Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-10-04

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his estimate, our correspondent thinks. viii he
found essentially correct.
I rom Essex Il correspondent says: .Last wear OIL,
numbers IN Essex, stated in the ENQUIRER at ,e
or H. 1t gives me pleasure to inform you that ve
no" calculate on from 40 to so, Essex is a small
county, and If proper measures are taken we do no,
despair of a close in our county,"
ihe game now s, to dishearten the friends of tire
administration Dy an affectation ofabsolute confidence
Al Veil 'echsoh election. To this end the erossest
uecepon IS Practlsed IN the Enquirer and its assocf
as 70 the votes OF other states They claim Ken
'uchy' "here lhey have already been beaten md
"here the jackson party is expiring in convusiops
ey ciah oho, where they never have had the small
lest chance-hey claim Indiana when the election oc
et ana jennings displays majority of several thou
saioS-Du1 ABOVE all, their arts ofdecepton are par
'cutary played Oft in the case of n. York. They u-
rade every little sign that occurs throughout TINT non.
'ious STATE from the meeting Of Convention down
10 Warrant trying and they most diligently keep
" vi inc We" OF thclr readers every demonstration Of
popular feeling in favor ofthe Administration All this
coeoton ahd publication of"sgns smere trickery g.
humbug. There is no good ground for believing tlrs,
Mr. Adams will not be elected. If he gets "a or eve,
e votes in New York of which there is every assn
Without these, it is even chance if PennsvIvap},
does not elect him by throwing her great weight into
the scale.
But, grant that our hopes and expectations arr
iallacious, that is not the least reason WIN ever,
honorable czcrtion should not be made By his friends
in Virginia. Let this be DONE and one and all. we
shall feel better resigned to the fate that the rods
may send us. IF successful in the grcat issue vve
.Enll fool i.pfu- I,,,,,o
nonstrous system of misrepresentation that the world
ever witnessed: if defeated we shall know TINT we
deserved to succeed, both by the goodness of orr
cause, and the extent and perseverance of orr ry.
ertions. va 80
'4ISGnon Sdney.--We understand to our very rrest
SURPRISE that report in circulation in many parts of
the country, that Benjamin Watkins Leigh has OK
pressed his regret for having written the essays which
were published the Enquirer many years ago. under
the signature of Agcrnon Sidney and las acknoIy-
lodged that he wrote those essays without proper in
formation and that his opinion on the subjects of which
those essays treat is not now what it was at the time
they were written: Now we undertake to saw that
although those essays have always been ascribed (r1
doubt rightly to Mr Leigh, yet he does not avow
himself the author, and we know of our own know
ledge as every mao in Richmond knows who has
any acquaintance with this gentleman and none
better than Ncssrs. Richie and Gooch, that he
enterains at this time, all the unfavorable opinions
concerning Gen. Jacksons official character ond con-
duct, which were powerfully supported by Alrer.
non Sidney, nay that his opinions of him no are vet
more unfavorabe than those advanced by that writer
Mr. Leigh lives in this city, will sec this paragraph in
few minutes after issues from the Press and ve
know very well, viii not contradict syllable of vhas
rs here stated.