Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-01

billy, receive the full return fthc S,.,. =; ,;m
our tuesday paper-and VIC shall, in that case, lay be-
foe our readers an entire view of the fruits OF Al. Ian
pugn.-ln the mean time, we proclaim thai. V,rg,n;, !.
discnthralled-that the Right Of instruction is forever
c ,nhrmed-that the Bank is condemned bv an ovcr.
whelming voice in Virginia-that MIR. Leigh, has been
elected, contrary To the voice and the wishes of tho Pco-
pie-thatthe present Administration viii receive their no.
nest and liberal support--and that in selecting the next
President. the People of Virginia will move in unison
with their Republican Brethren throughout the Union.
We are not single in this strong conviction of Tho do
cisiyc triumph which we have gaincd.--Lct the orc,o
OF the other party speak for us lat the I" Wing Of
Yesterday tell our triumph, and their defeat. 1t is thus,
.rs ssY tsrSash all her works give. sign. . uos,
But, we have no disposition To crow over our opponents.
we nave conquered, and we are content.-Be it our duty
now 10 profit by the errors ofour opponents, and use with
se,Saom. the power which we have acquired. AS for the I
Wings. the late arbiters of the destiny Of this good Old /
Ion ,hey put u.s. in mind Of some mci,esonc,
ni2h-biooded colt, who, tine first time he gets the Bit be-
tween his teeth, dashcs away. without discretion. and
runs riot, until he iuns himself down.
~solp TO i Esf'S Sca rc,i?'"y's mis)
"He Aare met ee h"e~g, a.a-wE ARE THEIRS"
'We confess that the results of the fourih .ue,Iav. J
have settled the question, as ii relates To the character OF
the next Legislature of Virginia. Enough is already
known to establish the fact, that in that body there viii
be a strong Administration, and, according To- present an I
pearances, a decided Tan BD,en majority. This last car !
cninslance was 10 us wholly incredible, until the defeat }
OF 0urtis IN Hanover, ilealy in Middies, x, Pollard ia
Ring William. Ruiin in Surry, Shell and Wilkes in
Brunswick, Cabcll in Nelson. and Cooke for in. SENATE
IN the District Of Amherst, Albemarlc and Nelson. IA re-
SUIT anticipated by neither party announced in m MD
succession, lett US no reason to doubt that such ,ens The
'cW Of The People
"Asf far as we and the present contest are concerned. We
tor our single selves, strike The Ruy, which until this mo-
mont. we believe would wave in eventual triumph.
The Van Buren, party have the destiny of Old Vir-
gina IN their hands. May they so exercise thcir,asccn-
hancy as to reverence her ancient principles. respect her
r"nown, and protect her liberties. All are can do in this
behalf at present. is To pray. For ourselves we have
fought The fight while q man was left To tread the decks.
individually and apart from country and the old cause
OF Human Right and Liberty, we had nothing to rain
by victory, and nothing to lose by defeat If we have
displayed warmth and zeal, they were inspired bv no
incrccnary expectation, no grovclling aspirations: vr
have had in contemplation, nothing but the welfare Of
The people, and the maintenance of their liberties and
rights. In SO far AS our bread is concerned. il is NIL one
To us, what star is in the ascendant, and who rules the
destinics of the State.
" We therefore submit with a good grace, TO that which
VIC have done our dcvoir 10 avert, and to which We must
submit, whether we will or no.
I" The event leaves us where it found us, in uncompro-
missing hostility TO those who have abused their trust.
and prosututed the generous confidence of the People TO
the promotion of unholy schemes Of ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
and n curse overtake the bastard who forsakcs in this its
dark and gloomy hour, the great cause.
" Let poltroons desert to the strong party, and mcr-
ccnary politicians slide down TO the clover side. from The
fence, on which they have long bcen stationed. in inplo-
rious security, awaiting the fortune of the field: The brave
and generous man will love his cause the better for its
misiortunes, and press TO the rescue of its colors the
more they are mcnaccd.'