The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-24
Gnm No. NrDtEr lluftr#r.
An ELECTION ny THE PEOPLE.
~ CAS- BE DONE.

n CAS- BE DONE.
NcrmmtDr- have become -u accus toned Co.
failure torIcct their state ohC1r. iy the
popular vote thar some of them even lLo-c
who are ordinarily we'll posted ia political
mattcr-do mot seem Ia have discovered that
It viii 10 very easy matter for the Wing.
Ia elect their entire ticket ibis wear los thc
pcopIr, We hayca wod l,r this class Of
men.
IN May, 1919, certain lu.ol,co arilhmcti-
clan. figured ont something Ike COCO mniori-
IS against ihc Whig.,aud tor thcir candidate.
q they could unite the concentrated essence
OF locoiogoi.m with the spirit OF lihcrlNs 81
the pscudp-chcmis,s went TO work, rriurWg
aud nicely adjusting both ariiolrs 10 the point
~ they toudly hoped, Of complete affinity
On the al.t ~ NAV the materials were pour
cd together and a0cr luur month. f'rmcula-
ton the liquur was tc.tcd-and To- the cN-
pertinent WIZ tuhTrC, fTUC Ia the laws 1T
political affinity, il WIS found hnt q portion
of the locoio oi,m had united with the old
lincrs, and Il portion of lilerili.u with the
Wing. -lch,iuys- rc-iduum portions OF each
still held in solution hy the mn.- or filthy wa
ter that ili4l tl...-e...........,
There ms been a year moro spout IN
stirring the compound; ana by way or
new cNpcrimcn. an effort has been radc
to alter the proportion, hy odi"H little
uulH iU"d'oTdizW aud F'iiI iITiiI7f ~
the quaniuu ui liberty But the failure must
Dee only the morr decisive. Agitation has
but separated the homogeneous materials. any
man who viii look into the cou'dg6n will scr
the three materials stll more distinct than
,cyrr-thc liberty tho loroiocui-m, aud the
dirty water; and every momcnt the bubble,
rise and hurst, and the freed spirit that forms
them speed. IL. way Ia is own placc--thc To-
ro and the Wing to hi, old home. The re-
suit viii be- that the watcr-your men of mo-
principle at all--will Ice lcf alone, To stag
s...i and dnalI S'''''' - ,I''. ',,,.
of this experiment Bat to drop these figures
of speech for figures oranbthcy sort 20
The vote oflsls was ~, l,,iuWs; n
Liberty l5.oSs
Loco l3,50l
Scattering Is-2S.js5
WIFI. 2a.f25
Mai against the Wings --6,aG2
The. vote of 1919, WINS as follows:
Coalition 29,5ij
Old line loco 1881
Scattering 2C-2G,oo5
Wing 2G,ISs
Mai, against the wings ---a-IG1
81 the coalition in Isl9 resulted in net
Wing gain of Sin THOUSAND VOTES, bring
ing the Wings within less than 300 votes of,
an election. does any especially any
tiitiY=doutt The ability OF the Wigs to %
vcrcome these 900 votes this year? Last
year the Wings. many of them, were dabi-
Gus about the now administration; now their
fears are diSpcilcd, Last year the coalition
WINS counting upon victory: this year they
have no confidence in a victory and no CONN.,
dance I" each other. Last year many Liberty
! Wings hcd-on TO the coalition, fearing that
| the "Iaylor Whigs" of Vermont would aban.
don their free soism, and hoping that the 10
! cotoCos in the coalition would really prove
! genuine converts: now they see their great
mistake in both particulars-and they eil
| profit by its,qMesaI, what we believe: few
! genuine Free. Soil Wings viii ever aguir
permit themselves to be cheated We "a,
then, to the Whigs-UP, UP, AND AT YoVr
WORK Vermont viii be disgraccd if You dc
not this year do"a perfect work." Let us hay,
eccy Wing vote in Vermont deposited an,
counted this year.