New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-03
RHODE ISLAND, GnEErINa:

If there be one State In the Uniop which is
Justly entitled to be known as prominently
Conservative, RHODE ISLAND Is that State.
Her banks. factories, commerce. her diversi.
fed industry, general education and conspicu-
Gus thrift and wealth, all predspose her to
sober and quiet ways-to frateroal harmony at
homo and peace with all the world. Copper
head demagOgueS, especially those who have
their dens 10 the West, are accustomed to
talk Of New-England, and especially of her
manufacturers, as being rapidly enriched BY
the War, and therefore desiring its contnu.
anoe; when in fact large portion of the
manufacturing machinery of that section. but
especially of Little RhOdy," has stood idle
and been going to wreck for months, because
of the scarcity and dearness of its indis.
penssble staple, Cotton. Could the news be
flashed across the cOuntry tomorrow that an
honorable peace had been achieved, it would
nowhere be hailed with q deeper and more
general joy than in that same Rhode Island.
None of the firebrands which have convulsed
and distracted our country originated with this
gallant little State. We cannot recollect that
single motion or proposition respecting Slave
~, pro or con, was ever submitted to Con-
gress by Rhode Islander. nor that any ngitat
ing speech was ever made by one. True, she
opposed the Annexation OF Texas and sustained
Henry Clay throughout, as she has since OPP
posed that long roll Of evil deeds which CON-
uenced with the repeal of tho Missouri Re-
striction and given her Electoral Vote for
Fremont and for Lincoln. But no man can
stand up on behalf of the Slave States and
Justly accuse Rhode Island Of assailng their
institutions or needessly exciting thor "pecu-
liar" sensibilities. She hesitsted for months to
| ratfy the Federal Constitution; but. from the
moment in which she set her seal 10 that in.
strument, she has been faithful to its every
requirement in thought. in word. in deed.
She never gave her voice or vote for any AS
sault on Slavery until slavery saw 81 to mako
IN issue of life and death with the Union. To
call such State Radical aud Arkansas or
Texas Conservative" is fagrantly to conspire
against the utility and trustworthiness OF dir
tOnaries.
The Pyouidenee Journal Of yesterday says:
1--WE imagine tina, there viii be difficulty under,.nd-
ins position Of Rhode Island ssr h sh. stands by the
Govtnmest and ai,Oaw AL honor to follow CHI
for making splendid record for her yesterday
Aud here 1t becomes us to pay deserved
tribute 10 the defeated Opposition. There are
Copperheads among tbem, but these have never
been permitted to control the nominations nor
to dictate the platform Of the party. Some OF
their presses talk as they should not but no
dsloyal utterance. 90 far as we have noted,
has received the indorsement of the party.
Dssgreeing on some points with tho Admins.
tration, they have maintained their organization,
but they have fairly and promptly responded
to every requistion of the Government. Hence,
no raucor, no bitterness Of spirit has been
engendered by the party strifes of the last two
years, and the ppositiOn-though now sigually
defeated, because o majority of their fellow
citizens deemed it their duty to evince the
most determined resolve to stand. by tue
Nations constituted authorities in this hour of
trial aud of per-are not annihilhed. They
may be in power again noxt year or the year
after; while Copperhead ascendancy in any
state will be apt TO seal for a generation the
doom of the party which has 10 bear It's odum
The following is tho full vote of the State
by cities aud towns-ODe tOwn--New-Sh orebam,
Block I,land) not heard from. 1t has not,
probably, given forty majority either way.