The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-02

stil the prevailing seusineal and there lothing Ike
reaotioasry spirit manifested YEA - tie repb
cans 10 count the State shers 81 The election "a Ng
venber AS yet owe, thing u quiet
aeaocrats pretend 20 b. e~rtmely auAous apo.
the division shes party, the Pos the ony deino
cratic paper vi The state OF inbueace TO b
busy IN scoding the Breckenridge wing that E
space Tor time 10 battle Sith the naiara oppcagnts
Of both ~ings--the republicans Ihii very pretty
htue game r piated 'of the Diversion o! Toe
llnconnes, who hook On as oomp.sceaij H..
by the rats when the hung L. rself up by tue
hees The tact there Il no Breckiurldge ~uz Of the
acy Rhode Island, but is the policy oi the
Douglas g. have app o,herws 10 Grder t. kec
the money eppos l,ion qaes as oug possible. While
gaming ground is thought aad The prosus,s Of po,y
lar improving The contest will be extrtf siy cose
certainty either AID the longest po Rhode
Island will knock tie potcal persnmons when they
ripe.
Gov. Sprague is known to be in favor Of Do1sss aud
viii give his Influence that direotion when tue proper
time comes, and VIII probably carry with him large
portion Of the conservative element state This
element is particularly part color,d sort Of conbinA
lion, and doGot any thing Ike II exists II any other
state HE Conservatives VINO compose II were not long
the radicals Of ali ehadesmen constitutionay OPP
Iosed 10 each ether almost every topic Of national
bearing Rae cal Democrats radical wings, radical free
toers radical Americans radical aboionsls rxdi-
Gals Of every and nature united upon Governor
spsgue aud formed = very conservative party. Thus
bSuded together with Seward cheated at CLcago and
attempt to defraod Douglas Baltimore the conserva
tive party OF Rhode Island sfiates closely with the
tquatter sovereignty io;tr inc with other, aud the
chances that IL Will 60 in that direction The
paign has not yet opened in earnest but when
the contest will be az and well fought has
been witnessed in the state. Douglas las tho advantage
Of the pole at the commencement Of the race but the
suit is one Of the mysteries which time must clear up
For the past three months several prominent gentle
IN this city have been exciting themselves ia the
matter 81 erecting monument 10 the memory Of Roger
Williams For nearly two hundred years the founder Of
the and the great champion OF civil and religious
liberty lay buried the hillside Of OF the pleasant
eminenees which overlook this city his grave unmarked
ana alDos, forgotten Lately spirit OF patriotism
vcners,on for departed worth has been galvanized tho
uBhonored has been hunted up the debris gathered
and ronurned, and great talk made about monument
Bot the atI docs not appear to be Of that subsan
tal character which makes itself apparent plen
ors contribution OF the necessary dollars for the object
estimated that the proposed testimonial will about
210U OI0-E large but excessive,
olJt and The wealth 81 the CITY believe there
ore public monument in the state and yet Rhode Island
Is rich richer in historical Revolutionary
soctions and than her sister States
The seeds u popular liberty germnated here the first
blooi ebed In the Revolution mostened her soil she
was the last 70 renquHh her individual Sovereignty by
joining the federal compact Of the States and yet
monuments TO commem orae her patriotism
the deeds OF her noble The reason u.s. the people
too economical too modest (more than likely the
former " bszon forth the virtues Of til past the
everlasting marble Arc the people Of Rhode Island too
stinsy 20 erect monument to the memory Of Roger
Will,ame. Is now the question.
The next ConAmenc, ment OF Brown University will
prove than ordinarily interesting The graduating
class Is large and possesses thar usual ability. The
ihconne class quite equal In numbers to any Of the
preceding years. The Commencement exercises will
begin on Tuesday Septenber4 Hon. II ,mas A. Jenckes
OF this city, has consented TO deliver the Grafton
before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and the Quilted
Brothers Society have secured the services Of Rev j.
wheaton Smith Of Philadelphia, their orator aud Hon.
George III Calvert, Of Newport is to be the poet Of the
occasion. The regular Commencement exercises take
place in the firs Baptist church on Wednesday, sepem
Der 6,