Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
The Press and the Connection, ELECTION

gaia over last year o. l,150, and over the
Presidential vote of 3, 793.
Connecticut has been the fret State to
hold an election since the proclamation of
the ratification of the fifteenth amend
meGt, and her Judgment npon that iniqui-
ty Is emphatic She rebukes the partisan
Congress which forced the measure upon
! unwilling States at the point of the bay
onet She rebukes the partisan Leeisla-
ture which less than year ago, in face Of
toe oft-repeated declaration of the people
OF Connecticut, voted to rati y the amend
ment. The result of Monday is an index
Of tue popular temper. Though the ma
lorltles and gains may be small in the
smaller States, yet they are expressive of
| the drift OF public sentiment in those com
munities. Hundreds in Connecticut have
the same significance as thousands in New
York and Pennsylvania. The majority by
which Connecticut repudiates Radicalism
is quite as pregnant with meaning as that
which marked the change of party power
IN this State three years ago. Coming, as
the Connecticut victory does, so closely
upon the narrow escape of the Radicals in
New Hampshire and the heavy and uni
form gains of the Democrats in the New
York town elections, it is manifest that
the power Of the Radical party is on the
wane throughout the country.
From the Boston Post
Connecticut has come out of the storm.
bearing aiOft the welcome tidings of vic.
tory for Democratic principles and the
rule of the Constitution. The series of
triumphs won under the lead of Governor
English has suffered but one years inter
ruptlon. and this year it is made complete
The entire Democratic State Ticket has
been chosen by the vote of the people, the
political ajority Of the Senate has been
reversed and the large majority held by
Radicalism in the House has been reduc-
ed to minimum not at all consistent with
the continued health of the party We
hail this result, wrung as it has been from
the most obstinate combination of oppos-
ing influences and circumstances, with
profound satisfaction. The Democracy of
Massachusetts, defiant and advancing,
greet their victorious brethren of Con-
necticut with gratitude and pride. This
Springs triumph in Connecticut, after
years futile experience with the new and
aimless Administration, will thrill the
hearts of all lovers of Constitutional Gov
ernment with Joy.
Radicalism has played out its last card.
The trick of the Fifteenth Amendment,
whose principle was repudiated in the
Chicago Convention, has been without til Q
effect intended. The falsehood of Recon
struction is now understood. The hollow
ness of the pledges of reform and retrench-
| menu IS 1dlriy lnO inca
pacity of Congress and the Administration
! to deal with taxation and finance is over
whelmingly proved. The wretched blum
dering over our foreign relations is patent
to all eyes. Nothing can be positively
| claimed either for Congress or the Admin
istration save that it aims steadily at the
usurpation of popular rights and the con-
centration of all power at Washington
It is against all this that Connecticut
| l. c4o v0oh ku,o
tested with the ringing voice of freedom.
She takes her place at the front, the pio-
neer in that great political revolution that
is to sweep the country.
From the Philadelphia Age.
There is loud and there is silent rejoicing
in our city over the glorious news from
! Connecticut. As the bold shout rises from
the Democratic ranks, it is heard with Joy
far beyond them. But it is the voice of
State that ring, clear and loud to-day
Connecticut has spoken, and she utters no
uncertain sound. Her elections have had
political significance that gives them great
Importance now. In 1866, when Mr..
Johnson declared F'his policy" as it was
called, to receive back the Southern States
under the Constitution, the next election
took place in Connecticut. The Radicals
| Ey foul means, prevailed; and then the
tide turned which till then had carried
with the President a great number of his
party, including even his successor. Now
| Connecticut's voice is the first to answer
| the Radical proclamation of negro equali
| ity, thrust by force and fraud upon un
willing States.
The few negroes in Pennsylvania cannot
compensate for the disgusted white men
who renounce Radicalism for its broken
pledges. Negro suffrage. the black dose
which the Radical platform of 1868 was
| labelled ''For the South" has been forced
down the throats of the people of the
North, despite lying pledges that ''the
properly belongs to the people OF those
States.' ''The people CT those States"
have been cheated but the perpetrators
of the fraud will not gain by it. The rule
of the land will not be yielded by the
white man. No equal division of parties
will make the negro the master of the
situation. On this hope Radicalism leaned.
It proves q broken reed it has snapped
already. The detection in Connecticut
foreshadows the great exodus of white
men from the Radical camp, where the
negro will be left alone in his-glOry
From the Richmond Enquirer.
The result of the Connecticut election
will, we presume, give qualification to the
great mass of our people. The Republican
| party elected their Governor last year by
majority equal to that by which they
have lost it this year. With the whole
power of State and Federal administration
against them the Connecticut Democracy
have won an unquestioned victory. They
have elected their candidate for Governor
and the vote in the Legislature is close.
A party that can make such a contest,
under such encumbrances, must have the
elements of enduring strength. The firm
ness and persistency with which the North
ern Democracy contest every inch of
ground with the powerful Radical party.
must command the respect of all unpreju-
diced observers. It shows that there is a
power in the Northern Democratic organi-
zation which does not succumb to tempo
rary defeat. A party, oppressed by the
weight of Gen. Grants great personal in
fuence, that can convert defeat into victo-
ry cannot be abandoned by its friends as a
useless agent for .,ood work.
Indeed, when we look to the long career