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s> LEBANON, CT, August 70, 1850.
LErrxR No. s.
while am waiting here, Ike mrs. Bur.
aell,s counsel. slessrs. Dodson 4 Fogg. 70
Se kicked, knocked down, or fsnkee-
klsxed In seue way. ] may as wei tel. YOU
hog tie people live In this part OF me
world. But first let me say wora OF TWO
about New Haven. I stopped Tor gay,
psftly 10 see the city, which IN itscii ITCHY
repays visit, but more to look AZ .ne Lem ,n,
ocsaiic State Convention tnat met .ne.s 'as'
wednesday and nominated. as you hnow Nv;
English and Ponds COED ticket ,nes s,''
ne sbarfel against barrel" as hepuDn.
ns.. declare. We'll, suppose It is; we but
soi,ow the practice OF our English COUSINS,
Who nav OF, an average eli, 900 for seat
in parliament. some seats costing S50,Vo0
and upwards.
Many Of us In the South are In the habit
81 saving and believing that II we 'iyed at
Ire North we would be Republicans, be-
cause there RepubIicanism represents intel
lieepce, property. aud conservatism, lust as
Democraey represents them at the SOUTH.
own that | myself have been q victim OF
sbat belief. When told In confidence by
Coupec,Icut Republican that the Demo-
cratic party OF this State was composed,
vnp know, OF the Irish and the whiskey-
dr,nkipg Americans / really seemed 10
know II. although Governor Andrews had
assured me that, $50 far as Connecticut IS
concerned. the preponderance OF wealth.
certainly. IL Of nothing else, Is on the side
ri the Democrats But wanted 10
see with my own eyes. so, witnout
le,,;np my business be known. mingled
with the crowd az the ToDtine Hotel mead"
ousrfcrsl. lodged at the New Haven Hc-
lei. where w. III. Barnum and other leaders
lodged: went upon Stand No. 2 on The Com
mon, when il was full OF people listening
10 the speeches at night; mixed with tue
throng below the stand; took nay seat on
the stage when the Convention was IN ses-
sion at the Opera-bouse; got down into the
body Of the nail in the very midst Of the
delegates. and walked twice through the
aisles. using all The while the best VISION and
intelligence at my command. And now can
assure southern people who have believed,
as l have believed. that, like myself. they
have been grossly imposed upon and de-
iuded. Had the composition OF that Conven'
ton been what ! had been led to expect,
and did to an extent expect, i would have
said so iD the --latest way. What we OF the
South, and OF the North as well, want 10
know and ought to know, is the exact truth
In regard 10 each other. IL the two Sec
tions, or the wings Of either party IN the
two sections, are made up OF rogues, the
sooner We know 1t the better. 1t was not
in the power of any man to deceive me, Tor
Int one man knew me even by sight. was
not deceived.
In the smoking.car on the Naugatuck
road, on Tuesday, had been sandwiched
for couple OF hours between knots OF dele
gates on their way 10 the Convention. Un-
known 10 them, studied their faces and
listened to their talk. This enabled me to
form some idea OF what the assembled body
would be. What i further saw in New
Haven confirmed the half.formed opinion
reached on the Naugatuck road, ana here
q 'tclsTe that in It's composition, IN us
81 ,eeches. In its behavior, and In It's proceed
ir,gs throughout, ii was as reputable an as
seIablage Us ever saw gathered for pollll'
cal or for other purposes. 1 was particu-
larry struck with The number OF old or
men, and the Difference shown
item in the conduct and management
OF The Convention. In this respect 1t re-
sembled more an agricultural than po'
ntical meeting. in vain / searched the eai-
leries for the unwashed. one solitary man
in his sbjrt-sleeyes was there. Yet New Hal
ven is a Democratic city, with large for
eion.borp contingent. The country mark
was strong on many faces and many babili-
mems. l counted two or three red noses,
but saw no man drunk, in the Convention
or out OF it. Late at night some young
men who entered the room next 10 mine
made merry for a few minutes, but the
noise soon subsidized and their inqulsltiye
neighbor, a poor sleeper, heard no more.
Senator Eaton presided with ease, dignity,
an fairness. His purpose to be Thoroughly
ard impartially just was especially notice
able. The Convention met at 10 A. NJ,
DISPATCHED its business by or Ii Z. NJ,
and quietly dispersed, a number OF the del
ega;es taking the Shore-Line train with me
that same afternoon.
Some OF my readers will exclaim. ooh.
il Is abundantly evident that you went into
New England determined to see the bright
side OF things" Not so. While circula-
ting through the press of men, women,
and children on the New Haven Common !
could hut hope that few bitter remarks
would be dropped In my hearing, for they
would have given TO my letters spice
which they lack, but nothing OF the kind
happened. Never has a hate-hunier been
more disappointed. But what think you
must have been the feeling of southern
man alone there in that ,mmense Yankee
crowd on hearing one speaker after another
get up In defence Of the South, the solid
South-made solid and kept so, as they all
well and truly declared, by unjust and
oppressive rule. Put yourself in my
place and ask, or rather you VIII
lot ask, II was touched? l was
deeply moved. 1t seemed TO me that felt,
as never before, the immensely OF the re-
public TAT the moment | was on Stand No.
2, looking the full length OF the crowded
Commop) and the power OF ideas. The
"s0lid South" Is not light load TO tote.
Think Of the antipathies gendered by nearly
bali a century OF alteration over slavery
and intensified by great war-the greatest
civil war recorded In historY-and fancy
yourself as northern man compelled to
take up that gauntlet every time ii Is hurled
at your feet or In your face. Yet the DEM
ocrats Of the North. OF the whole North, do
take il up with manly defiance that to me,
in the thick Of that crowd, was simply
splendid. Fire.bells began TO ring, the
throng rapidly thinned, the air struck chill
as the gaps widened. Much musing, i
walked slowly back to my hotel and cigar
In my lonely room.
But about the Yankee way Of living: In
Cornwall we breakfasted at n, dined al 12i,
and supped at or O.. AT the hotel in
Litchfeld the hours were much the same.
Here in Lebanon we breakfast and dine Just
half an hour earler-tbat Is at 7'and at 12-
which, presume, are the hours for those
meals in all the farming towns. Coffee aud
tea are used ut all meals. My landlady In
Cornwall made both equally well. MIX Is