The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-12

party in VcIm )nt, than score of such
victories as it has recently been achicv-
ing. Now that defeat has fallen upon
us, we are free to confess that it is not
an agreeable way Of getting wisdom ;
but if its teachings arc accepted and
acted upon, it will yet prove the most
advantageous event that the Wing
party has experienced. That defeat has
been occasioncd not so much by a lack
of strength, as by lack of some other
things more important We have been
out-gcncrallcd-that is all Our neigh
Dor of the Springfield Telegraph very
scnsibly remarks
No man of common sense will pre-
tend to suppose that the large increase
of the democratic vote, and the cores
ponding decrease of the other parties, is
a test of the relative strength Of parties
1t is all due to the skilfulness with which
the liquor question has been managed, in
its double rulc-of three application to
the prejudices of the factlcous in all
three of the parties. We would compli-
ment the Democrats upon the consun-
mate skill with which they have managed
that matter They are proverbial for
skill in drawing nutriment from dccom-
position and corruption ; but they have
never played moro completely cunning
trick than the present"
That is a very correct statement Of
the case. There are as many Wings in
Vermont as there were last year. or the
year before. There would have been as
many Whig members of the legislature
as there were last year. had not great
many men acted in entire obliyiousness
of the fact that they were, are, and mean
always to be Wings. If these men will
look candidly and conscientiously at the
result Of their forgetfulncss, the bitter
repentance which must cnsue, will
prompt to such work meet for repcn-
lance" as will establish the Wing party
in safer and more reliable supremacy
than it has yet enjoyed. What then
arc We to learn from the past campaign
To begin with, We are to learn some
thing more than we have felt respecting
the responsibility of voters. A ballot
is not thing to be trihed with. Every
citiznn has sworn bcfore Cod aud mon
that bo will vote $50 nc in his ron science
bc shall iudrc will most conduco 70 tho
hest roodn Of tho state And vct how
few voters ocncrallv how mucI fowor
this vcor have octed with onv roa,rd 10
their oaths of citizenship. Rather have
they acted as if the power of voting was
q power which they might use to crafty
ncrsonol n;onc n occomnl;sh = fsynr;to
end 10 fnrtbcr the interests of ,Leir vii.
lace ar for anv other nnrnosc cxcc,,t to
nromote tbe host GOOD Of Tho whole S,atc
fro o;yo s;nalo Distance or ,r;a;na ,r;,h
the olcc.oroI fr,rch;so In iown whnre
the WL;0s have fair wn,t;na r "'
~ Ioe6foco ronrcscntot;yo We oiay,.a
on tbo ,irst boilot bv ~ m,i,r;ty Of two
Sevcr,I Wb;as then confcsscd with
shame md co1fus;on Of faco hat thov
had yotoJ tLo locofoco NOT dos;r;n, H. a.,
he mr. onv othcr locofoco should bo olnc.
TOD but I, tho lono th,t NV swo III liz
votc LARGELY tLev MIGHT fr;gbton thn
WLip noTtv into nominotinc a Candidate
moro occcntoLle 10 .bom How monv
other locofoco representatives. we're cleo.
ted bv such mistakes os that we have
M means of Lnowing. but we arc onito
confident tho Wbigs Of that town will
not he cauobt in the same wav amin
An,ther tb;ng 70 he Icnrncd Is rho
importance Of every whip's voting A
full vote in this state is q whio victory
always INT there has not bcrS n full
votc in Vermont for many Years Thou.
sands Of Wh;cs stov NJ homo vcar oftcr
year coniJenf in The acooJ Incku which
has attended the marty and mot 6ouht;no
tbot onourh will attend IN secure the
usual Wiz v;ctorv This habit must bc
brolon NJ, Evorv \Vhig must ho ,r,de
to feel that he has 4 dutT in Ills rerard
which none Init himself can ncrfnrm
When his feeling becomes nrevalent the
/ VIII nartv viii 6c out If dancer That
i hass p 10. yrora;loJ his corr tba lam
votc on The State ticket plainly shows
WL,t ,,onld he the result if the feelinr
.' ~ nav ho Ic,rrod fro,
~. - an, i, s;no,lo tour
Tn CaI15a";a cav,tv tho Wh;ss elected
a. Al" "iouon'a 49, ~; nS,;ua
s . . ''cA' 49, ~ pa TL;s Eli
r'vn .en n " thn rOs',It Inn, fnr tho FIJI
~. nav V q. ". Iohns ~ ' TLo oo,;na
uO.u " WIZ 2s of ,h"t nIoco d,,torm;~oJ
yUu"s W "is' no in nno ras g urn,;ous
snas SUM , u wv r.li;sS ~ tho noiI, aud
ear? S.oS'u ~ 80 " of i P ,hoI all
~ I uius u P'.o0 49,. unt ,a;n y" svtr
laiiy enough W nan; man. nos gu" =, a. ,
ou tnc county 'ioAI I;', a"u s 81 '" ~.
'aaJori'y oi 'he Tane .I, a.o.n go :,