Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-23

posed to resort to arms,
 When the news of the opening of the con fict reached New Haven,the town was equal ly divided upon the question of taking part | in the controversy. A town meeting was held upon the subject, and it was only by the eIoouence and energy of Benedict Arnold | that a vo5e was obtained expressing | sympathy with their brethren in Massachu- l setts. The prominent New Haven leaders ot the patriotic party during the revolutionary | period were Samuel Bishop, Colonel Jona- | than Fitch, Dr. Everet Munson, James Hill house, Henry Daggett, Jesse Ford, Pisrpont | Edwards, Simeon.B Bristol, Jonathan lngersoll
 and Timothy Jones.
 l. FROM 1787 re 1918. A large maiQ55iftco Q55f Of the m adoption of the fed ven ven Constitution. The Federal party had absolute control of the politics of New Ha- ven and Connecticut until 1914. It was dur ing the period of Federal ascendency in New Haven that the famous controversy took
 place between President Jefferson and the
 merchants of New Haven over the appoint
 ment of the father of Abraham Bishop to the position of collector of the port of New Ha- ven. He, however, subsequently, proved to be very good collector.
 Among the noted men of New Haven dur ing this period who were prominent political leaders were Elias Shipman, Jeremiah Atwa- ter, Charles Chauncey, Jonathan Ingersoll,
 Pierpont Edwards, David Austin, David Daggett, Elizur Goodrich, Silas Merriman, William Hillhouse, Thomas Painter, Stephen filling, Isaac Beers, Isaac Mills, Thomas Painter, Noah Webster, Jeremiah Townsend,
 Henry Daggett, Nathan Smith, fhaddeus Beecher Gideon Kimberly, Charles Denni-
 son, Roger Sherman, James Merriman, Seth P. Staples, William o. Bristol, Eleazer Eos ter, Thomas Ward, Henry w. Edwards and Abraham Bishop.
 FROM 1918 TO 1854. During this period the old Federal and Republican parties passed out of existence in New Haven as well as in the country Manufacturing was in it's infancy in New Haven during this period and the doctrine of protection found ready believers among the workingmen of the city. Many Irish immi- grants came to New Haven and here as else
 where these new citizens became membe IS of the Democratic party. All property qualifi- cations upon the right of suffrage were abol- ished in 1S45.
 Among the prominent men of New Haven who held political office during this period were: Henry w. Edwards, who was Cover nor in 1883 and in 1S35-7; Jonathan Inger- soll who was Lieutenant Governor for seve- ral years; Charles Dennison :; Ralph 1. Inger- soil, who was Tolerationist and Republican for several years. In 1897 Dennis Kimberly and Charles A. Ingersoll represented New. Haven as Tolerationists o1 Republicans. In 1899 Philip L. .Galpin represented New Haven at Hartford. In 1880 Wm. A. Boardman was Senator from New Haven. In 1882 Slas Mix was elected to the House from New Haven as a Democrat Hon. Henry c. Flagg represented New Haven in the Senate in 1885. In 1887 Hon. Roger s. Baldwin represented New Haven a Whig; at later date he was made Iepresen- tative from New Haven. Hon. Henry Peck was Whig representative from New Haven for the first time, and he was also Mayor of IL D entered public life as Whig Senator from New Haven. Hon. James Gallagher began his polit- ical career in 1850 8, Democratic messenger of the Senate. During this period the JOUR- NAL AND COURIER, under the management of J. B. Darlington, and the Palladium, under the management of James +. Babcock, had become the organ of the Whig party. The Register, under the control of Minott A. Os- born, was the organ Of the Democratic party. The councils of the two parties were general ly held in the offices of their respective news papers.
 THE PERIOD SINCE 1S54.
 In the spring of 1856 a mass convention was called in Hartford to organize the Re- publican party in Connecticut. Messrs Charles L. English, George H. Watrous and Henry B. Harrison took part in this move meat. A Greenback party was organized in New Haven in 1876. New Haven has fur nished between 1854 and 1886 many men for both political parties who have been promi- pent and influential leaders of either the Republicans and Democrats. Hon. James B. English and Charles R. Ingersoll have been elected governors by the Democrats and Hon. H. B. Bigelow and Henry B. Harrison by the votes of the Republicans. In times of political excitement for few weeks good natured though sometimes heated controversies are carried on, but with the settlement of the great slavery war aud re- construction issues which existed between 1854 and 1877, party prejudice and passion have almost disappeared.
 Hon. Henry B. Harrison would have been nominated and elected Governor in 1866, but at the request of friends of General Joseph R. Hawley he declined to be 8 candidate. For many years thereafter an hostility, at times very bitter, existed between the Re- publicans of New Haven and Hartford. Be- cause of it General Joseph R. Hawley was defeated for the United States Senate in mated for Governor in 1878; Hon. Henry P. by Hartford influence, was defeated by the people at the election in 1873; New Haven lost her position as a semi-capital of the State in 1873.
 The Hon. Charles l.. English, the Hon. Caleb B. Bowers, Thomas R. Trowbridge, jr, and others took part in brief discus sion on matters of interest touched upon by the speaker.
 A unanimous vote of thanks was extended to Judge Harrison, with request for copy of the popular publication.
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