New-York tribune., 1871-03-25
CONNECTICUT.

The State of the Revolutionary Trumbulls,
WOlcOtts and Shermans, never falters i'll a
Presidential contest but is very uncertain at
State Election. She was barely carried for
Gov. Buckingham in April, 1860; yet how
superbly she came out for Lincoln in NOvem-
Der! She was lost in April, '6S; yet she gave
Grant over Three Thousand majority that
year. With as full a vote next month, she
would do nearly as well. But that vote can
with great difficulty be drawn out, and there
is consequent danger of an adverse result.
Yet the Republicans can carry the State; they
ouqM to carry it: why not resolve that they
ariU carry it7 There is still ample time
New-Hampshire has just been fooled away
by most unpatriotic and untimely feuds. Ger
tain persons failed to secure NOMINATIONS; they
and their friends took offense, and either stayed
away from the polls or voted the wrong ticket
Tlms fully Three Thousand votes were lost to
the Republican ticket; about One Thousand
of them being thrown for its adversary. We
trust those who are responsible for this feel
better since we shall base thereon hope that
they may hereafter do better Why rational
being should refuse to support for Governor
James Pike, whom he knows to be worthy, be-
cause Aaron f. Stevens, whom he distrusts or
detests, is running for another office, is one OF
those mysteries which we shall never compre-
hend. Yet our losses in NewHampshire are
mainly confined to twenty of the principal
towns, and more of them are due to dissatis-
faction as to local candidates than to feeling
| as to the treatment of MIR. Sumner.
But there was a cause back of this which
has not hitherto been considered. A Vermont
friend indicates it in private letter, whence
we quote as follows
day prior to The late election in New Hampshire
went among the Repub voters In Coof
Col TO see they would turn out on the morrow 10
my surprise found part of them either indifferent OF
hostile. whyi They had been reading no Republican
paper but had been amply supplied at others cost with
Democratic Journals; and reading only these had beer
made to believe that the Republican party corrupt
extravagant, puDgng the country deeper and deeper
into debt and torn by intestine feuds that was Oh
the point Of dissolution! And learned from them that
similar impressions prevailed quite extensively in Other
towns their knowledge and would be felt In the
result OF the morrow's contest"
This is no isolated experience. We have
like reports from other quarters Had Re-
nublican club in each county of New-Hamp-
shire taken care that every voter who would
read a good Republican journal was supplied
with one, the State could never have been
made to vote against her settled convictions
as she did at her late Election.
We urge our friends in Connecticut to ponder
this. There are not less than Ten Thousand
voters in their State who take no newspaper
,,botnvcr. each of whom WOald take and read
a good Republican journal if properly
asked to do so by some one in whom h'
had confidence. 1t does not require any
considerable effort or sacrifice to pu
a Republican paper into the family of each
and SO train up the children in sound princi-
ples and right affections. Lacking such effort
these voters and their sons will lmblbe th'
politics with the liquor Doth rank poison
which are disseminated from the drunkene'
which curse that State, and which honor IN,
Republicans with their instructive, enYenomec