New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-02-28
CONNECTICUT.

| has not only to choose Governor ana Other
| State officers, but four Representatives In the
XLth Congress. The nominations are COM
pleted, the Republicans presenting Gen. Joseph
| III. Hawley for reelection as Governor OlIver
H. Perry for Acknowledgement, William
T. Elmer for Secretary of State, Henry
G. Taintor for Treasurer, and Leman w.
Cutler for Controller. For Congress, Henry
| C.. Deming is reDOminated in the Flrst
District, and Cyrus NorthrOp in the Sc
cond, II. III. Starkweather in the THIRD,
Phineas T. Barnum in the Fourth, are pro-
posed as successors to Messrs. Warner Bran
dagee, and Hubbard, the present representa-
tives. The Democratic ticket presents James
f. English for Governor; for Lieutenant
Governor, Ephraim II. Hyde; for Secretary,
Leyerett T. Pease for Treasurer, Edward ,.
Moseely; for Controller, Jesse Olney, and for
Congress, Richard D. Hubbard, Julius Hotch-
kiss, Earl Martin, and VIM. II. Barnum. These
names. to those who have watched the State
since the beginning of the war, are known 10
represent principles the most opposite, and
indicate that the campaign will be one OF ex-
traOrdnary vigOr.
There is no doubt of the result if the Repub-
lican party works to the utmost OF its power
Nothing but the hardest kind of work can IN
sure victory, for in Connecticut the vote is so
close that the change of q few hundred ballots
may be sufficient to defeat the State ticket
| The majority fluctuates; Lincoln, in 1864 had
| 2,4O8. Buckingham, in 1865, 11,035, Hawley, last
year-when Andrew Johnson's uncertain
principles were used to tremendous advantage
by the Democrats-had but 541. These varia-
tons make Republicans in other States watch
| the Connecticut elections with unusual interest
| For ourselves, we are convinced that there is
strong and increasing Republican majority in
| the State and that it can only be defeated by
| its own oyer-cOnfidence, or the trickery OF Its
opponents. There is the danger. Connecticut Is
one of the two or three States the Democrats
have any hope of regaining it is their chosen
battle ground and this year they are concen-
trating all their forces to win.
The Democrats are fighting under a false
flag. We want the Republicans of Connecticut
TO make it known in every nook and corner of
| the State that the only issues in this can
vass are such as grew ont of the Wharf.-The old
issue between the Copperheads and the Union
| men. James T.. English was last year defeated
by gallant Union soldier in just such con-
| test and James T.. English is again OPP
posed to Gen. Hawley for the sole purpose
of indicating the disgraceful record of the
Democratic party from the day Sumter fired on
| the Union flag to the day when Lee surren-
| dered to Grant. Mr.. English and his party
| were at home opposing the Government when
Gen. Hawlcy was in the field fighting against
Rebels, and the election of the Democratic
ticket now will mean that English was right and
Hawlcy wrong-will mean IN Endorsement of
n al.
who vote against Gen. Hawley vote against the
principles of Mr. Lincons administration; vote
not to 60 forward one single day, but
backward six years. vote against the
deliberate judgment of the whole country ;
vote against the interests of their own State
and vote for the restoration to power of a
party which in 1864 declared the war failure
and av0wcd its readiness to surrender TO the
Rebellion. Then Thomas Ii. Seymour and
Toucey were the standard bearers. To-day
they are kept in the background, but are just
as much the real leaders rs ever. We reiterato
this because the truth must be kept before the
people and because the Democrats are doing
their best to substitute for the real issue an
imaginary Labor question.
The attempt of the Democrats to bully and
coax the Worlingmcn's Convention, which re-
Gently met at NewHaven, to nominate Mr.
English as the WOrkingmen's candidate, was
dead failure, though it was carried so far that
the Convention was nearly broken up in disor-
der. We have only to say that any working
man who reads, writes, and thinks, and yet be-
lieyes that tho Republican party is his enemy,
or anything but the champion of his
rights, must read, write and think in
No do
suppose the Republicans of Connecticut will per-
nit the Democrats to conduct the canvass upon
this basis of fraud. To place the Republican
party on the defensive, in regard to the rights
of Labor, would be like arguing that the sun
shines. We want the falsehood fairly met (for
Truth is the stronger for every lie it crllshes),
but let no Republican journal or speaker be
duped. Push on against the Democratic
lines, and strike them where they are
weakest. Our opponents know they cannot
stand before the people upon the real issue
we must take care that they do not fight this
battle in stolen uniform, which would be
disgraced by their wearing. The Republicans
have a noble ticket Gen. Hawley's admins
tration has been honorable to himself and to
the State, and our candidates for Congress are
gentlemen worthy of the fullest confidence
they have the advantage of men and prnci
pies, and to succeed they have only to leave
tricks and falsehoods to their opponents, and
honestly go to work in the good old straight
forward way. We print to-day the speeches
of Gen. Logan and Gov. Hawley, made at the
great meeting at Bridgeport last night, and are
glad to see that both gentlemen placed the
real question plainly before the people. These
tba firaf aft nd