Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-11-26

bile the vote, which was relied upon in favor
0f Mr.. Crawford, has been lost, but under
such circumsta noes AS To leave little cause of
triumph to his adversaries. A more ingeni-
Gus mode Of defeating the popular will has
seldom been resOrted TO, than that which has
united the friends Of two other candidates in
opposition to Mr.. Crawford, inducing each
voter to believe he was voting his own ticket,
when in Gct he was assisting candidate to
whom, IN all probability, he might have pre-
ferred Mr.. Crawford, against whom he in fact
voted. The number of votes taken in nj this
election in North Carolina Was surprisingly
large and out Of the whsie fUrty or CIV
Thousand votes, the two tickets combined u
sainst Mr.. Crawford, have not obtained ma
jarity of more than 0ne-twentieth of the
whole number of votes given in. More than
that number Ofvotes, we are justified in say
Ing, he was robbed Of by means of unyene-
rous advantages taken ofihc state of his
he allh. Even under this great disadvantage.
the vote he has received in North Carolina is
larger, by odds, than what was intend.
ed to be given To either of the otherraudi-
dates, between whom the majority Of the
votes has been gained against him. The mo-
raj effect .of the election in North Carolina al
so, Is, ther, fore, favorable, rather than ad-
verse tn Mr.. Crawford. He has obtained a
plurality Of the votes. though he may have
lost the election.
Mr.. Crawford, as far as we now have in.
formation, will receive ~ votes lin New York
IL. in Delaware 2, IN Maryland 1, in Virginia
FL, in Georgia 81 which ensures his return to
The House, and this number may be enlarged
by returns yet to BE- received from other
States. IL there had been no trickery in the
election IN New York, he would have receiv-
I'd "a votes more, which, AZ far as the infiu-
L.
set down for him which would have swellrd
his vote To ~. fthe sentiment Of North Ca
rollna had been expressed upon the principle
which regulates all her other elections, uhat
Of plurality Of votes over the opposing can
didaies) he would have received the vote of
that State also, which would have run him up
TO 81 votes. We consider the ground
on which Mr.. Crawford will stand in the
House of Representatives as strong, in fact.
as IL he had recei,cd those 81 votes, instead
of being man9uvred out of fifteen, and gam
bled out of tvs enty-fve ofthrm.
These observations are made out of no sort
oil disrespect 10 the just claims Of the two o.
Their candidates. These candidates, General
Jackson and Mr.. Adams, present the votes
which they will actually receive as their ere.
dentials for admission into the House Of Re-
representatives., the authority of which we do
not underyalue. by the suggestions we have
's''NS VI SttODS CiditIlS VI Vif. STdWtOrQ.--
10 what we have said on that head nigh, be
added many other suggestions favorable 10
the cause OF DIR. Crawford, viz. that, where
ever there was an opposition to Mr.. Adams, in
the Eastern States, Mr.. Crawford only was
thought OF as his competitor, and, where
there was no use in opposition, and none was
made 10 other candidates, the votes of thou
sands of the friends Of Mr.. C. have gone to
swell the lists of votes for others. in New
Jersey, for example. this was uuquestionably
the FACT
So far from seeing any reason for the friends
OF Mr.. Crawford despairing Of his cause,
there is every motive for adhering 10 il That
heretofore has existed, with the additional ura
which generous minds will always find in the
pleasure OF resisting persecution, and disap
appointing political artifice and combination.
fhcre Is no weIl-inforned man who reads
these lines, who does not know that, ir MIR.
Craw lord had cot been lately afflicted hy the
hand ofPrnvidence, he would have RECEIVED.
u not the majority of the electoral votes, at
least the largest number Of them: and if.
SINCE his recovery. his health had not been
mIsrePresented with the must assiduous in
dustry, he would still have had plurality of
the votes. II, in addition TO all this, an inn
positioa had not been practised upon the
country by The decision in the Legislature of
New York he would now be second on tho
IiSt Oh cauu0dteS.
As it is, Mr.. Crawford is placed before the
ffonse Of Representatives on ground as stroug
la the eye OF reason, as if he had received an
equal number of votes with either of the o.
tiler candidates, II remains for the members
OF that body, 10 the exercise of the high trust
reposed IN them, To decide between him and
ms competitors, upon their responsibility 10
their country and their cvnsciences.
FROM THE WEST.
BY the Mail which arrived FAST night. we
have received the following letter, from AN
Indisputable source, which settles the ques-
ton as TO the vote of the state Of Ohio. The
Electors, chosen IN that State, by plurality
0l votes, are those favorable to the election of
Mr.. Clay to the Presidency.
-" Columbus, (OhioJ yNov. 1sM, 1924.
Knowing that you are anxious 10 obtain
the earliest information Of the result of the
election Tor Electors of President and Vice
president, in the several states, / take the lib
eriy OF communicating the result in Ohio.
which was not fully and certainly ascertained
until last night. The following is the state OF
the polls:
Ticket for Henry Clay, 1865 votes
Gen. Jackson, I8,4s9
J. Q. Adams, 1890
Yours, &C."
Wemve received also, from Kentucky, sew.
erai pastiai returns, which decide nothing
We haze never doubted, however, that ths
whole cote this stale would be for. Dis. Clay.
The Orfy electoral tautfidafoa vofed Snr .r.,