New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-03
The Hartford COnventi0n-The Republican
Factions.

The Republicans of Connecticut held their State
convention at Hartford The radicals were in al
overwhelming majority, and carried everything
their own way, nominating Hawley for Governor
and passing hypocritical resolutions expressing
confidence !" in the President and " confidence .
in Congress.
We have report Of what transpired at the Re-
publican caucus held in Hartford to choose dele
gates. The radicals, or Hawley men, had entire
control of the caucus. Mr.. VIM. H. Green offered
the following resolution:
Resolced, That we heartily indorse the admins
| tration of Andrew Johnson, and we pledge our
selves to an earnest support of his wise and states
manlike policy regarding the restoration of the
Union.
motion to the table was Immediately made
and after some wrangling Mr.. Green withdrew his
resolution for the purpose of offering it after the
choice of delegates had been effected. Thus ad-
vised of his purpose, as soon as the names of the
delegates were announced, a motion to adjourn
was made instantly put and declared carried We
take from the Hartford Times description of the
scene that followed:
Now followed scene" There were all sorts
of yells, swearing, threatening, pushing shaking
of canes and fists. No pen could describe that
scene of passion and confusion.
Green-Adjourn your meetng-choke us down
but let the friends of Johnson remain. Let us
have another meeting.
No one left the hall all remained, and there
were cries to Green, who was on the stand PUT
your resolution; We'll vote on it.''
He then read the resolution and put the ques-
ton: "Those in favor of this question and An.
drew johnson, will say aye"
The minority voted aye. But when the noes
were called for, the radicals used their lungs
Each one, at the top of his voice cried "Noln
with will.
The resolution was rejected with decided vote.
E. S. Cleveland, postmaster of Hartford, jump.
ing upon the stand, said: Gentlemen, you have
dug the political grave of Joseph r. Hawley, and
you have put him into it. The issue is made up,
and you have made it-this is disunion meeting.n
Here Mr.. Cleveland's voice was drowned by the
howls and groans of the crowd. Above the gen.
eral din could occasionally be heard such sentences
postmaster" This shows what you are I" :" Put
him out ~
Cleveland" Yes, gentlemen, put me out, or
take me off this stand if you dare"
Green ION the tablet" Yes, put him out, if you
we are ready-put your hand on Mr.. Cleveland if
you dare. You have made the issue here tonight
don't support any party that don't support the
President. You may go your way and we will 20
ours. Swerve from the path of the war DemOc-
racy, you want to, and you lose us, my chickens"
The groans, the Kisses, the bawls, the stamping
and jumping, swearing and bellowing-these can
not be described as they occurred at this time.
simply reported actual scenes as they occurred in
the meeting, but we are not able to report them
in all their extreme yiruleuce and bad temper.
The break is upon the policy of President Johnson,
one section supporting the Presidents antinegro
views and his Union measures, while the other op
pose the President and go with Thad. Stevens.
Without compromising principle, honor and manli
ness, men of such directly opposite views cannot
act together politically.
The following interesting article we extract
from the Memphis Argus:
We are glad to hear that many thousand North
ern men of capital and means are getting ready
to come down South to plant cotton. We make
the announcement with undisguised pleasure. Let
themcom along at once; the sooner the better.
Many of them we are told, would have come
months ago, but for the infamous misrepresenta-
tions of the travelling hirelings of the Northern
business to poison the Northern people with sheer
fabrications of the "deadly ferocity' of our
people toward Northern men, making, it " unsafe'
for them to dwell among us-and a thousand and
one kindred lies of that description.
We are pleased to know that the false impress
sions produced by these unscrupulous correspon-
dents are being dispelled. 1t is well. What the
South wants is more men and more capital. Let
the Northern men come along as quickly as may
be. Those who come first will have greatly the
advantage. This is obvious We want them to
come and see for themselves the true state of
things down here. Let them bring as much white
labor as possible with them. The negroes have
been terribly thinned out by the war; and besides,
those who remain do not work half as well as they
did IN state of slavery; and it is to be feared
that they never will. The higher they elevated
by the politicians in the scale of society, the less
they will work.
This being SO, and we are willing to stake our
best Judgment upon its truth, it is plain that the
cotton crop of the South must long continue to
fall far short of what it was before the war, far
short of supplying the markets of the world
until we have an immense accession of white labor
fromt the North and from Europe. Prices must
consequently long continue to rule high, and the
production Of cotton the richest gold mine on the
continent. s
READY WRITER" You labor too hard on
your composition, doctor,n said flippant clergy
man to venerable divine. g | write sermon in
three hnurs and think nnthncr Of Il :, a..