The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-04-24
From ibe Providence Herald of Saturday.

From The Providence Herald of Saturday.
I The Providence journal, Of Thursday
morning, claimed the election Of the entire
whis Senate, as beiug unquesiionable.
But, yesterday morning, they abssdoneG
that ground, and placed the election Of
their ticket among the doubtful things, that
may be or may not be and staked the Is-
sue on very uncertain contingency.
They presume there are great many
Burgess votes cast, with the whig Senate.
No doubt there are some but probably
not half as many rs they would like to
make out. Mr.. Burges has about four
hundred and fifty votes and, to elect :be
federal Senate about one hundred and fifty
of these must 90 for that ticket, without
havisg any On the other hand to offset. In
the first place, we do not believe there are
one third part of the votes for Mr.. Burges,
which have the federal Senate connected
with them. There may be seventy five
such in Providence. In Bristol, we are as
sured that there are not more than twenty
such for Burgess and Bullock. In North
Providence, there may be twenty more /;
and, ia all the other towns in Providence
county, we think it large estimate, from
what We have learned, to give them twenty
more. These would make up one hundred
and thirty seven. In all the rest of the
State, Mr.. Burgess has but twenty nine
votes; and if we allow fifteen Of these of
the federal ticket, We shall only elect it by
a majority of some ten or dozen votes.
But, on the other hand, we have no idea
that the Burges votes carry with them any
thing like the number of federal tickets we
have named: and even if they did, we can
offset at least fifty tickets against them, in
Cranston, Warwick, and one or two other
towns, as we learn, on which are borne the
name Of William Sprague, for Governor,
with the Democratic Senatorial Ticket. III
therefore we are not much wider Of the
mark than we usually arc in our election |
calculations, tie federal Senatorial Ticket
will fall short Of an election by fifty votes a,
least, and possibly by one hundred and fifty.
Ii will be found, US j, usually is, that
" scratched rotes" as they are commonly
called, do not fall all to one side, and they
generally count but little as to profit or loss
10 either side, when the balance is struck.
The Journal also claimed " df sver1hei-
ming majority in the House of Representa-
'ipes." But how stands the case The
asst House consisted Of twenty five demo-
Gratis and forty seven federalists.-The
new House will be divided as follows
hiry two democrats and forty federnlis,s
10 that the overwhelming majority" will
DC EIGHT, instead of TWENTY TWO as be-
ore
great triumph has been gained, as i,
s.; and the violent storm of Wednesday a
one, prevented us from achieving victory
till more glorious. A reference to the re- 4
urns will show a handsome democratic {
comparative gain in many Of The towns,
md yet, in all the large country towns,
'here our main strength lies, a large num-
er of our votes were kept from the polls |
y the inclemency Of the weather. To our t
pponents, such u circumstance makes but
tle difference, as will he seen by their
o,e; their mnin strength being concen,ra- c
I'd in the city, the large compsc, lawns,
nd manufacturing villages. We fully be- q
eve however, that we must have a second
'ial. Give Ms then but fair day, and the il
emocratic spirit now aroused, will drive r
lie enemy from his entrenchments, aud dis v
rm him Of his power. v