. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . sons, empowered in capacity and fortifiedby virtue, to take their posts of honor and influence in otherStates; in her behalf to be their physicians and ministers ofreligion, their professors and lawyers, their wise senators,their great lawyers and incorruptible judges, bulwarks ofvirtue, truth, and order to the Republic in all coming then, when the vast area of our country between thetwo oceans is filled with a teeming population, when thedelegates of sixty or a hundred States, from the graniteshores of the Ea
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . sons, empowered in capacity and fortifiedby virtue, to take their posts of honor and influence in otherStates; in her behalf to be their physicians and ministers ofreligion, their professors and lawyers, their wise senators,their great lawyers and incorruptible judges, bulwarks ofvirtue, truth, and order to the Republic in all coming then, when the vast area of our country between thetwo oceans is filled with a teeming population, when thedelegates of sixty or a hundred States, from the graniteshores of the East, and the alluvial plains of the South,-andthe golden mountains of the West, are assembled in the hallsof our Congress, and little Connecticut is there representedin her own behalf by her one delegate, it will still and alwaysbe found that she is numerously represented also by hersons from other States ; and her one delegate shall be him-self regarded, in his j^erson, as the symbol of that trueBrother Jonathan whose name still designates the greatRepublic of the CHAPTER n. The War begun at the Ballot-box. — Elections in Connecticut in 1860. — Attitude ofParties. — Secession becomes Formidable. — Discussion and Recrimination. — OurRepresentatives in Congress. — Their Action on. Peace Propositions. — Foresight ofGov. Buckingham. — The Peace Conference. — Hon. Isaac Toucey. — Spring Elec-tion of 1861. — Connecticut declares for Coercion. HE citizens of Connecticut retain their ancestralindependence of thought, and tenacity of conservative in tendency, they accept,without flinching, the logical consequences oftheir principles. This characteristic was strik-ingly exemplified in the elections during the year spring election, instead of the presidential, decided theposition of Connecticut upon national questions. Theissues being already sharply defined, the campaign wasintensely animated and vigorous, and brought out almostevery
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