Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-11-23


amount. and that By commissions, and falling heir
the killed and missing, he has umassed great for
tuuc.
The Legislature of North Carolina convened at
Raleigh last Monday. In the Senate, David T.
Caldwellswas chosen Speaker: in the House of
Delegates, Charles Fisher chosen Speaker, and
Charles Manley. Clerk. The messageof Gov. Ow.
en- Is very good State paper, chiefly devoted to the
domestic concerns of the State its literary insttu-
uons' banks, and internal Improvement. He deems
the 'arit OF 1928 not only unwise but uuconstiu
tional and demanding the solemn protest OF the LIE.
g'slature He extols the ma unanimous forbcarapce
OF North Carolina under her (snpposed) burdens and
leaves the reader TO copast her course with that of
neighooring sister We find no fault with the mes
sage except the assumption, that North Carolina
mas grcvous hurthens to bear. An interesting ses-
sion is anticipated.
Inc votes tor Governor in New York instead of
100 600 (as we stately were about $40 900. A mn
Jorty of 5000, (which Throop obtained] in this ar-,
grsgate, is relatively but small majority. On the
results of he late election the Journal of cmmerce
observes
he LATE ELEcrIoN.-Itis now ascertajned, by re-
turns which are mostly official, that Enos T. Throop
the present acting Governor of this State has been
eected 1overnor by majority of about s. 500 votes
over Francis Granger. We unable ne vet to state
win accuracy the precise number of votes which
nave oeen Po'ied throughout the State but from the
oest es'imate we have been able make IL will not
exceed Z4uoO". At the Gabernatorial election in
1928 the whole number was 276 5s5 In the Yves.
section of the State the aggregate number will not
vary greatly from the result in 1898 In the First and
Third Senate Districts, comprising the counties around
Albany and this city, there were 1855 votes poetl
IN 1913, above the number given
| he most important changes have been in the coun-
uHs or hhany, Rensselaer,, Montgomery Columbia
Oneida and Nestchester. These counties here tofore
have marched 10 the ballot boxes with heavy maiori-
ties against ;he followers of ST. Tammanv Now for
The first time, they have eaped the fence aad Joined
their political opponents, almost en- masse. They
have given fhroop majority cf 1888, mailing diff
ference of about 1886, since 1925
IL VIII not be maintained, we presume, that the
votes gwen tor Governor in the Eastern and Southern
seo'ons OF the State are fair criterion to &C
curate Judgment OF the of the people respect
ing our national affairs at Washington Indeed the
variance between the aggregate of the votes given fer
Gov and those given for members of Congress clearly
proves that it cannot he considered me votes Civ
en- Tor Congrssare unquestionably more certain indi
cation ct the state of the public upon that subject
we nave taken great pains to arrive at a correct
conclusion IN this NATTER a. from calculation based on
offcia returns in nearly ali the following counties we
ma that the maortes for the jackson capddates ol
congress are less by about 10000 votes than the ma
l1orty which 1hroop has received in the game coun
ues SO that 1t the members of Congress had been
CHOSEN by general ticket, in all ability not
single Jacksonian would have had the hoor of sitting
III congress from this State, for the next years..