Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-26
ELECTIONS.

ELECTIONS
l. ENrUcKY-The friends OF the Administration
are hoaxcd about the amount OF their maiority-
Large estimates were made previous to the cleo
ton, of from to 10000 majority. The least san.
guinc OF all their arithmeticians would not COM
pound for less than i000.-W 1.-THE polls were
opened-and when the returns of the LIST day
from Lexington reached Washington, a devoted
friend OF citizen Clay writes, that he should not be-
surprised at their getting ~ or IL, 0O0--that Mis-.
souri,, Illinois, Indiana, would all 20 for Mr. All
ans; Pennsylvania aud New York would follow
IN the wake; and Mr.. Adams. was sure again of
the saddle. Why, The whole ipatter was cas- plain
as rikestaff" The ingenious BobaJil never
discovered more certain way of defeating with
twenty men an enemy forty thousand strong
Z" Challenge twenty more--Sl them; twenty
more-kiil them; twenty nore--kill them tooi''
So, too, Providence" politician expresses to
his friend, Uhe editor of the Rhode Island Anne
rican,' from Lexington the day after the election>
me sansulne hopes with which he had been in-
sp'red. lie writes that he had +" had the honor
and the high qualification (pro-,,i gi-ousD of dinin
with Mr. Clay to-day at small private party.''
whose fiery eve, and Juoydnt spirifs and splen.
did intellect, seem absolutely to have laid smell
upon the poor fellow g The Administration is
highly elated here, and have not the slightest
/ doub, but that Metcae is elected by majority
over 1000, many think 10 900 votes"--The ac-
tual IMPURITIES did not correspond with these buor
ant an'cpauons; still, the friends os the Admins
traton continued TO vaunt of their great strength
tive u~ 5000 (said the immaculate Binns.l-
Upwards oil six thousand, claims The Po.,script
OF letter in the Trenton 80 True American -
Metcaiie tsaid the calculating Intelligenccr) will
certainly succeed by - handsome maioritv -
Four days ago. the AdamsStock rose as the returns
came in letter from Wheeling declared, as
steam boat news, that the majority g will probably
be upwards Of 1000 votes. On Thursday mora-
| ing, the two Officials claimed more than 3OO0 ma
| Joriiy, ana more counties yet to hear from, Tho
lntelligencer caps its bGg-pi TO its mouth and
sounds away the triumphant note of The Camp
oeli are coming. Yet neither arithmetic nor
music will answer their purpose. These Hotspur
kentuckians, ha!fhorse half alligator az thew ara
called, "eem TO have rebeed against their soye.
! reign lord and " favorite son'-and Metcalfe's
| thousands will probably be melted down to about
! 10 10 hundred
Bu, this meagre majority is death. bIoyy 10
iheir cause II is the victory of Pyrrhus--It COM
peicly undoes them. Some of Henry Claws
friends had declared before the election, that up
less they got more than 5000 maorty thew womb
be defeated III November So strongly did State
! poics mlngie III the election, that both parties
denied 1t would be a test. Many of the Jackson
men wond not vote for Barry, on account of the
odium he had excited by his New Court and Or
cupying Claimant opinions. The Frankfort Com
mentator asserted, that there were a host OF
cu'SenS Dho could neOer be induced to vote far
barry citizen OF Virginia wrote us from,
Lexington the very day before the election that
me election OF Governor would not be fair and
iuli test OF the strength of the votes on the Pres
Denial Que-tion-sucb an impression is altogether
erroneous; and he goes TO assign the reasons
o. ms opinion. know Says he) it it should
terminate unfavorably, our opponents will boast OF
1t as complete and glorious victory; as the TIL
umPhant acquittal OF Alr. Clay by the people OF
Kentucky, upon the issue fairly and fully made III,
before them. But as have shown you, this will
De very far from the truth.''-Ail our accounts
coniTm the previous statements In Gre.np,,
county, where Metcalfe had majority of $50
votes, " the jackson party carried their senator s.
members oil the Legislature, and Mr.. Dunlap, the
~ hat nnt 1T It
that ne has list IF Ole hundred ond thirteen h.
cIded Jacfson men ,olso coted for SFetcnYfe. but
snPporfed the balance Of the Jackson ticket.
90 ",ites member OF the Pennsylvania legisla-
turc from Pittsburg, where Mr.. Dunlap then was
"A correspondent OF the Washington Telegraph
writes from Frankfort the Sh that Barry :. has
nor received tn Jackson vote OF the State by MANY
thousinds We are more than ever satisfied tha.
the state VIII give jackson majority of 5 900 "a,
$4,000. w are perfectly satisfied that consid-
cradle majority OF the Legislature is for Jackson
the Jackson candidates having. been elected in Sc
Vef"l counties which gave majorities for Metcalfe
heHtucffy as f0r JdchSOn, BEYOND A poupr'-
me Telegraph gives the following strong views
OF this subject: o"'
" The Kentucky Reporter of the 18th gives
the entire returns from Madison county, as follows.
metcalie' i29O Barry 5aS
uhuer"00d, MS Breathitt, 440
Caperton, 1870
Daniel, Il2S
itere II VIII ne seen, that while Mr.. Sniff,
VINO was an Old Court Jackson man. received
1917 votes, Barry received oniy 549 If I'VE add
Tie votes gwen TO Harris Caperton and Daniel
together and divide the product by 8. we have
lZ32 as the average of administration votes riyen
10 those Candidates. Deduct 1852 from 1880 and
= VIII appear thai Metcalfe received 80 votes more
man the average administration vote II we DO
duct the IVII voes given TO Mr.. Smith from the
average vote given to hi opponents, il would an
pear that the Administrations majority in Madison
vas only ITO, whilst Mr.. Metcafe's majority over
Nr' Barry Is 1872 1t would thus appear that In
the sinsie county of Madison there we're 557
jackson votes given for members of the Legislature
who refused TO vote for Mr.. Barry. The same re-
suit is seen in other counties In Jessamine.
Metcaie received majority OF II votes; vet Cum
! bingham, the Jackson candidate, was elected to
| the legislature by majority of g. In Boone.
! Aeicae h'd majority Of 269 votes; yet Balsley,
tns Jackson candidate to the legislature was elect
! ed 10y majority OF 80 vstcs over Gaines the adj.
nn'trd'ion candidate, making difference 10 these
three cOunUe., OF
557 vote in Madison,
! l3I votes in Jessanine,
/ 364 votes in Boone,
HOS Jackson loss in three counties.
/ We DO not pretend to explain all the causes
Which have conspired to produce a result that can
not he explained or understood, but by those who
are Intimately acquainted with all the intricacies OF
party feeling ami loca politics of Kenfucky.-
Vne ihing has had powerful influence against
! h'jor Barry, which, as originated in misrepre-
Seh'duon, we were not prepared TO hear There
ar" large tracts Of military lands situated in fbo
Srcen river counties. An effort was successfully
made 10 induce the people, residing upon these
lands under conflicting titles. TO believe that Major
parry was opposed 20 what, IN Kentucky, is called