Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-04-26
The Election.


rect q summary as we have been able
to collect of the returns of votes fol
Governor, Senators, and other Genera
Officers, at our recent election, from
every town in the State. The Provl
dence Journal Of Monday remarks, tha
when the errors in the returns arc cor
rected, ''the official canvass will pro
badly give Sprague over Francis abou
800 majority, and 450 at least Over
Francis and scattering. Samuel w
King, the Whig candidate for lst Sen
ator, is elected over Richmond Bullock
the Loco foco candidate, by rising 8O(
maiority;" the other Senatorial candi-
dates OH the Wing ticket, are chosen by
probably about the same majority.
We congratulate our friends on this
gratifying and decisive result of one OF
the severest contests we ever recoll"ct
in this State, which will have the effect,
we believe, to place the predominanoe
of the Wings in Rhode-Island on such
a firm basis, as no efforts of their Tory
opponents will be able hereafter to
shake. Under many disadvantages, a.
rising from dissension in our own ranks,
and with an enemy united as one man
in support of his candidates, we have
brought our Senatorial majorities to
within about 200 Of the great majorities
of August last, which, at the time, were
considered altogether unprecedented
Then, we had the benefit Of the univer-
sal odium into which Mr.. ID. j. Pearce
had fallen, which rendered even an
ostensible support Of him impossible
with many of the most respectable
of tho Van Buren, party. Then we
had the open aid and countenancc of
Gov. Fenner against Pearce, and the
hearty aversion of hundreds of others
who had been Aattered and eventually
deceived by him. And then, also, the
Wings of the State were brought to a
hearty cooperation in one great effort,
which it was supposed would decide in
their favor the character of the House
ofReprcsentativcs of in the then approach
ing session Of Congress. AT the late
election, all this was reversed to our
signal disadvantage. Our opponents
brought their strongest man into the
field for Governor, and selected Sen
ate well calculated to unite in its ia
vor very powerful interests. Governor
Francis, as every one knows, had been,
and at the late election was voted for
by hundreds of freemen, who were un-
willing to coniound him with his Loco
foco associates, and was moreover a
candidate that had never been distanced
In opposition to him, the gentleman Sc
lected as the head Of our ticket, had
met with open and very active resis-
tancc from individuals who had long en-
joyed the confidence Of the Whig party,
and who, however misled in this in
stance, must have operated very pow
erfully within the circle of their influ-
encc. Under all these disadvantages,
and others unnecessary to enumcrate,
the cause, We repeat, has most signally
triumphed. The majorities obtained
are far more indicative Of real, effective
strength, than the apparently superior
numbers of August last, and may be ta-
ken as settling conclusively the political
character Of the State for years tc
como.
The immediate fruits Of this contest
are most important and gratifying. They
give US
A WING Governor, by large ma
jority:
An ENTIRE WnrG SENATE, by ma
jority some hundreds larger
| A Vino House OF REPRESENTA-
rrvEs, where the parties stand, Whig'
442Loco iocos %
| A majority of2 in GRAND COMMIT
TEE for the election Of State officers, -
and the certainty, that as the Legisla
turc now stands, WING SENATOR viii
be chosen to Congress in October next
We ought not to omit to say, that the
Wings of this county are entitled to The
highest credit for their sacrifice Of al
minor causes Of discomfort, and for thci