The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-11-30
POLITICAL.


From the journal Of Commerce.
Ehctin ,ews-Foise Reporfs.-The an
nexed paragraph from the philadelphia Her
aid, Jealous Wing paper, is honorable to
the Editor, and shows mt least that he was
not prlvy to the deception which for several
days was practiccd upon the public in re-
gard 10 the Pennsylvania election. When
however he says that" every body" credited
the acps, he must except us,-ior we never
did; aud many hard knocks we got for not
believing il. We have fought so many bat
ties, first and last, in regard TO SIMILAR re-
ports "udvance otthe mail" and in advance
Of possibilities, that we have learned TO be
very skcpticnl concerning them. We don't
know how II is in Philadelphia, but here
there are presses which are very apt To trum-
pet victories before they are obtained, and
To he servere upon those who are less cred
nlous than thems, Ives. IL the game were
worth the candle, we could make very
brilliant article, by copying the successive
glorliications which have appeared in GER
TN papers in regard to the PENNSYLVANIA
victory employing of course the same big
type aud other drapcry with which it was
embiazoncd, aud not emitting the bets, the
positive information" and the occasional
happy nlluslons To ourselves. But we have
no object 10 answer by such a shcw up. So
far as we are personally concerned, we have
no objection To the course pursued bv those
papers IN regard to election rcturns-it is an
ntitir which they may settle as they can,
with their readers and the public, and the
empty purses of those rho have bet large
Iy on the strength of their assertions. The
policy of the course, however, we never
could comprehend. lfannouncins victories $
would achieve them, il would be mode oi
warfare oitencr resorted 10, and the wisdom
of 1t, IN the case of u defeated party, would
he clearly apparent. But seeing The result
is not in the slightest degree affected by
such announcements, the question, in u
political point Of view, resolves itself simply
into this, whether there is any thing gained
by raising that expectations of party to-
day, by meaus of false information, when i,
Us certain that Tomorrow or next day they
Will he more deeply depressed in conse-
quence. In n moral point of view, such
tactics cannot he for moment defended.
But as we SAID before, we a-c willing To leave
these questions of casuis;ry to those more
immediately interested, rcscrving io our
selves the right which we have hitherto ex-
ercised, of publishing facts as they occur.
whether indicating the success of one party
or another For permission to exercise this
right, we do not ask politicians, nor political
parties. IN a matter so deeply Interesting
TO The public as the results of an election,
especially an election involving the choice
oi rulars ot the nation, the people have
right to know the truth aud the whole truth.
u Is not strange that men who feel strongly
on the subject of an election, even il they
desire a true statement offacts, should ,hiuk
Mdf onc-sided statement, which is exactly
according To truth. For whether the obIi-
quity is IN the object, or IN the medium
through which It il sviewed. or in the eve IT,