The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-26
CONNECTICUT POLITICS
SPECIAL Correspondence Of the HERALD.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of TINE HERALD.
Political snd Other CspissI-Barnsm and tho
Defcctieu Of Unieu Leaders-Why the Money
IL not Forthcemins- The WesIly Horse on
Irishmen-Free Tickets TO 500 the Mer-
maid, &C., sc.
i HARTFORD. Conn, March "a. 1857.
In the northern part OF the State and especially in the
northeast the political puddle less turbid than in the
SOUTH and few political gatherings Of consequences occur
In fact both parties DO lying cir until
election day or waiting plscdly.for something to turn
up. For this there reasons the principal
Of which is found the general stagnaton OF bust
ness In Toland county-a belt or country lying
the Connecticut and wimantic rivers and the seat OF
the larges. wooen manufactures the State. During
WARRIOR the lamp Of Aladdin which poted the
capitalists Of this section into Of
these companies ran up huge and unnamabe divi.
dends and wax cd corpuent, important and Falstaan
the diet of their gains Sowing gold by the grain
Troy they reaped golden harvest Of hundred fold per
year and for themselves palaces Fifth avenuesh
for grandeur out Of that which wrung from the pock
cts of the people by the high prices of clothing and all
other articles OF woolen fabric. Shoddy invented,
and sraighway hundred shoddy mills sprang into being
along the wiimantic valley. and patriotic capital
lists fattened the countrys want Of blue CLOTH The
traditional wooden nutmeg speculation was surpassed
by the shoddy speculation the quality Of its
for the draft filled by buying negroes for song to
fight tho battles which the Of Connecticut should
have fought while they lighting by proxies, said at
homo and made money; and generally matters went
most amicaby and to the whims and tastes Of the pro-
geny Of the Purans Tho ended, however, and the
of the dream shifted. Sboddy longer
in demand; the market found to DO gluted with
wooen rabrics and the sound OF shuttle and
loom ceased to be heard along the valley. Miwheels
by the dozen grew STILL and huge buildings Of granite
stood dumb rs the old msusocums OF Egypt in which
mummies are supposed to be buried
For several the large manufactures OF woolens
in the northeastern portion OF the State and Toland
county have been running only eight hours per day,
though ut q reduction the wages of those employed
and not as the workingmen demand with full pay; and
unless something now unforeseen should occur TO give
impulse 10 trade in couple of weeks they will have
ceased running altogether As most Of the opera
| working at ful wages, there is a prospect Of CON
| siderable suffering in the larger villages Of the
the stoppage OF these mills not less than twenty
thousand persons, who have depended upon their skill
next to pcnness upon their and left TO
shift lor themselves This estimate includes not less
than four thousand families most of whom will be
d1ccd to the alternative Of begging starvation
those invisible means ofsuppor which consist OF rather
irregular mixture OF the former two.
Among these classes therefore, the br ad question has
taken prccr lence OF the Barnum question: and The
pect OF he NJ len without certain means OF support has
discussion III The subject 10 the grasshoppcr- infested
cianiums % irc ngniy politicians.
lbe deiccps IF u r. Pease, Secretary OF State from
the post 81 ri leadership had had effect, but
even Thu d,'t.T haa been dino In little degree TO
- isns, mas the first great ou,brosking Tester
Barnams Inc legislature is simply history Of
low cunn,n aud political trckery. Pledged 70 the inter
ests OF III Lsrapon he eyadcd the obligation OF his
pledges iictfcal moment, and then voted against
them; irom his contest with tho New
Haven Railroad h. cascd fictitious kilograms TO be
ufsctnred and PANIED thcm on upon his legislative
brethren authentic sources OF information; In shor
the.saine which he had used in the prosecution OF
tho Wooly Horse hambug, by him carried into
legislation mads available IN the gaining Of his
| patty ends. political OF personal
I The TACT that the capitalists OF the manufacturing
counties cannot well afford " dispense the necessary
funds has, Of course IN measure embarrassed the
| conduct Of tho csmpaign bv The Union party though
this difficulty would have been easily repaired but for
for hSuor and the detection
hitherto leading members Of the party for the same
reason Tho general feeling Is that while u might have
Ia disgrace To Connecticut To send mere thimble
rigging Snowman 70 represent in the national councs
Aside from metcoric professors, world renowned
clothes cleaners wooden nutmcgs and mermaids, tho
Yankees unusually sensible They cannot he made
wooiy horses IS any proof OF legislative talent and
they cannot be made to comprehend the pro-
pretty OF coupling professors Of rhetoric and professors
OF the occult art OF humbug In the official capacity
True, generally speaking, Yankees have intense ad
true they are usually fondcr woody than we'll
turned sentences; and true IL is furthermore that
l
making, even though the money be made
| by the manufacture OF mernads, and very
little for anything that cannot DO made to
penny But. moigre a this, the Yankee has certain
notions OF official proprety, and put him In Office he
drops wooden nuimess ana puts ON me ppkcsi airs Of
Dogberics the Shakspearean justice himself and he
apt 10 insist that mermads and wooy horses, though
exceedingly remnnerayc capital for business purposes
the very best stock In trade for congressman
| Besides argues the Yankee. what will they. rather
what won't they, about this thing abroadg And In
IMAGINATION the London TDics declaming that
tho father Of Ion Thumbs baby should have been sent
by the penny saving commonwealth OF the State Of Con-
| ncccuL Now, IL there anything Of which Yankees
have horror IL Of what people might say about them
They are far moro punctions about avoiding appear
ancc Of evil they avoiding the thing ITSELF
and fas Tyrawy could be dead for several years and
Tom Thumb Congress and let nobody know H. they
would elect him once. IL Is not TO the eectiGs OF
Banum that the Yankee objecs, but to the having Of
that election known This tho Yankee will not submit
to- be cannot by any thmbler2ging Illusion
for Barnum without 50 submitting therefore the Yankee
type OF the Yankee nature. Strange Inconsistency this
h be surc but then, the Yankee be moons sent
when II happens to be for his interest to bc So
In conversation with leading capitalist, yesterday he
informed that while in past campaigns he had given
should oonsrSuis nothing 70 this The party he said
growing corrupt. and when men OF the stamp OF r.
ssrng wore nsmnsd and seriously put into TN, On:
party no LONGER i to control the affairs OF state
II useless TO argue with him that there was sngu
lar consistency having the manufacturers OF wooden
| nutmegs represented by who had sought de.
vices for Obtaining money under false prctences;
In suggcst that there nothing at all unmanIy
| dishonest unY Yankee In the exhibition Of woolly
horse In swearing Flauderian ahdavs that tho said
woolly horso caught BY General Fremont after
hunt and race OF several days; 'unscy 10
attempt 10 demonstrate 10 him that Barnum was more
eligible than Mr. John Mossey for Congressional honors
He obviously bound TO insist either out ot regard
for his pocket or for political morals, and Barnum
made the scapc goat 10 carry his sins OF noncontrbu
| ton into the wildcrncsR
Numerous Of this sort have. doubt occurred,
though number Of honest brown handed who
have SUNK Disguised from the ranks Of the party for
this very reason--tho nomination OF the Snowman
10 greater than will DO asccrtaned until the loss OF tho
election demonstrates to the Union party that
| ride 10 market on the wooliy horse.
Moreover, the Fenians have thrown the Snowman
overheard Notwithstanding his desperate efforts
vince them that he the true knight OF Irish liberty
session Of 1885, have been cxhumed used with
AIading effect against his prctcnsions this direction