture, and for all practical purposes, SO
far as the State and the Republican ma
jority in Congress are concerned, the
Copperheads have gained barren tri-
umph. ~.
Aside from this, it is we'll to look the
canvass fairly in the face. A minority
Of the people Of Connecticut hare carried
his election By prodig ionS outtay Of
money and effort, because a part Of the
majority are most ujuSty disfanchised
In October, 1865, the voters were called
upon to decide upon the question of ms
partial suffrage. An amendment per.
hitting the negro to vote, was submit.
ted. The issue was plainly made
There were IN the State about 1000
colored men, Americans by birth and
education-freemen who had borne
their part in the war, and OF whom nine
tenths were Republicans. There was
no excuse for the denial OF suff'rage-not
even the shadow of a reason--but it
was refused In poll of over 70, 900 votes
by a majority of 6,272. Our friends
polled about $4,000 votes; although in
the Spring they gave Gen. Hawley
nearly 4l,000, In other words there
were 10000 Republicans who were
willing to make Gen. Hawley Gover-
nor who did not think enough OF the
honor of Connecticut to give the ballot
to the negro. The amendment was lost
and the apathy, we might as well say
the cowardlce, Of fragment Of our
friends in 1865, disfranchised voters
enough to have elected Gen. Hawley
on Monday.
When Connecticut voted wrongly In
1865, it was tet that her decision would
injure the progress of reconstruction in
the South. Congress, it was thought,
would not dare to give the negro IN the
South the justice that was refused him
in a New England commonwealth. 1t
made the argument more difficult, we
admit, and gave our enemies reply
that we could not very well answer; but
the work went on, and to-day South
Carolina is more free, in the sense of
freedom according to the Declaration of
Independence, thau the old Charter
State, We are not alarmed about the
influence Of the present vote upon the,
Republican party elsewhere, and es-
pecially upon the good work now doing
in the South. 1t would have been well
to have had Connecticut with us In this
great labor, but it can be done without
her. ,r ..T
And now we urge our friends in Con-
necticut to begin this day the work OF
regeneration. Connecticut is Republican
whenever Republicans choose to'make
it so. The fault is our own says THE
Ne,D- Haven Pdladium. The whole
State has been timorous, tlme'serving,
conservative Let there be an end of
this. The defeat of Gov. Hawley is
the punishment Of the Republican Union
party TOR the infdeli,y of fraction OF
its members to the benign principle Of
impartial suffrage. But tor this, we
could have enjoyed the detection OF
Dixon, Babcock, Cleveland, and their
fellow.renegades, and carried everything
but one member of Congress. The les,
son must not be lost. Henceforth, tie
Republican party from The St. John to The
Pacific is a unit for UaiOersdI Liberty
and Impartial Suffrage, regardless CT
caste, race, or color. Those who are hos.
tile to this principle will go to their own
place as Judas did. What little we may
lose temporarily IN one secticn will even'
tually gain tenfold recompcnse in an
other. with malice toward none,
with charity toward ALL, the National
Union party, proudly proclaiming itself
Republican in faith, and works, and
name, devotes itself anew to the achieve
ment of All Rights for All. - .
New York has entered in earnest on
the work of Constitutional reform. The
choice OF delegates will take place on the