New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
CONNECTICUT.
GRAND REPUBLICAN DEMONSTRATION IL HART
FORD.
From Our Special Correspondents

Inc demonstration aJ AilDH lIdll last Cftui1S
by the Republicans the grandest affair Of the cam
pagn 1t is calculated TO fill the loyal people with hope
and heart and cannot but result dsastrousy to the
Democracy Every part OF the large hall was occupied
long before the hour when the meeting was announced to
be formally opened, and by class of citizens to whom
Mrs Fanny Kemble would not hesitate TO read That the
intelligent residents OF Hartford sympahZe win
the Republican party aud will vote on Monday next Tor
Marshall Jewell for Governor, is admed but notNltl,
standing all this sympathy and promised action, 1t would
be doing violence TO ones belief TO insist that poll
ties, as commonly accepted, impclled the people IN
ALVIN Hall to leave their homes last evening.
There il an easy explanation for the imposing
turn-ou-Gen sickIes aud Gen Peasonton were adyer-
people were not idle or apatheo outside. An immense
number OF citizens assembled In the neighborho0d OF
Central Hail. at which place Nathaniel Lyon Post No q
Grand Army of the Republic was receiving the Generals
Here a procession was formed, aud with bands and
torches and amid the booming of cannon the people and
the veteran soldiers escorted the military heroes TO Al.
bnt the escort were obliged TO content themselves with
positions in the because there
for them In the auditorium The 5ouhd Oh music Ion
party had arrived, and every entrance was
scanned to obtain first look at me Gener,
ais as they would enter. AT O'Clock, the
party appeared the stage and Gen sckles by the
aid Of his crutches, and accompanied by Gen. fIeasOV,
approached the front where chairs reserved for
their feet and engaged In such cheering ana waving oi
hats and handkerches made one think lie must be IN
another land than that "of steady habits The occasion
secmedO eXbilarato all presentand again ana again inc
cheering was renewed. Gems -ickles aud Pleasonton
standing and acknowledging the compliment by re-
peated ncIinatons Of the head. The people and the
spSakers having resumed their seats, Col. Henry G.
beming a member OF the XXXVIGIth and XXXiXth
Congresses, and who was chosen To preside, arose,
and in few and fitting remarks, relative TO the
mission Of the Republican party, aud complimentary to
those who 10 address the audience introduced zen
Sckes, who he presented himself was again received
with the most enthusiastic pandts. His speech was
most telling, and he gave TO his hearers knOWedge
Of the horrors pracced upon loyal whites and blacks Dy
nhuman and unrepentant Rebels and TO prevent which
by the interpOsltIOn of the military excited tue lndSns
prp mi
every generous impulse evoked lie Od the people now
Connecticut women forno other crime than tat Oh lll,
structng the lerate blacks and whites were dragged
from their beds in the darkness OF midnight and forced
from their homes, and their lives threatened i they
Suo T"s in '''i the U habit Of O learning the poor Of
his race TO read the manePatiGn proclamation
shot down In cold blood and in the presence OF his wie
and also the treatment accorded an eNeap.ah OF the
Federal forces who was imprisoned because he had been
IN Occa5Oning the death OF eDeI con
scrpting officer The people ympalhlsed most cOrdIaiy
conviction forced upon the observer by the conduct OF
throng was that tho representatives OF tho people should
reconstruct the Union ana prescribe the terms upon
which the Rebels should be- admitted into the family OF
States Gen Peasonton spoke but briefly yet i9rclD
IN support al the Republican nominees, ana urged upon
his heaters the necessity OF voting Tor Mahha or
Governor, aud Of cectng him to the position e T. Dem
made short addresses and impressed upon thelr hearers
the demand for fidelity TO Republican principles; Inc
meeting adjourned amid great enthusiasm, ana met
again in front OF the Allyn Hotel whore the excitement
was renewed. aud the Generals received the h0nors 9
The rsleus genoraliy short speeches here made
by Gems sees and Pleasonton ana Few oi tae pron %
the streets aud hotel became quiet There u every cor
hdenee that Hartford WIN DC tIo 70 to Con % ~, ~, Mar
shall Jewell and the other con1dates on the az
ia the less loyal cities
COLD-BIOODRD COPPERuEAD MEETING.
Hartford CT, March 81 1868.
The Democratic meeting tonight is in marked
contrast with the held as night by the Republicans
The Hon. NIr Voorhees, s the special speaker, but even
his coquencc fails to evoke that enthusiasm when pre-
cedcs a confidence IN victory
TIE HoN. JCVGE KELLY or PENNSYLVANIA IN
wESTPORT.
WEsTroRr, Ct. March 81, 1863
The speech of the Hon. Judge Kelly, member
of Congress from Pennsylvania in the public hall, TO
night was an admirable effort fun Of argument, and is
calculated to furnish food for the townsfok that will
keep their intellectual digestive faculties in full play
until Monday next IL not 80 long, at any rate through
ont tonight tomorrow and Thursday, which evening
Rcpubllcan doctrine is to be again propOunded and eS
pounded The Judge presented tho rights of labor and
srncd concusively the advantages that viii accrue to
Northern industry shoud the restoration progr3mme 3i
favor with the audience spoken 10 with the speaker,
and none present manifested greater attention 10 the
proposons OF tho honorable judge and his arguments IN
sppurt uf them than the Democrats who had gathered
into the hall few ~ these may have attended with
nnrpoSe To tcof; yet tins is certain: that number re-
tired at the close Of the speech. If not completely con.
yerted AT least thoroughly impressed with the force ot
and respected citizen Of tho town Mr. j. p. Jones pre-.
sided Perhaps Is too much to eSpect that the Repnb
lcaus will carry Wostport at th,f'coming election; II Is
not false prophecy say that the noinee Of the party
for the Presidency will obtain majority oil the votes
nailed next November At the last election WeSport
gave an English majority II 1888. 81 more than tho Fair
eId County majority for the DemoCrate candidate FOR
Governor This vote will be materially reduced on Mon
day according tn Democratic and Republican admissions
aud CLAIMS; but what the reduction WIZ be neither
In favor OF the Republican candidates, aud number OF
the foregn-boIn population who have uniformly acted
with the Democratic party, threaten, in view OF the
known position occupied by its nominee for state
Senator IN the matter OF railroad Gtehs;on,
o bolt the entire organization. aud 10 vote for Marshall
Jewell and Wayland, and the other cstlinahe citizens
whose names appear ON tue kepuhneah Ticket Inc
sneecb of o night has not essened the dsaecon OF the
dissatisfied and while thcro not n single al cap
Lde NprcssiOn In the whole long address, tere was
yerthin i'm n to merit the attention and consideration
which n received and the effect cannot lie latent, but
must be- active. present. Immediate Judge Kelly IS TO
sneak each evening this week; and If he win
only ignore any other speech Inc may have Thought Of do
living and into the manufacturing towns and talk to
ihe operatives as he talked 10 the people OF West
port tonight il IL morally certain that
lie paItly Coppcrhead majority of 9s7. which
factory majority secured for the standard bearers OtOy
atty The Republicans Of Westport are resolved TO do al
they possibly can, and more too, 10 redeem this town
and county from the disgrace Of permitting Coppcrheads
triumph at the polls, and express confidence IN Inc
conGdence il not nfoundcd but il cannot be unounded
lie supporters and defenders OF the Union viii only
work with determination TO wina victory.
SHARP SCRUTINY or THE REGISTRY LISTS IN
NEW HAVEN.
NGw-HAyEN. April 1.-The political excite
mcnt here already at fcvcr-hcat has received new
impetus the recent action taken by the Republican
registrars in the Third aud Filth Waplsthc great Cop
pcrhead strnSholds where they consummac the larger
part OF the frauds OF which they are guilty-whch has
.ut altogether phase upon affairs, and may ui-
natcy assume great Importance in the matter OF de-
ciiing who shall bc next Governor The history Of
the matter Is follows: few days previous TO the
commencement Of the work Of admitting voters
aud the naturalization OF aliens, u few OF the
leading Union men In this city published card, In which
they stated that they should every proper and legal
means to sustain the purity of the ballot box. The pro-
Nth and bN rlpu