Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-08
Richmond, Va, Friday, May =.
S7ATE or THE POLLSI

week. The returns from CaLcH Giles Crousou Uo
d'Son .Mascn and ehso" Orange and Tase'eeu yet
deficient. We have gained, since our last what we had
placed among the doubtful countless Brooke and Rn.,
doiPh-GraySOn and CoJev still to be heard from
III present, the account stands thus: ruoioy
Hc House Of Delegates % If we lose both Gr1uso,,
and CaCeH cannot below 20 majority. If we gain
them both, shall have u majority This is the true
state OF the question: after correcting all the
last Our minimum number in the House win not be
less than "a to 57-our ma xiinum may be ~ to So
ItcO Senators gdincd
Fighter nine members Of gained-and one on
lost correspondent bcgs not expect the election
OF JohnSon over Alen-n which our gain is : in.
stead of g.
But some of the Wings are setting lp new device
for the purpose of cheering up their parzans in other
quarters! The late Richmond Wing according to the
National Cfazette) observes:
lf the counties to he heard FROM they did last
year, or allowing for few changes either way the
friends ofJudge White will hold The balance of power
the House of Delegates. And we understand that
since its melancholy Jcrcmads of the other day. about
its utter defeat the Wing has beer whipped up by its
gruinbling partzans into similar IL is taking
refuge under the White Flag. TO carry this rdicu,
lous dcluson, some of the Wings classifying the
House OF Delegates into Van Buren,, Ant-Van Buren,
and douhyid or Uhttc And how many of these last
do they conrive make They seize upon Steger of
Floyd, and Harley of Smith These two of the most
decided Administration III the last Legislature
They seize upon Ragsdale of acknowledgement Cooke
OF Noriolf-two of the most decided jackson men in
the Slatc-as likely TO cooperate with the Whes-
They also seize upon lnglcs of Mongon ~ and Sa,in
G gers oil Wythe who though they may prefer Judge
the Whgs-andhg under the banner which the Wings
assumed, against The itcpubcan friends Ad
minstraon But grant them all they demand-say that
Segcr and Harley, Cook and Ragscae ngles and
Saunders, are willing to go with the Wings against their
political brethrenyct hO'o do they then hold Ldancc
ot no.: Even strIIe oil these Delegates from our
list and ra1 an them to e Wings shall still have
gates exclusive of majority Of in the Senate
But we are under necessity of asking the ingenious
Wings to PIN their faith to slcevcs-Wc appeal 10
their organ, the last Fredericksburg Arena who
knowlcdgcs their defeat in the following strains:
"TnE ELEcrioNs.-Wc bore short-lived triumph |
w shall pndp IN
our defeat becomes us-for defeated we are to
our hearts content We had strong misgivngs on
hearing the result of the second weeks elections
lied ON the remaining counties to bring up
The third and fourth weeks came, and instead of com
fort have brought unexpected and increased defeat and
dsmay Our rout in the State is complete. Waterloo
affair. The Jackson men have not only obtained Il de-
cded majority in the Legislature, but have succeeded in
carrying nearly the whole delegation to Congress We
believe there will not be than three four Wings
in the next Session from Virginia We have lament
the sacrifice of of the best talents and
political principles; who, all general Fundamental
principles uccord III sentiment with the vast majority
the State. In what particular we would ask does
Gordon, or Archer Gholson Tay flor short Of
the Virginia standard of political orthodoxyS Exceptas
to the constitutonalty OF two ncasurescf the
present Administration, and to the qucstor stie
next Presidency their successors ent.:,ilr lsuel
'rqiqsay ) not
not o,,ty we do not yet believe
92tss irgltia will vote foe ,se but think the
p smeS sS h of ss E
The Philadelphia Pennsy stands the true
state of the question, when It says: Vs.
Well, the White disorganisers must nowbe perfectly
satisfied that their attempt to divide and conquer
complete ailurcthat the available candidate has proved
10 be unavailable in breaking up the harmony of
ranks and that sectional feelings be aroused
to destroy the unity of action which heretofore
and will at the next Presidential election, am
overwhelming triumph, They must be convinced by
the results in Virginia. that useless bring
about the state of things which in 1924 placed John q
Adams in the Presidential char-and that if Clay and
the Bank could do little in 1882, White and the Bank
will do less i'll 1896
Whites prospects in Virginia certainly fair
as in any other State in the Union The State in
the hands of the enemy and to support his friends
proposed to the people half way towards
assuming their former democratic position. 1T was a
species Of compromise between shame the detection OF
last Spring and sound republican principles which the
Wings of the Old Dominion, miscalcuating the virtue
and penetration Of those whom they had already Gccev
cd, were sure would be gladly accepted They fatally
mstook the force of the reaction, and little dreamed
that would be i'll full proportion to the deuson Of 1874
Their plan ingenOus-tle best that could have been
ciOsun r4sleF tho clIcumstancesbut il has failed
sgnay and they must be thoroughly e0Dyined that there
is ighcdncss i'll the people, which renders hsS
more than match for the subtle of the mos
skful and reckless politicians who stoye for per
sonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT"
Why cannot all the real friends OF Judge White see
the subject in its true light;