The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-06
The Connecticut Election.


The result of the Connecticut election ia
sign fcant and instructive. 1t was a square,
fair fight, and the Democrats have carried
| their Governor and the rest of their State
ticket by about 1000 majority. Through the
inexcusable delays and general stupidity of
Gen GRANTS Administration the Rcpubi-
cans were unable to set the Fifteenth Amend.
ment in operation, and thus obtain negro
votes enough to have turned the scale. This
unfortunate result was, however, fully coun-
terbalanced by the Encouragement diffused
through the ranks of the Democracy by the
New Hampshire election. BY means Of tho
Labor Reform detection in that State, the
Democratic candidate for Governor received
about 1000 less votes than the Republican
candidate We repeat then, that the con-
test in Connecticut was fair trial of strength
between the two parties. Monday was O
stormy day, and the Republicans tell us that
this was the cause of their defeat But the
same heavens that lowered on the Rcpubl-
cans frowned on the Democrats; and the for
iner cannot escape from tho legitimate de-
NuNtiOho hO"ihk ONOibhIOW Ny
lodging behind snow storm.
Gov. ENGLISH was a strong candidate He
Is rich and respectable. When in Congress
he supported all the war measures of Presi.
dent LINCOLN and he voted for the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia. And
though the Convention which nominated
him passed q stupid resolution about Cuban
independence. and sharply criticised the
mode by which tho ratification Of the Fiji
tenth Amendment had been secured Gov.
ENGLISH, in his carefully prepared response
to the nomination, took a step in advance of
the Convention on the Cuban question, and
never alluded to its foolish utterances about
the Amendment. In so doing, he showed his
good sense, and, with n fair war record be-
hind him, by this sign ho conquered.
This is the first real victory which the
Democrats have achieved since Con. GRANT
assumed the Presidential Office. Connect
cut, though not invariably, has generally
been Republican State from the time when
the party was organized. But if the Democ-
racy hope, even hope, TO carry the next Prcsi-
dental election, they must not merely win
over Republican States Ike Connecticut, but
must 50 use their triumphs as to hold them
by tenacious grasp. And this is tho task
now committed to the hands Of Gov. ENG-
L1sH Gov. SEYMOUR carried New York in
1sG2, leating SO strong q candidate as Gen.
WADswoRTH; but he so conducted his nd.
ministration as to be defeated when presented
g. ~. IT
Copperhoads 10 lead Lin, and tho peo-
PIE seized the first opportunity TO pronounce
Judgment against Inn. His defeat for
Governor in 1854 largely contributed 20 bis
signal overthrow as Presidential candidate
in 1868. Let Gov. ENGLISH take warning
from the lessons of history and let him be
assured that if he allows Copperheadism 10
thrust out its horns, or hands his State over
to tho corrurtioniets during his brief term,
Connecticut will enter up verdict against
him in April, 1871; unless, like tho great
TWEED in the recent Tammany contest, he
shows the white feather, and running away
from the fight, buys up a sufficient number
Of his opponents afterward.
As tho average Of Presidents now run,
Gov ENGLISH, if he will follow the advice
Of THE Sun, and hold lis own, and get re-
elected in 1871, will become a formidable |
Democratic competitor for the Presidential |
nomination in 1872. PENDLEToN, PACKER,
aid HOFFMAN are already counted out of |
the canvass. Gov. ESGLIsH's most danger
Gus rival, as the case now stands, is Senator |
HENDRIcKs. He made a happy hit in lis |
New Orleans speech, wherein he counselled |
the Democracy TO accept all the results of |
the war and the policy Of reconstruction, in. |
GLIDING the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and |
Fifteenth Amen dments. Let ENGLISH coun- |
tercheck him in his message to the Legisla- |
ture by covering all Of HENDRIcKs's ground |
on these subjects, by marking out bold
policy in regard to Cuba, and by some sen.
sible utterances on finance, taxation, and |
economy in national affairs. He will then |
prove himself TO be a statesman, and will |
become the leader Of his party in the North.
eastern States.
The defeat Of so worthy and popular a
man as Gov. jewell il severe rcbuke TO
Gen. GRANTS Administration It indicates
a turn in the drift of the tide. The sensible
Republicans should now demand n change Of
the Cabinet, and inform Gen. GRANT that
unless lie conducts affairs on n more liberal
and enlightened scale, many other Republ-
can States will follow the example set by
Connecticut.
Hamilton Fish's Bugbear.