Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-11-11
TIE OLD DOMINION

IBE OLD DOMINION
some Wag has QuiEEed the Editors of the Nor
,oik papers, by paimng off upon them most ex
travagdnt st;tement just IRON the mint a. Wash l..
hStou, OF the returns of some of the Countless
mus, Shenandoah gives for Jackson majority of
only "S-Loudoun majority to Adams OF S03--
n airIak oil lU5--aDd Stafford oi 253 On the faith
OF which the Editor OF the Herald throws up his
cap, and cries out - BYdcO!-H,tzza!'' But he
cheers al The wrong cue, he will be fully satis-
hcd when lac casts ,s eyes OH the list OF returns
me Baltimore Marylsnder still -xcaims that Viz
gina Is doubtful and the two officials al WASH
ington harp upon the deiuSion 10 the lasl--They
WHINE out that the returns which are actually
received are from the Middle and James River
Counties; that e?cn these are " nothing like III,
majority they anticipated from those courties"-
wat Gay thsy) ill we get 10 the Mountains and
then see tow we will beat these mad Jackson
hoys.-tf the returns from the middle counties fall
snort oil their calculations, what, in the name Of
heaven. DID they anticipate? IL they are not sa-
tisIed with this mode OF defeat in what gloomy CO.
tours did their Despair picture their prospectus
Did they .eKpectn no vote all in the Midiands! But
let us pass TO their strongholds; and where are
they to be found! In Accomack, they are beaten
In Rockbridge, they beaten, In Augusta
where they expected 800 msJority--wbat have
hey!. Not 90 majority. Where Is this mighty
strength OF which they made such vaunt. Is il
MOI now time enough TO shew it, or never? We
told them repeatedly. ira, they would be beaten
III Virginia; iIofse, foot s. dragons. rhey would
moi believe us. And Notwithstanding the vysather
was extremely Inciement, and the elements seem
ed TO declare III their favor, and prevent usnv of
our friends from going to tie polls yet are they
no routedin every quarter? -Four or five 10 l. world
have been the disparity oil votes il all our friends
had repaired TO the polls, but az 1t IL W., arc ,ore
than eOoO ahead, and our majority, when some of
our Remaining strong counties shall come in will
not probably ldil short of 900 votes-A majority
unexdmpied IN virginia. Are not these gentlemen
satisfied? What more would they ask of u.!-
We should have forbOrne even these re,na,ka Il
our 0pPonents had lei aIone-But as they are
crying - .favo! huzZa" over our own heads we
must be excused Tor entering into little specified
tlon. Our triumph is. more complete than il il il,
Pennsylyaiia-- here, the Jackson ticket does NOT
lead the Adams ticket 10 Here il is more than
z to L: II may he nearly 10 l.. before. we oct 10
the end Of the Docket-Tliere j. scarcely any STATE
~ the UniSn, which more nearly ap,yoaches In
unanitnity agdurt The present adminisr ton, than
tHginia-ls n9 this enough - But again; look al
helr EefimdteS-Mr Biuns wa Out IN his es,i-
mates on Pennsylvania, some where about IS, :
VOO votes.-Our arithneticians estimated that
u Jackson got Virginia at all, he could not obtain
" by more than lSOO-Hs majority will he al
least 1000 -ROckbridge was TO have given .
loo majorIty-2d day. SIS majority was 75-rbus
turning the tables completely upon fhem-Aibe.
inarle'was TO have givenJ only LIS nsiority-It
is actually 3j3--JeRe rson to a 2O5-It IL ooiv g1
Frederick 10 }. 1000 is l92--Thc 500 ,nsyorifv
to A. in Augusta dwindles down to 43-In Eau.
quer, our estimated IN Of 90 j. actually syelled
out % t27-And so II will be with all such B;nus
catculsiions--But enough! Let these gentlemen
cease TO cry out 6rGvo'--asd we will be cbesr
fully done with our hurrds.
We .eize TIC fret, opportunity hat syo have, 10
satisfy the Author OF f-irgtnins, that his Es.at
has MOI beenswil! held because the Editor i f,vrr.
able Convention--IIe has been uniformly and
decidedly so-but he j. not on that account "ilin9
70 close hls pcs against airy proposition that may
proceed from ,lis nemies 81 a 4 Ont cntian - r.
Essay has be kept back by the pressore Of ia.
Presidential Elecfon. suspect that the .chetoe
OF Virginius Gf il I've intended as III actual ba.i-
OF representation in the ConvenGon) will no,
answer-bui he shall have . flir cgro-tunity Of
bringing 4 c-.