New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-08
CONNECTfC UT AWAKE.
Correspondence Of TIE ". Y. Tribune.

ne,roDderce of Tie N. Y. Tribune.
BIRMINGHAM, Conn, Oct. 8, 1856.
The spirit of liberty never shone brighter in Old
Connecticut than at this moment. At no previous
Presidential contest has that deep seated conviction
e the importance Of the issue ever peryaded the
breast Of all classes as il now does. The campaign
Of 1910 will never again be spoken of as one of
enthusiasm. The Issues heretofore presented have
APPEALED TO the Judgment of our citizens, but this
touches also the heart; and where prejudice and
party shackles do not close every avenue to he
leart-uhere they will read aud reflect, they are
coming cut for humanity aud right. The Democ-
racy Ut this State have declared, and reiterated from
wear 10 year, their unalterablc adherence to the
OIGibalce Of 1851, and they will never consent to so
violate tLeir own of justice, and alsfy their
repeated resolves for Freedom, as to vote for the
party aud candidate that indOrses aud seeks tO per-
leiuaie the fraud and nhumauty Of the present
AdninlstI alton. There il not a town, and rarely II
sclool-disrict, in the State, in which there are not
weekly ueetii e. filled to overlooking. The Repub-
hcans ale at work as they never before worked ia
tLis State.
F,eiy Effort Of the Administration officials fails
BecyeSni foucey and ever, Postmaster and Custom
Hou.e icer are endeayOring 10 avert the over
~l.ln M defeat that awaits Ihem but all to pur
81 tie democracy was placarded far aud wide, TO
convene at Bridgeport on Thursday last. This is
point where the New-YOrk aud New Haven Rail.
!, ads ard the Naugatuck ana Housstonic Railroad
iniersect. "Tle Hon. Isaac Toucey, John Cotton
"Sniih, Governor Floyd Of Virginia, and other
eminent speakers FROM the great gathering OF the
"Deuocrac, at Poughheepsle," were announced to
.I,ak A splendid hickory pole was ~ be raised
al d tie Democracy OF Connecticut were invited
ard exIecied 10 cone in mass. Thursday came
A iair,r day never shone. Excursion trains were
Iuu at hail price. The Nauga,uck Railroad
threading The Naugatuck Valley for serenity miles.
Il rough tboe busy pOpulOus and thriving villages
carried en- excursion tickets twenty-eight passen-
ecfs-not all ior the convention, however. The
oler Iallp Ids carried IN the same ratio, and tue
IIoces.i,n when formed contained exactly eighty
iMoler.crs, Len aud boy. OF course, IN civ
like BRIDGEPORT more would collect round the
.rculrrs' sttld. AZ a liberal estimate there were
~ Luz Grcu az tod probably iull hall Fremont
uen ii lie ely, collected there 10 hear what that
arcL traitor could Ray i'll set-deiense. The follow.
ne dty, gu either side OF BRIDGEPORT mass meeting.
81 he Teope were held one at Southport, the
OiL'r1 tiaAcen.
In cd Ian den, a farming community OF abou.
?,t vcters over geo HON have heretofore voted
with The Administration party, there were from
7ttufo lU(C0 people listening 10 rX-(iUy. Cleve-
had and lie H., Henry Ward Beecher. give
tie above simply 10 enable the reader to Judge &C.
curai,l, If tie feeling and enthusiasm Of the people
tcre.E
NE Hen. seth T. Hurd Of Brownsville Pa, on
Ii, return from Maine, where lie labOred Tor over
n,t;h. spent some two weeks IN this State speik.
.rg c.eIy night to crowded houses. He Possesses
. lsleut ior campaign unsurpassed, and held his
audiences UNIV carried tor hours, carrying conviction
at every step lie has done good work for Con-
rtctcut, and il now doing his duty IN Pennsylyl.
nis, h, State 10 which all eyes are turned. The
sil,nt vote for Fremont by those now counted for
BuChauen will astonlsh all When the day cOmes
illmore is fa., losing the few he had here and old
Connecticut is sure for Freedom aud Fremon, by
from three 10 five thousand majority