Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-09
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RHODE Err;
NEWPORT:
Thursday Morning, April 9, 1916.
The Election and IFS results.

nr, SC. at The election on Wednesda
the FIRST instant, for which, and for the
returns Of Senators and Represe tatives
from the several towns, we are indebted
principally TO the Providence Journal
\ There can be no doubt, we think, Of the
election, by the people, Of the Law and
/ Order candiaates for Attorney General
and General Treasurer, and, il the votes
illegally registered in North Providence
he rejected by the General Assembly,
as they ought to be, of the election, also,
Of the Hon. Henry Bowen, as Secretary
Of State. Governor Diman and Mr.. Har-
ris, Though both having plurality over
the opposing candidates, will fail of this
result, by the scattering votes given
chiefly TO the candidates on the third
| party ticket, but will undoubtedly be
elected by the two Houses of Assembly
in Grand Committee. In both those lou
ses the prepondcrance Of the Law and
/ Order party is siSnally manifested In
the House Of Representatives by ma
joriiy Of eighteen, and in the Senate Of
seven--making ma ority in Grand Com
mttee of twenty five, exclusive of the
Lieutenant Governor. The entire State
Government, therefore, remains with the
Conservative party by more decided
expression of the public will, than has
at any time been elected in its favor
since the memorable triumphs oil842 ard
lsI3, and under circumstances, which
to every well informed mind give an in.
i creased value TO these marks Of the pub
! lie confidence.
I We confess, that wo feel little incl-
nation to indulge in the ordinary express
! sions Of congraiulaion and triumph at
this gratifying result of the late contest
| "a feeling, we believe, which we share
very generally with the Law and Order
! party in every portion Of the State. The
1 interests at stake 10 the late election were
too momentous and absorbing, and came
home too sensibly to every mans bosom,
to allow us to manifest, at their successful
viGdica,ion, any other than emotions Of
deep aud grateful acknowledgement for
| the deliveraace Of the State from the sig
nal caldmiics which threatened il For
nothing loss, we are persuaded, would
| have followed Il defeat of the Conserva-
| tive party, in This contest, than a renew
al Of the worst excuses OF 1912, working
incalculable loss TO individuals and the
Government, and cmbittering all the
! ionnt aims of social intercourse in our
midst /; TO say nothing of the disgraccfuI
abandonment of the great conservative
constitutional principles, which the peo-
! pie Of Rhode Island had won such un(ad-
iug laurels in recently so gallan,ly main
,aining, II, the hazard of property and
| life.
Il The recent election furnishes nno,her
subject oc reflection, which, We trust,
will not be entirely thrown away on our
prominent public men for whose benefit
i, seems TO he more particularly intended.
We mean the lesson it teaches, in terms
too emphatic to DC misunderstood, that, as
IN individuals of an humber condition,
so in public men Of whatever rank or
standing, noihing is more fatal 10 hen
q prospects, Than DIsTRUsr OF THEIR GOOD
FAITH. Leading men are too apt TO per
suade themselves, from q consciousness,
Of power within, that they are well-nigh
omnipotent-to forget that n great ant
intelligent constituency is behind them
which, with eyes no, easily blinded, scans
with searching Judgment every move
r mcnt and act Of their lives. When 4
public man thus elevated attempts to mis-
lead that public judgment, when h'
covers up an abandonment Of great pub
lie principles with pretences obviousl
false and hollow, when for personal ob
1 lccis he allies himself with the party
which he has habitually denounced, an,
=: consents to further projects, which bet
{ ter than aay other man he knows 10 b'
destructive Of every institution and inter
q est he has hitherto defended, it is no
y very difficult to fofciell the fate Of tba
man, TO loresee that, IN community lik'
this, such an experiment can come bu
= = to one issue to the very result, wbicl
Y this election has so strikingly manifested d
. We had intended to have made fur
y rbc' rcmarkson this subject, aud to hav'