Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-11-05

Di1RLiNGToN, VT
FRIDAY MORNING. OCT. 90, 1852.



present Indications 20, than tie discontinue of
the Nmg Party, yesterday 1t was IA whole
sale proceeding, leaving scarcely enough Of
~, apparently, to take care Of the killed and
wounded. As the slgaclous old lady said,
when ahe learned that the COW had swallowed
tue grindstone, it is q ust as we expected :" We
predicted, last evening, that thls election would
be no "half-way business and 50 it has PROV
ed. Pierce seems to have carried pretty much
every thing except glorious old NEtNoNr Our
NVhir Star remains IN the ascendant undlmmed.
Whatever fate may have betallcn other por
tons of the great W hlg Party, VERMONT stands
AS firmly by the nominees and the principles Of
that party, a. her Green Mountains stand upon
their eterntl foundations. With her, at least,
there is RIO variabcness ror shadow Of turning.
Massachuses, too, (thouEh but by the SKIN OF
her teeth appears to have gone for the Wing
nominees The other tGteS OF the Union have
10, vet been heard tio .. wc believe, 7uiiicieHt-
- " TO rulh.r VS. g. p.pai't with cH,lrr certainty
the actual result Though tn prospect is
gloomy, we shall not admit The election vi Nj.
Punch TIL we hear from California. ~ goes
"golden-robel California; so goes the Union.
Let US meyer despair OF the Republic! St
George has gone wig b. - minority. Who
knows but that other towns may yet come in
equally tavorable'
To be sure, the locofocos fired guns, set
fire to Leavenworth's store on College trcet.
toled the bells, and played the deyll general
w. all last night but what of that, California
and Bolton are vet to be heard from, and 1t Is
maniestly idle to predict more than general
results Ii Gen. PIERCE Is elected President,
Gen ScoEr nini, -and that Is all thIt can be
Properly said Just now. The Wings who were
seized with d sudden ''plin IN the bowels last
plrht. when the ielegraph,c despatches began
to arrive, must attribute Ito electric Influences
on oyer-char~ed nervous tcmpcraments, and
wait till they hear hon California If Pierce
is elected, it Is manltestIy because he received
large vote IN several States. We think
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and
Del ware, ought not to have voted for hm--
bat if they haze, 1t Is their own business, NtB-
MONT washes her hands, and clears her s..lrts
from all such proceedings! Vermont is the
CArlraL rrrY of y hlg PRINCIPLES, and cannot
he called on to be responsible for VIVA. the
"out-squirts," as Mrs. Partin-ton says, may
hive done.
1t seems to be likely that Frank Pierce is
elected President Our merit Pres ldent, By vir.
tue Of the precedent, must be Mike Walsh OF
Captain Ry nders. We have gone down from
Polk to Pierce, and Walsh or Rynders is the
next pitch. If ,,e could be permitted to say a
word it would be in favor of Walsh. Mike is a
good deal smarter man than Rynders and, be-
sides, is Title more respectable ,-and if per
sonal respeciabihty is to have anything to do
with presidential contests, hereafter, we are fo
Mike. II Captain Rynders should be nominated
however, by the next Democratic" Couven,
ton, we shall. care. democracy Is alto
cether the strongest power in this country, es-
oecta4v when It arrays Itself against the doc
time OF Protection to American Industry and
the Improvement of our Rivers and Hdrburs
We think Nike Walsh is genial sort OF
American rowdy,-a man who likes America
better than he does Europe, and we shall 60
for him for next President, if We cannot &c
better. We believe in going for the least OF a
variety of evils. But Rynders wi. be elected
if he should be nominated, Rynders goes tol
Free Trade Free Fighting, Free Rows geaer-
ally, and universal Fre,d1m par icniar'y. il