Republican Herald

Republican Herald.
PROVIDENCE.
Saturday, April 10, 1847.

THE ANNUAL ELECTION.

At the election of State Officers, on Wednesday the 7th, the "Law and Order", or Algerine candidate for Governor, Elisha Harris, was elected over his democratic competitor, Olney Ballou, and all other candidates, by a majority of about 1200 votes. The majorities for the Algerine Lieut. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and Gen'l. Treas'r., it is presumed, will not vary much from the same number.

In the Eastern Congressional District, Robert B. Cranston (Alg.) is said to be elected over Fenner Brown (Dem.) and all other candidates, by a majority of 35 votes. It is reported that all the scattering votes have not been returned; but, on the whole, we deem the probability to be in favor of Cranston.

In the Western District, and in all the towns but two—Jamestown and New Shoreham—Wm. Kiss Updike (Alg.) falls short 526 votes of an election: and the majority of all other candidates over Benjamin B. Thurston (Dem.), is 758.

The plurality of Updike over Thurston is 116.

The two other towns probably will not much alter the result.

Setting down the votes for Governor in New Shoreham as last year, and taking the Congressional vote in Middletown, from which no other return has been received, the total of votes given for Governor this year, is 11,395—being a diminution since last year of 3,652 votes!—considerably less than a majority of the adult male citizens of the State, and only 2,773 votes more than were polled in 1840 under the Old Charter system of landed suffrage.

Toward this point, as expected by the framers of the present Algerine Constitution, the Suffrage of the State is now rapidly contracting.

The vote, under the Old Charter, at the Presidential election in 1840 was 8,622. In 1843, at the first election held under this Constitution, the total of votes was 16,597: in 1844 no opposition: in 1845, 15,863: in 1846 15,077: in 1847, as before stated, 11,395: being a diminution, since 1843, of 5,202.

The democratic vote for Governor this year, in the County of Providence, as compared with that in April 1843, shows a diminution of 2,021.

Upon the same comparison, the diminution in North Providence is 147: in Cumberland 246; in Smithfield 290; in Glocester 100; in the city of Providence 799. In this city 1,000 qualified democratic voters absented themselves from the polls; and at least 3,000 more Democrats were not qualified to vote for want of the payment of the constitutional head money.

The falling off in the total anti Algerine vote for Governor since last year is 3,049: of the Algerine vote 1,150: greater loss to the Democrats 1,899. The vote of Charles Jackson (supported by Democrats), last year, was 7,407: that of Olney Ballou (Dem.) this year is 4,358. That of Diman (Alg.) last year was 7,469; that of Harris (Alg.) this year is 6,229. The Algerine victory is only comparative. They have to boast only of the apathy of their opponents, as the Algerine candidate for Governor has received the votes of only one fourth of the adult citizens.

In the towns forming the Eastern District, Olney Ballou for Governor has 303 more votes than Fenner Brown, the candidate for Congress. In the Western District Mr. Ballou has (estimating N. Shoreham) 60 votes less than Gov. Thurston.

We have lost this year a Senator in each of the towns of Scituate, North Kingstown and So. Kingstown; and three Representatives in Scituate and two in South Kingstown. In Smithfield, democratic last year, there is no choice of a Senator and six Representatives. In Cranston, Algerine last year, there is no choice of Senator and two Representatives.

This "beggarly account of empty" ballot "boxes" excites anything rather than exultation; when it is demonstrated to a certainty that the democrats had this election entirely in their own hands, and threw away the advantage which their enemies admitted they possessed, notwithstanding their own longer purse and more complete registration. No one can doubt that the 1000 missing democrats in the city of Providence could have turned the scale here and elected the entire ticket of Senator and Representatives. No man can doubt that the 2000 absentees in Providence County, could have elected the State Ticket and the Representative to Congress in the Eastern District.

We have then the mortification of being beaten by our own friends, who declined to do their duty at the ballot box, and ignobly surrendered everything to their old adversaries. By what sort of democracy these delinquents may be actuated, we are at a loss to conjecture. We hope it is not like self righteousness, of which it is said, that the more a man has of it the poorer he is off.

No real democrat can regard the right of suffrage as a commodity to be used or neglected according to his interest or caprice: he rather looks upon it as a sacred trust to be honestly exercised for the welfare of others as well as his own.

Nor will he suffer himself to be seduced or intimidated from the discharge of his duty, or to waste his privilege in sluggish inactivity or indifference. The responsibility connected with their vote is not sufficiently appreciated by those who are called upon to exercise it. If the consequences of voting or not voting fell upon the head of the elector only, why he might act his own pleasure without remonstrance; and if those democrats only, who have left us in the lurch on this occasion were to feel on their necks the impression of the iron or the leaden heel of Algerine tyranny for another year, we should have no remorse in saying that they rightly deserve their fate. But they have inflicted a common doom upon associates who have always been true to their cause, who have borne the burden and heat of the day, and who had a just claim to a different sort of return. We hope that nothing will ever occur in any part of this county or State, which shall seem to justify the taunting sarcasm of our Algerine masters, that there are too many among those enfranchised by the labors of the men of 1842, who are unworthy of political rights, and are only fit to be the servants or serfs of a moneyed aristocracy. If our party be not yet rid of traitors and Tories the sooner it is done the better: and we shall then, though with diminished numbers, be ready to go on, in mutual confidence, to fight our way up slowly but surely to success.

To our candidates who have so honorably borne our standard in the present campaign we extend the cordial grasp of fraternal regard as we take leave of them for a brief space, and with a presentiment that they will yet be recalled to go before us to the final victory of a just and noble cause.

But there is one candidate of whom we do not take leave, and who, by proper exertions, at the second trial, can be elected to Congress. Let the Democrats in the Western District rally in all their strength around Gov. Thurston and they can retrieve for us in part the advantages which have been so miserably thrown away in the election of April, 1847.

For the returns of the votes we are indebted to the Providence Journal.

The scattering votes for Governor are given principally to Willard Hazard, the license candidate. Those for Member of Congress in the Eastern District are principally for Charles Jackson, except in Newport, where they are given to William Hunter.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The names of Democrats in italics. *New members.

SENATORS

Providence—Richard W. Greene.

North Providence—Pardon P. Jillson.

Smithfield

Warwick—John Brown Francis.*

Johnston—Ephraim Winsor

Cranston—No choice. The vote stood Rodney F. Dyer, (Law and Order and Temperance,) 172; Olney W. Arnold, (Democrat,) 196; Gardner Luther, (License,) 30; scattering 2. A town meeting is to be held on Monday next, to fill the vacancy.

North Kingstown—Harris Smith.*

South Kingstown—Elisha R. Potter.*

Exeter—Samuel Phillips.*

Richmond—Israel Anthony.

Hopkinton—George W. Holdredge

Westerly—Welcome A. Hoxie.*

Charlestown—James N. Kenyon.

East Greenwich—John Shippee.

West Greenwich—

Newport—Edward Clark

Portsmouth—John Manchester.

Middletown—Pardon Brown.

Tiverton—David Durfee

Little Compton—Otis Wilbor.

Jamestown—

New Shoreham—

Bristol—George Pearce.

Warren—Haile Collins.

Barrington—Henry Smith.*

REPRESENTATIVES.

Providence—Samuel Ames,* Robert Angell,* Ezra Bourn,* James C. Hidden,* Shubael Hutchins, J. G. Manchester,* William S. Patten, James T. Rhodes, William Sheldon. Three vacancies.

North Providence—Lemuel Angell,* Enoch Braun, John S. Despeau.*

Smithfield—

Warwick—Job Manchester,* Nathaniel B. Durfee, Cyrus Harris, William B. Spencer.

Johnston—Resolved Waterman,* Samuel Irons.*

Cranston—No choice. The vote stood Stukeley Turner (Law and Order) 174; Elisha A. Lawton (Law and Order) 174; Seneca Stone (Democrat) 195; James A. Mills (Democrat) 193; Scattering, 21. A town meeting will be held on Monday to fill the vacancy.

North Kingstown—Sylvester G. Shearman, Wm. D. Davis.

South Kingstown—Elisha Watson, Jr.,* Amos P. Rodman

Exeter—Christopher G. Lillibridge.*

Richmond—Benjamin T. Reynolds.*

Hopkinton—Joseph T. Barber.*

Westerly—Nathan F. Dixon

Charlestown—Asa T. Hoxie.*

East Greenwich—No choice.

West Greenwich—

Burrillville—Easten Angell.*

Glocester—Smith Peckham,* Cyrus Farnum.*

Coventry—Thomas Whipple, Ambrose S. Hopkins.

Scituate—Albert Hubbard,* John Potter, 2d, George Aldrich

Foster—Eddy Walker.*

Cumberland—Ariel Ballou, Lyman Burlingame,* George L. Dana.

Newport—Henry Y. Cranston,* Christopher E. Robbins, Edward King,* Joseph Anthony, Henry E. Turner.*

Portsmouth—William Barker.

Middletown—Peter Barker

Tiverton—Joseph Osborne, Robert Gray.

Little Compton—John Church.

Jamestown—

New Shoreham—

Bristol—John D'Wolf,* Wm. H. S. Bayley.*

Warren—Alfred Bosworth, Charles Randall.

Barrington—Stilman Welsh.*

[OFFICIAL.]
VOTES FOR SENATOR FROM PROVIDENCE, WARD 1.
VOTES FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM PROVIDENCE.

The Mayor and Aldermen have ordered an election to take place on Friday next, to fill the three vacancies in the delegation from this city.

Cranston Town Meeting—The citizens of Cranston having failed on Wednesday to make choice of a Senator and Representatives to the legislature, another trial will be had on Monday next; at which time it is hoped that our democratic friends will be up and dressed. There are democratic voters enough in the town of Cranston to carry in their candidates, if these voters will show themselves at the polls, and vote; and had they all been present at the Wednesday meeting, they would have elected democratic representatives. But many of them thought they would not be wanted because they had no doubt their fellow Democrats would repair to the polls in sufficient number to secure an easy victory—Such voters suffered themselves to be deceived by a confidence that others would be more interested in the election than themselves, and have thus failed to choose their candidates. To atone for such remissness let them devote themselves to the business of the town meeting on Monday next. They have obtained the consent of gentlemen to stand as candidates, and it is their duty now to back up their candidates, to push them forward and secure their election and a democratic triumph. There is no time to be lost; the time for action is short, but we have sufficient confidence in our Cranston friends to believe that that time will be well improved, and that the second trial on Monday will result in a decisive victory. Rally then, men of Cranston; once more to the breach, and once more you will find yourselves conquerors.

CHANGES IN THE ASSEMBLY.—Democrats will miss in the next legislature many of their best speakers and debaters. Hon. Olney Ballou, Fenner Brown, John H. Weeden, and Allen Taylor declined to be candidates. Jesse S. Tourtellot and Thomas Davis have changed their residences. The zeal and ability with which they have on all occasions maintained the rights and interests of the democracy entitle them to the hearty acknowledgments of their friends, upon their retirement, which can only be temporary from the public service.

The Algerines having felt the want of power in the "Providence bench," and having noticed several failures to overawe the country members, have concluded to strengthen themselves by reemploying the professional bellows of Gen. Samuel Ames.

Restoration Postponed.—The Democrats of this State by their recent vote, or rather, refusal to vote, have indefinitely postponed the restoration of Thomas W. Dorr to his political and civil rights, and have virtually given him leave of absence, to seek them if he may so desire, in some Democratic State.

Defamation.—The Transcript publishes the following extracts, it is to be hoped in a penitential spirit, as no paper, except the Providence Journal, has been more addicted to the vice now held up to reprobation.

"Defamation—It is a certain sign of an ill heart to be inclined to defamation. They who are hurtless and innocent, can have no gratification that way; but it never rises from a neglect of what is laudable in man's self, and an impatience in seeing it in another."

Slander.—"Let the slandered take comfort: it is only at the fruit trees that thieves throw stones."

It wanted but one thing to complete the mortifying result of the late election in this State, and that was the sneaking in of Cranston, as representative to Congress, by about a dozen majority—this we fear will be the result.

At a meeting of the democratic citizens of the town of Glocester, holden at the hall of Gen. Sprague, in Chepachet, on the 3d instant, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:

Resolved, that both in a social and political point of view, we regret the departure from among us of Jesse S. Tourtellot Esq., one of our present Representatives from this town in the legislature of this State.

Resolved, that we have viewed with pride his able and manly course in the legislature, while he has served as one Representative, and that we tender him our thanks for the manner in which he has sustained the views of his constituents and the doctrines of the Democratic party.

Resolved, that these resolutions be signed by the Chairman and Secretary of this meeting, and published in the Republican Herald.

B. JOHN HAWKINS, Chairman.

AMASA A. EDDY, Sec'y.

In conformity with an ancient usage in Massachusetts, Thursday last was appointed as a fast day, and was honored by the graver portion of the community by prayers and other religious rites, while the greater portion of citizens regarded it only as a day of relaxation from business and labor, and not a few of them desecrated it by unprofitable amusements, and sensual indulgences. Some of the papers of that State, amongst which, the Boston Courier is conspicuous, strongly protest against the continuance of this custom of an annual fast, and adduce good reasons to show that piety would be "more honored in the breach than the observance." When the custom was introduced, the State was strictly a religious community, and the people generally and almost universally acquiesced in and rejoiced at the institution, and entered with a sense of duty, and with becoming zeal into the religious observances of the day, but with successive generations of men the habits, customs and feelings of the people have changed, their affections are more engrossed with the things of this world than with those which are heavenly, and they are too exclusively engaged in those things which will "increase their store" of wealth, and extend their popularity and power, to acknowledge their dependence on their maker, or deprecate his displeasure. Hence a fast day in that State is regarded by the more serious as it would be in most other States, as a mere form, and by all others as a day for idleness and dissipation.

Discrepancy.—The Providence Journal at one time says that Dorrism is deserted and will never more be heard of, and then, in a paper or two after, forgetting itself, that Dorrism is exceedingly active and "dangerous".

The Transcript is more consistent, and discovers too much reality and vitality in our principles to be buried and suffocated beneath the money-bags of Algiers. This paper says—“Our opponents are the same in form and feature as in days of old.” “They are not changed; they cannot change.” Thank you for this compliment to our stability and perseverance. But cannot say the same in return: for Algerine Whiggery has many colors, and changes, and flourishes only in the sunshine. A little adversity will make a very different thing of it. It has seen its best days.

The Rhode Island Company.—This Company, which has just set sail for Brazos, is thus complimented by the N. Y. Tribune—“Providence has sent 55 as gallant looking fellows as ever shouldered a musket.”

This praise is well deserved. Nearly all of the 55 privates thus spoken of are Democrats. 20 of them were from the company raised by DeWolfe and Martin, which could not be received by the Secretary of War: and 10 were enlisted by DeWolfe, in the short time after he received his appointment—before the company started.

Justice To Labor.—The "Ten Hours Factory Labor Bill" has been debated in the English House of Commons, and passed by a large majority. By this bill young men under 18 years of age, and all female adults, are prohibited from all requisitions to work exceeding ten hours per day.

Don Borges—We learn by the Boston Post that Don William de Freitas Henriques Borges has been appointed acting Vice Consul of Portugal for the State of Rhode Island—to reside at Warren. It has escaped our recollection whether we now have any consul for the "Two Sicilies", as all know we once had.

Whig Patriotism—The Mexican Diario says, exultingly, the sympathies of our ENTIRE Party in that country are on our side; and long will Mexico remember their patriotism.

Can any Algerine or Whig tell us what party is meant in the above passage?

The Boston Post thus disposes of the late victory by the Mexicans:

The Election in Connecticut is something like the weather—too unpleasant to be talked about. The whigs have carried the entire State—governor, legislature, congressmen, and all, in short, given us "Jessee."

Rice and Watson's Band of Ethiopian Serenaders who have performed very successfully in New York and elsewhere, give a series of entertainments at the Franklin Hall next week. Their programme contains a great variety, and their entertainments are said to be very pleasing.

There was a "telegraph" round town Thursday evening that Gen. Scott had been killed and Gen. Worth wounded at Vera Cruz—it proved to be only a say-so.

A company of U. S. Infantry attached to the 9th Regiment, under command of Capt. Johnson, arrived at Fort Adams Wednesday morning, from New London.

Radishes made their first appearance in this city, this season, yesterday—Job Winsor, the indefatigable, had them for sale.

Many articles prepared for this day's paper are omitted to make room for the election returns.

No Boston papers yesterday—that Massachusetts "fast day" is certainly a great bore.

From the Rio Grande—The last New Orleans Jeffersonian states one or two particulars of interest relative to the future movements of the forces under Gen. Taylor.

Trains were starting from Camargo for Monterey, strongly escorted, as the roads were infested by Rancheros, and fugitive Mexican cavalry.

Col. Cushing's regiment Massachusetts volunteers had been ordered by General Taylor to remain and occupy Matamoros; all the other regiments being ordered to Agua Nueva, from which place he will shortly take up his line of march for San Luis Potosi.

The statement that General Taylor will soon commence his march for San Luis Potosi we are disposed to doubt. We have seen no evidence of such an intention as yet.—N. Y. Post.

Col. Hardin, of the Illinois Brigade, who fell in the battle of the 22d ult. was a nephew of Gov. Ford. Capt. Lincoln was killed by a thrust from a Mexican lance, while gallantly encouraging his men to charge upon the enemy.

Double Suicide.—A young man, named George Hampton, and a young woman to whom he had been paying his addresses, were lately found drowned in the Barnsley Canal, near Wakefield, Eng. They had evidently committed suicide, but no cause for the act was ascertained.

Col. Cushing, of the Massachusetts regiment, arrived at New Orleans on the 26th ult. and was to proceed immediately to join his regiment in Mexico.

The Washington Union makes out a table of 120 democrats to 110 opposition in the next House of Representatives.

	842	549	64	163
	KENT COUNTY.
Warwick,	297	93	2	3
Coventry,	263	127
East Greenwich,	124	50	9	1
West Greenwich,	32	10		22

Bristol,	185	115	1
Warren,	167	44	00	1
Barrington,	59	19	1	00

Providence,	3228	2982	161	285
Newport,	1063	356	9	33
Washington,	842	549	64	163
Kent,	716	280	11	26
Br stol,	414	178	1	2

First Ward,	206	144	3	19
Second Ward,	353	72	6	22
Third Ward,	312	173	5	16
Fourth Ward,	272	132	8	19
Fifth Ward,	296	174	10	28
Sixth Ward,	250	239	19	24

First Ward,	Cranston,	Brown,	Boyden,	Scat's
Second Ward,	191	144	2	28
Third Ward,	288	72	3	86
Fourth Ward,	271	181		43
Fifth Ward,	245	129	8	40
Sixth Ward,	225	186	9	67
	233	224	20	38

Providence,	Craunston,	Brown,	Boyden,	Seat'
1453	936	42	3:2
North Providence,	193	222		5
Smithfield,	321	454	33	77
Cumberland,	127	298	61	38
Newport,	508	169	2	90
Middletown,	84	9	4	3
Portsmouth,	155	42	00	1
Tiverton,	126	68	00	5
Little Compton,	117	52	4	4
Bristol,	167	112		13
Warren,	12	41	2	161
Barrington,	48	19	00	6

Seitute,	266	236	36	00	00
Foster,	164	112		4	3
Gloucester,	53	162	23	1
Burrillville,	67	138		7
Cranston,	170	198	10		2
Johnston,	50	144	72
N. Kingstown,	179	151	18	34	5
S. Kingstown,	164	45	122	4	1
Exeter,	110	83	1
Richmond,	77	44	10
Hopkinton,	95	84	10	21
Westerly,	23	49	72	16
Charlestown,	71	91	1	1
Warwick,	242	100	23	5	2
Coventry,	120	129	16	89	1
E. Greenwich,	88	53	23	3
W. Greenwich,	21	25		1
Jamestown,	000	000	00	00	00
N. Shoreham,	000	000	00	00	00

First District,	Harris.	Ballou.	E	Harris.	Seat
135	165	32
Second District,	42	103	2	34
Third District,	79	112	10	18
Fourth District,	62	81	1	3

First District,	Cranston	Brown	Boyden	Seat
137	162	29	9
Second District,	43	102	1	32
Third District,	60	110	3	36
Fourth District,	75	80

320

454

33

77

Providence,	Harris, 1689	Ballan, 934	Harris, 51	Seat'g 125
North Providence,	192	225	3	2
Cumberland,	159	310	47	10
Seatuate,	288	247	3	15
Foster,	161	111	4	2
Smithfield,	321	461	45	55
Gloucester,	73	200	1	4
Burrillville,	69	143	5	4
Cranston,	184	195	1	37
Johnston,	84	156	1	25

	3228	2082	161	286
	NEWPORT COUNTY.
Newport,	574	177	1	25
Middletown,	84	9	0	7
Portsmouth,	159	42	1	0
Tiverton,	126	73	0	0
Little Compton,	117	55	7	1
Jamestown,	3	0	0	0
New Shoreham,	0	0	0	0

North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter,	209	169	11	96
185	51	6
113	79	8
Richmond,	87	43	17
Hopkenton,	118	68	31
Westerly,	54	49	16	42
Charlestown,	76	90

Whole number,	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total.
Necessary for choice,	391	452	487	411	502	527	2770
Greene,	224	346	300	256	285	244	1386
Sackett,	134	67	159	118	167	243	1655
Scattering,	33	39	28	37	50	40	888

Whole number,	378	453	486	420	488	527	2755
Necessary for choice,							1378
Ames,	247	357	242	260	302	243	1751
R. Angell	202	349	321	274	320	289	1670
Bourn,	201	343	286	255	280	242	1607
Hidden,	238	335	316	265	257	216	1627
Hutchins,	235	343	267	248	280	242	1615
I. G. Manchester,	230	367	336	273	302	237	1745
Patten,	228	361	348	269	310	247	1763
Rhodes,	235	366	294	276	317	253	1741
Sheldon,	235	363	303	277	313	267	1728
Evans,	188	205	173	227	167	204	1164
Fisher,	171	166	146	217	141	174	1015
Whitaker,	63	229	188	71	183	94	828
Pierce,	177	149	137	228	163	204	1058
A. D. Smith,	15	141	135	29	123	42	485
S. G. Martin,	17	138	149	24	105	39	472
Eli Brown,	119	67	100	121	173	234	874
Tripp,	132	67	157	121	170	235	889
Ed-ly,	134	74	159	121	170	243	901
Salisbury,	134	68	159	120	173	242	896
Ross,	134	67	158	121	173	243	896
Blanding,	134	67	155	121	172	242	891
Field,	134	68	159	120	171	236	888
Porter,	134	65	159	119	167	235	879
H. A. Manchester,	164	88	186	146	204	250	1038
Beckford,	158	87	186	147	204	249	1031
Davis,	169	85	185	146	204	250	1040
D. Angell,	35	22	29	23	31	16	156