The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-04-12
rhc Rhode Island Election..Its Expiana.

The following information, taken from
the New York Ucraii, which Will Ger
tainly not be ac, uscd of any undue lean
ing toward the Republican side Vi t'''
case, will show that the election o
Spra.ue, in Rhode Island, so far from
being Democratic victory, is only a tn
umph Of the Conservative Republican,
aud Know Noth,nys, over the Rad'ca
Republicans, aud. that the Dcmocrac!.
really were not in the fight at all -
Davenport Gazette.
"The Republican Convention, calico
to choose candid; te, assembled on the
4th of January last, and nominated Mr.
Seth Padelford, but before the proceed
ings had gone far it was discovered that
a portion of the delegates had been
bought up, body and soul, to support
nominee who did not represent the po'
li,ical sentiments and principles of the
party. The result was that nearly all the
principal merchants, mechanics aud bus''
ness men of the city, as well as manutac-
turers and farmers in the country towns,
who had heretofore supported the Kepub-
lican State Administration, raised cry
of opposition, and declared they could not
vote for q candidate whose nomination
had been secured by such q bare faced
fraud. The conservative Republicans
accordingly determined to have another
and more conservative ticket, which
would truly represent the feelings OF the
majority and subsequently two Conserv.
alive Republican Conventions, called
here, the Howard Hall and Young Mems
State Conventions, met and repudiated
the nomination of Mr.. Padelford, both
on personal and political grounds, and,
without reference to existing party dis
tiuction, put in nomination for the Office
of Governor, Col William Sprague.
1T may be proper to state mere, as an
illustration of he character Of portion
of the straight out Republican Conven-
ton that it was presided over by MIR.
Thomas Davis, and managed by Mr..
Amos c Barstow, two noted Abolition
lists of the most approved radical stripe.
L o.
Finding that the tide Of radcalisnl
which had borne before the people tho
name of Seth padlcford as sectional and
ultra candidate, was likely to inundatc
the State, the National Democrats called
a Convention on the 10th of February
last, and following the conservative policy
of the boiling Republicans, also put III
nomination Col. William Sprasue. The!
were careful, however, i'll their resolu
tions to state that. whereas an indi>idu
al ad been put in nomination who cn
dcrstd aud assisted to promu gate srnti
ments aud doctrines wholly incon>is,cn
with the principles upon which the Fed
craI Union was established. they over
look all ether and less important ques
,ions of national and local policy,and &C
crpt the issue which is forced upon them
They hav: also since declared th.t the
>houll not consider or clalm his elcctio
rs party triumph. In fact, the Demo
Gratis could not carry the State 10y then
selves, though their vote will be muc
ii SCE tIdH III HAS pSci olhCt thC eau
pr.n OF 1876. 1t WAS then $3.50, again>
a Republican vote of ,467 aud in tn
spring election of 1889, it was 3,54t
against >.93S. This year it will! not /
far from 1000 votes, and, added to tn
500 votes which they expect from tn
conservative Republicans, it viii euabl
the combination to give a handsome ma
jority in favor of their nomincc'
a. feel personally conscious tina
there is no public act of my life whicl
will not bear tie strictest scrutiny.
defy all investigation. Nothing but tn
bases, perjury caa sully my good name
do not fear even this, because | che,
ish an humble confidence that the sr;
cious Being who has hitherto defcndc
and protected me against the shafts
falsehood and malice will not desert IN
now when | have become old aud gra,
headed. | can declare before God an
my country that no human being, wi,
an exception scarcely worthy Of notice
! has at any period of my life dared to az
proach me with corrupt and disEono
able proposition.
J Until recent developments, it ha
never entered into my Imagination tn,
any person; even in storm Of exaspcr
ted political excitement, would chare
me in most remote decree with havin
made such proposition to any huma
being. | may now, however, exclaim
the language Of complaint, employed |
my first and greatest predecessor, that
have been abused in such exaggerate
and indecent terms as could scarcely
applied to negro, to notorious defau
ter, or even TO comm on pickpocket. -
President Buchanan's protest against /
vsStiyation.
BY way Of contrast to tho above, v
present the testimony given by NJ
Wendell before the House Commit,
on Public Expenditures. MIR. Wcnd,
did the printing for the last congress, al
he testified that the amount paid f
| printing Post Office blanks was abo
, $4,000 year, The profit on this "
ahou; $4,000. Prior to 1856, tn
printing was done by contract, but u
! der Mr.. Buchanan it has been dispcns,
! BY him and the Postmaster General
0 The President gave it to Mr.. Rice, f
, whom Mr.. Wendell did the printing +
t ceivlng 43 cents on the dollar. VIII,
9 the work was given to Mr.. Rice, it "
r the understanding that the Penasy,,a
, ian-a needy Democratic paper publis
t ed in PhiladcIphia-was to be support
, out Of the profits. The Committee ask
Mr.. Wendell between whom the uni,
standing existed in regard to the Pen
yiranian. lie replied that it was /