Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-10-15

For the isst week they looked like . Death
on the Pale iIorsc." They cnucused every
night. Thcy cssled meetings. every day
What was doing no one knew but ,hemselycs.
But IL has come out. Every night they held
theif midnight orgies" plotting, Ms we ex.
pected and ns IL has been proved. some foul
dccd-sonethipg else 10 add to tie ulreadj
blackened page Of Locofocoism. The deed
is about to ~be consumrnsted-the people OF
the United States are Hbout Ia see another
set IN The drama that they little suspected
that even Locofocois'D in its most dlsgraceftI
days would stoop Ia. II is Ia prevent the
iitie rxvression Of the will of the people OF
this State, who bring sick Of false democracy,
have risen in their strength, aud hurled these
impudent dcmagogues from The stations they
had so wnntoniy abused.
Mr.. Blake [who Jailed Of a re electionl in
trodaccd (by instructions from the Caucus
bill to let the inhabitants of ,unorganlzed
places, by applying to justice OF the peace
or county commissioner. vote Just where
they thought proper. No limits whatever
are assigned. They can meet ~ dozen
difiercn; places il they so choose, or IN as
many places as they choose. Legal voters
may vote, and so may illegal ones-Interlop-
crs from New Brunswick or any body else.-
"
State Of ihy or n thousand votes. The lis,
of names is dated in the Woods" and if
frauds are pruciised, yon must go TO the floods
Of our great State and hunt them up, u you
can. Neither latitude nor longitude IS given
al the '.pluce." And it may turn out after 1t
is too late, that some Of these {" "paccs," who
throw fifty or hundred votes, never threw
6ve. Tile Kepnebcc Journal calls il u "bil
to secure the vote Of the State 10 Martin Van
Bnrcn by uble or treble voting IN the
woods, aud by New Brunswick trcsspassers
in tho disputed territory" II was Ia be car
ricd through by party votes, and not allowed
Ia be discussed, by means Of the previous
question, without printing or debate. But
this was no CD. u udS printed. But II was
passed before u cnine out of caucus, aud So
il was no Use to talk off its Determines. The
decree had gone forth and could not be stop
ped. Several amendments were offered by
the Wings
One of these amendments was TO the ef
feet that The Inhabitants of any nnincorpora
ted township, if maj 'ri,y Of them so deter
mined by vote, may avail themselves of the
provisions of the bill.
Another amendment was. that they should
he liable to taxation, as unincorporated town
chips now are when allowed TO vote.
These amendments were rejected by party
votes.
Mr. Allen moved 10 strike ont the word
places, where it occurs in the first section,
and insert townships, so that votes shnnld be
received only from those living in the limits
of the township where the places arc. This
was opposed by Mr.. Paine of Sanford aud
Mr.. Dclesdernier, and rejected by party
vote.
But this unjust measure did not satisfy our
Locos. They have in 'truc,cd oil officers ap.
pointed for a certain tenure Of years to re-
sign, and be appointed anew, and so hold
over lungcr time. They have slready be
gun TO resign. Maj. Gen. White and Mai
Gen. Foster in Washington Co. Division.
have resigned, and the applicants are already
here for the VACANT Offices.