Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-09-22
From The IDhre|ing Gazette, September -.

\ Wonp 70 rmr WuIGs.-Arc the Wing con,-
miltccs of vigilance throughout the State acqnii-
ting themselves as they ought, from The present
time until the day OF clcctonl Ours has not Yet
addressed the voters of the country, nor d"
we believe that this has becn done by more
ihan n precious few of our Wing committees,
though we understand that this has not been neg
lect"d by the Van Buren, committees
Now, If there ever was hr first tims in the his
tory of party, when the Wings of Virginia ouch,
10 bestir themselves, that time is the present mo-
mcnf There is not n shadow oi doubt but that
the majority in this State is with the Wings.
This they believe themselves, according 10 their
own expressions and the same their opponents
show, in Il variety OF ways, that they believe.
Now, strange rs it may be, II Is not less tr''"
than strange, that herein and hcrc,n alone,
consists their danger. Trusting to tn II superior
numbers, and conscious of the righteousness OF
their cause, tl,cN are apt Ia tnk that super
OF numbers engaged in righteous cans" must
succeed and, thinking, many Withhold 'h'ir
aid. surprising there are enough without them to
do the work and labor of party and patriotism.
BY SO thinking and So acting, party often com
mts its dcstinics to the tender merces OF It's OPP
poncnrs But it, in the present case, the Wings
of virginia so act they will thereby commit the
dcstinirs of the Union to the tender mcrcirs OF
her immediate scduccrs and ultimate destroy"rs.
We consider that, on the present occasion, TO the
safe keeping of Virginia is entrusted the pcrpctn-
alton (for yet longer period, nj leAa) OF our pre-
sent form OF national government or rather, to
her is committed the restoration of our late form vt
government. Let the Wings oi Virginia prevail,
and this is done let them ia,l, (Which, II they do,
and il will be by their supincncss) nll will be
lost, and that forever
II is not our wish To render ourselves prnlis
l..,s. Il Ia.
words, with the hope thereby of placing the rcspon-
sibilltv Of the Wings before them in one simple
light II, ut the coming election. the Van Buren,
ticket shall receive "A ma jorty IN the State Of but
"A single vote that ticket by that one vote will BE-
elected. But suppose tina, AT the same time there
majority Of many hundred Wing votes IN
the State, it is wish to show low easily this
ma ority, in consequence OF the sngelshness or in
difference of the parry, may become IA minority.
There are about Is counties in tins State and
suppose TIM. each contained the same number oi
vo,crs--ihat in each county only ten Wings were
to absent themselves from the polls on the day OF
election, the whole number OF non-attcndans
within the State would be l,l50 and would no,
even this majority be ,riomph wh,n compared
will, the malorics of 1928 and 1882, which were
cast in the opposite scale We believe, howcv-
err that at this moment the Wing maj rity in thi,
State falls little short Of thai lately obtained in ON
adjoining State Of North Carolina. Nevertheless,
we wish that not one Wing may absent himself
from the polls on the 9Th day of November next
for let them rest assured in their own minds that
the punctualitv hitherto exhibited by the Jackson
party in the days ofPresdential elections will
prove to be the mos, ultra Indifference compared
will, that Of the Van Buren, party next fall, whe-
thcr in this or any other State, and whether they
anticipate certain victory, or utter overthrow. Let
the Wings only initiate them, and all will be well
enough.