The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-16

record, Ter honor and her reputation are all al
stake. Her dominant political party, identified
with all the honors Of the suppression OF tne
late rebellion and the extirpaton of slavery,s
now saddled with representative candidate
for Congress whose election will disgrace the
State, as will the success of the party endors-
ing him. In this city last fall we had one or
two candidates for Congress whose antecedents
were none Of the best, riding in the same party
wagon with Mayor Hoffman as candidate for
Governor. These men for Congress were
elected through the arrangements of the Tam
many ring between them and Hoffman; bat the
unholy alliance was the death OF Hoffman. AS
the endorser of the Tammany ring, the pugi-
lstic ring, the cockpit, the faro bank and grog
shop primary elections, Hoffman was indig-
nantly rejected by the people Of the State.
This moral issue settled him. So in the name
Of New York we have the right, nay, it is our
duty, to commend her good example to the
people of Connecticut in a similar dilemma.
Governor Hawley has the reputation of q
good soldier and an exemplary citizen; but,
like poor dog Tray, he must be judged by his
company. "Show me-" says an ancient phi
losopher, "the mans company and will tell
you the character Of the man." Governor
Hawley stands before the people of Connecti-
cut as the political associate and endorser Of
P. 7. Barnum, man whose professional course
for thirty years or more has been that Of .
shameless, nay, boastful Jeremy Diddler,
obtaining money upon false pretences. One
would think that he had started out from Con-
necticut on his disgraceful career with the idea
that truth is an old wOman's scarecrow, that
honest dealing is the weakness Of greenhorn,
and that the Peter Funk of the mock auction
shop is an offender only in permitting himself
to be caught. Governor Hawley owes it to his
State and himself to wash his hands of Peter
Funk, of this political interloper, Barnum, and
Of his supporters, or the people owe it to them
selves and the State to cast out Hawley
We perceive, too, that Cyrus Northrop, pro-
fessor, we believe, of rhetoric in Yale College,
is out exercising his rhetoric among the radical
stumpers Of Connecticut. This is the wrong
professor to hitch to the Snowman Barnum.
Professor Loomis (the astronomer who, be-
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Haven the November showers Of meteors in
England, would not believe the HERALD or the
telegraph, is the right professor to yoke with
Barnum and the Feejee mermaid. Santa Annals
wooden leg and the woolly horse. The great
issue before the people Of Connecticut is
whether they will stand by their old colonial
charter of liberty, truth, morality and justice,
or adopt the new republican platform, as re-
presented by the Snowman Barnum, the plat
form Of Peter Funk, Of false pretences and
swindling Impostares. Upon this issue, involv-
ing the good name OF Connecticut and the
character Of her people, they should bring
their judgment to bear even upon Governor
Hawley, unless he shall in season renounce
and denounce all political associations with
and all interest in the election Of this shame
less Snowman, Barnum.