, 1859-03-31
CONNECTICUT POLITICS.
The EEte41on .H-srs Wrttk,

[Corzcspondenne Of the prcas aud Trlbunc.1
WET AEH,nEx, Conn. March =. 1859.
Tho political cauldron in our State Is now boil
ing IN earnest, md cvery day with increasing
yigor. We ha1e only eight or ten days left for
work before the election is upon US, but we shall
lcnre no stone unturned, and wherever there is
d chance to make o Republican vote VIC shall
have it secured before the first Monday in April.
The American element has created something Of
diversion in our ranks, but we shall ncycrthc-
less elect the Republican State ticket by three
thousand majority. This is smaller than it
should be, but when the aforesaid element Of
discord shall have ceased to stand between US
and the pro.sluyery party-when the battle is
narrowed down to its merits us between Repub-
icanism and Drcd Scottism-wc shall girc five
thousand majority fur Freedom every time.
The Congressional fight is going on with more
determination than ever knew before in Con-
necticut. We feel that the eyes Of the country
are upon us, and in some sense the flute of The
country il in our hands The 1st {llartford)
District is in my opinion the only doubtful one
in the State. You are already aware that Ezra
Clark, Jr.. having very properly failed If a re-
nomination, is now running as distinctive
American candidate in opposition to Hon.
Dwight Loomis, the Republican nominee. Clark
is Of course trying 10 elect Alvin p. Hyde, the
Border Kutiian candidate, lie cannot get over
two hundred votes in the District for himself,
but he hopes to draw much larger number
AWAY from Loon,is, and thus leave hole for the
bred Scott candidate to crawl through. Mr..
Loonlis' friends say he will be elected by three
hundred nlajority: believe be will be. At any
10 T4,,r1- iii f,n I,o o11 +
In the lid New Havcn) District the canvass
is about finished, and NC satisfied that Hon.
John Woodruff will be elected over Sam Arnold
{Donghfacc) BY four or tiEe hundred majority.
The opposition TO Woodruff in the Republican
ranks ceased immediately utter the nomination.
He is the most popular man in the District By
all odds, and will poll more than his party vote
by several hundreds. l a,n convinced that his
nomination was the very best that could have
been mude HI is working like tiger. 4 few
pcrsons calling themselves Old Line Wings have
nominated Austin Baldwin, Of Middlctown, for
Congress, with the idea tllat they can abstract
votes enough to elect Arnold, but it is not in the
cards. Ono hundred yotes is liberal allowance
for Baldwin.
The lid {Norwich and New London) District
thc strongest Republican District in the State,
is somewhat dis0rganized. Hon. Alfred 4.
Burnl1am. the regular Republican candidate,
will certainly be elected, but my old friend and
my choice for the nomination, Edmund Perkins
If Norwich, has taken the stump against him
and is working with all his might to elect Rufus
l.. Baker, the Border Rutfan candidate. The
Americans held 4 convention ut Norwich yes
terday and re.nominutcd Hon. Sidney Dean, of
Putnam, the present member and one OF the
most sterling men in the State. Mr.. Dean is IN
Cuba, whittier hc went shortly utter the ad-
tournament Of Congress, for tile benefit Of his
health. Before leaving however, he gave his
warmest support to A1r. Durham and refused
unquuliedly to be candidate himself. The
presentation ol his name therefore, is wholly
unauthorized, and the enemies Of Mr. l}urnhan
lave undoubtedly taken advantage Of his alb.
sence 10 make him 9'drftr31s trinlihi*. Mr..
Perkins reason for the course lie is taking is
that he WAS personally and grossly traduced by
the friends Of Mr. Hurnham before the nomina-
tion. lie also alleges that Burnlsan' is not Il
Republican, but this Is mere subtertuge and
pr5text for boiling. Bnrn!.am was Speaker Of
tho House in our late Legislature and made II
goDd presiding officer. lie il fine public
speaker nn. altogether man Of decided ability
He will do honor 10 Connecticut in Congress.
.. S. Ferry is the Republican candidate in the
IEth {3ridycport) District, and vii! be elected
by from five to eight hundred over VIM: D.
Bishop, Lecomptonte. Mr.. Ferry is one Of the
first men in tile State, and will rank with the
ableSt representatives Connecticut has ever sent
10 Congress-. There il no American diversion
in this District-al 1rc supporting Ferry with
enthusiasm
1t is entirely safe therefore, to calculate on
three Republicans from Connecticut III the next
Congress. If the fourth is lust the whole re-
stonsibiity rests I'll Ezra Clark and his disor-
..anizers in the Hartford District. If we send
j,oonlis, Woodruff, l}urnhu1n and Ferry to
Washington next winter, it will be the ab1cst
delegation VT have lind in many years. Scna-
tors IIa,nln and Wilson, Mr. Grow, Mr.. Burlin-
game, Horace Greeley, and other distinguished
speakers hare appointments in different parts
Of thu State next week. Douglas is announced
on the other side, but it is doubtful if lie comes.
4 debate between lin, and Mr. Greeley would
be interesting ut this juncturc- particularly to
1flinoisans. C.U.R