Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-22
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Gentlemen The long-talkcd.of and highly excited
contest between Gen. VIM. r. Gordon and Major Jas
Garland is al length ended. The hurry -bury sdonc-
the battles fought and won - purpose, now totakc a
glance through the vista Of the three or four
and TO refresh the memories of my worthy friends the
Wings. in few particulars.-l plain man in the
country, write but seldom for the papers, and aim no
boaster; but design administering unto some of them
npl or two of avery soothing nature their
very kind attentions, and commcndablc cvitics my
iriend Major Garland whilst he writing and
bleeding under the deep ngones of the many ire
mendous, dcmoisbiug blows inflicted upon him by
late canvass. | mean, and shall nothing to
wound General Gordon-he is beaten, and I would
not wound him if | could. l only want to draw
the curtain from before the past-hc iorey pas-or the
benefit OF those of sapcnt friends who knew much
OF public sentiment to acquaint him. beforehand with
the overwhelming majortcs he destined to obtain
in almost every county in the District and who had
sounded so high the notes of anticipated triumph Long
and loud were the shouts of approaching victory High
and large were the words Of boasing Afler the Abc-
marie election, more to be heard of Mai. Gar
land, whatever. lie then to be left so far behind
nat the dmness OF the shadowy distance would screen
him entirely from the view of his onward still onward
competitor. How strongly the organ of vaticinaton
must be developed on the craniums of these modern
Daniels In Albemarc, o. tell il not in Gath Cor
dom majority al :! After such strong develope.
nent of public sentiment, Garland ought certainly to
have withdrawn He must ha We suspected that the neo
pie intended TO DISGRACE themselves tina, election
aud therefore thought he still had chance of being dis
graced into Congress, if no
: voes-Garand beat him 1874 very moderate mistake
and small matter, these timcsOny difference or2s3
votes! In Amherst ut the March court, Gordon and
Garland addressed the People and Garland smash
cd all to fiDtcrs! lie almost entirely up There
little left Of him, that his friends scarcely recog
Missed him for long time afterwards. Gordons MAORI
ty to vary from 100 to 300 And what made
the matter Garland until the unfortunate of
that unfortunate day. it had been Supposed would get
toleraby decent vote in Amherst. But the tremendous
lambasng he then got, blasted entirely, what little pros
pec,he before had After that the friends of Major Gar
land disposed to be perfectly satisfied with idea
of getting nothing in Amherst, provided they could be
spared the modification of getting less than nothing-
What then, must have been their asonishment when
the close of the polls, after three days hoa Gordon had
only beat him 20 votes ont of near ZOO There must be
something wrong, rely upon it, Garland could not, in
reality, have hard, man, who few short weeks
only before had completely put him "hors dc
think if MAJOR Downing would take his slate, and go
to 'fggerirg, he might bring out different result
One single round figure added TO 90 would make large
difference, and think Major Jack could make il
What little was left of Maj Garland at the Amherst
Court was entirely consumed at the Nelson March
Court He was then entirely annihiatcd IL was re-
duced TO mathematical certainty, that the people of
Nelson, his county, would, the ensuing election
sacrifice him and discard him from their confidence
Gordon was to beat him 100 votes at the yerv
toIccSt calculation The friends of Maj Garland be gan
to despair The same men, who had, last Spring. with
the ken of prophecy darted into the misty future, and
scanned its ITO oihers) hidden events and xed with
such unerrtng precision, the prices of Wheat, To-
bacco, and Negroes, had predicted Major Gar
lands downfall, and it could not be otherwise
The EDlCT, sotemniy agreed upon in Il grand coun-
Gil of the Wing Sachems, had gone forth and it was
not to be revoked Time rolled and the day so big
with Importance, pregnant with the fate of Nelson
y-the day which Jacksonism far as that county
concerned, be hung to the political spit and
gently roasted to death, dawncd upon us.-And such
day! The big, murky clouds, hung in solemn black
ness all around, if anticipating Nature had hung her
sell IN mourning Mt the approaching havoc The Jack
men hung their heads in expressive silence feel
ing that the goominess of the morning indicative
son men, unutterablc things The Wings trpped
along merrily if victory had already pcrched upon
their standardthe Jackson moped about if they
had already drunk the bitter portion of defeat At length
the people assembled in the Courthouse, and the big gun
red IL was in TRUTH loud report and the numbering of
its echoes (echocsO heard for some time
The polls then opened and the uproar and
that followed was almost without parallel For several
minutes the Wings dashed ahesd, and the Jackson
the jackson tide act in, and the friends of the Admins
tation began to look up. The excitement increased
Instructions !"burst from every part of the Court
house In little time the Jackson far
ahead under pulling rein. Time rolled on, and the
tide rolled on! Evening came apace,' and the tide
abatcd not The sun went down. and the flag of White
Whggism went down with it. The polls were kept
open-not by MIR. Ca5cl-hc had already surrendered.
The Evening of the second day came; and the gallant
Jackson seeds yet far ahead. The close of the
third day came, and the gap was wider st-Never
was there more triumphant vindication of the peo-
pies rights and the principles by which they wish
their Government administered. There bill
ling and cooing-no pulling by the sleeves but all
rushed with indignant impetuosty TO the polls
their sacred and iDacnablc rights from violation and
contempt. The result most potenty exhibits the
racythe mysterious accuracy of the very sage cacula-
tors OF Nelson Garland majority of 1Yl in the
ty, added to the 100 majority (dt ieaSt,) claimed for
Gordon, makes the unmportant difference of about 300
only! How human bengs-mortals fra mortals could
"fggr with so much accuracy to within 300
votes of the result in county voting the immense
Der OF 6O0 is not for poor wights to know. These
prophets, the in oldcn times, constitute n
small and privileged Glass; and il is not for the balance
oil US TO repine that ere not Of the number. But
am DEPRESSING What pity Major Garland had
not also been little touched with the spirit of pro-
phecy, that he might have foresecn the result of
the Nelson election, and stayed at home because,
having been promised such a tremendous drubbine
in the rain, where the generous and charitable
Wings had promised divide equally with him. The
suit there proves ncontcsby that these sagacious low
anders deeply imbued with the spirit of prognos-
cation as mountainecrs. How wei ask pardon
how you prophets swim--and what dust ace make
subjon, for wonders sake, couple of sentences
from that highly digned useful and aLyoOnducted Jour
nal the Charlottesville Advocute-"B But, Gen Gordon
will be elected despite of all the powers combined
against him. We will stake character for yaticina-
ton upon the issue" Lost most noble sir entirely
lost! You must lay aside this divine mantle,
and come down upon level with of the com
mon herd.-Again: 90 Tho prospect is highly Haiter.
ing, that General Gordon will get majority in every
county in the District What say you now, most
potent, grave and reverend seignor ?" / opne your
maorities AS you have, like true philosopher d.
vested yourself Of the character Of prophet
that you pretty good gUesser, at least. Gordon s
ajorlties amount to 81 Garlapds to $50. Guess
again. sir; think, you before you could
hit il exactly also subjon pretty little modest