Year: 1863

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The splendor Of the late triuu,phs OF tho
Union cause In the North, goes far to-
ward wiping out the stain OF last years
defeats. We arc assured by u verdict rcn-
dered in day when there can be no mis-
Of the nature and magni-
tude of the contest, that the loyal States
arc devotcd1y and enthusiastically for the !
continuance Of the war until the Union
is restored. and until the territorial intcg
rity Of the Republic Is indicated ty the
practical rc-assertion of the supremacy Of
the constitution and the laws upon every
inch Of our soil Coming at q time like
this, upon the heels Of the most superhu-
man exertions that q political party has
ever made in this country-at time when
The unity, the honor and the future peace
end prosperity Of the Republic were sus-
pended in the balance-1his popular ap'
l>roval Of the Administration and Of the
efforts Of the Union party, is the assurance
that the temporary reaction, that the Pro-
clamation, the want of military SUCCESS,
The state Of the finances, and the general
dissatisfaction with the conduct Of the war,
had excited when the fall elections were
held, is at an end; and that, with clearer
and more enlarged views, a nearer and
better insight into the nature and
scope of the propositions brought
forward and supported by the SO called
peace, but really secession Democracy,
The people haye resolved to fight their
way through the contest to 3 glorious and
of course triumphant result. Copper
headism is scotchcd. It invoked all the
elements that seemed to promise success
1t appealed to every base passion and to
every miserable and sordid fear, It struck
and miuistered to every unho]y, unch1ist-
ian and anti-democratic prejudice thai
seemed to threaten the loyal cause. In
Connecticut it appealed to tie pocket sense,
and while among the latter classes OF
voters money was lavishly used, the grades
above were piled with commercial, indus
trial and monetary considerations that had
Immense and unexpected weight. The re-
cent laws Of Congress, especially the Con-
scription and Tax laws, were distorted and
shamefully misreprescnted- The amount
of the public debt was freely magnifed
and then held up as lesson and d warn
ing. The working Of the Proclamation
was matter OF infinite and often unchal-
lenged lying; and the certainty that if the
Union party Won, the white women Of the
North would be compelled to accept black
men as husbands and equals, was insisted
upon with pcrtinacity, that was as shame
Jess as it was long-winded and mis-
directed, The improbability Of con-
qucring the South, and hence the nccessi-
II Of making speedy peace, were freely
arowed; and war, with its horrors, its
waste, and its demonstrations, was con-
1emned with as much apparent fervor and
sincerity as if the preachers Of peace had
really dread Of blood, and not q hatred oi
freedom, Of which blood il the price. But
all could not win. The common sense and
Intelligence Of the people were superior
to The seductions Of treason, no matter how
disguised; and the verdict is such as viii


send thrill Of joy to the heart Of ever]
loyal man! Wehave hope for the country


that amounts to conviction that it will b.
saved.


The effect Of the voting will be damp


CT to the expectations Of the South. TIT


Insurance Of the rebel Journals and po1iti


Clans has been, that the revolution" com


mcnced in the Northwest, was extending


East; that the war party would be ineyi


tally oyertlroWn; TINT the Confederacy


would have an opportunity Of making it,


own terms Of peace, and that the denial


of Southern independence would be given


up in the withdrawal Of the armies and


The navy, by which treason has been as,


sailed. The facts Of the performance dc


not correspond with the promises Of the


programme; hence the comfort that wa:


derived from confident expectations Of .


Northern revolt against the Government


will be replaced By despair that new ant


more unanimous efforts on the part OF tn


North will create We wait their trana1a
. lien Of the news with curiosity, to know


what version their falsehood and impu


dcncc will give il!