Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-04-13

RHODE ISLAND ELECTION.


RHODE ISLAND ELECTION.
The aggregate vote thrown in Rhode Is
land on Wednesday exceeded that cast in the
Presidential election by more than thirty-four
hundred. This speaks sufficiently for the ex-
element OF the campaign. We regret that
the result is not in accordance with the gem
eral expectation of our political brethen. 1t
is, on the face of it, a Republican defeat. and
its first impressions will inure to the benefit
Of our opponents But when we consider
that the Democrats had to sink their indie
pendent organization in order TO take hum
bic position among the victors it will be seen
that their exclusive right Of rejoicing over
the result is not large. On the other hand,
when we reflect that Mr.. Padelford, with
young Mems American Republican" Coon
seryativc Republican and democratic Com
venton" tickets all merged into one against
him. still received a vote within six hundred
Of that pollcd for Fremont, we see the power
of the Republican organization amid the
worst possible circumstances that is, cir
cumstances comprising internal division, the
union Of all clossc, and shades Of opposition,
backed mp by an outrageous expenditure of
money
On the whole il the thing is looked fairly
in the face. Rcpublicaus can learn something
valuable rr,m the Rhode leland election
Opr f,io,ds tL,ro ho,in,, tho p;sc,rt,,,o of
being too stron, have beon indul,ing in the
luvnrv or n o,,,,rol for ammo ,ir,c Tlcvbad
radical and co,scr,,,;yo ,;,, II Oil ho
,oD,or,horoJ Il, .to;- C,r.,r,,s;,,,,,t ,;,,,
last yc,r rio ,,dic,Is tbis yoar toot no
field carlv and c,rried /, throp,h tho noni.
notin, convention Win Mon b,nd M.
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81. u" 'io'' iS''''u' ',,o'" e'.l may DC
oel''e 'nAt u "''l nave good effects IN that
STATE ana insure MS return to the Repn0h
can standard m November. Indeed we have
"'' 'Hu ''AS' "ouo' Oh mat
Vne aenoraoie e'l resulting from this
a''',''" OF our party IN Rhode Island was
''' employment oil money IN the election to
an unprecedented extent Party lines being
ooSeuted, ana the contest cut OIL from the
sanitary discussion OF opposing principles as
tney prevail elsewhere and confined to local
ana personal issue the door was opened to
every species OF influence that could affect the
votes oil ind'V'uuals' Inns was Just the thea
IRE Tor the proiuse expenditure of money.
II, following PRIV
,Ge"ce Correspondence OF inc Ne" ork
' '.",, y 'o'''" "'' o'''urc"n
ne open purchase OIL Ho'es mas oeen
'D'''o' ""1'o '''''''e VI we u'!' me ,o'ets'
'u up u" 'nu o"Io'-ooA' Wou'u win
o"e manu- u,op Tue ,.CN''' anu win the otner
receive 'ne or'oe' ne negro vote rated nigh
4'u.e vo'oreu ore'hrch receiving S'O each.
i"u'''uu"'S o' imperative wealth. declined to
No.c unless pa'u TO 40 so; voters publicly
pun themselves up Iot P"rchaSe' hlds would
commence at otV anu run up TO sou IL Is
estimated that SIoo'OOo has been spent
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81, ac,r. ''r ""0" '''a'o' " y
describes the scene as follows
III was quite evident that the Senator had
''0 - ''~''J - ''' . : I've 80 ''''''
hnshSh' the Senator was drunk, which made
him. as he expressed it, in happy humor
Tor speaking. lie kept the Senate and gall
cries IN roar ct laughter for some three hours
u,i the inspiration OF his potatlons subsidized,
when the Senator dried up. Tho chivalrous
Southron felt 1t to be his duty to say that he
would be recreant to duty if he were not to
say that he did not believe that Black Re-
publican could ever be lnaugurated President.
your terriers, and take in your rat-killcrs
and if we do not 90 into Boston, into winter
quarters, before YOU ever get into Texas, you
may shoot me- He had his grog on the desk
before him, and drank and talked as Extra
Billy Smith did his egg nogg.
This is the kind of bravado and drunken
gascouadc that is heard now, where once the
eloqucnce Of Clay and Webster and Benton
and Calhoun and Wright resounded From
Clay to Wiglall How great the stride -
From Wright to Bigler From Webster to
Fitch From Benton to Green! From Cal
houn to Chestnut! This is digeneracy for
you, with a vengeance