New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-16
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r. Connecticut, except 70 be sure, Tue IeP"'l " '"'
fayipe alive of the Secretaries OF the Ifac1 9'''e'
IN The Center Church Vestr room, wteh was
frnsked to you 10y D. g." don't h'''''' ~
oil that 3D. g." was moved with des're -
form nv duty for me. ] sincerely comes ''"'
,bs,l he aid IL better than i coud have done u
.ox..,f. and IL he VIII forward 10 me, by the hr't
- o,s half the consideration b" reserves the
.Sd change in postage stamps he ras, Continue to
,yte On the same terms for me, a. my deputy a.
wary more letters as yOu will print and pay ior.
beg 10 suggest, however, to this kind.near;ed Soi-
xptetr that for 60 smart a Yankee as he seems 10
Be, be makes an amazingly bad guess tiuchins the
season why myself did not give an account OF the
Soleful suferngs Of the Tract Society Secretaries
at the inquiry meeting in the Center Church YES
try-room. Pray assure "D. g." the first tine
you zee him, that you have my word for 1t
I am an aDti-Slayery man; at least, " am az murh
"epposed 10 Slavery as any one but -. Inc
bct 10, when We express our opposition 70 oiaSery,
we oil have our butts excepting tnose we, des-
Tieable, desperate. ianatcal dangerous ohi-
spoken, fearless, big-hearted slmon.pure, Gtrrl-
sonian Abolitionsts, who proclaim the truth tnat
every honest mans heart responds to mpu!slVeiy.
and having uttered IT, stand by il, without any at
tempt at qualification or apology. Now some op,
ponents 10 Slavery have one Kind of " bur, ana
come have other kinds. Nv " but is an almost in
vineible love and regard for the old Democratic
party Of glorious memory. love IL as ] I0yoemy
home, my State, my country. But II, as yOur
eYoaking prophets Of TIIE TRIBUNE eleefully vat'-
smate, the good old ship is among the breakers,
where she 10 to lay her bones when she goes to
pieces, shall not strike out for any of Your half
way party craft, with " butts in their platforms,
but shall swim straight for the black hull over
which floats the Abolition ensign, and beg TO be
taken aboard among her crew. declare it seems
to me II would bejOlly to get up aud make speech
and free ones mind the subject Of the National
BaTbarism, and yet the while have no care or fear
whether any of ones plain words will offend some
ef " the party" There are n good many Demo
cratic politicians who, if they should be placed
in position where they may speak their minds
Freely about Slavery, will make themselves amends
6r past silence with vengeance. good many
core pecks vince under the yoke, warrant you
There have been sundry good reasons why have
rot kept the world informed of what has been going
On in Connecticut during the last quarter of year.
but will assign but one Of them all, the full su
6eieDcy of which even "D. g." will doubtless
grant. The fact was, could not. | was NOT able.
And that, by far, not the worst of it. There
were many other things have not been able to do
o. g., for several weeks was mt able To digest my
dinner Some OF the time j couldn't eat any vic |
tusle at all nor get out of bed without help nor |
dress myself nor stop aching all over, and once. ] |
was not going to be able to breathe any Even
Dow cannot walk hundred rods without great
exhaustion. In word, have been very i'll, and |
though trust the good God intends that shall get |
we at last, it must be after many urontls of rest |
and careful nursing If in a year | shall be- able |
10 resume the occupations which four months since
vas obliged to relinquisb my most sangulne hopes
willbe fulfilled. i dare say, however, that from |
the position Of an idle spectator shall be enabled
10 make moro impartial obsorvoton, than before, |
Al co-&I hall hn
accurate and reliable intelligence of current events
in this State than if were to mingle personally |
In the strife and hustle Of the scenes shall attempt |
10 describe. At least ] have determined to Try |
again 10 be an Occasional Correspondent, aud here
after go hong as YOU and the peDsve public for |
whose tastes and Improvement you cater may de- |
sire ii, will endeayOr to keep up with the times IN
Connecticut.
And here, lest be misunderstood, beg leave
10 say that by "the times in Connecticut / do
not mean The Hartford Times. cannot promise
10 keep up with that paper. have followed 1t for
years as the lsraetes in the wilderness followed the
'ery cloudy pillar" have always felt bOund to be-
keve everything saw printed in its columns have
regarded the editor No the defender aud champion
Of the National Democratic faith, calculated for
the meridian of Connecticut ] have admired the
phck and smartness with which ~ has attacked
and fought many q hoary error and many new
tangled beresy; i have a personal regard for the
man; but now that he goes in for the cOnsumma-
tiOn Of the LecOmptOn outrage, have had e. let
30 Of his coat tail and open my eyes. May be, II
hadn't been sick and desperately afraid was near
90 death, might have held on little lOnger but
really, wouldn't dare to die while was even
nominslly an adherent 10 the Administration policy
ou this question. verify believe that if each
member Of Congress could be made 10 think that |
be s near his end, not more than dozen stupid |
bigots from any section could be found ready to
vote for the Lecompton counterfeit.
Divers Of my acquaintance in Hartford have
complained TO me of the excessive duness which
they aver has peryaded that city during the Winter;
but, as l have read the daily journals published
there, and listened TO the gossip of my friends, it
has seemed to there was no dearth of noticeable
events. Ii is too late however, TO write the his
tory of the three months last past and shall not
attempt il. There was one thing though which
was 80 absurdly funny il deserves 10 be cOmmemO-
rated For two whole days of Christmas week,
Mr. u. s. Commissioner Pardee, late law partner
Of Mr.. Secretary Toucey, Mr.. u. s. Dstrict-AttOr-
pey Shipman and sundry other notabes, scrbes
and lawyers Of great distinction, were busy about
the examination of two men who were accused Of a |
breach of the laws. Id be willing to bet pipe OF |
old Madeira against mug of hard cider that you
couldn't guess, in week what the ofense is that |
.~ss charged And Whist DO you think this precious |
Mss was all about Messrs. Elisha Hall OF Nor !
wich, and William Chappell of Lebanon, master and |
mate, respectively, Of the whaleship Catherine OF |
New-London, We're accused Ot--lickng n niger |
beside keeping him on short commons That's all. |
"Only, that and nothing more" And the black |
rascal was merely n ioremast hand. and had |
been IN his youth slave in Delaware. and ought 10
have taken to hckings aud short grub as kindly as
donkey. And yet, such rumpus Ms was kick ed ND |
about him, and warrant issued by authority of tn.
United States and an arrest made by A United |
States Marshal and an examination had before