The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-04
-uoo+,cut Elections-The Union

.r~onnecticut ElecIons
,,n write we do not NOW no" tue
",;,rs in Connecticut have gone. But IL
:. q fitting time to warn the true patf'o's-
those truly devoted to equality among Tue
states and the preservation of the Cons'ltu,
ton from outrsge-against ind'screu'h "
rashness, II Connecticut sustains ui''
Radicalism. it should not cause oeSpo" y.
encr. for we should still have ia''n !"
the political philosophy that q e'0u ,"ns
,or wor "a ended. cannot long
,,a,,re tho rule Of y war P"i':,
especially a war party founueu ;n,o
war-aud either the coun'r! Hus' p"s AZ
military rule or the war parry .s,t 80.
a., the other hand, should Connee'
o.d,ate the var party. it would be III Tue
r.. dacroa nnwise to run into tue excuses
IS .n,srsias,ic excitement. There VIA De
">sn s,Il 70 do TO defeatthe ultras. MODE
aa,;nn sbonld ever temper the triumph OF
'.;"to-r even when complementary
there /. greater reason for moders'ioh
,.here the victory is but partial, leaving yet
same marching and very hard fighting 10
close up the advantage at all points and CON-
NtSS~
plete the victory.
No party in this country that is merel!
sectional can long survive. such a party u
the war party now headed by ueuerai
GIANT. 1t Ia doomed. II is essential LOT
the harmony and prosperity OF the mon
or that strong and impregnabie hiho u
Union which rests upon the contentmen'
aud fcalty Of a happy and prosperous PEG,
ple-that the party which rules Tue ia"o
shall be national, that 1t shall not De il1h'
,,cd 70 a section Of the Union. AS the
ccun,ry cannot long live under a system OF
Republicanism governed in a sectional man
ner. any sectional party must perish thal
the country may live-if 1t lives; IL IL mus
die. s]ectionalism will indeed triumph until
absorbed by the pervading tyranny OF one
man power-CaSarism.
The very necessity Of the rule Of a ma
tional party should teach both North anc
South to frown down sectionalism, anc
with all the power and Influence OF tne
public will to put a stop to war issues
Neither North nor South Can afford 10 per,
NIT those issues longer to distract anu
divide the land. We must have equai!ts
of states and equality of personal rights
and they are impossible as long as scctloh-
ol!s,n controls the Government-as long ~
the prejudices and passions OF the war
suggest the issues by which elections are
decided. ,
Therefore, In the next great na'iohai
election the friends of equality ana justice
md the Constitution-the defenders OF 'r"e
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS utterly discard al
such issues and prcjudices. We must iooN
for men who, since the war, have stood up
for the rights of the citizen, the enforce
ment Of the laws, and the maintenance %
the principles of the Constitution. where
we find such men we should entirely dis
card their war record, and take them az our
flyorites for public tust. We can well al
lord to pass them without question, "hlie
we cannot afford to question them about
where they were and what they did eight
years ago. That would bring certain de-
feat upon the friends Of the Constitution
and ensure victory TO the war party. which
feeds npon the passions and prcjudices Of
sectional strife, and rests its chances for
victory upon the destruction of the Consti-
tuition.