The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-10
"A he Vermont Election.


that the Radical majority is nearly up to
its usual numbers. The most reliable
reports place the majority for Converse,
the Radical candidate for Governor, at
$4,000. In 1868, at the gubernatorial
election. Immediately preceding the
Presidential, the Radical majority was
something over $4,000, and Grant re-
ceived majority of $4,000. or 1000
more than this of Converse. All the &C.
counts agree in representing the vote as
being very full. Until. however, the
official returns are received, and we are
enabled to compare the whole vote cast
with that of previous years, it will be
impossible to determine satisfactorily
what Significance, if any. the recent cleo
tion hassin the contest between lGreeley
and Grant. Should it be shown that
the people turned out to the polls in as
great numbers as they did for Grant in
1868, then the Radical loss is manifestly
measured by the difference between the
present majority and that of Grant,
which is 1000. IF, on the other hand,
no more votes were cast than is ordina-
rily done in the State elections of Presi-
dental years, then the Conservative gain
is only 1000. A gain of 1000 in the
State of Vermont would be grand tri-
umph for the Liberal cause, and would
point very clearly to Greeley's election
in November. A difference OF only
1900 would not be worth consideration,
one way or another. The GRANTEES, of
course, will claim the election as great
victory.
They are welcome to all the comfort
they can receive from it. and they will
need it, too. before the race is over. The
majority for the Radicals is two or three
thousand greater than We anticipated;
but no one ever laid any stress upon
Vermont. It is the most sectional,
Southern hating, Radical State of Radi-
cal New England. In it's scraggy noun
tains are the finty dens and holes of
Radicalism. The spirit of reconcilia-
tion, reunion and friendship, which per-
vades the movement that Greeley leads
and adorns, can find no resting place in
the bosoms of those ioy-headed Puri-
tans who comprise the ruling elements of
Vermont. The majority of them will be
Radical as long as there remains such
party, and will then join whatever party
the South does not. The South they re-
gard as Godforsaken land, and her
people rs deserving of naught but perse-
cution and punishment. They are 80
imbued with sense of their self-right-
eousness that they can never see their
own errors, or have aught but oondemna.
tion for those who differ from them.
They have their good qualities truly, but
liberality OF sentiment is not one OF
them. What blessing it is that there
is but one Vermont in the Unioni
From Maine. we expect better things.
The Liberals report considerable pro-
gross in that State, and we are led to be-
lieve that the election there on yester-
day will result in marked reduction Of
the Radical majority of 1868.
Since writing the above, more authen-
tic and fuller advices have been received,
which. while they do not materially
affect the Radical majority. serve to give
great encouragement to the Liberal
cause. The returns from nearly all the
precincts have been received, by which
it appears that there has been an unusu-
ally large vote. In 1858, the whole vote
cast amounted to fraction over $4,000.
OF which Grant received 4,167, and
Seymour 2,045. At tho recent election
the vote is put down at 60,0O0-4, 900
more than in the Presidential election of
1868. OF these, Converse, the Republi-
can candidate. received 43, 1864 loss of
nearly 1,O00-while the Liberals and
Democrats have polled vote of II, 600,
which is gain of 5000 over that of
1868. This is truly encouraging to the
friends of the Liberal movement. Such
gains as that in other States will elect