Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-06-20
LYNCnHUUG, JUNE 10. 1880.
THE ELEcTIoN-MoRE ESTIMATES.

THE ELECTION-MORE ESTIMATES.
The Richmond Enquirer is in complete fog as
the result Of The late elcclion or. il ii be not it is
endeavorIng TO beoloud the Understandings Of its
readers, its actual result. Nor is tins at all sin
gnar, when We remember that its purpose is 10 pro-
duce abroad the impression that it has achieved a
most glorious victory" while its scattered battallons
proclaim al home The DISASTROUS defeat which il has
sustained II it had lrumphcd in the recent CON
test, bare statement Of results would have been
sufficient to have satisfied lis friends Of thar fact
but il is because it has met with signal overthrow,
that ii is compelled TO false CLOSES and un-
candid commentaries in order TO deIude others
itself well aware that lis heretofore invncibe flag is
now raed in the dust. Let compare, briefly.
the Enqurer's estimates with own, of the vote in
the next Legislature Joint ballot
Wing. Coascrr. Loco Foco.
Wing Estimate, 80 12 "a
Euquiier's Estimate, rs 6 70
The Enquirer cldsses 3 as Doubtful
II will be seen tina, there is difference Of ouly 9
IN tie estimates of The Ithis strength. Ts.s arises
from the fact that the Enquirer puts down No
doubtful DR.. Ewing oil Lee, decided Wing, and
that Mr. Poulson OF the Senate, Van Baren man,
rcpresen'sa d.c'ded Wing district, himself acAnow-
Lodging the fart, aud heretofore guided in his politi
cal votes, las a certain Senator Dyer ought 10 beA
by just sense Of Representative obligation Beley.
ing that he will continue TO be governed BY the same
principle the Wings claim his rstc in their estimate
The Enquirer, on the other hand, hoping thar he will
like some others, violate tho Right Of Instruction,
OF which ii is IN theory such clamorous advocate
likewise claims him. The result viii show which is
right. There can be no doubt, least that the nle-
renee of The Wings based upon the acknowledged
integrity Of the Senator from Accomac-uhlle that
Of the Enquirer rests upon the hope that he will as
Representative, wilfully violate the known will of
his constituents, and thereby furnish us,ra-
ton olthe facility with which "ihc party" claiming
to be erclusire Republicans, can at pleasure violate
the fundamental canons Of Republicanism So
much for the Wing column.
The essential difference between our estimate and
that OF Enquirer arises from the claim set up by The
latter paper to nearly every of the Conservatives
With what justice IT makes this claim, however may be
'nlericd from the fact that among those gentlemen
upon whom it thus lays lorcibe hands, in order to
swell its majority list, is Mr. Nc MILAN OF Brooke. Of
whom the Wheeling Times his next door eip bbn,
'""' ~ ""7 w ""ft nothing 10 do with Mr.
" Richie, unless lie comes on cur ground with his
" large stories. lie puts down Mr.. Mcmillan. of
brooke, asa Van Buren, man. Its no, 50. lie
Is Conservative, and he will vote for Riyes'
Ana the Enquirer claims others, who are compelled
| 10 vote Tor MI X. unless they intend to prove
'feachefous TO tho people who elected them and
laise to Their solemn pledges. tie NAV know these
gentlemen better than we do; but we regard it an
nputation upon their honor to assume tina, ihev ran
be bfbed coaxed TO y in the teeth nm,
The i'Ilh OF which alone they were elected Ther.
may be such men among the Conservalives-but we
shall rot believe il until we have it under their own
sign manual, or until they seal then treachey by
their votes.
but AGAIN: Does not the reader perceive, that,
even while the Enquirer claims the victory in rords.
ITS own figures demonstrate lis defeat II admits
that the Wings nave 20 ON Joint ballot and the Con-
serva'ves 6-e4 in all-whicl is majority. without
claiming the doubtful votes or the 6 others who
were elected as Conservatv Nay it goes on to
admH mat the game is in the hands Of The ConseIya.
I'VE ana lmpraccables And yet claims the yicto-
~ for the Loco Focos.
- Oh what tangled web we weave
"heh us our purpose 10 deceive"
The Enquirer. however claims a large majority
OF the popular vote-and in order to exc out this ma
Joty' i throws It's figures most cunningy together
and Ihereupon boasts that it viii carry the State for
' an Buren, in lS40 by from TO l0, 600 votes !.
But 1t is very easy TO demonstrate the faacy of this
ejaculation. In The Greenbrier Congressional dis
'lc'' Tor example II puts down the majority for Col.
b'efne Qo24) as the Van Buren, majority in the dis
tlct. But what the vote for comfy delee,,es
IN these same counties In Greenbrier, Kanawba,
Fayeite aud Nicholas, (our Of ,hem.) so decided $
The Wing majority, that no Van Buren, man ven
tnfed TO offer ior the LegIsAture-and yet in all Of
them Col Belrue received heavy vote. aud in two
OF them lf ayette and Nicholas, which, together
send one delegate TO the LegIslature,) majority Of
more than l00-Look, now, al the difference in the
other counties: