The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-27
TIE POLITICAL SHOW IN CONNECTICUT.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of 1Ht HERALD.

The PULlFlCAb NnUW IN CUNNEUflCuT.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD.
Iscren.ing Interest in the Contest Between
the Rival Barnums-Burnum, the Snowman,
Charged witch Being Up To Tricks-Ilis OPP
pOnent said 10 be- Up 20 acknowledgements
Assertion Related TINT there in Nothing In n
Nnme-The Men Whom Connecticut Sends
10 Congress. &c.
BRrDoEPoRr, Conn, Feb. %, 1857.
The politicians of Connecticut have given p Bar
another show. This " beyond all doubt
shcd fact and his friends and admirers using every
effort to his election Congress from the Fourth
Congressional district the interest the rapidly
increasing and will long be developed into genuine
excitement Then you may expect to hear great deal
about straagem and spoils, the great Snowman is
already openly charged with bsins mp TO tricks,
while his va, VIM Barnum. Of Salisbury,
honest and unpretendlng ircnmonger, is equally
as highly kept up to snun. This whole
affair unqaestionably remarkable political exhbi-
ton And, by the way, it h not wholly unlike
oiher exhibitions with which Mr.. Barnum-not the iron
monGer. but the showman--has had 10 deal In this
exhibition shr wd manager, particularly the Union
republican side, absolutely necessary and where
you nd greater than the Union republican nomi.
nccs OF all the political nutmegs the spicy htie
tree OF Connecticut p r. Barnam. the Snowman is the
~.
he going he elected. The truth Of the matte. is
that Connecticut wanted sensation II has at last
one, ~ wanted something which would draw out an
mirably succeeded. Besides, Connecticut wants
one able man to rep.esen. n Congress Where
than Barnum, the showmanf Did he MT sue
coed III coming over" thousands Of people, in all
parts ofthe United States, Of whom boased
they possessed the highest refinement and intelligence
and, hence does J, stand 70 reason that he cannot
n
ability observable for years past
Every Congressman whom be leaves his home ia
little lion o. The big dog OF the occason or something
Of the SORT and these all get toge Washing.
spa sr ~ forget
men Therefore they are constantly growing and bark
ing at each other. The lion from Pennsylvania opens
his ugly mouth and shows his teeth and grows NJ the
b ar from Ohio, while the cunning tox FROM another
state puts out his paw TO see what some wild cat
out sr. Barnum, the Snowman, in being elected
70 enter this menaacrie, will go there with
% e oa s'aod n ae srS ~ quickly
which his temperance lectures effected In the districts
nSe Be- HIS PsS5 rsps and ~
Il Is alleged dong up the election for Mr. p T. b. viii
OF course accompany the Snowman to Wahington and
him in leading the animals TO drink nothing bat
pure water What great moral spectacle this Will BEL
Forney will Immediately lose the benefit which he gets
from that influence "corked up rs tightly as IL he had
been in botten
Already the newspapers have commenced to take
sides according 70 their party and other interests, in
support OF the the other OF hs rival candidates
Soon pay expect 10 see all those WHY attacks made
upon the immeda tely I'M erested parties which
company political Candidates march TO fame whether
he II honest not Fifty thousand dollars said to
be in the field ready for use Rumor also has u that
the Snowman has challenged his rival 10 stump the dis
trct with him. but latter II is Understood has de-
cunei he nct anxious for the ONCE and does
WI h 20 make sh5u Of himself In any way, not oven
politically. -. $1,000 III
The democrats % their side claim that they have
made q capital selection In the nomination Of William
H Barnum, OF Salisbury. He n sad To be q OF
superior ability and In every respect complete coun-
terpar OF r. T. Bsrnum, the Union republican nominee
II is further stated that he 1.-THE ironmonger not the
showman) did not seek The position in which we now
find him. and that he accepted only alter being pressed
war draft ordered in his uhe ronmonger's. not
the showman's) town, and there was fearful appre
benson among the wives and children OF the aborng
meu that their husbands and fathers would be forced
leave them, perhaps 70 return, Mr. BsFnum ihe
regrets and tender empty consultations but drew his
check for the whole amount necessary 70 satsy the
.ch,a1 heart Need We wonder saws the Norwch al
ratisr n the workngmen OF the Salisbury iron mines
and factories are little emphatic in their friendship for
i matter Of history that for more than forty years
the counties Of Fairfield and Lchnsld which
pose the Fourth Congressional district have been repre-
ecntcd the popular branch Of the national Legislature
BY only two non-proessional men; and during thirty
domination while In the course Of The same period ex
ccpiing ~ D's the bar has been drawn upon for
political talent some TOUT yesrs g" prominent ON man
sion a nomination, bot he failed "a because no
not lawyer and therefore judged 70 b unfit 10
manage Connecculs little In Congress- Il will be
seen then that the nominations Of p T. Bsrnum, the
snowman and VIM n. Bsrnuln, The sturdy ironmongcr,
are exceptions 70 what has up TO the present hour been
the general rule. W t4A XIX ..N
rng UNKIND CUr.
The Belfast Josvral in speaking Of NJ. Barnum's.
the Snowman, domination, eays:sl}arnum, tho show.
Of %' sse Fourth coansssieus district liter Candidate
could hardly be found.' t46E an t6
WHAT MAY m Tn EvD ov IT.
In this political struggle the supporters Of tho
spcctive sides Charge the candidates with attempting
tca each others thunder For instance the friends Of
p. T. Barntm. the Snowman say that William II. Bar
nun, the ironmonger, hopes 70 be elected on the
formers popularity Snowman, while the friends OF
the ny thar the former WILL In the confusion OF
names ava himself OF the Iatters good character to
secure his lection. Thus 10 goes. NMF