Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-23
From the Richmond Wing.

| AT the Anti kson Convention in this city
he mrmb'rs Of on" OF the Committees made up
| Of d Representative from each of the Electoral
! Districts, formed estimate OF Gen. Jack
sons freehold ma ority throughout the State
| The ma iority we understand was computed by
taem, d, that time, at 900 vore>-a compu'a-
lion which according 10 tue best and most inn
| 2artis! jnhgmrn, w, can form and we have
as extensive means Of forming correc, Juds-
menl as perhaps any other, is we believe, With
IN 500 votes Of the truth. Supposing il to be
accurate, II requires change OF only 1900
votes 10 revolut,onizr the political character OF
| Virginia, and d tach her from thr fortunes Of
the Army Candidate for the Presidency
On the north side Of James river compre>
bending the TWO Eastern Shore counies-from
the Bay to The Kentuc ky line-much the lar
eest division of The State, there will either be !
| ma iority for the Administration, or the major
! lily on the Other side will be t:iaing. We CAL
eulate on small ma jnrny 1--WE speak now OF >hr
pr srnt moment) for the adm inistration. We
do not mean that in all tie on II s IN thus grand
divi sion Of the Sla'e, lhere will be a majority
for the adminlsra ion or an app' zach 10 equal
ity in s,reng h but thai Shenandoah, Culpep-
er, Loui>a and other rong jackson Counties,
will BIS bal anced by Loudon, Augusta, and o.
ther strong An J,ckson.counti"s.
On he south ,idr If the River, from the
Norfolk and Princess Anne line, 10 The Coun.
ties Of Pirsyl,aura and Halifax, and IN l"clu-
ding hem-and little Team, SIS e" as il Is call
ed-W ashlngton, Wythe, (~here the greai
nan RI SIDES who has discovered Gen Wa,h-
rng'ou', va>i cim iufcrIori'y 10 Gen. Jacks"n.)
Tezuell, Russell, Giles, Grayson, Scott. and
Mon,gomeryI where another grea'man reslde>)
lies Gen. J.ckspn's majority IN Virginia. he
south side of james River assumes 10 he TO the
rest OF Virginia whatAthens was to a"s in
30 n Of int llect. With gentlemen from that
division Of he State, bel"w the mountains,
"south sid"r"i is t'rn; Of much m"re value &
di. uiy, than a "Virginian." 1t means now,
something more than another name for good
whist player, which IS its original slgulhca-
ION. When gentleman says he is south
sid,r, hr modes,ly srn.fes his claim to supe
rrorirv oyer . north si1er The south sders boast
# possessing nstriy all the talent Of he State
r ,udoIbh, G. les, razt weil-and after these
shllI go off lhe stage, of having in peto, all our
future Governors and Senators. Bot it is GER
din hat this comparatively uncomfortable 10
cal Gls!son of Virginia has for mary years, In
a great degree, moulded her political opinions
and sh aped her policy. lis representation IN
,hr Legislature unfilingly acts in body and
in this and me other resnecs which We need
not mention, is 10 The other Delegation, what
Ire Mpunta n was to the deputies oil the I'LL
rnnde ur the Plan In this region Dt virginia,
Randolph and Giles held divided empire, until
The star Of the latter, dimmcd by agr and other
-auses, ha, finally yielded the ascendant 10 that
Of the f,rmer, whose superior opportunities vt
pufing Gen Jackson and t1tni!ing himself, al
f,rlrd by his Congressional position, and aid
ed 5y the imprudrnces Of Mr. Giles, his ena-
bled him a; last TO engrnss much the largest
share Of south side affection. No division OF
Virginia was SO much opposed TO Gen. Jack
son al last election as this; but here al tins
time, resides his chief strength Mr.. Ran
do,nh's declaring for ,ckson in s25, was q"ite
sufficient for the south siders; they los no time
in bring satisfied Of Clay's corruption and IN
DISCO erlng Jackson who but the year before
,nrv esteemed a mill AIRY dtspot and ryrant, to
be d genuine Republican and able civilian. The
support # Jackson has 5ren in manner, die
rareh to the rest of Virginia by the politicians
Of hi, division of the Sac; and il is on this
iii i,ion he may heap his graritude and favors
ifhe 10 r. ceives the vote OF Virginia.
We have Heretofore adm ted with frankness
our ex ,pc,alion that Gen. .ckson would re-
oeve the Virginia Electoral vote. We are e.
quallv frank in The declaration, that this exprc-
ion ha, lost much Of its certainty. We knoW
lnal many positive changes have been effected
since, introduction Of 1928, and that there
is still more Important Grange IN the tone OF
the TWO par ,ies-more important, b. cause II is
the first step 10 eX ensive changes of opinion.
Ii tue IS innate of Gen Jackson's majority 81
vn ab.ve, was near the truth on the 9Th OF Jan.
las,, il is plain that The game is not yet won or
iost. A majority Of three thousand in sixty
thousand votes, eight months before the cleo
ton, may be reduced 10 minority al the end
f ina, time, even by the favorable influence OF
the summer in producing reflection. To the
influence Of The summer, we hope viii be added
the exer,ions Of every friend 10 the cause.-
Things are in shat state, that we have every
thing 10 hope from the progress of events, and
nothing 10 fear from any new Cause tha' the
maligni,y of the Jackson party can bring .
gainsl the administration. There IS not Jack.
son man in Washington, from Randolnh down
10 Kremer, who does not know-who would
not say, if he had it to say under oath-tha, The
affairs Of the Government. as far as their con-
nition depends upon the integrity, industry, s