Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-12

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other Var Burenite-the Wing was elected The
Statesman remembers forget that there were threo
Van Buren, candidates against one Whg-nnd that
oftem did not withdraw until they had received 40 votes
each. After all the Wing beat only about three votes
More S.qIL uan BaLLqSTl
The Wing sins in the eyes of its friends frst-and
sorely rcpents afterwards ne would rather saw that il
yields to honest impulses, and speaks the truth
But these truths bitter TO it, friends that
they lash 1T back into the anks-and then comes the mi
sery of exRanaton How far this want of discretion is
calculated tse ITS character in the eyes of its friends
To command the confidence of the pnbc AT LARGE WI,
leave it to others to decide But surely never did the
Wing stand in awkward predicament as il docs at
present Never did it so little deserve the confidence of
its friends the respect of the Public We have ne
yer seen the Wing assduously employed in explain
ing away ITS own confessions covering up its own
tracks, and doubling its course Well miobt il bo
said: On; that mine enemy might write book. :"
on the 3Oth ut The wing came forth with the follow
ing ingenious confession:
We e enemy, confess tha, the
results OF the fourth Monday have settled the question
The Saoe.e, Of The next legislature Of Virginia Enough already
, 't W tn nNdy thers VIII be strong
BrsEN MAJoErI This last circumstance wholly
Poain King William Ruin surry, Shell Wilkes in rnns
Amherst, Abema Nelson Ia result anticipated by neither
1 m t1p succession lea doubt that
From that unfortunate to this the Wing has
found itself upon the stool of repentance What efforts
has 1t made to satisfy its readers that did not say what
1t meant, or 1T did not what it said What cata-
racis of nonsense has il uttered What devices has il
employed! To what alter thoughts has ii had recourse
How it has daicdled and pOered use the cant words
of Miss Fanny Kemble What miserable trash has il
constantly heen pouring forth The moor MAGICIAN has
suffercd,if any could suffer damage from such
quarter-more than in his reputation He has bee
painted in backcr coors than the Devil All his friends
have shared in his attacks Mr. Rvcs has been denounc
ed as Proclamaiionis and Force Bill man-aihouuh
the consistent Wing cries up at the moment Jud
White who is himself n notorious Procla maonst and
the advocate OF the Force Bill. What world Of dec
mat'1n, seems - .sos -, sLe ueS1s1
Derdopenents of the Both ut For nearly two weeks
past the Wing has been engaged in the ungracious task
OF contradicting its assertons-recantinq its own
coniessons-denying the victory which it had allowed
us-and lnventing devices by which il NAV atone for
its own ndiscrcons. Among the most notable of these
is the Selling, with all the violence of pressean0 uu
on some of our own to fight its future baitles-and
claiming as White Wings such men as Taylor, and Ste
GER and hlcClintc.
Fortunately for cause-f indeed it stood in need
OF any endorsers, at alive find other Editors in
the WING camp, who are disposed 10 confess the victory
which we have gained. The Fredericksburg Arena ad.
mits that they have sustained Hofcrioo dcieat
The Wheeling Gazette of the Ilth SAYS: sEnough is
ascertancd from State elections TO know that the
next Legislature will he Van Buren, majority probably
10. This will give the Van Buren, electoral iicke
which will be formed next winter the sanction of a e
gislave nomnation-an advantage ardenty sought for
by the Administration party We cannot however bring
our mind to the belief that Virginia viii give her cleo
toral vote to Van Buren,. Crhcy call it n Fan Buren
Legsature-Say rather, Republican Legislature.)
The Mariinsburg Gazette of the 9Th says:-"'The re-
turns oil Inc last week elections confirm the anticipation
that Virginia is lost for the present. to the Wing party
The next Legislature will contain majority in favor OF
the Acknowledgement much fear even a Van Blu.
majority"
We recommend the philosophy of the Winchester Re-
publican 10 onr notable contemporary 1t consoles it
self in the following pcnseroso strains;
1.-The party has carried the day Virginia,
twelvo-monil. Crying vii, , do no good
When the and the feeble dcplore,
and they who eaono, bear defeat deserve win victory
We must standby our banner, which,
49, Torn, but nying
streams Ike the thunderstorm, against the wind
IG WE mus. e1"oS with quotation o@ seLO
The is not
Always
IIy him that swltest runs,
Nor the batcH
by the pcopcH
That carry the longest euns-
SO That there may yetbc hope party which so ot nn
Of foota bg3n G,,tiug a.,
Muster BrOOks!! 49,
Hit there is fact, which ovcrtlrows all the Lgtc
assertions Of the Wing Even admit that there y,qs N,
doubt about The politics OF House of Deegates how
it about that the Wings have been so sionollv dc
fcatcd for COngreSS They cannot saw that all tbei
inyocatons about White and Van Buren, were tbro,,
away upon hose Elections They pressed the issue viii
all their ingenuity and force upon our Sato Eecious
but how they to have little effect i'm the Con
gressona! Elections They have lost nine Wbg mem
bers-Whitc men, IL they please to call them an,
they have carried but one District from our friends
these Districts, is the very in which they hav
boosted Of the oyctowcrng strength Of Jndoe White
yet that very District in the South West which the
dgnlfed with the name of Little Tennessee was wrcs
| ed from Fulton, who declared foI White and won b
Hopkins, who fought under different banner How
comes 1t about that we have wrcscd these nine District
/ from the Whigs-and carried our candidates who ii
went for the unity and concert of the great Republca
party IL will puzzle much wiser man than the Who
to explain 1t upon his tarorae UdHc principle
! UTf1ioD of NH Jones, ,,e, ..o, H.,