Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-29
+ on The National Mie 1igencer.
THE FALL. iCI,iICTlDNS.


The AuumUa Elections now all over. and
the results with but few bright exceptions, are de-
Cidedy !ai OrHlle To our advCrsirlcS. These re.
suits uur readers win bear rs Witness are what
Se anticipated many we, KS ago, aud we not
therefore disappointed in them. They are IN the
natural order of things, and might have been pre-
ticlrd hy any attentive observer OF the signs OF
times wHh us much certainty rs au eclipse in the
heavens may he calculated by one who is skilled
in astronomy. SO far from its being any marvel
that the Wings have suffered all the late elections
to he won by their OPP 0nGnrs, The wonder would
have been had the event Of lhcse elections been
q. her than 1t il,
1t is NEEDLESS here TO bring to review the pot-
ical incidents of the last seven Or eight months,
which lave brought about ilis state of things
The death Of the lamenled Harrison, though it
rather dishenrtrued some of those who had been
drawn TO the Wing standard by their personal
preference for him, could not have discouraged
the Wing party 50 us to lead to defeat had not his
death been followed by the discussion between
Congress and the Executive which came to
head, at The close of the Extra Session of Con-
grcss, Just in time shed its DISASTROUS influence
upon the pending elections The cxtravagant JOY
of the Locofoco party, upon the disclosure OF
that dscorti, was the significant and prophetic
symptom of the series of reverses which has
since attended the hig party At The polls.
Yes, the Wing party has-to use II figure bor-
rowed from tie 'ruri-becn diS'anced by an an
tngonist whom, less than year ago, on the Ma
lUnaI Course, ii had beaten with the greatest cnsc.
The same thing las happened OIL HE Turf, be
fore HOW, 10 the nohest animals Il il but Il few
DAYS ago indeed since Boston, the finest horse OF
lis day. was actually ''liSIAnced" on The Camden
Course hl d competitor who would, few weeks
b. fore have been ~ match Tor IIlui B0StoH'S be-
ing benien--ii good lndges arc 10 be believed
aud The deieni Of the Wing party, To be nc-
counted Tor precisely the same principle. The
high-m,ttled racer "as ia,kcd TOO severely. lie
had done his best had been successful, and look
ed Tor some respite tron, l-hor. Disappointed in
Ibis inst expectation his temper was soured.-lt
was NOS that ;jnsiOn could not easily have done
nj Camden what he had so recently before me
ronpii,hed elsewhere hut his high Slril revolt
e at whit he considered iil.usagc in being over
w1rNed and he refused 10 run. 30 too, Is The de-
feat OF The Wing iary IN the h'le elections al'rii-
ttlJle hOi 10 it, want OF power, nor even TO any
considerable reduction of its actual below its for
urr strength but 10 Ills loss of Gc CT, and conse
pueni indifference to success or detra.
Let not our friends droop, however, nor our nd.
ve,sarits cNult, upon the occasion o. results
Which, properly considered, afford no ground foI
,lrsrondcncy on HE one side or jubilee The
utlitr. Under the influence of the sane ra,lscs
couid not Lui lave happened, sooner or later
what has come /, pass: aud It Is surely much
mere auspiciuts 10 The continued success Oi t!it
principles whlc 'riump'od al The las, Naliuna
E;ertion that should have happened Illus early
tun that il should Lave been postponed al The
ntXi var, when the more imP"rIant elections nrc
to hu heidi UPON which disgust and apathy suci
ms has been lately e,nn rd hy The Wing party
would have exertcd an iufuenrc fatal to It's iuur,
nsceudenry.
That lilueucc has now spent its force al OF
the Wig phulnuX wiih no more effect Iil,I wa
vrring IL It's ranks, which Initiates surprise, nuC
some WANT al ronilrncr along with vexed spr
il, rather than any cIiange If min! Or want .
resolution. The rcncti is TO come. That
pdi come, we lave entire confidence. Will
means of information surpassed hy'few. we ar
satisfied that HE great mass Of Tie Wings, in al
| parts of the country, nnshnken and unchanged bJ
any ,ljng linl has happened, will rally 10 liz res
cue and, when HE signal Is given Tor the cit ciion
of the next year. bear themselves gnllaully, nn
sustain their cause Us sioriously, when, lIsl on
! year ago. they proved 10 their opponents lhat iii
! strength was theirs, and the will only was want
! Ing to insure Them the victory.