, 1870-04-16
WASHINGTON.
Hartford, Conn.---Trade, Wealth,
and Politics There.
4 Lesson for Western Cities.
Tho Growth or tho Free Trade Som
Hmeut.
fFRpA ouB OWN CORRESPONDENCE
m n 49,

tained II tha National cspital Herr is acom-
pact, weN-built solid Municipality Of 50, 900
people. who could buy al the government
buildings st Washington with their life insu1-
ancs savings alone, supply the United states
army with weapone from their factories, teach
Congress saving common sense With their light
newspapera, and give the rest OF the world an
example Of how to grow prineely upon cheese
pa1ings and garden seedst
CHICAGO Axp HARTFORD,
Hartford Is Just two hundred yeass olds
than Chicago-bas1ipg four years. You grew
with the silver spoon IN your month, Ths
lake dropped Just far enough south and &C.
cepted Just enough Of 4 river to make you
great city. You hid only to be found. 70 be.
You we're the long-lost lei1, and when you A.
rived, there you we're! Everybody was witt
ing to ray, "Al hail and you hailed. or
course, there WAS something more than this
needed, and the people who got into Chicago
supplied it: hemendousneas, that is tie
word. Thoy pnt serewB under the houses
earthquaked the etseeta, and, taking the musk.
Iat Tor N architectural example, built arcades
two miles under Lake Michigan: The droves
Of hogs and cattle walked into Chicago a. nat
utally As the animals into Noah's TX. The
railroads had to go there-or go overheard,
And everything also went thoze because
it couldn't help il Most Of it stayed uhen Il
got theEe, md nverything that stayed behaved
drst. but Hartford began in real antiquity.
Go beyond the settlement Of Hartford ~ III
as Hartford goes beyond you and .*hefe would
you bel Why. Jou would be At tha birth
couch Of Christopher Columbus, who Was born
in 14s6, Just two hundred Year, before Hartford
Naa settled by Ar, Hooker, Of Massachusetts.
1t is curious, in the Light Of tbs trials Of thou
sands Of pioneers who resd THx CHICAGO Ta1-
nuN1, with buf1aloes, prairie dogs, md Piegan
Indians for neighborn, to see how the grarp
historians Of Hartford say:
Mr. Hooker and Mr.. Stone, and = hundred
1sen, women snd ehildrcn, took their departure
from Boston, and travelled mora than a hun
dred milxs through = hideous and t.acklsss vii.
de1uesa to Hartford. They had no coyor but
Tie heavens, and they suheisted upon the milk
OF their cows:"
Poor, naked, sneklings! A hundred miles
stronger han milk Doubtless thousands of
people hare wcpt over this description Who
now live thousand miles west of Chicago.
All heroism is a matter Of time. When Rernus
jumped over the walls Of Rome he had not
heard Of tho Hanlon brothers, or the people
who jump claims on the Pacific coast.
The original owner Of Hartford,-which his
naue WAS suncquasson, called the place
Stsckiag, probably perverted BY Mr.. Hooker
and the naked settlers to Suck-egg. Being
a. tho book says,." persons Of figure, who hid
lyed in England In honor, afluence, and
nd danger" (oide tho hundred uiles)
worship God under the name Of
suck-eggers, and they called the place Hart
JoTd 1t wah Incorporated NJ = city two yea.a
.fte5 TIE e eiose re- Of shs hesolution, and thsra L
Of tbs word !" city" - hcre- II you ask man
Of Hartford where he resides, he says,
In tho city Of Hartford"
II you affect not to hear him, and say,
beg pardon, but did you SAY Hartford ?"
be arswerr,
Yes, sir; in Me city Of HArtford!"
From this elderly beginning the city ct Hart
ford has grown to be "a itch "a any Of tho
a1nAllez cities Of tia world, and its success md
well-b1ed opulenre Is an assur1nce to every
secondary city in the Western country, and to
Americans ut Large. Of tho wealth
under our Union by fusaiity. thrift,
ingenuity, and the enterp1ising Jet Intelligent
use Of s1vings- Hartford had no greater ID
vantage than any other town between New
York md Boston, ,-e1eellod in position, indeed,
BY New Haven. But her aceumnulated cxpi-
and ahe is perfect hive Of little and big in
duet1iee.
I forgot to say that tho reason AN writing
shout Hartford is that I have tuat como
from it.
POLITICS Axp SENTIMENT.
This is The second city IN New England in
influence, though exceeded in population 3y
Providence; but Providence Representa- 90 1t
tie OF Ssate that Ha,tfo1ds opinion Ia worth
more. Connecticut has Just elected EnRliah
Governor over Jewell, both Of whom I've Al
Hartford, and both arc men Of position and
integrity: Jewell il maker Of leather belt
Ing, and he has become rich from small begin
ningh- English ia the editor Of the Hartford
Times, Democratic paper; but he IL one Of
the few really liberal aud true men in the Dem
ocratic party, md nobody is wotse for his elec-
ton. Here is story am told about him, and
During the early yeaEs Of the war persen re-
lated to the government had been guilty Of an
act OF such eItrayagance as TO place those
highest IN authonty in peril OF scandal and
perhaps defeat at subsequent elections Eng
hsh - and corning, OF New York, were cognizant
Congress might have made political capital Tor
the Democrats, they worked assidu-
piece Of private disgrace, and
by de1terously shifting the title Of in appro-
pf1auon they succeeded in eaying the powers
that were great wear and tear Of anxiety.
It is not to be regretted in any State that
a part Of the government is in the hands Of
one political party and part in the hands of
Its opponenty. Connecticut is still Republi-
can state, but Democratic Executive Ia not
in the way there. In the confusion Of poli-
ticiAns there is safety.
Connecticut, and, indeed, all the New Eng
land States, excepting Rhode Island and New
Hampshire, are believed to have Apure condi-
ton Of politics. I have not been able to find
anybody N Hartford, however radical. who
suppoess that the Governor or Legislature csn
30 purchased: The same is true of no Middle
States, and Of few Western ones. The State
Of connecticut has very large percentage Of
foreign operatres in it, and IL, therefore, yefy
nearly evenly divided between the two parties,
Large manufacturing towns are generally DEM
ocratic, and tie rural populations are Republi-
can.
General Haw1ey, the editor Of the Hartford
C0urdnf, is presumed to bo the most promis-
ing amcng the Republican lesders, while his
toxnsmsn OF the Times is unaonbtcdir the
atol, is the pink Of orthodoxy, and large part
of his political strength comes from bus de-
nominatioual affiliations. Like Ferry, be is Al
honest man. Both Gideon Welles and Dixon
live here.
The free-trade sentiment is growing iu-
rnenscly in this conservative STATE. from eel
heh as well as from equitable considerations
the inventors xud mechanics believing that the
tAlin is an obstruction to genius, and
thetc Is, probably, no district IN the
world wherc mechanical ability has 70 much
stimulus and encouragement - here, The
Connecticut inventor now aspires to manufsc-
ture for mankind, and not merely to rob his
eount1rmen through 4 ring in Congress.
David 4 Wells ID = citizen Of this State, and
he has warn allies hero, have heard the
opinion expressed that Wells is get in the pin
Azores Of this reform, and that be does not
begin to approach the standard OF many FREQ
traders among his State folks.
In Hartford thefe ia intense earnestness Of
opinion and wide latitude Of thought but /
an inclined to believe that many OF tho free
fYRI IJntHu u@$ n1&r+
uron than come Of the Western Congressmcn
WHO 20 halfway upon this question Of a1nelt-
ing lie ReursylvaniA pig -irpn men In their
own furnaces, and driving the engine Of re-
form over the steel ring upon their own Resss-
meI rails.
HARTFORD cATTAlBrs.
The three great interests Of Hartford are
manufactures, tire and life insurance, and
bcoks. There are besides An inuuuaersLls
numtel Of small avocAtions, the sros4 proceeds
OF which bring IN immense income to the city.
Ihe annual Ealue Of Manufactured products
At Hartford il set down IN the census Of 1850
At neaEly e., ,o00, 40. which I should think
ehcrt OF the true amount. In this list, hard
ware. in IL limited acceptation- stands highest.
with u 500, 900: firearms pass q, ,O00, ,o06, and
PAPER q 90, co., About AID below II, ,ooo, 900.
a1e tlesc Manufactures: Book binding and
hlank books, carpets. Connecsicut tobacco
cig.Is, clothing. tssoo. .oool, doar, gunpowder
l*2.o001, edge tools, hosiery (ne21lF
s1,oo, o,ooo}. leather belting. machinery and
engines sad1e,y md harness, silve.-Tlated
1rd brlttaunic ware, sewing silk, voolien goods,
Here are so1ae special things Of which I have
personal ccgnizanee: Woven wire n.ttresses
"a large and Developing business, indeed,
monopoly !t1idges, packing boxes, bat
tons. childtens cat1iaees, clocks tsedo, ,VoO1.
coach lace, rcady.u.ado cofins, hooks and
cycs {al0o, ,oo0l, willow-wa1e- Colt c1sated
this las.er trade, BY planting willows on ths
great dykes he rzieed 10 redeem his 1neadoWs.
and then importing haaket-nake1s iron,
Aleace.
Who would suppose that the oyster fisheries
Of Connecticut kad the value Of ee0o, 600. or
the sound fisheries nearly II ,oD, ,0e02 Theso
ia 1uote timber IN the Etake DON than thera