The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-08
The Connecticut Town Electi0ns>The People
Wide Awake.

The Sonhectleut Town ElectSOnssTnSp eOpic
Wide Awake.
There was faint smile yesterday morning
from cur Buchanan and Fillmore city cotem-
poraries, in regard TO the first scanty resurns
from the little town elections Of Monday last in
Connecticut. Ii was a faint smile, in which hope
and incredibly were about equally mixed; for had
there ,een any real belief tsat these little local
tide against Fremont, this faint and siekly smile
of mock satisfaction would have expanded into
fit Of joyful Mysteries among our Filmoreite
and Buchanan organs. Let our readers look &C
our Geographic returns from Connecticut, which
We publish this morRing, and they will see that
the pumpkin pies OF Connecticut have not been
baked for the Sage of Wheatlan3, nor for the
confederate spoiislnen disunionistn, nulliers and
border rufiians supporting him.
The fact is OF so little Importance did we COG
sider these little town elections Of Connection
in reference 10 the Presidential election that we
had entirely overlooked them. Not 30 with the
Buchanan and Fillmore intrigaers among the
Connecticut people. They have evidently been
working slyly to bring about a general result
to weaken the tremendous pressure OF
the Fremont movement all over the country.
But the general result has upset their eerts and
their calculations, and the simple story OF Con-
| necticut, as far as It has been developed,
| places her alongside Of Iowa, Vermont and
| Maine, for Fremont, free white mems rights LII
Kansas. the Constitution and the Union new
administration, and veto upon ali f.ibustering
experiments to carry out the highway robbers
policy of the Ostepd manifesto.
This is the simple story Of these little town
elections OF Connecticut but they are only a
faint forcshado wing Of what Connecticut will do
in November. A large number Of the solid con-
sentative men, who took no part in these little
town elections VIII come up 10 the polls to swell
the grand Fremont army on the great day OF the
great battle. But We had one little despatch from
Connecticut yesterday worthy ofparticular notice.
It VAS from Bridgeport, and said that in she city
election there tie fusion ticket, Fillmore and
democratic. elected their Mayor by SO majority,
and the Council by an average majority Of about
80. A Fillmore and democratic fusion ticket =
notification ard Know Nothingism-Brooks and
GcMasteTs-Gen. Gustavus Adolphus Screggs,
with BIS dark lantern walking arm in arm with
Archbishop Hughesl
What curious, equivocal, anomalous and
ridiculous position is this of Mr.. FIJI
more. In Virginia. the niger driving. nal
lifcation democracy raise the cry Of treason
agains. Nj. Bolts for daring 10 speak in Richmond
in behalf Of Fillmore; and by the universal
democracy. al over the South, Mr. Fillmore i
regarded IS an interloper and wolf in sleeps
clothing, and treated accordingly In the North.
on the other hand, the democracy are billing and
cooling with the Know Nothings and using their
candidate as stool pigeon--a mere stool pigeon
nd nothing more. If YOU caaDc., dear Mr..
Fillmore, resign IN favor 81 Nr. Buchanan, hold
youE ground. and give US a chance to beat Ere
mont. And ibis is the position which dear Mr..
Fillmore consents to occupy in the North. Such
are the bonds Of union spoken Of by Gov.
Floyd. between democratic and Know Nothing
cs9crs, whereby tie Know Nothings are to help
he democrats. ard tie democrats are TO cheat
be Know Notlings and their candidate.
This lit Of democratic and Fillliore fusion at
Bridgeport j. similar 70 4hat las been attempted
IN a larger scale In New York. We are how
ever. assured by prominent Know Nothing, and
4 s.rewd and Intelligent one, That the vesy mo
mert !. i understood that there is anything like
az agreement Of bargain and sale between our
Know Nothing leaders and Tammany Hall with
the Know Netting vote, that moment two-thirds
Of Tie Know Nothing party Of the Empire state
will wheel over 70 Fremont. They ars Only
waiting a reasonable and justifable excuse to
bolt in q body; and II Brooks AMI McMasters
don't furnish this EXCUSE perhaps the Pennsyl
vania October election will.
The moral influence Of these little town e.e1.
lions Of Connection. is glory enough. however,
for one day, We see by these elections that Free
mont ard bis glorious cause Of the Union ana
constitutional liberty are strong enough 10 crush
out all sorts of paltry tricks among trading poll
ticians, and that the people are wide awake.
They understand the difference between Tremonts
platform AMI the rlfIiaa democratic policy Of
making Kansas a slave stale by force or arms
hey comprehend Tie distinction between "a de-
cent respect for the opinions az mankind" and the
stealing 81 our nsghbor.' territories; and they
arc willing to defy tie traitors threat Of d..
union, should Fremont be elected by electing
Fremont By popular acclams'ion. A few more
dogs and w shal, bear tie rafting thunder from
Pennsylvania. Ohio and Indiana. L.: the solid
masses Of the people Of Connecticut and al TIE
Union prepare l9r a general day o. thanksgiving
u November.
POLITICIANS AID THE PREs-.--It !. very vel
Known Tia. tbe Independent press Of this city