Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-13
ALEXANDRIA,
!. .rnRDAY MORNING, NOV. l3

. : now but apologies ior the smaii so'e
w n mos, Of the counties 10 Virginia
3 presidential Electors.
n. editors OF the lntelligencer have ac-
,,sd for it. no DOUBT very satisfactorily
~r.mselyes We beg leave, however,
,a.r 40 explanation OF the TACT somewhat
:s.,oot. but, we are inclined 10 believe,
LATELY nearer the truth. The great
... Of freeholders in that state had so
loo Welded an implicit obedience to.tbe
,..,.,es of The Richmond Junta, and their
IAN me Richmond Enquirer, that they
.s,a mol prepared at once to ay in the face
'f,Asse hitherto unquestioned authorities.
rss oroceedings of the last twelve months,
tos,yer. ba6 produced degree of dis
md and dissatisfaction which could not be
..,rely controlled. The citizens of Vir-
.;,. accordingly, could not be prevailed
.ooo 10 sanction, by their votes, the sys.
an Of intrigue and corruption by which il
h,abeen sought TO secure the election OF
N, Crawford: hence their absence from
i. poles, and hence the fact that this
bo,sted iayorite OF Virginia could not COM
u,nd one fourth of her ootss.
The IDtelligencer is equally unfortunate,
81 (upcandid would perhaps be more sp-
prcprlate term 10 presum.ng, that the
votes obtained By the other candidates ex-
bibn pretty accurate view OF the nuns
bers OF their supporters
II, instead OF presuming, the editors
had taken the trouble TO inquire even in
relation to the counties that are nearest
them, they would have avoided another
instance Of that species OF misrepresenta-
iioB for which they have, of lale. become
almost proVerbial. ln the county OF Fair
.hx, for instance, where Gen. jackson OBJ
riued only tweniy seven votes. and Mr..
Adams and Dir. Clay not single one,
they would have learned that large pro
portion OF the most jealous and deter
mined supporters of Gen Jackson we've
absent. and that the friends of Mr.. Adams
and AIR. Clay, by no Teans inconsidera-
bic in point OF numbers, sought 10 vain
Lr the electoral lists nominated for their
respective favoriles.
This apathy, this objectionable apathy,
on The part OF the opponents OF The CAU-
Gus. can be accounted for, Only from the
fact, that the confident assertions OF the
,isTELLieENcER and the ENQUIRER bad
produced an almost universal belief, that
Dir Crawford vas the tayorite of almost
nins. tenihs Of the state. For our owe
parts, we have always believed, (and We
.repeat, our convictions have been strength
sned by the result OF the election.) that
had a single anti-captus ticket, as was
proposed 10 Fairfax, been run, pledged
only to oppose Mr.. Crawford, it would
have succeeded eusn IN Vsrgsnaa.
There never has been, il seems, the
least reason, since the Harrisburg Conyen"
.tion, to doubt, that Gen. Jackson would
receive the vote of Pennsylvania and yet
il strikes US there was much talk OF a
counter. current--of the improving pros
poets OF the Crawford ticket &c. &c.;
and that the lntelllgencsr, whatever might
have been the real opinion OF its editors,
was not very backward in encouraging the
belief, that another than Gen. Jackson
oould obtain the vote of Pennsylvania.
Dir, Crawford and bis friends, however.
may console themselves under the assu-
rance of the worthy editors, that, had the
Harrisburg Convention been held sixty
days later the result would have been
different.
They have also another source OF con"
ISOLATION in the fact, that every act untavo-
rable TO their cause, serves only TO con.
6rn our brethren of Washington IN the
opinion heretofore expressed, that Ar.
Crawford would receive the highest num-
Der OF votes IN the electoral colleges
Now our opinion ia, tho not heretofore
expressed that Mr. Crawford will have
The lowsst number OF votes in the electoral
colleges; and that be will not De one OF
The three carried before the House OF Rep-
ressniatiyes.