The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-26
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEw YonK, Thursday Night
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l have seen and conversed for some time to-day with a
gentleman of high position and influence in the State OF
Connecticut, and he expresses great confidence that not
only shall we hold our own at the next election, but we
shall probably elect all four Of the members of Congress.
I was told that Senator Douglas, of Illinois, had under
taken to stump the State for q week, commencing on
Monday next at Bridgeport. The illness of his son has
prevented his keeping the engagement. Bishop, Arnold,
and Hyde will, l learn, be elected certainly. The repub-
licans are bringing out a number of their biggest guns in
the State ''of steady habits"
Wilson, of Massachusetts,, Hamlin, of Maine, BurIin-
game, Sherman, and, though last, not least, Grow, the
Speaker that is to be, provided, among other things, that
Connecticut elects four abolition congressman are en-
gagged to speak promiscuously all over the State. Gid
dings has addressed the people on ''higher law, for
hire, however, as a lecturer, and the Tribune has sent
them "a word, " so tina. if the 'spro- slavery democracy
triumph after all this, the republicans will have no rea-
son to reproach themselves with negligence. The black
republicans OF this State are beginning to think that VIM.
III. Seward is not "He best man for the Presidency in 1860. !"
and they are casting round for u candidate. They want
one who has no positive merits or recommendation
for the office, and are searching diligently to find some
one against whom no one can say anything.
Whom do you think, of all the thirty millions of free
and enlightened citizens between the sc. Lawrence and
the Rio Grande, they now think the most available man /?
Do you give 1T up OF course you do. Well, | will tell
you-Preston King, United States senator from New
York. He Ii fat, good HUNDRED, never did anything, :"
and-greatest of all his qualifications nobody can saw
anything against him" This brilliant discovery the
adjective refers to the nature of the discovery, and
not 10 tHe oDJecb ulsCoVefedD mas quite tckIed the
black-republicans. They knowingly wink with one
eye, and leerlngly remark" You democrats no.
lieve that we are going to force Seward as our
candidate, but you are vastly mistaken. His speech
es at Rochester and Home have finished him.
Now, Preston King has never made any such speeches.
or any speeches at all, and therefore is the best man. "
The syllogism is incomplete or obscure to feeble compre-
hension, but ] assure you that the fact was solemnlv
stated to M to-day by a leading black republican, who
evidently enjoyed the thing excessively as the ground
work of certain triumph in 1860. ~
The assembly of this State have again passed a resolu.
ton in favor of amending the constitution so as to au-
thorize negroes to vote. One republican from Long
Island had the manliness to vote against Ii. The Ger
mans and the few Irish who have run with "the friends
Of freedom" are not a little Disguised that then are to be
subjected to additional years OF probation before they can
vote, while the niger is to be at once admitted to the
enjoyment of the highest privileges of citizenship. Gov.
King pocketed the last Embodiment of nigger-worship
Will Gov. Morgan do likewiseY
Mr.. Morton, who fills the office of city inspector. in
spite of the mayor, and to whose neglect of his duty we
are indebted for the flthiest and most stencil. reeking
streets in the world, has undertaken to prove that ex-
treme dirt and noxious. smells are conducive to health.
The reason for the assumption is that, notwithstanding
his having left the city ankle deep in mud and ordlre.
the bills of mortality have been less this year than last
year, 20. L. d. and therefore, as the chief purpose of
STRENGTHENING is to promote health, and as it is a mis-
take, Morton ought to be perpetual city inspector.
Senator Ely, of this State, has introduced a bill into the
senate e~Xempting editors and correspondents of newspa-
pers from all legal liabilities for lbels, and rendering IL
legal for any one who has been libelled to punish the
said editors and correspondents with cowhides, &C., but
not TO kill or MAIN them. l. for one, would advocate
such a law. ] think IL excellent. The editors of the
Evening Post and the Washington correspondent of the
Express would lind such an enactment highly disagreed
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