Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-04-12
TIC connccticnt Electlen.

The result Of the election IN Connecticut
seems 10 be looked upon a. the opening
wcdrc for material change il the people of
the Northern and Eastern States, amt as
st,c h is commented upon by the papers OF
those sections with no little interest. Tho
NeHio3.M Ldciiiqencer takes, what appears to
be, quite i scDeihle Wow Of thc matter
That paper say
No man eau ai2c ar good tene"h why The re-
nlaYkallc changctl ias como - - Il -cc5l"n 81
tic Union which has nvcr bern noted for rertLna
CITY ofopfnion basei upon hl2-!l"r general int
Haellee than that Of ant other section, does not
peri ado the euuntty. W .aW and declared that
the great per ccntage ut Radical Dcstfuct'Y" loss
Ii He8 HampshiEc Indicated cI"arlE tlloir oTcr-
throw in CONNECTICUT. Gor i ii true that apathy
Of Republican, III ti.e latter State cased tall
inc of Of niue tlonsand Radical ,ot.s, trgngely
stated IL the Chicago Tabune On til" CONTRARY,
tho aggregate vote Has greaLft than o"cr before.
So if WAS also III New Hnnpsirit". Thu: wac cans-
| cd, probably, b. the coming out Of rcgerle 81
men largely Interested III business, "r Ill the value
| of Government and State securitics- Such have
latterlv toe much ssbatainad from voting, They
constirtt an element that could lave changed re-
sn1ts ave1t last year. That tbs work they have
nobly berun will DC continued under tie nuspces
ofa wise policy on the part ofhosc hostile to Rad
cal destructiyoncsR, there cannot, WG think, be
| much doubt Indeed could 4 poll be lad this
day in al the Middle States, It would give heavy
maioritios against thu Ecyolutionists- Add TO
! this Kentucky and Oregon, aud We have q large
capital for all Conservatives aud Democrats 10
| commence upon fol. the Presidential campaign
SO assuming electoral votes Of States against the
| Radical 1IsurpGr5 VAL ye &c follows ctlGut
6; New. York, So; Pennsylvania, &c; New Jersey, =;
Delaware, s. Maryland, Z; hentucky IL t3nnea-
SEQ 10; Oregan, !. Total, 1O6-
AS things are, the DoctructlveB have states
giving I41 electoral votes. Those include New
Hampshire California, Nevada Nebraska, and
one OF two other States that could not be- relied on
iif the reaction 60 Uugpiciousiy commenced III
Connecticut; under the grand idea Of complete re-
union or fusion Of Democrats and conservative Ee-
,nblicans III platfUrmg and nominations IL carried
out generally III the country. If this be not done
BY the politicians. they will commit L crime OF Z
Ilnogt Infamous charaCter-oH HAT "ill toreTcl
| destroy the hope Of the Restoration Of cOnstltu
tional liberty to try fast sinking into wide
tvawninS abyss through the revolutionary acts o
q usIlrpins Congress and the, dcspotlc ones that
have already i'll ono quarter Ut the South boon en-
forced BIZ cleaning sahrcs aud |i1st"nlnE h@yo
nets.
e. What change IL public opinion has Gcen effect
I'd i'll Connecticut by the harmony ~ to platform
= and nominations, Had election taken place IL
that State last autumn. when Tho KeYolutionist
were firing the hUart5 Of the people by the mos
infsmatory inyectiycs against the President an
Southern people their majority would have hee
Y mot a vote loss than three thousand
ms ran If
acts of cver-to- be remembered infanly the peopl
reflected and decided. NJ. English has ono thou
Sand majority over General Hawley, who as d go
| disr, of course ran ahead Of ns ticket. The ma
lioritr of two Thousand upon the COnsressiona
Ticket against the RevoutiQnis Is very nearly til
6cnre nf their minority Besides, hundreds. # No
thousands have voted with them for the last time
The change in the views cfthe rec?le ofCOnnectlcu
since laut autumn II expressed ty number not on
} under four thousand. T1s rate Of change III Ne
York would carry il againat the Radicals by twent
thousand and would carry PennEylranls by IL
Thousand II would sweep Now Jersey, Nebraskt
and Oregon. 1t would It's Indiana aud Nevada.
; II would also so far to carry California.
Q 1T is from this high stand OF hyeost hope
: and expectations that the Conservatives can SUI
lycy field which their OVID If both stamps ofther
democrats and Ropublicans-unite as i'll Con
tnecticut upon platforms confined III their plank
to simple declarations of hostility to the revolution
airy acts of the usurpinS Congress ; and also
candidates are selected upon whom all persons or
lposed to Radical disunionism can unto with wi
: and with enthusiasm. On this especial point tia
E able paper, the Philadelphia Age, has the follow
+. ing E1 G.4'<-t ~. $500. .sslf
"erho result Of the election IN Connecticut Gel
tanly indicates turning of the tide, and the I'M
D lportant question is, How can We in Pennsylyani
take this tide in such manner as to be led on t
}, fortune? The answer is, by initiating the exam
l. Iple 81 the gallant Democracy of Connecticut
by flying the flag of principle always at tn
J. masthead, and putting in nomination only the 6es