Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-18
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
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"CuMsrIASsnrRG, NV 9, 1886.
eve have had information from all the precincts in
this COUNTY but one, aud the result OF the vote is, 2O0
minority for Mr.. Van Buren, The precinct not heard
from will add 20 or 50 to that majority. Mr.. Van
Buren, received every at this latter precinct but the
number of votes given is not yet known here.
"irlc FIoyd. il is said has done noby and deserves
Il compliment. You knnw she is small yet she has given
10 Van Buren, majority of 225; she gave but ii votes
to DruMe ,hcud."
'NoarnrMsraLAxD, G. II, 9TH Nov 1850
sour election is just over, and according 10 you. re-
quest transmit tile result:
cyan Buren, lc?, Harrison, White or the Lord knows
wins. 1i--maj1rlty 100.
.1,ls the Democratic Republican county of old Nor.
thu;nbcrIamh, has taught the oH biack cochadc f"ral
i< aiias HhiS another useful lesson; but suc! is the
cckessncss OF that desperate party, that we have little
hope lis pTons by it, have never before seen such
Shameless baclaced rrsosed TO- cAcn by that par
ty notorious ii is for dSingcnuoGs and unfair dealing.
The county s'rcwcd with tho most scanda0us and
conieplih2 hand lIs filled with the LascsL Iusgoods,
containing not single truth 10 redeem them from
the and contempt Of every intelligent reader these
with arliul dcxtos secrecy, slipped into the
hands Of tie honest hut unsuspccting Yoerali$eTahlr
and deSpicahc half Sheets full of garbed extracts and
the groSSSt measurements posted up at the doors
Of The and avcrHs, in the hope Of misleading the
public mind Public meetings gotten up, and The
na:nnaury addresses delivered by Tie little bell
wclhrrs Of the party. Three tickets circulated by
The Whgs with the double head, Harrison White
another with bat head, White and the third with the
head cut of, without head.
'Our own party was not Inactive. We met them in
debate. exposed their tricks aud rnd"avorcd by all he
means in power, 10 dlsabuse the public mind We
have lost few Of party, who have cut loose, and
gone fairly to the cncmytlcse captains Of small
craft trading the city of Baltimore. In this, think
see the hand of the u. S. Bank-Not that would in
snuac that they have received brbc-What mean is:
they have been wcedcd out Of their wits. by the crafty
agents of that institutions some of them worthy men,
and regret their tcrgivcrsalion Int i they hare more
cunfdcncc in the rde pGadc'S IF that corrupt and
yjprj {LYul hpU IDrc
without Them You aware, that county is bound
cd sde by that OF Lancaster, and another, by
Observation-Disclosures beds Of Federalism and Whiggcry
Ii is from these extremes that most Of the Wing
votes Upon the whole, we gamers. We have
gained many votes we have lost, and some have
Seen brought 10 dead halt. and would not vote at all
So it has proved losing campaign to the Whggies
''Il singular fact that all the Wing leaders in this
county, with only two exceptions, cxo!cs not lndl-
gcnous to soil-ilnporlalons from ncighborng
State of Maryland contiguous counties; and that one
of the EXCEPTIONS though native has resided for
raj years in 4 contcrminous county-Ony one conf.
nued resident, and his somerset which took place about
two years ago. gave al the time to strange surnses
especially when we bcheld the very Wing gentry who
had always been his steady and uniform opposers,
turn suddenly their heels and become his ardent sup
purtcrs. in which, however, they met with Waterloo
defeat horse, foot and draToon. We thought IN
the matter something like the log rolling system some
times pursued in legislative bodies.
"Our election, is usually the at Prcsij cnial
elections is thin onc.-Wc can vote, II The whole
strength of county would turn out about 49, though
do usually vote at county elections than 800
"IlALrrAx COUNTY, Va, Nov. 6, 1886.
"WiIhout troubling you or your readers with any pre-
minary remarks comments, hasten TO give you the
result of our rlrctiou which took place Yesterday