The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-08-29
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ELECTION By THE PEopI.E--.
IT CAN BE DONE,

IT CAN BE DONE.
Yer montcrs have become 40 accas.
toned to ia,usc, TO elect their state
officers by the popular vote ,ha. scme
OF thcm--cven those who are ordn-
well posted in political msttcrs---do
not seem TO have discovered that II
viii DC a very easy matter for the
Wings to elect their entire ticket
this year by the people. We have .
word for this class d men.
In May, lsia, cortain locefoco
arithmcticians figured out something
like 5000 majority agains, tho Wings
and for their candidate, II they could
unite the concentrated csscuce Of 10
eoioco'sm with the spirit Of Liberty.
So the pseudo chemists went 10 work
reducing and nicely ~djnsAng both
articles to the point, as they iondiy
hoped, Of complete affinity. On the
thirty first Of May the materials were
poured together and after four months'
fermentation the liquor wAs tested --
and 10. the experiment, Was \ failure.
True to the laws Of political affinity,
1t was fond that a portion Of the To-
cofocoism had united with the old
liners. and portion Of libcrtyism
with the Whigs--leaving as residuum
portions Of each still held in solution
by the mass Of filthy water that form.
ed the staple in the compound.--
There has been q year mere spent in
stirring the compound aud, by way
iot new experiment, an effort has
been made 70 alter the proportions,
by adding little more lccoiocoism,
and stIIl farther reducing the quan.
tum Of liberty. But the failure must
be only the more decisive. Agitation
has but separated the incogruous ma.
tcrials any man who will look into
the cauldron will see the three mater
ials still more dist-nct than ever
the liberty, the locofocoism. and tho
dirty water and every moment the
bubbles ,isc aud burst, and the freed
spirit that form them speeds its way
to its own place the loco and tho
Wing to his old home. The result
will bc that the water--your men Of
no principle at all---wlll be left alone.
to stagnatc and frally cvaporate.--
Such is the fate Of this experiment.
But to drop these figures Of speech
for figures of another sort.
The vote Of 1913 was as follows:
Liberty, ,..........,.....ij" "r
nco ani Ssstterng ...I3 IFS ~
Msjthy Asa'o't the wh'gs ------ 6,1
| The vote of 1Si9 was as follows:
Coaiit aiition...........,.,..23S 23Sls
i.'co Add sestefins .....a atJ-HG 9a5
M.ianty .saia., The wms' - s'
So the coalition in 1919 resulted
in net Whig gain ofsIx THOUSAND
VOTES, bringing the Wings within
less than 500 votes OF an election.
Does any man--cspesially any Whiy
doubt the ability Of the Wigs u
overcome these 500 votes this year ?
Last year the Wings, many Of them.
were dubious about the new admins
tration; now their fears are dispcied.
} Last year the coalition was counting
upon victory this year they have no
confidence in victory. and no cont
dence in each other. Last year, many
Liberty Wings held Oh to the coal.
ton fearing tla. the "Taylor Wings"
0. Vermont would abandon their FREQ
soill.m, and hoping that the locofocos
in the coalition would really provo
genuine converts now they see their
great mistake in both particulars -
and they will prof, by it. We say
what We believe ; few genuine Free.
soil Whigs will ever again pcrmi.
themselves 10 be cheated. We say,
then. % the Wings -.cr, cP. ASD AT
YOUR WORK Vermont will be dis.
graccd if yoa DO not thi, year do "a
p,rftct w9rk." Let us have every
Wing vote in Vernon, deposited and
counted this year. .--- Watehmaa.