The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-01

columns under his control, the fact Of publ
cation is pri,na facie evidence of malice on his
part, and that common sense and inherent
Justice must be set at def 1nos because anti
qHated dietums of antediluviau judges still
find place In musty law books. II the Legis-
lature fails to prevent them from urging this
odious doctrine at the bar, juries should
freely avail themselves of the privilege o.
the law and the facts with
modern progress.
The Gallant Democracy of COnnecticut.
GENERAL GRANT has not yet received official
notification of his election as President OF the
United States, and we are already on the eve
of another contest at the polls. New Hamp-
shire is the first State to plunge again into the
whirl of politics. her State election trsnspir-
irg on Tuesday, March 8. The State decidedly
Republican, and has been such for years,
Grants majority in November having been
nearly 1000, which was an increase of $500 on
the Republican majority of last March.
Therefore the Democracy will not be tempted
to make much of an effort. The same may
be said of Rhode Island which holds her
believe that In this State the undismaye still 60
through the forms Of nominating candidates
for the empty honor of defeat, but as the Re-
publioans are just twice as numerous as the
Democrats, the fight is very tame one, and
of no particular significance.
In Connecticut, however, there is to be big
fight, which will culminate on Monday, April5
10. oil In G.,I1
just nominated the present incumbent, Hon.
James Il. English, as their candidate for guber-
Material horors. Governor English is an able,
upright, and popular statesman. His Con-
gressional record, OH the strength of which he
attained his present petition, was very fair
and credtable. Indeed, he cODtrived to cast
aside the claims OF his party to such an extent
as to cast his vote in favor of the constitutional
amendment abolishipg slavery. This was a
glievous injury to the Democratic party, an
outrageous apostacy from the true faith accord
ing to the modern standards, and under any
ordinary circumstances the indignant partisans
of tie State would have thrown him over
board. But his Congressional record made
him the only available Democratic candidate
Democrats had not yet learned this fact, and
placed in nomination such an arrant Copper
head as Origen s. Seymour, the result being
bis defeat by 11,035 votes in a
total of 1918. With this exemplary
defeat they took wisdom, and in 1866 General
Hawley succeeded in beating Mr.. English by
a majority OF only 54l votes in total of
81, The virtue of English's war record
was so potent here that no member of the
Seymour family dared aspire to the Governor
ship in 1867, and he was again placed in the
field, this time carrying off the prize against
General Hawley by majority of 987 in a
total vote of "a. l43. This triumph of Eng
lish efectually killed the whole race of Sey-
mours, who formerly abounded in Connecti-
cut, and at the expiration of English's frat
term he was renominated as matter of course,
and re- elected last April by l765 majority, in
total vote of 99,31S, over Marshall Jewell,
who could not boast of having served the
country in any capacity other than that of an
enterprising manufacturer. By this time the
Connecticut Democracy had been lulled into
a blissful state of confidence, and on the basis
tory, they and their confIeres throughout the
Union even permitted themselves to predict,
and for time candidly to nourish the belief,
that any sympathizer with Rebellion who
might be run for President against any sup
porter of the Union would be assuredly sue
cessful. But behold their discontinue
Grant was triumphantly chosen Chief Magis-
trate OF the United States, in spite of all cal
culations to the contrary based upon the
wonderful Connecticut "reaction," his ma
jority in that State being 304l in a total
vote OF 9S, 24l.
On the strength of this showing the Age
facetiously declares that "the gallant Demo.
cracy of Connecticut will re-elect their old and
tried leader and the whole ticket by glorious
majority" The Age's notions about glory
are not very precise, and we suppose that Il
English receives bare majority of 100 it will
be proclaimed by that journal as the glorious
thing it now has in mind. II ia curious
to observe the manner in which 1t arrives al
such positive and satisfactory result. "Sinct
the November contest the Democracy hav,
been hard at work in perfecting their organi
zation, and the same labor will be continued
until the election in April" If the Connect
cut Democracy did not engage in some re
markably "hard work" during the interva
between April and November Of last year
our advicss from that not very remot
locality have been exceedingly untrustwOrthy
And tha sole result of this labor wa