The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-18

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presaent Of Baldwin Tool Csspsas:
]. A Preston, Fsirhayen,
Manufacturer;
IL T. RoRRfSs Hartford,
Hartford Manufacturing Company.
Ixwis BOYD West Wnsted
American Hoe Company,
WnIlAM G. IIsiTURd, Bridgeport,
TomDnson sprug aud Axle osnpasg;
DAVENPORT MALLORY Now HAyes,
Lock makers;
FLAEG BALDWIN, Milford,
Straw goods;
GEORGE NJ LANpERs, New Britain,
Manufacturer
L. E. DxNIsos, Winthrop,
Manuf cturer;
CHARLES Cook Winsted,
Cook Axle Company;
A. b. Il G. DooIiTns, Pleasant Valley,
Carriage makers;
JOIN A. PECK, Naugatuck,
Union Knife Company;
l. s. PARSONS, Brandford,
President OF the Squire Parsons Mauurse d.:
HENRY G. LEWIS, New Haven,
Manufacturer
President Of Tack and BoM Company;
SHELDON BAssITT, Birmingham,
President Of Iron FOUNDRY and Machiac Co.:
Isaac C. IEwn West Meriden,
Britannia Company;
s. W. COLLINS, Collinsvtile,
Colinsville Axe Company
IAN political papers in the state will please copy, aaa
send bill to the Hartford Manufacturing Company, Hart
ford, Conn, on or before the 10th Of january
Meriden Is very pretty village, making rapid pretea-
sons TO the denomination Of sterling country town.
has population Of about FIVE thousand persons The re-
siiences lightly and neatly constructed differing but
little, if at ALL from the ordinary architectural style az
other suburban localities Everything presents checr-
full and appearance and that great deal Of
solid prosperity does really exist here there be NO
doubt This certainly owing the great impetus which
has hitherto been given TO manufactures the State and
to great extent in the village of Meriden tsef From
tain, in the absence Of official documents there cannot
be less than million of dollars invested in manufac-
lures by Meriden capitalists alone, to speak Of other
largo cities and villages and towns In this little State that
do drive corresponding trade. II Is not. therefore, q
matter Of surprise that these gentlemen sgners of the
above ca together with their co1boratesrs through
out the State should become alarmed the threatening
defensive attitude assumed by the South In consequence
of the revolutionary events of Harper's Ferry,
and the countenance which Northern abolitionists
have given to those revolving, reasonable scenes,
when state the fact that than half the trade of
this State Ia direct with the Southern States.
Such Of these have been the greatest sinners
against the constitutional rights Of the South now
among the most penitent and abec ready cloths them
selves in garments Of humility, and TO manifest their con-
triton in sackcoh and ashes The excitement which they
sought to foment in the South has recoled upon them
Selves and now they are striving to mend their broken
walls before they fall altogether and bury them beneath
their ruins Courses like Chickens" says the old pro-
verb, "cone home TO roost" and have many OF our
black republican friends found BY this time The fact
Is, abolition principles do not pay; aud when mems
pockets brought into question, all know how they
wriggle and dance about like wounded earhworms.
This the with the manufacturers of Connect
cut Their pockets and financial interests in every foru
involved. Hence the convention at Town Hail. and
the excitement Of the good folks of Meriden.
few general facts 70 the results to this village by
the Virginia raid may be worth the attention Of your
readers In order that manufactures should be
full and the capitalists who have invested in them grow
wealthy and respected there must inevitably be strong
community Of consumers who always found ready to
give cash for the goods manufactured. manufacturer
will tell you, proof Of the Of his business,
that he has Of the best customers in the country.
AK him what part Of the country he audes TO, and ts
reply is invariably 'the South" Ask him again, as
your trade with the West not Of creator importance 10
youf The reply is, "By means since the revulsion
Of 1857 chief dependence only be placed tho
South We get support from the West, but bu-
sinees ID maintained by Southern customers This Is no
Aerden and for this the people being
actively aroused 70 the necessity Of doing justice TO
the South. The Manufacturers Convention is the frst
public evidence Of this fact, and however superficial
among certain classes may have been tho
motives which have led TO the movement,
there can be no doubt that the popular
heart Of Aerideu sound and healthy, and the uhAbi-
tans aroused to the true understanding Of the mi
ques perpetrated their Southern brethren, will not
rect content unit, the fullest justice ia administered
The general opinion here is, that the principal manu-
iae.areTs have been damaged TO extent which they
unwilling confess The insurgents OF Virginia have
LEI! them legacy remember and they may well ssy
OF JOAN Brown tia, "Aoast no Is dead yet doth Ia
spssk."
The vote q this town has always been democratic N
III one Of the principal manufacturer through persoc
motives made diversion in favor CT the wing party
causing his friends and workmen 70 follow in his track
This was q great blow TO the democratic party At 10
time, and did Dos show any signs OF recovery for con-
siderable Season. BIZ. this manufacturer soor ro,rs
good reason for ''iacsag ship" cauie back 70 ths
original question % dollars and cenA Ills friends ead
agents the South wrote him Say, that bis spos-
lacy IN democracy hst reached The Southern MARKET s,S
.aqss "a ge,Wcei to ts OIL pstas " irsScs