Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-23
TILE ELEEIIG-N.S.

with which we claim our victories. Let the Wing
presses think that Honesty is not The hest policy We
are beaten for Governor in Kentucky and North Caro-
lina-but the maoritics do moi appear Overwhelming
expected in our iast-and The wing cry OF Victory
about Alabama Missouri &@, &c, is rather PREMATURE
The tables turning for Us in lasc Statrs-and we
may repeat, what the last lnteigcnceT sAFS, Inc pros
poet is hTightening"
KExrucKY-l6 counties heard from, which give
Clarke (Whig) 25.a99, and FnuTn"y (irpl loOrl-
CiaTkes present minority 1i:D For lirntenant Go
vernon, Wiclit (W) 23,769, and llise (R) lS7G9-
Week.-Mrs. present majority 3.3O0-:H counties still TO
be heard from which in l5'2 Breathilt (R) l7I0S,
ard Bucknrr (W) 1l,373-Breathill,s majority ',O;'3
votes. Cutting down lise loFy in these 10 2gOo
be will be beat about 5000 votes out I'll more than I!
We really cannot yet give up the ship III Kentucky.
NORTH CARoLlHa.-Dudley, (WhigD in all human
probahilily elected The Fayetteville Observer Of Thurs
day. claims in II counties for Dudey 22j9G, and gives
Spaigh 20,26l. DIS present ma o.ity 23'5 It claims
also maj rilv in Surry, Bunconbc and Burke. There
are about counties more to he heard from From the
above majority Of 1885, is to be deducted Spaght ma
iory in Rockingham, 5}5-reducing i. at present to
SU0-The contest for the Legislature, is contrary 10 all
our previous impressions, closer than FOX the Governnrs
Chair. The actual returns for the present. give the an
Buren, party n members in both Houses aud the White
Wings G7-cnunting the parties even according 10 the
tally Of the Fayetteville Observer IN ul.blood"d Nhg)
Il is pobobEe that The Why's may beat us-bnt even The
Observer says. the state Of parties IN the Legislature
will be close hut we expect to have majority OF from
i 10 votes The same paper has Postscript which
claims Graham IA Whg) TO he elected to Congress III the
vacant District Newland by at least 100 majority
We shall not give up North Carolina yet; though our
friends have been cnug Int mapping and Tie NUMBERS OF
the Press have been against them; but Will not be-
lieve until it, that the lanai o Nathaniel Macon
will permit her sovereign right OF instruction 10 be Tram
pied under foot by her refractory Senat"rnoT That shc
will consent t. fitch from the people the right OF elctng
their Chief Magistrate, and transfer the election to The
House Of Representatives inevitable result OF trIi'
lrinG away the electoral votes between four candidates
What can she expsct from running Hugh L. Nh!ie,
he he tns
House: We hope our republican friends IN North
Carolina will testir themselves that they wall be
reused even By defeat additional rxrrons, and con:
tribute 10 the great rights OF instruction, ana "i
P,uuIar Ecc,iut For parts, we do not give up
the shin in our sister State We have two private letters
before us one ofwhch states, "hc chanc"5 in favor
of Van Buren, The other (rom member of the Lee
eislalnre) SAYS, 1.-THE Wings have counted mach on
The prrindices of this Stale against Van Buren, but
ace shuH self Van Buren, does not get the vote OF
the State, then will in future claim no prophetic pow
ers in relation 10 politics. To The rcscre, them friends:
TO the rescue! Let every man among you 40 HIS uu
At all events if YOU will stand by Virginia in the
coming contest she will try to do the good Work without
the aid Of ~ Carolina.
AL,pAMa-We publish some very interesting extracts
from that powerful per- " The Nnsh1iUc CniOn. But
we have before us fuller details of the election in The
Montgomery Advertiser Of the 18th inst. IL gives
tabular view of the polls for the Senate and r. OF t.
from 81 counties. The result Of It's calculations is "
members of both houses for Van Buren, and % members
for Whc--3 counties wiz: Fayette Marion. and Wal
kcr) have voted, but not heard from--and coun-
rs wiz Cherokee, Cunsa, COvnglnn, Dale, Dekaib,
Marshall Randolph, Russell, and laap"osa) are not
entitled TO separate representation, but Will vote with
the older counties until the next census. The Mobile
Advertiser SAYS it may be incorrect in some OF its de-
tails: vet there be but little doubt that there IS
majority Of the members elected IN i"voI III MI van Du
rem for the Presidency land the people are IN much
larger nao.iiics-ior, in OF the counles, rs III
Montgomery by from IL TO 81 minority only the Wings
have beaten only by the eye ashes whereas IN some Of
the strong Republican counties, The vote Ii Is
in Madison where The celebrated Judge Smith was
ahead of all tue resi- the poll is 1000 slrong)-lhe NJ
Advertiser (whose Editor by the by, was beaten ony
about IL in his county for The Legislature adds, nc
vote of the State cannot be questionable. IN d" Tue
Southern counties, il will be closely contested and IN
Nnrlh Alabama our IMPURITIES will be overwhelming
We cannot entertain doubt as TO the entire success OF
the Democratic Electoral ticket which now appears d.
the head Of our Columns.
From the Nashville Union, August
msThe Ball is up'-What excuse will our Tennessee
Wings, and Whiggsh neghhors make, Tor the tnai oe
feat Of Judge Whites friends in the Alabama elections
so far as heard fron,' What excuse can they maze
except that the peoples candidate is completely uone
up in that State 1t is very probableas the Judge Is
alleged by them to be very strong about this tmehey
may say that he will get 1otcs enough without the as
sistance Of Alabama If this excuse is naue, tne.e
two things which wonId like TO know, il our neigh
hors will be so kind to enlightcn us. where IS the
Judge 10 pet single rotc if he is defeated in Aiaoam
and villa, has become Of the nineiccn trcnHchS q" inc
votes Of Tennessee, about which Inc banner po"'e "
largely about year ago:
@AiABAMA ELEcrIoSs.-As far as we have received
returns from the Alabama Elections! The hcPunilGaI
Tcket-t!e friends Of MIR. Van Burcn-haye succeeded
by overwhelming maorities. The result OF the eec',on
in Limestone county has been communicated to US IN Inc
following letter from q friend. dated $50.
"uoorcseiHe .qngus! 3d. 1886
"Dear Sir-'That the public may no longer be nPossd
upon with the cry Of Whi,eism in Alabama, just take
the result of the election in this U,nesione) county,
where the party were drilled and organised to prove tns
strength of which they have long boassd IN hs eoun
in this State when called on become candidate ior
the Senate declined in favor Of COL Lane an! run iTf
the lower House. full ticket was organised IN oehah
IS tho White marty Of the strongest names that ever