Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-10
THE LATE ELECTION

II certain that the two parties will be yerv 49,,
yded-tllat there will not be more, prob,h,, :,
four difference, on whichever side the ma;or;,, my
fall When il is remembered that last wear H.. ny
Buren, majority 40, it will be admitted a..
reduce ii to nearly tie if not decisive Wing VIM,
ry, is at least evidence of healthy conde.
public MISUNDERSTANDING tina, many of the ,,..,'
oil the Administration, dissatisfied with the ,...
OF It's Experiments, are pausing, and enoui,;n.
searching for the trutl-and this is All H..
Wings ask 10 ensure the ultimate and nern....
triumph oil their principles. Another circuux,,.sA
not generally adyerted to, however, is cono,,.,.
evidence tina, the policy of the Administrations
equivocally condemned by the people of v,,g;,,a'
and that IS, that OF the admnis ration memh
turned to the next Legislature, the pronor,i.n :,
friends Of the Sub Treasury its fayor. m.,s,hsr
is considerably reduced. We doubt indeed M "a
ther there will be thirty adv coates of tia, ,,,.,, -
the next House of Delegates-about h1ll of III.
numbe, who upheld 1t in the last,
AS might have been expected the Richm,,d t.
qnre, while admits the defea, of its party, is bush
ly engaged in breaking It's fall, by recoun,po III,
causes OF the disaster and by specious promises of
"redcfton' before next Spring. As to the first
they are the usual resort of beaten party.
aud as to the last, the Wings have only to say, no,
that they will beat their opponents again ntrt
SPRING but, in the language OF the gallant Gen
Miller, when ordered 10 take the eneny's cannon
at the battle oil Bridgewaei Wen rY, Sir"
The main cause to which this vast accession TO
the Wing strength is attributed, is the opaHu of the
administration party. Aud what, we ask, has pro-
duced this apathy When, before, was that party
charged with lack Of enthusiasm or ardor Never
So long rs they believed that they right, lbey
went ahead with zeal and unanlm,y which moth.
ag could abate or destroy. But all al once, tl,cy
become paraly zed and inactive and divided. Why,
Have their opponents deceived them by autbu,ng
false designs to the administration This will
not be pretended. The administration has itself
thrown the Apple of Discord into tn ranks of its
friends Like the Yelled Prophet, it has heretofore
led its followers to battle, a solid and luvincble
phalanx, confdng with creduIous devotion in promi.
which II has failed to redeem. A nd, when com
PEELED to lit the thin but dazzling veil which hid its
real purposes from public scrutiny the people have
revolted the hldeous features Of the Monster
which, ignorAntly, they had worshipped The ad-
mnislration, following the example of Aaron in the
wilderness, set up Golden Calf to lead the Ieople
of from their true interests-but the Idol and tho
idoaters have been stricken down by an unseen
hand-and the gold has melted away from
sight, as if touched by the wand of Maeicidn.--
Enqulring minds began TO compare professions with
practices-to contrast results with promses-and
they naturally enough concluded that where there
such wide discrepancy between them, there
must either be defect in the principles of their
party, else gross ignorance in those to whom had
been confded the duty OF giving TO those principles
form and substance. What wonder, then, that they
manifested so much apathy! What wonder tia,
the eloquent and urgent appeals Of the Enquirer
10 Arms! To aims ~ which formerly fell with
resistless power the Of its party, and drew
almost every man TO the polls, was this Spring
generally unheard or nnheeded How could II be
otherwise We only marvel, that. instead of ex.
hibtng so UGH apathy, thousands OF the late
friends of the administration, who stad at home, did
not 90 TO the polls and cast their votes for the Wing
candidates. Nothing, we believe, prevented this, but
the almost universal indisposilion 10 acknowledge
:. error of opinion" particularly where men have
been Jealous in propagang ,ha, error. Itnagrea,
point gained, however, to have effected this pause
in public sentiment. 1t is the prelude to complete
cnanHe, anu, like Il Soideh sunset, gives tohe" VI
coodIy day to -lnorrow"-or, as the Enquirer would
have 1t, OF a still more glorious victory, mart
Spring.
But upon what is ii that the Enquirer builds us
hope of the reaction which it predicts =! Why' 'ha
the "can eptles of Conservatives and SUB Ifeos-
arg men, with all the predjudices and feelings WHO"
the, carry in their train" will by tina, time be a
polished, and that its divided party VIII agar"
rally under the accepted name OF Republicans
There is, VIC know, great virtue in nanes-so moch
indeed, that thousands are too often led HOODWINKED
by thar influence into the grossest errors bn'
they who rely on the efficacy of this potent insfu'
me only show in what profound contempt they hod
the understanding and integ ence of the great bo-
dy of the people, of whom they hypocrcally no-
fess to be the warm admirers and exclusive cham
pons We deny that the people have been divided
merely by cant epith e,s." BuIifthey have,no one
has been more profuse in the of these eplhee
than The Enquirer itself, eternally reeratnslts stale
slang about 3" Bank Wigs and a - Wing Bank
until the very terms are nauseatng TO the strongest
:. Democratic" stomach. But does the Enquirer
mcar 10 be undcrst God that the " cant epihets, o.
which it complains, were no, the symbols oil a r'''.
cal difference of opinion upon a vital queSt'o' u
public policy-a question no less vital than ""'''>
the Banking systemof the country, bronsh' '"'o
iscncc and cherished by the States, should AT STU
gle blow be crushed by the General GoVefh"''"'
and the whole Bank lnc power of the county "'"'