New-York tribune., 1867-03-26
THE ISSUE IN CONNECTICUT

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cept that all our friends shall come out and Vote'
The State is ours if we take it, although we
see that our enemies are rejoicing III anu
cipation of great victories, that MI senator
Dixon is receiving encouraging letters Vroih
Mr.. Cleveland, we presume), ana that the ITO.
sident hopefully looks for an mdorsemeht oI
his dozen vetoes by this steady old common
wealth. IL our friends had been more sincere
| about Negro Suffrage when the opportunity
was given them; if there had been less OF
facing both ways and faintness Of heart IN
otber.davs if the negro had received Justice
whom ;ustice was generosity-we should now
have Connecticut against all peradventure. AS
| II ia. we must work hard and be content
with a small majority.
The best evidence of the temper OF the op-
position may be gathered from the vote III 1861
| Mr.. Lincoln, in the agony of the war, was only
| able to beat Mcclellan by 2,4O6 majority. Nhen
the war was ended by the surrender OF Lee,
| the Republican majority was rushed up TO
| II .O35 TO fall to 541 in the year ensuing. In
other words, the Democratic party was so closely
united to the Rebellon-tho principles con-
tended for by Thomas II. Seymour and Robert
E. Lee were so identical, that the rout of the
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We have the same men, the same tenn
per, almost the same issues to fight,
with the exception Of few forlorn War Demo
Gratis, and wagon-load of hungry renegade
Republicans; who have gone over to the ALI
ance carrying with them the money and pat
ronage of Mr.. JolnsOn's Administration. Ihis
is what Mr.. English represents. He, it is SAID,
once gave 800 to carry on the war; but Tor
that moment Of spasm0dic virtue, which soon
subsidized, he has bravely atoned by consistent
affiliatiOn with the Copperhead allies of Robert
f. Lee.
This ia what Mr.. English represents, and
this is what We are called upon to defeat.
Our friends arc led by gallant soldier of our
army The only virtue which Mr.. English adj
vertises is crime in the eyes of many of his
followers, and he is not a fair and square can
didate like Thomas H.. Seymour, but snare,
spy an ambush cand0ate-chOsen as mere
entering wedge, and to be followed by the
whole riff-raff of Copperheads, and Rebels and
Johnsonitcs. The election OF Mr.. English means
positive Endorsement OF the folly, the perfidy,
the wrongs Of Andrew Johnson. 1t
means that a degraded Administration
shall be endured; that the unavenged blood of
Memphis and New-0rleans was justly shed
that assassination, and arson. and massacre con
stitute loyalty to the Union. The usurpations
! of Andrew Johnson, his constant war upon
Congress and the people, the unrest that has
been cast over the South will be accepted aud
ratified as the viii of New England State,
There will DO moie joy IN every uhfepehtant
Rebels heart over a Democratic triumph in
Connecticut than lie has known since tho
! triumphs Of Charlottesville and Fredericksburg.
We shall feel that the loss of the State will be
almost as disastrous TO the country.
We shall feel this because of the moral effect
of defeat in Connecticut A great question
has been determined by Congress, and much Of
Congressional virtue in coming struggles win
depend upon the answer that act evokes from
the people. In the struggles that may come, many
weak hearts will be strengthened if they know
that the conservatism represented by Connecticut
is in accord with Congress, for with Connect
icut lusty and Jealous we may hope for
support from tho remainder of the Northern
States. Nor are we are unmindful of the great
questions that have been brought to light since
the elections in October We are far in adj
vance OF the men who carried our banners in
1866. Issues from which even true men shranl'
have been met and accepted, and now stand
before the country. We are not afraid Of the
result. We are not afraid of Connecticut.
That commonwealth made blunder when
she refused to give the few negroes in her
borders justice. Many cheek has crmsoned
because Of the sin of that sad day. 1t was
only because Of the apathy Of men who should
have shown courage-friends who failed to see
tho Importance Of the. canvass-that this dis
honor was permitted Such mistake must
not now occur. Our friends see the importance
Of this battle-they see victory Let every
voter do his duty, and the victory will be as
brilliant as that which followed the downfall
of Seymour and Lee.