Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-10-27

than other men, you are making an
aristocratic distinction between your

tndn Otner men, you are making dn
aristocratic distinction between your
selves and others, who il not your bet
ters, are at any rate y"ur masler5, aud
this is your Democracy. This system
o, voting encourages bribery and leads
u endless frauds. One Senate. hulls
his seat IN the present Serale in CO.'S
quence OF votes gwen against hun be-
ing placed IN the wrong envelopcs, and
being rejected for thai ctuse. Anolher
Schator, ii Ia reported. aud is believed
by many, owes lis Il ctlon 10 the enyel.
opes containing the ballots for his com
peiltor being taken or stolen from the
pockets OF one ulnn who was actively
vngdVed IN distributing votes in favor
ol The defeated candidate, and cny,lol ~
Containing ballots Tor the opposite side
substituted in their place. An houora-
bic gentleman for whom he (Nr. s.
iclt great rrsIcct Ii III over. he did not
know how tong. " hen he was not n cat
d'dae Tor re- election, owing TO The elec-
tIn:. being dci"ni,d vixen hO one knew
ihat they were vo.nig Tor hlm. but al
Nhn = vc votes Tor Lin tho ghi that
they w're ,otlng or some one else. lie
held aver uutll he was llrtd. lie gave
out. rec signed or let 90 To catch hold
soncwh h,re else A leading p,mocrat
Ia Ilic SIKH ward III Paovidrncc told
hlm Just after The c,eclirn IN 1882, that
he believed that hu voted the " hig
ticke:, tor ihat the Democrats having
Iossess on ol envelopes, before the day
Oft lection, hired IA man 10 fix them with
Democratic hallCts, and il was rel Urlcd
that he or his wife were hired by the
Wings to pat the Wing tickets into
them. aud lie attributed the success OF
The Wings IN Providence IN that eiec-
ton 10 that cause. He (Mr. S } did not
Know that any of these reporls were
true, or tha amy such things ever had
been done, but HE fact OF the existence
Of such reports and these being beIIev
ed by many. showed copcluslveIy that
people belIevcd that such tricks could
be and were praclced under this sys-
tenn. And now can any one sny that
system under which such damnable de.
ceit and wickedness can be practlced,
ought 10 be suffered 10 exist. This
manner of voting IL was sad, was III
tended Tor the purpose OF enabling
man 10 vote SO that no ole buL himseli
could know how he voted, hut it had
wholly tailed OF answering that intent,
Tor It made every one TO know, who
wished to krow, how the man voted
but The voter himself did not know halt
the time Tor whom or how he vo-
ted.
This system is not OF Rhode Island
growth, /, WAS imported from abroad.--
Neither is II new system as iis ad,o-
Gates pretend Ii is an old system. II
has been introduced into every Repub-
lie where tie people have become cor
rupt and llcenlIous. Ii was introduced
by Napoleon the Great into France
Ii ls now il great iavCrite with Louis
Napoleon, or Napoleon the Lii,le,-if
that Is anything II lis favor lis friends
are welcome 10 IL. Ii was introduced
into the Roman Republic in It's last
days. il the days Of lis deeeneracy and
shame, in spite OF the opposition OF The
patriots these days. Cicero in his
writings speaks oil il with disgust, and
considers 1t as la.oring bribery and
corruption. Gibbon, in his splendid
work on the decline and tall ci the Ro-
man empire, in ii chapter devoted 10
prudence, IN which he displays his I'M
mense learning and unlll.lted research,
as well as his unrivalicd Cluqucnce, III
s, eaking Of their system OF voting says
"lhat the tribes Of people originally
gave their votes aloud, by which the
conduct OF each citizen was exposed 10
the eJ es and ears OF his friends and
couulrymen. A new method Of secret
ballot abolished the Influence Of fear
and shame, OF LIQUOR and interest, and
the abuse OF freedom accelerated the
progress OF anarchy and dcspotlsm.-
The Romans had aspired 10 be equal,
they we're leveled by the equality OF
servllude.'
II WIS introduced into Florence and
the other Italians Republics in their
last days, and hasteued their downfall.
IL was always The system OF voting III
arlstucratic Venice, It made it city OF
'palaces and prisons on each hand and
crowded The Bridge OF Sighs, 80 heauti-
fully spoken OF by Byron, with unhappy
victims OF secret accusation.
He would detain the House no longer.
He cared nothing about the tate OF the
bill. He had merely spoken for the
purpose OF giving utteraIce 10 his ha-
tired OF This secret system, VIII ch he
meant 10 do at all times and on all oc-
casions. lie intended to give il "A kick.
whenever lie had chance, and was
wiling 10 go as lar on, OF hs way Tor
tnat purpose, as John Randolph Was 10
kick a sheep. He intended 10 leave dl-
rections to have placed after his death
an inscription on his tombstone, statl:g
that he had always OPP osed this sys EN-
and he trusted III God, that before he
was called hence he should be enabled
to direct to have further addition,
stating tina, he had succeeded in effect
ing lis abolition.