Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-11
"WEDNESDAY, DHcrNHrR II, 1861.


rhoro j. a lesson in the official count of the
,,o,os f,r governor at our ate election, for the
ronnbiira1 Marty managers. who refused TO
nal,a the nnion movement that the people
h,,ngered and prayed CoI The idea of these
MANAGERS was that the democratic party had
gone to pieces, and that tie great mass OF It's
pairiolc voters Wou'o "at"''.S "nG i'%y
,~itlo,,i hoinn Ia thereto bv = union move.
ment. They thought 10 get their votes, while
they kept the offices and the politeal hohor a''
70 .ueil'se.'ss n1' nv S,I ,''>S a,1 i,rser
in nronortion to last wears, than the republic
can. Gov. Andrew had last year lOl,32'-
this year but 6oZol' Last ye4r az, 'i.e u,'no
:. Gia'i9 o. 'oed .ed io' tho rennblican yoe
was more than thrice and halt the democrat
ic vote-now it is but tritie over twice the
latter. Last year HoF. Anurv" a1, iti'Jo'i'y
Is.I We ~, NJ ,I,o rnnl;cS MANAGERS has
reaned its inst harvest and instead Of forcing
the democracy into dissolution, they have drlV-
en- them INTO conlpacthess anu gwen i,... 'lie,m
hed o',',iI ard enti,leJ tn rr-elecIion bv
not only greatly increased majority, but
practical unanimity- such reelection
was rendered nlm oy tne peop'e-t''e u"i,o"' 80,
ed L;,,, ~, a3 - ana nnsi unfairly nresented
him before the country as "A less popular man
than he was when first elected .-SPrtn9jleid
hepuo''cd"'
II 'lese fep'es'i''"'
correct tne lesson "o"iu W
from tila' ""lcn Tue 1Pii 'e'- -'e r'''''0''D
ufa"S from li'' M A"e
st''u'iy !ei"s'u - '''9 ''' ,'''''7 " ps.,Li;
'''' u'i'o'i a. ''', P'',n -, ..,..
eah t"'Aeu 50 h'uoH ".ii '''''
iSSueu parry '''''
auop'eu palt! ieso'''io,'o "''''
parry 'icAe'' anu '''is po''0J voc
throughout According . 'l' 'l'
puoilc"n 'hey salneu s''e's'" am eO'''r"o'
ness. Inc rePuohcaH s'"'e 0"''ii''e' i0'"'N
union call ana some Oh t1e Ie"uels maui d"
earnest attempt 10 nave me party uISo""u III
the name OF union ne hepuo'ie"ii cay
the party mas iosE strength surrey ''ie 'eSson
that comes necessarily IRON such statement
OIL the iac'S Is not a' al !" iaFo' u ''a'
tcaole union poiicy IN la'or concerning
winch the hepHoiicah heia so mue'l discourse.
But onc oprlngheId iFieh" ooes not S'"'e
the case correctly III Is reai!y Il 'hIsFepreSeht'
alton OF ihe state OF Inc case 10 'aNe 'le 'o'e
at the presidential election as an Illustration
OF the ordinary voting OF parues IN inns STATE
AT Inc presiuehtlal electon' III 1ooo' '''e re-
puoilcan vote was even larger 'h"n III looo'
but Tins style OF voting was not maintained al
tAe following state elections Lei Us take tue
Vote o1 1922 the year previous 10 '''"t quo'eu
by the Republican. In the election OF that
year the vote stood Banks trcpubhcanb
5S,ieO; Butler tdemocFal) oo,o"4; Briggs
1860. In 1861 the repuOhcahs have cast
64ol more votes and the democrats 4O'o less
than in 1853 Do these hgures show any
such lesson as the kepuOhcah woulu IAN
uraw from It's own statement oi Inc case III
1898 the vote stood as follows hanks oo,'9o
Beach oo,Z9o Lawrence I2,Uo4' Members
OF congress were elected that year, ana ms
made the vote larger than i otherwise would
nave been. Inc difference III the relative
Strength OF parties was h't ihuch changed
Inc truih Is mere mas oeeh no great change
IN lhe relative strehgth oi patueS III tiis slalei
nor mas there peen among the people any such
hupserihg ana thirsling ailef union OF par
'les a' Tue po'is' as 'he hepuoilcah SuPPoSeS'