Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-27
THE ELECTIONS NEXT WEEK.

THE ELECTIONS NEXT WEEK
If there be among our readers a single re-
nublican who is entitled to vote in Connecticut
or Rhode Island, next week, we hope he will
make timely arrangements to be there and
discharge his duty. In these states the beaten
party of the slavery propagandists are making
desperate efforts to rally in preparation for the
presidential campaign. In Connecticut there
can hardly be more excitement and activity
next fall, when the presidential election comes
off, Both parties have been at work very ear
nesty, for weeks, and each is doing all that is
possible for it to do, under any circumstances
in addition to which, the democrats are aided
by large contributions Of money from Wash
ington, from the custom houses, and from the
New York merchants headed by Belmonte,
agent of the Rothschilds.
If the administration party is defeated in
Connecticut, all its more judicious leaders
will give up their lingering dream of carrying
the next presidential election. And the result
will be important, not only in the way of pre-
paration for the presidential election but also
because it involves the choice of United
States Senator The legislature now to be
elected will determine whether Mr.. Foster shall
be returned to the Senate, at the close OF his
present term, or give place to Mr. Ioucey.
Under the circumstances, it is not surprising
that the contest is so hot and earnest, nor that
the democrats carry it on with sort of des-
peration The vote will probably be very |
close. Last year, the republican majority on
the state ticket ranged from 1870 for governor
down to I'LL for secretary Of state.
heavier vote will be cast, this year, and, al
though we anticipate larger majority for the
republicans, it is quite true that the result
not be controlled by any mans antcipatons.
Therefore, let every republican be at the polls
and vote. 1t is stated that the republican
canvass of the state counts up mpjority,
while the democratic count falls short OF it.
This may be so; but the count does not put votes
in the ballot box. Therefore every republican j.
should be on hand next Monday, to vote.
In Rhode Island, some of our friends were
at first troubled with apprehensions of defeat.
The "Sprague movement" frightened them.
Providence seemed to be the infected distrust,
that quarter. Of late our friends in that
neighborhood have recovered hope and good
spirits. They now feel certain of decisive
triumph. The "Sprague movement" originated |
in the unreasoning irritation and anger Of few |
gentlemen of bunker proclivities, who are af-
flicted with an irrepressible tendency to rule
and domineer. They could not rule the repub
liean state convention, and therefore went into
coalition with the democrats some of them de-
claring that they would vote for Mr.. Douglas
if nominated for the presidency, against any
such republican as Mr.. Seward. 1t does not
require much time to determine to what party
such men belong. The Sprague ticket is
simply democratic ticket, and nobody outside
of the state recognizes it as anything else.
We do not see how any honest republican
could for moment allow himself to think of
supporting it. The success of that ticket
would be felt everywhere as a democratic tri-
umph. Sincere republicans, who, from person
al feelings and associations, had been led to
regard it with favor, now see what its success
would signify; and, as the day of election ap-
proaches, they are turning to the ticket which
represents republicanism. Still, the vote may
be close, and therefore every republican voter
who desires the triumph of his principles
should remember that the Rhode Island cleo.
ton takes place on Wednesday of next week.
One of the first things observable in both
states is the extreme anxiety of the democrats
to evade the real assures before the country.
In Connecticut, their state committee have
issued an address in which the most stupen-
dous and foolish falsehoods they could find or
invent are circulated. For instance, they say
that ga republican meeting in Gen. Wilson's
own town" in Massachusetts, passed the fol-
lowing resolution -
"Resolved, That it is the right and duty of the
slaves to resist their masters and the right and duty
of the people of the north TO ncite them to resist
ance, and to aid them in it,"
The party which invents and crculates such
atrocious falsehoods, are ready TO do anything
else that is villanous. They will work to re-
open the African slave trade, or to enact slave
code for the territories, or to suppress free
speech in the northern states by means of a
sedition law This address goes on in this
style, to invent falsehoods against Mr.. Seward
and other leading republicans. Such a party
ought to be defeated, even if their political
principles were better than they are and we
trust that the news from Connecticut. next
Monday night, will show that they have re.
ceived at the polls what they SO richly de-
serve.