Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-20

4at ONCE. " nat would ave Aasss y "
,eelings Of the great body OF tie feJe'aal,'a.2.
sth respect to his being laced : !, =.
fltda'ion, bad he been diiereltb = -. s'ai
ed, We cannot undertake "a GS,s si'ss'
5ut, the democrats, after hayias ...'
.fery other eNpedieht to dss,oso VEG
government Of the state, vnISe, u'
cess resolved to make one more ~ T.,
crate push, upon dilFarent IS ut''
from any they had before THEA 1 1a
Jli'er "oleott, a gentleman via .
.oerly possessed the CO Gdt,ea 30 i,
t.eeple OF Connecticut 10 A, s;as y
degree as almost any man tina, q
ever produced, and who had been r,,,l =
Tor many years, among tie nest dseiGsl
aid inileAlDle trends 10 the fedora
hcy OF the State, aud the United Sl,i,.
IN the course OF tie last ca returnss
liked his residence in h., Latiye tr,,r
Ks has political opinions we've we'll kp,s'
10 hase experienced AMI pGrtaIt caas..
the Connecticut dem0crGs Resolved J;
set him up as their candi -ate Tor Gotsn
or. Many circumstances combined !
lead them to this determination. l.
Wolcott's family was hi lily respectsb,'
his father and grandfather, having b.
teid the office of governo Of COnlectns
lis private character was air, cons
deration OF no ssIai IN artance to 4.
party. They obtained his pefhisssu,a
is stated, 10 put him on cir ticket. !, |
order to avail themselves Of the vote, j |
Judge lhgersoll's friends, they also rv
ilm upfor lieutenant governor, ghsti, |
With or without his knowledge, Of con.
sent, we are not informed. As Jude, |
lngersoll suffered his name to stasdss
tie democratic ticket, the tedersGa,
could not with due regard TO tteicsu /
integrity, agree to give him their VIE:
.AccoidlN'y t ey sci up another esm. }
date. Il is probable that they did nj /
imagine that SO respectable bcdy d /
men as large proportion # tie Epim +
palians of that state is Composed Of and
as strong federalists as they have almli
heretofore appeared to be, would urds
with a party SO proaigatc as tie ttm,
Gratis are, 20 aid them IN tie acconpA
:neht OF measures, the avOUed otiedd
which Is, tie destruction Of TIE gasa
-nant Of that state.
he fact. however, has proved nh
that the tpiscopalians, TO very oM
derab.e extent, must have voted terM. +
= olcott. That they have dcre ka
grounds which they deem justifable, s.
baye net doubt. That they have yl.
ed democrats, we do not believe 4
'nong them are too many men fhi
standing and character 10 remit US d;
a moment to indulge such an idea.
, The exact number of Episcopal Vta
n Connecticut we cannot state. Itu
General been fixed, as far as We sen
ormed, at about two Thousand. PS9
,ly a considerable number n judge IN
5ersoil's personal friends, of Hhchhd+
'ervedly has great many fI,m not's
# regard to his age, cjrGunstance.m
'ir' ues, joined the EpiscopaIiansi
i'm their woes, tut who probatl Wa.
leld them from Mr.. NolcO't. b la
owns, Mr.. ingersol has 700 votes na'
han Mr. Wolc0;t. We thirk il UWs
air to conclude, that about $500 Of NJ
votes are from Episcopal1l'
With perhaps smaller number Of dsa
ederalists. Deduct 2000 from heHn' E
Ter Of Mr. Wolestt's votes above ra'
ioned, and it will leave him 1862,
In the year 1906, tie denocrf
Connecticut gave 10,4il votes. sfo.a
ne Ia towns sill 10 be heard tIoO e.
i'm 764 votes, it will only make The We. b
lumber of his votes. this year aqS d
hat " hIch the democra &c part ssNs"
ears ago without any aid from any~ ~
quarter. Deduct 1850 Episcc.a a ";
ther federal votes from The runlDaiN'
will leave of course, s4f9.
From these facts is apparent r ff,s
ar from gaining, the democracy o., @' i,
.ecticut has lost, daring The I@ ,, :.
ears, essentially. Whether s 'e,rJ
paae the proper allowance, IS a'I s,,
onjectpre butit is certain, f, "a, d
ehuction is to be made from Nj n
otis votes on the above score e -.at
,ct then is demonstrated. thai n e.
as lost grenntl instead Of galniHgjs. ~,
win respect to he os ,.,,t. s .,45:'
il the legislature s :,1s,s
lere is tais scar coDs,defaSIs. ~ s.pi
ON the last, there is row pu' =, az
amber they claimed we've .Ssr ba
hey have now. it IS sad, ~ -.
aimed 20: they certainly haI t.n:s
rye proportion Of those IN 'D ss.;rlJF
e present tine. haze been lsssssHE.
a,owar,f divisions among ne 's.' p6