The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-09-04
ELECTIONS.

ELECTIONS.
KeptUcky.-At Irnsfh. W. have received the
o1ieiai rst,rn of votes from k,uttc>,, hg which
II appears that Gen. M%rtcAlic Is elected Cover
nor and Nj, Rreatnit Lieutenant Governor oil
that .5t'tc-ihr ioruier by il majority of 7oo over
Nr. Barry, .u'd the latter by a majority OF los7
oyer Mr.. underSood-I say tlat We are MOI
sarp,ized al til" sinallness a. Mrtcalte's major.-
ty would be untruc-bnt thai surp,lzc is noi ere
ated ~ much 10y any expectations we had ladnl-
ED IN before tie election conln,rnccd. ar hy the
ttsotabte~ conpiectloil OF thc returns hrs, received
from Il. Before tine struggle began, one patty
"as equally A. Sangunc as the other, the major
tues eiatued %, eacu ranging from i to l6.00U,
fon winch circuinstance II M 1t haye been
reason 'bly expected tha' the majority Of either
would be small. N TO the augur-luie wliicIi the
'acksonidn5 had prepared through Which 10
creep IL case Of their defeat, whoever builds bis
hopes OF the success o. the jackson Electoral
Ticket on that circumstance will be inevitably
disappointed. On the subject of the oreaniza-
tios of their Judiciary, the .AcW Court party, 10
which Barry belonged, had the decided ascend
aney so Iale as the last election Of Drsha 10
the office OF GoVernor, Desha beating Chris
topter lompkins, the Old Coarl candidate.
many thousand votes-and it is believed
divided in sentiment. But, that question can.
not he nationally supposed 10 have had much
lnence on the election, rs, in addition 10
The fact inst stated, the causes which created
lie necessity I"r II difference of opinion, have
Ibag since vanished ; aud, as the people IRE
we'll satisfied that no farther attempt will he
made 10 disturb the settled order Fittings. il
would be absurd 10 suppose that they were
controlled IN tIeir votes by any reference 10
that malter.-Jhere are. however, several
reasons which operated in MIR. Barry's favor,
and 10 the W%eJldice OF Gen. MelGalfr, which
should be taken into The account. Tor exam
pie, it's universally conceded thai iorpopular
%eloquence. Mr.. Barry is excellrd bv very few
men III the country, while ten. N~Iotcalte - II
solid, though lar from being ii snowy man.
VIII the influence ON the public mind of this
great art, by which orators in ancient and mo
dern tunes have captipated the Judgments Of
the multitude, be denied IN The present case
Of viii il be d"H,ed, tld Mr.. Barry derived
IA still greater advantage over Mr.. Metcalfe
by traversing tlt State. becoming acquainted
with Ms fetrow ~ci'Jasus never, SECTION of il.
aud sedactaE uy tn Establishments ofhls pr
snnai address tlJsr wncm he colId not con.
troll by MS eloq lenc n,-V'liie Gpa. Malcalie
WAS performing MS dlrios Ia Congress. and
was therefore necessarily n stranger in on.
third of the counties Surely, If, as tho ink.
sonians contend, the contest p"twrru them
furnishes no test OF tue strength OF the rlvai
parties ON the Presidential qnstiou, the Adm
nislration party have strong reason to anliei-
pate n largely increased majority when thai
q iestipn shall he decided by the peoplp.-
TIE utole mum Der OF votes given for cover
nor, is II ,l7l-the whole number given e.,
Lieutenant Governor IS 1895 -dilerenee
3. lf6.-Hefcille received 1851 and Barry $50
votes more than Hreaihrif.-ln the Leei,Ia
ture, the 9su8te is said to he equally divided
While boti parties claim Il smaIl majority
in the House o. Representative ,-rhonph We
should suppose ii would be a difficult matter.
If not impossible. indeed, 10 ascertain the
truth al present with any sort ofaccurrcy.
fadtana-There IS nothing new from this
State, asto the Congressional or Guberna:ori.
al elections. Jennings and Test ('or Tn. ad.
minist-al'ouj are certainly elected to Con.
gress, and there is some don bt It's TO whether
Boone Jacksouian) or Blake administrations
has succeeded in the third district. The fol
lowing paragraph Is contained in The Cincin.
naui Gazette of August %, the latest account
by two days, from 1T quarter
- G0rtrnor Rng.-We learn from = source up-
on which we rely, that this gentleman died sad.
denly one day this week of a bilious cholic. we
have no particulars. Very shortly before hie
death, it vas ascertained that he was Reelected
Governor oflndl1na,
In Illinois il is presumed 10 be certain That
Gen. Duncan, (Jackspnian) has been re-eieet.
ed 10 Congress and IN Missouri, that Spen
Ger Peliis (Jacksonian) ias been chosen. in
lien Of Edward Bates, (ain1 IN the latter
State it IS said tAal most u iIs,ifabie meaas