Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-03
Richmond, Saturday, Jan. 3.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS


There are four Elections pending 10 supply va
c1ncies in the present Legislature; on the result of
materially depend.
In the Senatorial District of Mccklcnburg. &c. to
supply The place of DIR Atkinson IAN Anti) resgncd-
The candidates are not announced-but we confidently
look Tor the election of friend of the Administration
: In Le,eis county, the candidates are two and two
from each side; but il is believed that Mr. liayes
friend of the Administration will be elected
King and Queen to supply the vacancy occasoncd by
.e death of Mr. Pollard "a friend of the Administration
messrs KoDmson and Fleet the former friend and the
iaer, Toe to the Administration, the candidates.
we understand that '.the will be to the s,ed
oil name-hut TO MIR. Robinson.
SoM'AamPton--ro supply the vacancy occasioned bv
the death OF DIR. Harrison, Ga Whig0 Dr. VIM b. Good
wyn, (Administration) and Capt. Edward Butts (Oppo
suomi are announced as candidates. The contest NAV
DC strong ono but do not despair of the result
Here are four vacancies to be fed-and three of them
lately filled by members of the Opposition should they
all go in favor of the Administration they lnust have
oScucd nhrcncc in the election of Senator The con-
,cst wiiI DC close one vote or two may turn the
beam The Wing, even Of but Yesterday declared that
nc soie q Southampton aione may possb, decide nc
jdto Of the Senotoriai election And If that acous pa
Per whch has been on every side of the house, ''a
things by hts and nothing long-first violent against
inc Nuiiters and then violent for thcm-and now
inc se.consututed organ of as pchald Coalition as
ever existed--the Nuliers, Nationals and what not -,
IL that paper can appeal to the friends of the oood old
Cause IN Southamptonand confess ''that thai causc re-
quircs the active cxcrons Of all lis frio mo-,
not also appeal to the friends Of or rood RINSE and G
upon them by their abhorrcncc of tho National Rank
py thcr attachment to the Rights Of the Satcsby their
a
inc People to display their vgor the present
we are here told car cacdra (and hail the confession
with dehgh that the single vote of Scuthampin "mav
possibly decide the fate of the Senatorial Election "a
the Polls, then! To tie Polls!
Inc People ought to know, that effort no manage
mcnt no address, Is spared TO effect the election of Mir
Leigh Leaders drill the weak ana waverine We know
That men who came here 10 vote for the Speaker and the
rntcr, have been swerved from their purposes by the in
uence ofothers But fhe effort made in those cases
how much greater is the struggle for the Senators Men
are ascd by the pen and the press into the traces The
most extraordinary means employed to induce them
TO stick to their party YesSiick TO your party Let
us all hang together Nothing but the whole hoo will
90 Tor us DO not fear the bugbear power of the peo
pie You and you (Hlessrs a. & b. don't want To come
back-or you know that you cannot And, as for YOU
ana You, (C and D) you may gloss this matter
and lace 1t out Raise up any phantom YOU may 10 CON
cea your own transactions. Play off Van Buren, upon
your coniiding Constitnents--and be the Arch Ma
gieians yourselves, Which you charge linn to be-
al All events-Conrage, my friends And c. us not
stick, but 60 through If any of us sacrifice our
selves for MIR. Leigh, it is for very fine fellow
and our consolation is, that if we perish ourcclves
we shall elect genuine Whig-and the name of mar,
tyrcd wing Will be written in our own Epaphs" But
In the mean time, what becomes of the Pcope them,
be N' Va o"sh1 u"