Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-24


Col Watkins addressed the people at the Court house
about IL O'clock in his usual mastery and forcibe man
ner; and declared, that while he did concedc that
now was the proper time to discuss the pretcnsons of
the several candidates for the Presidential election
yet as he had made up his mind fully and maturely upon
the SUBJECT he was willing TO the Wings upon any
issue they thought proper 10 make and that he was de-
cldedly in favor of Mr. Van Buren, the next President
lie gave the Wings some pretty severe thrusts in u
good-humoured way, and put to fight many of the OBJ
cctons to the course pursued by the present Admimisra
lion After addressing the People at the Court House
he repaired to Pores in the upper end of the county
and addressed those who had assembled therehs oppo
ing
PRESTON COUNTY.
EXTRACT Of a later frOn .uorganto1rm .qprH TO-
The Preston election is over. Morgan is about one
hundred votes before Wilson for Congress Carroll IRE
PuDlcan) reelected Tor the county Fairfax For
the ScEnte, Brown. epublican is nearly four hundred
votes ahead Of Billingsley and linn"
hlessrs Wilson and linn Wlgs--1hs is the first
county we have heard from in that Senatorial and Con-
gressional District Tyler and Ohio have voted in the
after District Monongalia, Brooks and Randolph will
vote on Monday, which will finish both Districts.
CAMPBELL
The last Lynchburg Democrat says:
" In our last, we omitted, from design to say any
thng oil the particulars of the election this county
not because however much could not have been said
the means used by the opposing party carry their pur
poscs--or because stood in any car Of the consc
quences of an exposure which hogh just, would have
created much excitement. We WON THE vIoroKY--nnd
WON Ir UNDER EVERY DIsADvASTACE. We Merefore
were content to let pass sab ScnttO We refer the
subject once not for the purpose of using vcto
ry 70 the annoyance Of opponcnts for the pur
pose OF stirring up the sumberng wrath that had wen
nigh burst forth upon the first annuncation of vic
tory, but merely To correct impression tina. may have
been made ciscchcro than in this county 1cheTc the Tccrse
IS hnoien TO DC tuetlat "if the polls purged the
wings would be elected by considerable majority -.
MI this IS dge, and Democratic brethren and ho-
nest wing antipodes may rely upon that il does not de-
serve the least shadow ofcrcditIfhe polls were purg
ed moi doubt IS entertained that the Administration
candidates would be returned by increased maortes
We sustained in this statement by the fact so far as
any thing can be drawn from the fact, that the cleo
tlon was conducted almost entirely by the friends OF
me wing party-in other wordstlc administration OF
the polls was UhigQtsh, and II could not be expected
that vote the least questionable would have escaped
their searching scrutinyO warrant this Inference Too
apart from tbs fact and much individual testimony that
might be introduced IN addition TO IT. we have been in
formed that one OF the Wing candidates. highly homo.
rable and talented gentleman, sensible Of haV-
ing been ary beaten and by gOOd voies declared when
ne was importuned upon the subject by Of his less
knowing and more inscriptions advisers tha ne would
have notg to do with the purgng Of the Polls that he
was beat &c This conduct and the very able and elo-
quent manner in which he acquitted himself and
tincd the Hnsnsl0iRabc principles Of Whggery at
- H. on last Monday have contributed IN small de-
gree 70 win respect and admiration though they
yer can command our suppOrt--Yut the impression ~
sought TO be made, that the Administration candidates
with such trasll."
In word, the prospects are most chceriug--and We
are ready 10 say with the Vetayg Gozeuc Of the 10TH
90 whom and 10 IFS colleague Of the Wbg side we have
10 apologize for emitting any mention Of them in
last paper 30 So far as we have received intelligence,
VIC have the pleasure to inform readers, that the Old
Dominion is rapidly wpine away the stain which has
80 recently darkcncd her political history The prnci
pe that the Representative is bound 70 obey the will Of
his constituents, will be rcnstatcd at the elections which
have just commenced. Modcrn-piebald Whiaism viii
soon be thing yesterday and The rights Of The people
viii be- sustained Tyler and Preston counties voted,
are Informed, on Monday last but yet, we have
knowledge ofthc result