Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-10-04
COMMUNICATIONS.
ELECTION OF GOVERNOR.

,will therefore, devove upon our Legislature AZ ts
approaching session. propose, therefore, with
your permission) to submit few observations up
on The causes which led to the defeat of the regu-
lar Wing candidate and upon what seems to me
to be the imperative duty of the Wing members
Of the Legislature in consequence thereof
Conspicuous among the causes which con,rbu
ted TO defeat the regular ticket the dissatis
faction of The People with the state OF affairs at
Washington. The late veto of President Tyler
of the favorte measure of those who elected him
"A measure which received the almost unapm
Gus appreciation of the Wing members in both
branches of our National Legislature the con-
fdent predictons-whicl were too soon verified
of those who were supposed to be in the conf
dcnce Of Mr.. Tyler, that the second bill, framed
with express reference to his opinions, would be
met by n second veto the rumors, which
generally believed, that the Cabinet would be dis.
solved, which is now n matter Of history the
hesitation Of the Senate to confirm the nonina-
ton Of EDWARD EVERETT minister 10 England
aud the fear that his nomination would he ect-
ed; end, last though not least, the appearance of
Mr. Bolts letter, filled with charges of the basest
treachrcy against the President coolly and dslib-
erately affirming that he designed TO abandon the
party which elected him and place himself at the
head of the Loco Focos, who, every body knew,
were ready to receive him with open arms =
these unwelcome facts and i'll boding predictions,
spread before the people on the eve of the late
election, operated like Uet blanket upon the
Wings of this state and excited an unnatural en-
thusiasm in the ranks of the opposition. The
consequence was that many Of the strongest wings
in the state, yielding to the excited feelings of n
temporary modification, refused to 90 to the polls
at all. Others, equally strong in their attachment
TO true principles, but ascribing the veto of the
Bank bill to the influence which induced
the Senate to delay acting upon Mr.. EvERErT's
nomination, voted the third ticket.
Another prominent cause Of the defeat OF the
regular ticket the apathy Of The party and the
general feeling of relaxation which pervaded the
wing ranks. As the strong man, after having
xbeen constantly at work, night and day, for weeks
in succession, when his labor is ended, yields to
the natural feelings Of exhaustion, sinks to rest
and his muscles become reaxed-so the great
sinews Of the Wing party had not renewed them
selves to their wonted tension from the relapse into
which they fell after the mighty revolution we
achieved last fall. The giant who guards the Cit
adel of our liberties had not fairly awoke from his
slumbers. He had only CAPPED once, opened one
eye and stretched one arm, when he perceived
that the enemy had almost overpowered him. But
Mr.. Editor, when the contest comes on merit year,
this sturdy old veteran will be fully aroused from
his drowsiness. Both eyes will be open then, ev-
cry limb will be in motion, every muscle nerved
and with blow of his brawny arm he will
make po,cder of what little Loco focoism he left in
Vermont last fall.
These two causes alone are sufficient to account
for the defeat of the regular wing candidates for
state officers, and their operation has not been
fined to Vermont. Look at the result Of the late
elections in Maine and Indiana. In Maine though
the same candidate was run by the wings this
year whom they elected last yet he was defeated
by nearly ttoelue thousand votes, and in Indiana
the wings have not polled go many votes by near
ly fifty thousand as they did at the late election a
year ago. And yet in neither of these states has
the Locofoco vote been increased-nor has-it in
Vermont How then is this great falling off in
the wing vote to be accounted for? Is it to he
imputed to the appropriately Of the candidates
SS~'j
the same candidate was run this year who was
so successful last. Sufficiently apparent there
fore, il must be to every calm, dispassonate oh
server, that in the two above mentioned states, the
same causes must have been in operation which
have proved disastrous to the wings of our own
But there was another cause, Mr.. Editor, for The
defeat OF Col PAINE, an unpleasant one 10 give
indeed, bur which full conviction of its exist
ence compes me to assign. i allude TO the great
multiplicity oil candidates who sought the nomina.
tion or at least whose friends sought it for them
Almost every county in the state furnished one
and some twoor three. The consequence was
that the friends of tne unsuccessful candidate,
were dissatisfied with the nominee, and hence tn,
insinuations which have beer breaihed in certain
quarters against Col. Paine. Now il there is one
kind of opposition more difficult to encounter THAI
any other, it is when one insnuates in whisper
what he lacks the manliness openly to charge a
gainst another. The general tendency of ,hes'
nsinuatons has been to produce the conviction
that Col. Paine is unpopular. If he IS so, thos
,0ho hare so streauously maintained that he is un
popular are accountable for ii rather than himself
But those who have preferred this grave charg
against him, point triuinphanty TO the result ofth
late election as an evidence Of their superior saga
city But is that proper test ? clearly not, if til
two first causes have assigned for his defeat ha
any effec, in producing it. And who will asset
TINT they did not? The true way to test his pop
ularity TO compare his vote with tina, of the can
dtdates for Lieutenant Governor and Treasurer o
the same ticket and If it falls three hundred belo'
Mr.. Ranny's or Mr.. spaldng's shall be yer
much disappointed At any rate, undertake
say, without the fear of being conlradcted by an
intelligent wing in the state, THAI if President Ty
Ter had signed the first bank bill, if the nomin'