Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-25
From the National Intelligencer.
THE Kentucky ELECTION

of the Kentucky Election, in tho subloined le,tor
TO tho Editors from intelligent correspondent,
and in the article from the Louisville Journal which
follows It. The remarks of our kentucky friends,
in theoe two artices, much to the point,
that we make none of our own, except that the
result OF this election has decSively refuted the
statements of those persons who pretending not
to he particularly hostile to Mr.. Clay, have on
dcavored to produce an impression upon the true
friends to the with which he is identified.
that he could not obtain the vote of his own State
tor tho Presidency. Nothing, we believe, can be
moro certain, than his obtaining the vote of Ken
lucky, should he be nominated, question not
that no will be, as the candidate of tho National
Republican Convention for the Presidency.
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
FRAsxroRr, Ky.:sAng. IL.
Gentlemen: Tho worthy politicians of tho cap
ital of Kentucky have been d'omed to suffer no
small share of porpiexity and vexation during the
last five or six days
While great wete a., the gale,
And each hour brought vd,yiSg tale
For nearly week after the election was over it
was confidently believed here that Mr.. Davis had
boon chosen representative to Congress in place
of the Hon. H. Daniel. The hithermost counties
Montgomery and FIeming-had given him a clear
majority of Sc; Bath, which. in all former contests
had given jackson about 200 ma jori'y, had given
Daniel but so odd in this election: another county,
we know, had disappointed his expectation to the
amount of l60. But in the most distant part of
the district there arc three countless of mountains
| and barren hills containing more square miles than
voters; where no newspapers penetrate, and the pas
sage of an intelligent traveller is than
the flight of eagle. There the party thrves
upon its natural ament. grows and aourishes and
here Daniel, II seemS, obtained such vote as
gives him majority in the district amounting to
2SS His party, however, have little to boast of,
impaired their strength evidently H. In the
Presidential election this district gave tho Jackson
| electors an aggregate majority of 1877 votes at
the Congressional election, two years ago. Daniels
only competitor was friend to the Administra-
ton; now the majority is pared down YOU see.
| Again: During the election and for come days
| after, tho friends of Mr.. CLAY here, were quite
confident of the success of tho candidate of their
side, III GAIrHER's district. The letters and re-
| turns from the western and ost Jackson part of
tho district justified this confidence. But one
| more distant county, Pulaski, where q large ma
Iority for BRENrs calculated upon, d,sappoin-
ted all expectation, and actually gave majority
the other way. This Is by some, attributed to the
movements of some ospirant of the same prn CT
Piles with BRENrs in that part of the State. What
ever may have been the cause, il lets GAIT ER in
again, by a majority of le5 votes III the district.
AS TO Lpon'S desert, 4 bout two thirds of which
is a sparsely settled region from much of-which
the back woodsmen have expelled the Indians since
| the late war--a region where correct information
| makes but slow progress-the friends of Mr. CLAY
were quite too sanguinc; they should have expec-
ted nothing in such district: they put too much
| upon the fine counties of Christian, Todd, &c.
when they looked to Thorn to redeem the district
The Clay party are, Of course, defeated, anu that
I
| The result ofthe Congressional on through
out the State-concuelve information having
reached us from all the districts--is that Messrs
I. a. MARSHAL, Chiffon ALLAN, RopERr LETcH-
Err, CHRISTOPHER 1oMFKINs, and THOMAS CuILroH
decided Clay men, are elected, and Messrs H.
4 DANIEL, K. NJ. JOHNSON, JOSEPH LEcoMPrE, JOHN
ApAIH, NATHAN GATHER, Gu. a. WrcKLIFFr and
c. LYoN-ail thorough going administration men,
except Col JOHNSON, who, you know, IL an Amer
lean System man, also elected; this election
having terminated as much bcttor for the Clay
party, than the last Congressional election did, as
five is better than two. For this State, it will be
recoilected. elected but two members to the last
Congress Clay men, though two of the ten
Jacksonians deserted that Chief upon the devel.
opment of his principles and policy az President
The anti-!ackson party were entitled to deci
dcd majority in the representation in Congress-
and the only reason why they have it not Is, thai
the adverse party happen to possess gerry great
advantage IN the manner n which the COMPRESSION
al Districts arc laid off This is either by chance
or by the management of the old relief party, the
members of which now constitute the main body
OF the jackson party when the representation was
apportioned, and the State districted, nine years
ago II the Jackson party had had the privilege
OF districting the State, mon h ago, in the way
TO suit their party purposes, they could hardly
have improved upon the present arrangement.
Take map of the State, and cast your eve, for
an example, upon Adair's district, the main body
of which is composed Of Washington and Mercer
| constituting something like regular eipsis but
upon one corner Of Mercer joins corner of Jessa.
mine; upon another corner of Mercer Joins a
corner of Lincoln; and these two latter counties
are affixed to that Congressional district, like the
| wings to a griffin; between iIem lies Garrard,
| bounding many mile upon Mercer. Now, suppose
the griiin's wings GOO weak see to enable the
animal 20 rise) were Topped off, and Garrurd added
TO the Mercer district, in their place, there would
be an end to the power of Jacksonisrn there, and
to the fond hopss ofdYers demagogues. But what
shall we do with Jsscamine, thus Topped Off Put
it to Carks (Ailans) district; the population there
| requires it. What with Lincoln7 Put it to Cal.
| theirs district, which it naturally belongs to- and
where it would correct, completely, all the bal
results of that district, and leave the present ncum
bent where he ought to be. Look again at the
county of Clarke-does it not geographically be-
long to Daniels district, where it formerly VAST
Put there again, with its 500 Clay majority, in
place of the barren mountains of the eastern end
Of the State, it would render to the State and the
Nation most signal service In short the CLAY
LETcHER, rightly distributed, would revolutonize
erery Jackson district in the State and still leave
Mr.. LsTcHER enough TO elect him, or any man of
his principles.
From every county IN the State, where thore was
any to doubt the result, We have accounts of
the election OF members Of the House of Repre.
sentatIves of the State. The CLay partv hare q
Hgjority-1 majority Of firm men, unpledgcd, un-
lied, and true representatives Of their con.
stltuents-a majority not so large as some sanguine
teInPeraments, WIN had not attended TO the une-
quail distribution of party muiorites in the coun-
ties, were induced to expect, but large enough for
effective action on eUery question in the House Of
Kepresent atives and all Joint votes: and two or
three Jackson members are said to be committed to
the Clay party for the election Of Senator; but
their votes will not he nnedod for that ,,,,rroro