Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-16
POLITICAL.
KENTUCKY ELECTION.

ttIc Clay party brought out us s'rohge>t %
scc,;on Of the State tiey would have tTlunped rs uSual
Mr. CLAW proposed Ia down his Senhl"rshP as Pi
to call all his potent parlizans into the hric, anu ~ M
each struggle for himself to maintain comlaha '' M
LEE. This, with the gubernatoral honorIlha. Oh u'e
Lieutenant. Governor, and President oil the oena's
brought all the cavaliers into the ieic anc "" c VIZ
Iicycd ana frequently said, That it was poDane y" ny
rery would succeed so far as to Keep alive e
nasy for another season, which had its bth ana lbs sur
vived 50 long from Slate pride in hlr Clay ci'qnehce
We knew that it would certainly fail in the attchp' ~
SUPPORT, Harrison in the fall but seems the
is down sooner than anticipated. We have !c!.eF
frog, most ardent iniexibe and sanguine llichu "l A
Claws cause who confirms entirely the statement Oh te
letter from Lexington, g ven below IL IS certain lh.t
intelligence of results, far obtained by MI clay
pary in Lexington, where it IS soonest concentrated,
! leaves them scarce Il ray OF nope :,
Our own knowledge Of the State satisfies US 1t IS al
over with them. We give letter from Frankfort, where
tho Ecu,ocrac party lave been uniformly defeated snc
lSos This is the of government and Mr. Crltie'-
den hc Senator who has more personal popularity t'a
Mr CLAY and many nf The most eloquent lawyers oi the
Federal party, reside there Great exertIons '.eTe "id
by them to carry this county, from feelings OK personal
bride and from influence It was supposed "iiuTe
there would have abroad upon the character OF the leaa
inv men, We understand from corrcspondrnts ltalthc
most intel anxiety animated their efforts anu mat even
on the first day of the election The votes Of peer "rcic'S
were bought and high eleven dollars gwen Tor Mr%H
manner sa6ragcS. But it was all in vain. ne result
furnished the Frankfort letter. given enw shows tal
the Democrats have carried the orily Tor GoYcrnr
Ieuenanl Governor, Senator, Representative, Hal AL
The Lexington letter shows that all bu! q: te 1oun-
ties surrounding Lexington, "hch hay" Ircn Tie strong
hold of Federalism in the State, have fallen OFT
We assert with perfect confidence, even Il III" Demo
cracy have not succeeded, suppose, with their
candidates for all the State offices, that complete veto
rv will crown their efforts in the Presidential election
Harrison odous TO the great BODY OF the people tHfogh
ou the State In every baltie in ahic he rn!aged th.
Kcn,uckians they persisted in hccatonbs, anu G'ined
n" glory. At Tippecanoc, The gifted Davis and C".
Oven, and the brave under Them were aicf'iic'o
because The General wanted sense 10 Sc!ecl IFS o"k
camping ground, and took the advice OF the Indians AZ
river RaSn CoIones Alien. Simpson, Hart, Hickman:
and their gallant comPanlons wrr" massacTcd, osca"e
Harrison failed to send THE expected reinforcement
which Major Madison bears testimony would have
saved the little army. But the success ni Eincheatcf
! Harrison thought, would have ruined lis PerSrh9I
projects The butchcry oil the kenuckans, under Dug
cy al Fort Mcigs another result ri His GcHefaisilp
CTorhan conquered aGains, his nrd"rs. and Shelby push
I'd linn the Thames where the battle was won b:
CoIor"l Johnson: while Harrison was IN fact: nothing
than spectator. The kcniuckians know this
they know that Wrbstes lrcachcry By Pararzng the
spirit vi patriotism in the east: and cutting " ali sup.
rlis from troops, while it fed The enemy with The
fat OF the land did not %c III more heavily Oh western
ra"r and eHcrton than Harrison lnbccIy ana ncaPa
city. Harrison has defeated The kcntuckians many
time, and deprived hcn OF almost all the glory winch
their energy. patriotism, and valor deserved They viii
defeat him i'll NOvcmbcr.-Li0tc Of .7DsHt IL
| GLORIOUS NEWS!
| i-So
.uessrs. Eair g. Rircs:
I Gemtlrlmcn-We have met the encEly, and thcy are
ours. Alter three days hard fighting, the enemy sur
rendered at discrenn hut not until tier ammunition
was entirely exhausted; that 10 say, these many We
haze prisonrrs Messrs Brown, Crienden and Eiiaiin
Smooth, alias &. S. Morricad Sergeant Vest and Cor
p"ra Hodges, and lots OF prIYntes Here follows iS vote
I!o"th"y; - ,.2
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Wicklllte, (Y) ..:....:......:;.: AZ
! LrxyGroS, (Ky) August Sd, l7jG.
Dear Sir-I!Ic election and gives us the !rs
victory 1rcolec for the last twelve years. Al the close
of every Gu;'crnaoria election the Opposition have
claimed success and eEjoyed II for several days. but
they give up because none Of the large counties OF
Fayclle Clark, MadisOn Girard Shelby Bourbon, and
! Mason have done for them we'll as i'll - and %
except Madison and this falling oil produces the panic
among the enemy. and i. cheering 20 our friends.
! CDpy a Il later, Gatcd
NIcuoL4syILlr, Ky. Aug 4, 1236.
DEAR Sir: The polls third day, at night, were as fol-
c!af&, Al ,WiekI;ft, aao woodsoa, AS
Maiorles ICa IS Jas
One precinct to be heard from Supposed majority
there about twenty-five for Clark and Wcklic.
You will SIZE by the abn"e pol that Ia,saminc has done
her duty. lse has ovcrrun the question: by 2JD votes
and Eournoy by 80 If nil The counties do well, we
need fear the result and indeed 50 far have
/ heard from irIow, they ding tho
| Yours. most respectfully.
! Copy Of II te.cy ~ the Ed10r, dated
! LAwEEscEnCRGrI, Ind. Aug !, $50.
DEAR SIR: The recent elections in Indiana have been
decided upon local. not party grounds; and tlr
heard from sland--n Dearborn Z and ,; in Franklin
ami in Ripley Van Buren,: in Shelby Van Bnren.
! anti; in Switzerland Van Buren,. In tins county ie
party between VIEWER and DIIts for Sheriff. The
latter succeeded by orily Of S votes shown an in
crease for Van Buren, tic vote Of lS2, between
Jackson ard Clay, Of 81 | have doubt the Safe
will go largely fox the Democratic tcket will ali the
West. OF this doubt exist: except as it regards
Kentucky
There is warm contest going or in the lst Congress
sional District Of Ohio brweru Storcr and j. II. Ben
ham, The latter is V Buren,; The former, you know,
the puNer Of the pe;co0M General or tic talents OF
the it would be spcIluous 10 speak; it is sufficient
say he lily supplied the place Of the elegant l.ytc-
pcnhan is gentleman Of the frs! order OF talent, and
will he an honor to the State and the party to wc he
belongs Dy what miracle has the pale white SHH been
raised from political grave: Snrry, not b. The nk
ling Of broken Be the rafting OF pctticoa ore wi
dcws dowry.-Giobe.
NoEru BENDS REAL pRosrEcrs.-TTufy, if VIC were
to shape conclusions to suit the mighty fuss that Is
being made in this quartcr about the brg htcning
prospects Of the " old mbeCe, should be cHmpr!l-
cd lay down our arms and yield the Of one
whom it would he folly 10 resist. But we have been
long enough in the word to know that call Is not gold
that gters, and all The wings say is not the TRUTH We
discriminate between tcint and the rcat condition
of things. The noise and sho.. that is made in IA
Yor of Con. Harrison, need not be taken indication
Of his growing popularity. 1t quite the reverse. His
friends make noise the light Of his prospects
expires than they have done before, and is cha
ractcrstc. The desperate their condition becomes,
the vociferous they in trumpetIng forth their
hopes They brag more an imaginary prospect
than their opponents would over splendid victory
They make more out Of the meeting of squad OF
10 Wings at country tavern chance collection of
a few Harrison board Il steam boat, than their
opponents would do from the revolution Of Kentucky
How stands the truth as regards the prospects vi Gen
!
uuph by immense majority, and upon which much Of
their cocing is based but Is counties in the whole