Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-25
f. om me Lexington Reporter, Aug. 10.
TIE KENTUCKY HL LECTION.

We have gained n signal victory, against
The most Extraordinary aud etesthianable az
eftlons evef made by the federal adminisIra-
ton in a single state For weeks prior 10 The
election, the public mai from Washington had
boon bnrtieneh with the Globe aud olher pa
pers AID documents, designed 10 i0huenee the
result. Paperi friendly To our cause were to-
tally excluded. or came with Ifregulariiy .
Missionaries from that CIT, abandoning their
public dntcs, were planted Ia dill 'frn, parts Of
the State. There l.. not n doubt that hcse
Missionaries were charged with large sums oil
money fwhence dad ii comt i-irom the so
cret service fund y aud other means to con
troll tue election. Persons notoiioosly in,olv.
en'. returned lnsolvens ov the IeE collectors.
were seen IN differrnt parts. sporting oa the
ia ksoD side notes of the Bank oil The u. ,.
Tie Federal officer, Ia the Stats we're active.
~ aud constantly engHgnd. Ia the Office OF
The unlteh States Attorney at Frankfort more
handh,lls wee prepared and sent forth than
MI, Attorney viii have BRIEF f0r n year 10
come. From tho Advertiser al Louisville "a
press IN the pay of the General Government 10
the tune Of Sl00O per annnm) az fas by tho
bushel we're scattered over the stale. aud ibo
nnPIinciPlod hnellng has publicly bonsted Of
his Efforts. These rAtin,. though issued fifteen
days before the election, were to DC clandes.
timely circulated t. prevent oountefhotion.
An Engineer came to The mountains Of Floyd
from Philadelphia ia the short space OF
seven days, 10 make Ieeonnuisances ut the ia
stance OF IHe Federal Executive 10 nmuse aud
deceive he people With imaginary pc ojeets Of
Internal lmprovemeLts. A ID tbs by an Exec
ntlve which has repeatedly declared Itself ia
oppos,ti1n 10 lhe system OF Iotarnal Improves
menIs kumour speelhees the suns wh,st
particular Jackson candidates have received
from abroud 10 dlsb"r So IN the canvass.
uIWillHtanhu the Wtu A. artillery of fha
General Government has been thus directed a.
gRinst n singls state, the people aRv6 triumph
ed In thu uneq ,al contest, AL the relurns
have no, been received. but enough IS known
10 enable us to state that We have elected "a
decisive majority Of tho members OF The Housn
OF Representatives oi this state aud thnt We
Sh,a have on JON, ballot n majofity Of 10 or
10. This n'"jgiIy is unpledged, VI rather II
IL pledged 10 he good cause OF ths people, Of
tho country, oil p"blIc liberty, and public moe
ais. IL ioconirst'bIJ secures the olec'ion ofA
United Siales senator. Of this event our dis-
,hnl friends may res' perfectly assured.
But the fact Is now nseertAinrd beyond the
possibility OF doubl n large MAJORITY ol the PEG
pie ri The state are against Jackson. II IL prov
ed lst. by The election 10 the state Legisla-
tuir, which ~ n more satisfactory test lhan the
election TO the House Of Representatives Of the
w.. States Tbe members OF the former. are T.
lrCted from the several eouniies OF the state
vi the latter from districts which may be 30
arranged, and Hre ~ fact 40 arranged. NJ to
reflect erroneonsly TIM public sentiment of the
whole state. I'd. It's proved by fhe mejori-
ties gwen Ia the Congressional districts. The
majority gwen 10 the National Republican
candidate ~ This dslrlci (say 1900 Hlpue
VIII nautraIIze tho total majorhles giv'n TO the
Jackson candidates IN four or i've districts ia
whiGb thry were elected. Tn National Re-
publican vote IN another district (Mf. Fetch
srs) IL neailt double lue amount oil all tie dIs-
tiICls which have returned Jackson members,
including that OF Col. Johnson, where although
there was no eoniesi,il 10 easy 10 ascertain
The Jackson majority tfom The olecton TO tbs
state Legislature. When all the returns hIe
received by US We will demonslrale these slaIt--
mcnts.
Oar distant friends may possibly apprehend.
that II ihers be u maJbrily OF thu delegation
from tins state TO Congress IN favour oi jack
son, Ia Tho event OF tue Presidential election
devolviDg on lbe House of Repr esen,aiiye ~.
that MINORITY may vote against Mr.. Clay.
Not SO. We beiIeve from what wa hsye heard,
that iis Jackson members are pledged ia
the contingency supposed, 90 vote according
to the wishes d the people OF the State, alf-
nounced Though tho EiectoIal College.