Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-18
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
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"CHRsriASsnURG, My. q, 1886.
eve have had information from all The precincts in
this county but one aud the result the is, 200
majority for MIR. Van Buren,. The precinct not heard
from will add 20 30 to lha, majority. Mr. Van
Buren, received every vote at this latter precinct but the
number of votes given is not yet known here.
"Lc Floyd. il is said has done nobly and deserves
a compliment. You know she is small yet she has given
10 Van Buren majority Of 225; she gave but II votes
TO "DUutie.hcad."
"NoRrnUMBEaLASD, G. H., 9TH Nov. 1896.
Our election is just over, and according to your re-
quest, transmit the result
cyan Buren, lo2, Harrison, White or the Lord knows
who. 76-majorly LOG.
Titus, the Democratic Republican county Of old Nor
thunbcrand has Taught the Oid Nack c0ckadc Fcderat
ists alias Whgs another useful lesson; but such is tho
recklessness Of that desperate party, that We have little
hope Of its Fronting by it, have never before such
shameless barrlaced resored to- cacn by that par
ty, notorious il is for dsngenuous and unfair dealing.
The county srcwcd with the most scandalous and
contemplate bills, filled with the basesl fasrhoods
containing not single truth 10 redeem them from
the and contempt Of every intelligent reader these
with arltu dexttons secrecy, slipped into the
hands Of the honest but unsuspccting voer-Aliserab
and dcspcablc half sheets, full Of garbed extracts and
the grossest mstaements posted up at the doors
Of the stores and tarcrns, in the hope OF misleading the
public mind. Public meetings gotten up, and the
most nlanmatory addresses delivered by the little bell
wellcrs oil the party. Three tickets circulated by
The Why's with the double head, Harrison White,
another with bat one head White, and the third with the
head cut off, without head
"Our party not inactive. We met them in
debate posed their tricks and endcavorcd by all the
means in power 10 disabuse the public mind We
have lost few Of party, who have cut loose and
gone fairly to the cncmy-thcse captains OF small
craft trading TO the city of Baltimore In this, think
see the hand of the u. S. Bank-Not that would in
sinuale that they have received brbeWhat mean is,
they have been weedcd out Of their wits: BY the crafty
agents of that institutions of them worthy men,
and regret their ergiversation; but If they haze more
confidence IN the rHe pandcrS Of that corrupt and
ruptiHg institution, than they hare in their narc born
countymca and neghbOrS, then let them Cove can do
without them. You aware, that county is bound
ed slde by that of Lancaster and another by
Wesllnorc unI-hot beds Of Federalism and Whiggcry.
1t is from these two extremes, that most Of the Wing
votes Upon the whole, we gaincrs. We have
gained many votes we have lost, and some have
Been brough 10 dead halt, and would not vote at all.
So il has proved losing campaign to the Whggies
al is singular fuct that all the Wing leaders in this
county, with only two excepLions exocs not ndi-
genous TO our sol-mporations from our nsighborlng
State Of Maryland, contiguous counties; and that one
OF the EXCEPTIONS though native, has resided Tor sevc-
re! years in a conterninous counLy-Ony one conli
nued resident and his somerset which took place about
years ago. gave rise al the time to strange surmses
especially when we bched the very Wing gentry who
had always been his steady and uniform opposers
suddenly their heels and become his ardent sup
porters, in which, however, they met with Waterloo
defeat horse foot and dragoon. We thought in
the matter, something like the log rolling system
times pursued in legislative bodies.
sour election, as is usually the at Presii ential
elections, is thin one.-We vote, If The whole
strength of the county would OUT about 49, though
do not usually vote at county elections more than 3OO
"HAL1rAx COUNTY, Va, Nov. s, 1886.
"Wilhout troubling you cryour readers with any pre-
limnary remarks or comments hasten 10 give you the
result Of election, which took place yesterday.