Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-16
Democratic Victory In tonneo.
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whole land. The question Of ne
gro suffrage IN the South is al
ready settled, and the North in
fastening it upon the South has
also chained itself. To- it. IL q
short time sectionalism and the
animositics engendcred by the war
will have passed away, and then
the people, calm and collected, will
begin to look upon the national
application Of Radical legislation;
and when this hour does come,
woe unto the Radical party, for its
doom is sealed. That this action
has already set il We have hut to
look at the recent election in Con,
aecticut t. behold the crest Of the
incoming tide. The current which
swept through the country in 1868
and placed Grant in the Presidcn.
tiaI chair, had strength enough
remaining to give the dominant
party q victory, by a small major.
ity, in the spring Of 1869, But a
year Of trial Of the Grant admin
istration has opened the eyes Of
the good people Of Connecticut,
and they have declared, by a ma.
ljority which will exceed one tllOu-
sand, that the sturdy little Nutmeg
State heuccforth stands in the
breach, alone among her New Eng.
land sisters, and will do battle for
q government founded Oh the con-
stitutioa, and the sterling. endur.
Ing principles OF the republic.
The radicals, Of course, attempt
to belittle the Significance Of
the victory Of Gov, English. They
saw the writing On the wall, and
prepared il advance 70 excuse de
feat. Among others, the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser la, claim,
Ell that only local issue, were in
yolyed in the election, anticipating
that the result would be what it
mas proved. But the very contra.
~ is the case, and the Commercial
has been very careful not to state
the nature Of these local issues.
Ii fact, the election was singularly
barren of such. Il is true that
Gov. Jewe.. does not possess any
title Of the ability Of his success
fu! opponent, but he has admins
tered the affairs of the state &c
ccptably enough, and has brains
and honesty enough to continue
to do 50, The people ofthe state
generally would be satisfied with
either Governor, and as a State
matter the election had small sig.
niticance or importance. But the
national issue was distinctly made.
The Democrats constructed their
platform, We confess We thought
stupidity, almost entirely ofeXpres-
sions OF opposition to the party
which controls the General Gov
eminent. They made no advances;
they fought again Il fight Of opposi-
ton. The contest came close ON
the heels ofthe PROCLAMATION Of the
Fifteenth Amendment, and there
was not an intelligent voter in the
State, but felt that his voice had
been heard either in approval or
condemnation Of that great fraud.
Radica.ism cannot disguise from
itself the truth that Connecticut
has declared herself arrayed in OPP.
position to the present administra.
ton, and has certified that her re-.
corded assent to the Fifteenth
Amendment is not the expression
Of the will Of her people.
Ii the election, owing to u state
registry law, some fourteen or fit.
teen hundred fraudulently enfran-
chised colorcd people did not
vote, Radicals claim that had
their suifragcS been admitted, they
would have been uniformly Re
publican and would have changed
the result. We are confident that.
if the ncgroc, had voted the State
would have gone even more
strongly Democratic, this conced-
ing the black, to the other party.
Connecticut has voted not by one
thousand, but by six thousand
majority, against allowing her
colored suffrage. Had the specta.
Gle Of these votes, foisted upon
them against their will and their
rights, by a central power, been