Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-10-30
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1916
The Revolution in Pennsylvania.

The Revolution in Pennsylvania.
The change Of sentiment which has found ex-
preston through the ballot box, in the recent
election in Pennsylvania, is among the most re-
markable in our history. There was no man OF
ovcrshadowing personal popularity to sweep all
before him by the power of a name. No great
stake was to be played for which could arouse
the leading actors to desperate cxerton. But
great fraud had been pcrpctrated Not darkly,
in corner. or in relation to a comparatively
trivial matter, but openly, boldly. nnbushingly
and insolcntv. with bat feeble prcicnccS even. OF
innocence on the part Of the perpetrators them
selves. and that in the mightiest and most deep
~ important concerns of this vast common
wealth. Confidence had been reposed where
its recipients laughed to scorn the credutv
which prompted it--ncn had been lifted from
obscuriiy TO the heights Of power, by the single
voice of that very people, and then had turned
the very power thus obtained, against the hopes
and the happiness Of their bcnclactors. The
tale which had bcguilcd the people into the sup
port of the successful candidates. was publicly
declared to have been cunninglv devised ia
bic" to get votes with. Add to all this. some
of the domnantS. in the ntoNcation of iancicd
security, had the Impotence to assert that the
people ought 10 have known all the while. that
the specious story was only an "clectionearng
lc"! At the same time pointing triumphantly
to the obsolatc speeches OF the pigmy who by
lal ,,,.y,
somewhat of notoricty, for the boosted truth Of
their assertions
In short whereas Pennsylvania supposed Poll;
friend Of her interests. she found him free
trader Of the straitcst sect; whereas she
thought the Tariff of 1912 safer in his hands
than in Clay's." she saw him coolly sign a bill
to repeal it, and substitute for it Tariff which
would ruin her: whereas she was told he wa
friend Of internal improvements. she saw hin
veto bill TO provide for necessary harbor Dc
fence on the ground that he needed the none,
to prosecute an Executive war for the extension
of slavery . and lastly, whereas she thought he
son Dallas was somebody she found he was no
body and even Buchanan. who almost alone
had stcmmcd the torrent Of wing indignation
against the Kane letter fraud. and had dom
more than all others by the weight which hi
personal character had lent to lis violent an
reckless and false assertions. to fasten thi
Panic dynasty upon the country: even Blu
chanan sat comfortably ensconccd in the highcs
seat Of the cabinet Of the bstrayer. and witnesse
unmovcd, the legitimate consequences of hi
own and his masters trcachcry. And now. wit
all these attendant circumstances came on til,
election Of 1876, and the curious in such mai
tors, looked on in wondermcnt, doubling eve
then. il the ominous cructaon which had be
gun &c be heard. was the signal for any thin
but an old fashioned locoloco victory and RI
joicng. There was an unusual absence Of G,
element apparent OH the face of things. yet dee
in the souls Of the people. there was that whic
"passeth show They asked no aid from viii
leaders to enable them TO see how matters stood
The naked record. without one jot OF argument
disclosed such utter villainy, the stern truth G
oil that the Wings had told them and lahore
t, make them believe in exposition of the Kan
fraud while it was yet in progress, rushed upo
:heir memories, with such power that talkin,
could do them no good, and they waited for tn
time Of action TO arrive. It came at last. an
ouch an utter discontinue, such a hopeless over
throw, has never befallen the suffering party
since the fail election Of 1887 in New York
Out Of hcenty .tour representatives., the Wing
carried serestsen, the natives one, leaving bar
u, T,l,, ,lc o,,J 6 u,
minority yctors, with huge popular majorit
against them. while they now hold fourteen RI
presenatives in the existing Congress, again'
nine Wings, and one native! The Wing ca
nal Commissioner, elected at large in the stat
has about ten thousand majority, and the Ii
gislaturc Wig in both its branches. Thes
are the modes Of expression adopted by poop
goadcd to fury by the provoking and gratuitol
insolcncc which reckless partizans have addC
to the iniluity of betrayal. !; is a mode viii,
will he understood by those for whom it is il
tended and it may teach them the wholeson
lesson that there is such thing as being too Il
blusiing in fllschood, even for good nature
humbuggcd, forgiving locofoco Pennsylvani
The practical results Of this victory to 4
Wigs will be valuable, besides the moral pow
conveyed by so signal a rcbuke for SO pa pab
cause In the event of an election of Pr
eident by the house in February 1910, it secur
the vote of Pennsylvania, besides adding grca,
to the prospect of Wing majority in the ne
house of Representatives. Add to this, the II
expected victory in the key stone, will be of
small service in nerying the arms of our Nc
York brethren at their coming struggle, a
with such comfort they may well hope for Vi
tory, in spite of the open detection of the Co
rer and the dubious support of the Express.
Ohio Election.