The liberty bell and workingmen's advocate., 1867-03-07
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COPPERHEAD MANAGERS DE-
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A sICKLY SET OF 'MoURNERs.
This world is all a feeting show To mans illusion given.''


 To mans illusion given.'
 ..-. HARTFORD, March ?.
 lam a workingman-have the hon. or of belonging to the Coachmaker's Union. Politics is no part of my trade. One day, about four weeks ago, some of the boys said we must elect delegates to the Workingmen's Convention at New Haven, and they wanted to put me on. don't care anything about that, replied, only that our side wins, and I want to have it win every time because we must keep the old party that stood,by us when we were down to the front stiff-backed against those fellows who refused to let us vote, and who called us all sorts of hard names"
 After some further discussion that day, and for three or four days after ward, our Union held meeting, and l was appointed one of the delegates. On Friday morning, the day the Convention met, I went down to the depot to take the first train to New Haven About the first man I saw on the platform was A E. Burr, of the Hartford Times. ..-
 I began to make up my mind that there was very large sized cat in that meal. We'll, we got into the Convention, and after looking around spied James Gallagher up in corner talking with a chap they said was then Burr came along and asked, Y" How does it look ?" Gallagher re- piled, |" It's all right I guess, if those workingmen from the rural districts don't pile in here and raise the deuce." As I was from Hartford, and feeling that Gallagher referred to just such fellows as me, says l, "how arc you rural districts .''
 About an hour later fellow rush. ed by where I was sitting, and an- nounced in pretty loud tones, |" The eastern and northern trains were imp Just then there was humming noise around the doorway, and, on looking around, saw thirty or forty good looking chaps who were elbowing their way through a crowd of copper heads as if they had some sort of bus mess to do that thing, and just at that particular-and eventful-mo- ment, you ought to have seen A. E.. Burr and Jim Gallagher.
 Burr seemed to be meditating over the famous expression |" I'm sick. send for McGinnessw Gallagher had the appearance of chap who had just come out of a trance and found himself laid out in a coffin with dog en or two mourners standing by.
 After organizing by the appoint ment of officers it was discovered that the permanent chairman, chap named Gibson, I believe, who has been working on the pay of English 1 for two or three months, was as deaf as an adder. All the delegates, who had motions to make, had to yell at the top of their voices, and then he | couldn't hear unless some familiar name struck his ear. But to aid him a little, Burr got close up to him and acted as sort of speaking trum pet, which helped him along some l what.
 Finally some fellow made a motion to dispense with fourteen of the extrs presidents of the Convention, (Burr Gallagher & Co., and these appenda ges left the stage Ta S
 The whole Convention voted this Gibson both fool and a knave. can't give you any sort of dis cription of the Convention after that The copperheads of New Haven headed by Gallagher, proceeded tt carry out their plan to ss kick up | row." because they saw that they'' made mistake in the figures, an' they yelled, and hooted and raised the old boy generally, until finally, became necessary to call in the polio and put them out. Wasn't they mad though, but it wasn't any go. They tried to fool the workingmen, wh are supposed to know thing or two , and in getting ripped up were serve just right. 1 forgot to say that
 took dinner at the Tontine, and whel 2 I went to pay my bill, the clerk sail . thatsis all right" Afterwapd !, !, found out that English paid aH tt
 bills there.