Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-25
Mainrily for Van Buren, l25 votes.

MAJORITY Tor Van buren, 10 votes.
IL will be seen that the Democratic ticket has, contra
~ all expectations, received handsome majority in
this county, which is gain Of several hundred votes
calculations. In estimating The probabilities,
two hundred and upwards have been usually conceded
as The Wing INA ority ltre-un within a few days.
After the meetings Saturday evening, it evident
lIa, the Wing strength orerrated. Sill it is a
gratifying SURPRISE honorable to The zeal and Independ
II" the county Democracy, that the j. B"rea ticket
has obtained decisive majority. We congratulate
our friends OIL suspicious n result.
The apparent ma urity against u.s. in the city, is 233
This does not represent the whole truth. Nearly the
whole vote at the Creek House is city vote. The
usual number poled there is about S0-yesterday there
were 2S2 The voters from the city, who
unable unwilling TO penetrate the dense crowd
which surrounded the polls at the city Court-H
The number poed in the city large beyond prece-
dcnt-scveral hundreds more than given be.
fore. Tho consequence was that up to the last mo.
ment the press great and when the polls SHUT
there large number Of votes excluded We have
knowledge IF some 80 or 40 Van Buren, votes thus ex
cludsd, and doubtless there were number OF White
1t is to be regretted that any man. whatever his
politics may be-, had not voted. Still it appears from
comparing the number of votes with the time the polls
opened, that there nearly three votes taken
for every minute, notwithstanding the constant cia
rngcs. large number of Democratic votes, including
of most respectable citizens, went out t. the
Creek House to The aspersions thrown
out about town. against the purity Of that POLL IRE mere
y the ebulons of spleen, al defeat They deserve no
notice
The Courthouse vote and the Creek house vote de-
Quoting the number usually given at the latter repre-
together the true City vote. The actual White
majority, in fact does not exceed thirty or forty votes
yesterdays poll Did not say openly then, that we
would shake the White ascendancy in the city: We
have done so, most successful -and they confess il
in their angry expressions of disappointment aud cha
grin.
The county did noby. Tie majority would proba-
bly, have been greater, but for deceit which prac
tsrd in heading the Wing ticket like OURS Jackson
Democratic ticket which undoubtedly deceived 1t
similar trick TO that Of publishing handful. pro-
claiming the supposed victory of the White Nulhfers
10 Georgia. the victory Of " Jackson Democratic
ticket opposed TO Van Buren, and johnson. If there
be any set Of men, who hate Jackson bitterly than
the Georgia Nullfers, it is the Alabama Whigs-and
yet they borrowed his 10 deceive his friends Al
Ter an election has terminated it is not desire TO
tinue excitement but tricks which designed cheat
in The votes they think they are giving, deserves
probation at Gil times.
LoulsIAHA-Rcturns from some ten Or twelve Parish
es among them, Laourche the stronghold of the Oppo
stion give aggregate majority OF 493 for The Van
Buren, ticket Our friends confident of carrying the
State by thousand majority. They also feel
assured of triumph in Mississippi, in the two coun
lies partially heard from where the Wings have hereto
fore had large maortes they reduced materially and
in three others bordering this State, ticket has
hardly met with the show of Opposition.