Struggles and Triumphs

During the summer, Governor Hawley, Hon. David Gallup, Speaker of the House, Hon. O. S. Ferry, U. S. Senator, Mr. W. G. Coe, of Winsted, Mr. A. B.…

I was neither disappointed nor cast down by my defeat. The political canvass served the purpose of giving me a new sensation, and introducing me to…

The theory of our government is, that the will of the people shall be the law of the land. It is important, therefore, that the people shall vote…

If you will consent to thus meet me in a friendly discussion of those subjects, now so near and dear to every American heart, and, I may add,…

Never, in my judgment, in our past history as a nation, have interests and questions more important appealed to the people for their wise and careful…

P. T. BARNUM.--_Dear Sir_: Although Fairfield County was entitled to the nomination of the copperhead candidate for Congress from the Fourth District…

Mr. P. T. Barnum, Union candidate for Congress in the Fourth District of Connecticut, was lately solicited by a friend to spend money in a manner…

The idea that the intelligent reading men of New England can be bought like sheep in the shambles, and that the sacred principles which have so far…

I will not believe that American citizens can lend themselves to the contemptible meanness of sapping the very life-blood of our noble institutions…

No, sir! Grateful as I am for the distinguished honor of receiving a unanimous nomination for Congress from the loyal Union party in my district, I…

My dear sir, any party that can gain a temporary ascendancy by such atrocious means, not only poisons the body politic of a free and impartial…

I am unaccustomed to political life, and know but little of the manner of conducting a campaign like the present. I believe, however, it is customary…

But I trust that all money used for any other purpose, in the pending election will come from the pockets of those who now (as during the rebellion)…

SECTION 64. No person shall offer or receive any money, or other thing, by way of gift, fee or reward, for giving, or refusing to give, a vote for…

That section commends itself to the obedience of every law-abiding voter, and I shall be the last to consent to its violation.

When Congress met, I was surprised to see by the newspapers that the seat of my opponent was to be contested on account of alleged bribery, fraud and…

The next day I met Mr. James Gordon Bennett, who told me that he desired to buy my lease, and at the same time to purchase the fee of the museum…

Supposing that by this step he had shaken off the owner of the fee, Bennett was not long in seeing that, as he was not to own the land, he would have…

“That is all,” I said. Mr. Hudson then smilingly and blandly remarked, “I have formally answered your formal demand, because I suppose you require it…

One of the managers immediately made a motion that the entire association should stop their advertising and bill printing at the _Herald_ office, and…

The moment Bennett saw them, he evidently suspected the object of their mission, for he at once commenced to speak to Mr. Wallack in a patronizing…

The next day the Managers’ Association met, heard the report, and unanimously resolved to withdraw their advertisements from the _Herald_, and…

But the more Bennett raved the more the people laughed, and the more determined did they seem to patronize the managers. Many people came to the…