New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-05
NEV- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

NEV- RE-CONNECTTCUT
In 1885, the Sham Democracy opened the
Presidential canvass by desperate assault on
the Republican ascendancy in New-Hampshire
and Connecticut. whereby they barely failed to
carry either-the majority against them being
not far from 1000 votes; though in the Presi-
dental contest which followed, they were
beaten in each State by oyer 5000 majority
Last year, when Representatives, in Congress
were chosen from either State, they made
another desperate rush, but failed in New
Hampshire by about 5000 votes-1,0OO in each
of the three Congress districts. Undismayed
by this failure, they are now trying again, and,
by the powerful help of outside contributions
of speakers and funds, they are likely to poll
some more votes than they did last year. We
estimate their new naturalizations at 1000, and
that they can scrape together about 1000 more
voters in the State; 80 that the Republican ma
iority of 1868 must consist of our increase on
our last years vote.
We state the facts exactly as they ARE. The
Navy-Yard near Portsmouth will nearly neutral
ize our rightful majority in that city; in Manches
ter and Nashau, we shall barely be able to bear
up against the heavy naturalizatiOns against
worth, Claremont, Lancaster, and our less con-
spicuous Republican stronghOlds, must be
polled out to their last vote or the State will
be thrown against u.s. Special efforts are re-
quisite to draw out our last man in towns like
Barnstead and the wilder portions of Coos
County, which go heavily against us. Many
Republican IN these has to travel several
miles, usually over bad roads in inclement
weather, to face, almost alone, hostile,
brOwbeating mob, without the smallest hope of
being able to elect single local candidates.
yet if one in ten of the Republicans so stu
ated should conclude. for this once, to stay at
home, the State might thereby be lost. The
use of speeches, and journals, and documents,
is TO bring to the polls this indispensable tenth
man.
The doubtful OF sharply contested towns
will naturally take good care of themselves.
We can only be beaten by failing to poll
vote here and a vote there in towns where we
are too strong or too weak to draw out our
very last vote.
But the Republicans of w-Hampshire are
well organized. They have the excellent habit
of generally going to the polls. They realize
the magnitude of the stake the hopeful anxiety
wherewith their efforts are regarded by their
brethren throughout the Union and they will
we confidently trust, carry their State, polling
more votes than last year, though obtaining a
smaller majority.
In Connecticut, the case is somewhat differ
ent That State was put against us last year
by an enormous expenditure of money. We
doubt that there is Democrat therein so igno-
rant "a not to know that, had James +. English
and William H. Barnum been poor men, they
would not have been elected. Their triumph
was secured by money; it can be repeated only
by vast outlay of money. And we do not be-
heve-though this remains to be seen--that a
majority can thus be achieved in the year 1863.
We have a Presidestial Election just ahead
and we are bound to carry that election for
Liberty and Loyalty. Connecticut has never
yet gone against the Republicans in Presi-
dental contest, and she is not going against
them now. She will poll $4,000 Republican votes
next November: il she can poll them now, every
man on our State Ticket will be chosen. If
beaten at all, we will be beaten because Two
to Three Thousand Republican voters are out
of the State on the day of election-navigating
vessels, working mines, or managing this or
that business, from Boston and Montreal on
one hand, to Hawaii and Japan on the other.
If every legal voter in Connecticut were sure
to stand on herself Oh the morning of the first
Monday in next April, we should have no doubt
of Republican victory.
If NewH Hampshire shall go right in March,
Connecticut can hardly fail to follow her in
April. If NewHampshire should be twisted
round against us, our friends in Connecticut
viii have the uphill fight thenceforth to the
opening of their polls. Their chief misfortune
is the apathy or heedessness of too many of
their brethren. The two or three thousand
electors who vote only for President may defeat
them in the pending most mOmentOus State
Election. Yet the spirit now evinced, the
signal and rapidly growing popular interest in
the canvass, justifes our hope that the vote in
April will be very full and that the result
will be Republican triumph.