The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-03-28
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By which we mean, of course, Connecticut
where the election is to be held next Monuay.
That State Is no more part of New Eng anu
than of New Scotland. 1t has seeeueu i'0
the correct, maidenly and modest company
six. with which it is still arbitrarily aSso0i"'e"
in urinary Biographies, and gone out ITO ser
vice in a rich neghbor's family. Connecli-
ON, i. New Yorks back yard-an outlying
nrovincs of Tammany-Tweed's pasture-a
square field belonging to the Fisk ,estate-an
syersrown brother of Central Park-a terri
tory enclosed in the great metropolitan ring.
These statements we wish to have regard
d as provisional. The above is what Con
Rsctlcut is-if 1t goes Democratic. other
wise We have some good adiectiyes and
phrases in store that shall indicate at the
same time appreciation of our mistake and OF
che sterling traditional qualities of the people,
OF Connecticut-the land of ''steady habits
1.-The good old wooden nutmeg State, &c.
This reservation we presume IS unnecessary,
for we have but faint hope that IN the iourth
heat between Marshall Jewell and James K.
English the former will win, the first and
snmstances certainly as favorable as those
now existing. The candidates who will be
eeted for on the Sd OF April are as PILLOWS:
0nces. Resublicans. Democrats.
Governor. !. Marshall Jewell James T., English
~ Gov .....Morris Tyler, julius Hotchkiss.
fasi.uIer. .Iavid 2: Nihois, chss NJ Pond.
0snroiler. ..Jas: w. Manning, Seth 3. Logan.
4,h (t.Juius Strong, Alfred r. G podlich
N.cu,e,. 2Slepoen W.Kellogg. John Kendrick.
$ea r. s'a Cass y W% s ssrnnm
In any event the campaign is not without
HI humors, as we gather from our witty ex-
E,aange, the Hartford Post, which disposes of
ehackneyed insinuation in this way:
The Middletown Sentinel says there is no
s2eaping tho conclusion that "the Republican
party is going to pieces Similar remarks
! were made some years ago with reference to
the ark by people who were foated round Oh
the bung holes of beer barrels.
In the same paper we find a report Of
speech by hon. James Gallagher at a meeting
Of eolored people in New Haven. The re-
marks of this Democratic orator under these
Unusual circumstances is great deal fuLnier
than anything that Mark Twain, Josh Bill
ings or Orpheus C. Kerr has written for a
twelvemonih. Hear him:
esMr. Gallagher began with the early his
terry of the parties OF this country, and clear
ly proved from facts produced that the Dem
Ocratic party first gave the negro the ballot,
giving data to show that they 1.-THE ccored
men1 formerly voted in Maryland, North Car
DINA and Tennessee.
Again he says:
He then showed that it was the Democracy
fhaf had almaUa favOrod tho nSa of Z lo
elective franchise, abiding to when he went
to be made voter and was refused because
he did not own real estate. The Democratic
party finally got the property qualification re-
moved. He became very earnest and seemed
to carry the entire audience along with him
and at this point was greeted with prolonged
applause.
The Democracy, Mr.. Galaher assured his
audience, had always been the best friends of
the colored man! Considering this as an en-
tirely serious declaration we challenge the
world to produce anything more comical.
In 1860 the Republicans elected three of the
four Congressman, VIM. 81. Barnum of the
fourth district being the only Democrat re-
turned. That year English's majority over
Jewell was 1764, but last year it was only
84s. The Republicans, it will be seen, re-
nominate their three Congressman. We hope
they may elect them, whatever may be the
result of the contest for Governor. In the
few elections that are yet to he held the Re.
publicans should make special point to re-
turn as many Congressman as possible. A
Democratic m In ority in the House number
ing much over hundred Becomes unpleas-
antly large.
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