The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-25
Johnson Meeting in connecticu,.

HARTFORD, March ~.
A large and enthusiasts JohnsC
meeting was held at Allyn Hall I
night The Hon. h Green, ESQ, Ia
year the Republican candidate for re
representative from hartford, preside
and briefly addressed the meeting, a
nouucing that he was for Johnson an
must vote for English.
L S. cleveland, Esq, Postmaster {
Hartford, introduced a series of resoll
tions declaring that the secession ord
nances were null and void, and tbs
therefore the States whioh undertoo
to secede were still members Of th
Union; that the President and Suprem
Court having declared there are thirtI
six existing States, while Congress mali
tains that these are not States but Ter
ritories. 1t was voted that, whereas
this meeting cordially approves IN
policy Of the President and emphat
cally condemns the disuuion policy G
Congress; and, whereas, General Haw
Icy disapproves the essential principle
Of the Presidents policy, icing a sup
porter of the disunion plan of Sunlne
and Stevens; and, whereas, James E
English has written letter profferin,
MS rnreserved support of the Presideu
and his policy, we Will spare no exer
ton from this time till the close of tn.
second day of April to secure his elec
ton, and will oppose the election of al
other nominees not favorable TO tht
policy of the President The reading
! pf thaea reeol,fio,,s ,,-,, i =. 1
/ tumultuous cheering.
Mr.. Cleveland followed in an able
speech, in which he announced thai
while he entertained the kindest per
sonal feelings for Mr. Hawley, he could
not sustain him in his present position
and his duty and regard for the prin,
clples of his life forced him to give the
first his support, in the only way posi-
bic in this crisis, by voting and speak
ing for James &. English. He discussed
at considerable length the resolutions.
policy of the President, the Negro Bu-
reau bill, and other matters, making
many telling hits.
Hon. Eli Thayer followed in a we'll
considered and telling address, after
which the meeting adjourned, with
cheers for johnson and English.
The meeting and the speech of Cleye-
land have created a great sensation in
the State. Among the officers of the
meeting were Thos. Holland, Samuel
Woodruff, Jno. c. Palmer, Richard w.
Jarvis, Samuel C. Witty. Herman
Glalfcke, r. D. Hubbard and others.
heretofore prominent Republicans, Gen.
VIM. B. Franklin, Col Geo. D. Chapr
man, Col Geo. A Lewis. The campaign
is to be animated from this time for
ward, and the prospect is that English
will be elected by large majority.
TIE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
WASHINGTON, March 20-The friends
Of President johnson say that prior to
the New Hampshire election, he was
urged tQRpproye of the reelection of
Governor Smyth, as a Union man, and
a friend of the Administration, but that
no sooner was the result declared,
than it was claimed by the radicals as
a triumph of thesupporters Of Congress
and defeat of the Presidents policy.
So they go into the Connecticut cam
paign with their eyes open, and the
Administration will throw the weight
of its influence into the scale of Mr..
Enhlish, who indorses President John
son, while General Hawley does not
or has not as yet endorsed him. Mr.
English has been here, and the Mas
tional lntellgencer, of this morning,
not only says that the President has
had several very friendly interviews
with him, but gives him the fol-
lowing excellent record:
Although not elected either time as
a Republican to Congress, Mr.. English
supported firmly and steadily all those
measures of Mr. Lincoln's Administra-
ton intended to put down the rebel
lion. He voted with Yeaman, of
Kentucky, and King and Rollins, of
Missouri, for the Constitutional
amendment, abolishing slavery in
the United States. Just at the ter
mination of the Thirty-eighth Congress,
Mr. Lincoln sent for Mr. English TO
come and see him, and in this pleasant
interview the President took occasion
to thank Mr. English, and to express
TO him the warm obligations which he
felt to him for his generous and patri-
olc support while he had been a men,
Der or Congress. Mr. English was
throughout the devoted friend of the
soldier-whlle at home he is known
and recognized by everybody as one of
the most benevolent and high toned
Christian gentlemen in the land. Con-
necticut will honor herself by placing
such q man in the Gubernatorial chair
Of the State.
This meens, unmistakably, that Mr..
English is worthy to receive the votes
of Mr.. Johnson's friends in Connecti-
cut and it is also announced that Sec
retary Welles has declined to write a
letter announcing his desire that GEN
erai Hawley may be elected
The Republican Representatives from
Connecticut are indignant at this
course on the part of the Administra
tiOn, and they declare that they mean
to carry Connecticut for the radicals.
Already the postmaster at Norwich has
rendered his resignation rather than
sustain the President, and it is very evil
dent that a heated contest is at hand.
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