Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-23

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n'e'ea. aeA'er''y' SO Characteristic of a qnonl,"
Dominic. f'o'aan
botctouri IS enumerated as one Of tho =,
IN winch there was Il political competition y :,
the Enquirer well knows that there uaroa III"
candidates in the field, aud that the - ,,,'"S
it would represent rs The maximum of H.. v. @5'
strength in that county, were given n, o.. 9$
five precincts, at which only was lller, an. se
position to the reelection of the former
bersl "'a.
In Grecnhricr, the Viii majority i, Slate,
lao, when it is upwards of $50 for tin II
and 500 between the Senatorial candidate. ~
Enquirer may object to taking the Sen,,o,;l %
as a test, nordo we claim that it should .tr,.1' ~
the Enquirer, refusing to take the Senatorial,
'reenbficr, in preference to that for the Il. orn
nevertheless take the Senatorial vote in w.,
the test? Why, but that the bull, whjcb.
case, cores AR OK, in the other CASE, core. bjs
In Harrison, where the Enquirer alp;,. -.
was" no strong political competition, dis S,r;..
it claims a Van Buren, majority Of OPS, noow :,
" particular y Last Spring, when tIcre ,.o.
lilical competition, tie vote in Harrison a. =
gross, stood TINS Johnson (Van) 712 IN
(whie) 626-bo,h residents of tic comm.
therefore standing on equal ground in tia, re,ner,
At the same election the vote for the IiouSo oc n,
cga,es, however, exhibited lie following ,yo,..
For the Nanites eco, for Tie WlieS aG5 H.
event, we may assume with certainty that tic T.,
tic minority in Harrison uiIl not exceed Goo "
do not believe it will reach that number.
In Loudoun. the vote is thus stated in liza +.
quirer's table Van Buren 30, whiq OBJ.
ijority 4li-and this in the teeth of tic rc,,,ns -.
hibiting an aggregate whie vote Of ll42 AGA o<, lAe
Van Buren-majo rily 939 = What %conrpIen,,
can be placed in such "A table !
In Monongalia, here lhcle va, M :. no,i,;..,
competition" the Enquirer Claims a majority =,
eiren at the iate %electjon, of about 800. \, IL.
Congressional election last Spring it was 2Go.
In Northampton, where there WAS 40 I" political
competition" the Enqnircr's table puts the Win,
strength at 1875, that being the entire vote oiycn IN
the single candidate IN the field. The fno,;ro,
knows, that, had there been 1" political conpc,i.
tion," the Wing m aiority would have lcen 4 ,r
800.
So, likewise, in Rockbridec. Tie whig maior.
lily would have been largely Increased, had llpro
been 4" political compe titicn - AID yet tc Fl.
quircr, while it admits that there was no such com
petition, arranges that county in its table as if
there was.
So much for the inaccuracies Of the Enquirer ;,
statements, which we have discovered ON very
slight and by no means critical examination.
A, for its ~estimntts, in tie counties in Which
there was. no political competition and in
which it is pleased to lay claim to some 1890 ma.
ioritv, we should have been %eratifcd if it had en-.
tered somewhat into detail, lhat we Nigh, have
seen the grounds of his assumption. For our own
part, we repeat, what we have hcre'of rn said, tia,
we have not the slightest apprehea ION llnt Y irgi-
MIA will 90 for Van Buren, in the Fall. "1hc par
~" is in a declining state, and every day diminish
cs its strength, as Eight is disseminated among tho
people, and as they become better acquainted with
the opinions of Van Buren,, and with the tendenc,
Of the measures with which he has identified him
self. They cannot 90 for an opponcn, Of Madi.
sons republican administration during the war Of
lSl2,-for a MisSomi Restrictionist, and the ad.
vacate of free negro suffragc,-for "A man who ad-
mitS the constitutional right Of Congress to rman-
cipate the Slaves in the District Of Columbia, the
effect of which admission will he to erect sort Of
headquarters for free negroes and runaways ON
the banks Of the Potomac, whence they may the
more readily make war upon the slaveloldine
States on either sidc-for a man, who, dceminsi i,
" glory enough TO serve under such a caef as
Gen. Jackson" demonstrated, by the uttcrance OF
SO base a sentiment, the utter servilitv and degra-
dation OF his spirit-for a man who has connected
himself with a party, which, coming into office,
pledged to economist the expenditures of the 60
vernnrcnt, are now boldly avowing their purpose
to squander as much as possible Of the peoples
money, on useless objects, in order to secure 10
themselves the custody and distribution ofthe Sur
plus Revenue. No. The people of Virginia can
noi-they will not, support such a man. We speak
with the utmost confidence, and with the most unai-
iected sincerity, when we repeat that they will moi
give their suflrages to Martin Van Buren, for the
next Presidency. the figured ma iorities of the Bob
adj OF the Enquirer to the co ntrary notwithstand
ing.
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