Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-10
TIL, VALLEY.
" Fr,dcyick ('0unfy.

"Fr6cIIck County. Ia .Hdy i, lc3J
From the late eairavaGar! aud wild calculations OF
your neg Lbors of the r Wing, It's readers may
cudc thai The Counties of this Ffrdetick)
District, part aud parcel Of the who'll tiers Of
western coUnies' changed and changing IN WhigGrry.
The i'd, is gross delusIon intended for political effect,
nearly all The pr"GnOstcs Of the Wing he Con-
CrcssinnaI canvass will be very active one Barton
(Whg and his friends ins!igaled b: the hope If sue
cess wall make the st determined Efforts 10 carry the
vote but Lucas administrator will bca, him by al
least 100 man:Ity. This is fraction less than his
brother Col Lucas, beat Cooke four years ago, when
Cooke, the talented Wing champion OF The District,
concentrated upon himself the strongest possible vote
his party could muster. Barton will secure tie same
full vote with the addition OF few OF the EARNED neu.
inliIy, (shnuld he sii led Conservative Eigs) who,
in their unrrr zen Tor Mr. Rives, may 90 with The
Wigs, Mr. Rvess firm rIoricrs, with the ult.
male hope Of breaking down The Administration. These
ultra ConScrrGhrc VOTES, however, will b. few and FAR
between, ard added to the Wing vote Of the District,
will leave Barton dtfcl still 100 votes; in other words,
Lucas mnintity certain will BE- about 100 True. great
e1erlIun viii be required TO produce this result but tue
Republicans Of lhc District aware Of the league
formed against lhen and will come TO he polls
in every county in The District. Our Figance Com.
miteFs are Of the importance Of the contest, and
will have every voter out and doing his duty 10 the
Stale.
Sherrard (rhe lae Conservative member from this
county, will try hard TO beat his Republican, opponents,
but as certainty must fail His friends sanguns,
profess 10 be so, which believe is rather 10 sustain
the spirits Of their CANDIDATE Their great hope in his
personal popularity, which is CONSIDERABLE hu if not a
Wing, his allowing himself 10 depend upon Wig votes
for success over The candidates Of tie Republican par
~, and his friends aiming AT DIVISION OF vote
sustain him, must and will defeat his election -
Should he succeed, il only be hy Of cur
friends being sFGuced into his support ~ Ike belief,
that he is siIi friend Of The Administrations and in
that event, cannot claim his election 10 be eyi
Gence o! pubic sentiment in favor Of his leader Mr..
Rives. Bu, Hs his chance rests mainly upon Il division
Ut our vote for Byrd and DikeT (Admnstfaoa). which
will be properly guarded against have every hope Of
success, with Il good maj orty in favrr of
dldales. Whilst ShcrTaId will be beaten, he should
be- greatly regret, tina, heretofore it'll US and Of
such personal worth Mr. s The desperate hope Of
sustaining Mr.. Rires, warning openly against the
Administering, should have thrown himself into the
embraces OF The Wings, against whom and their prnci
pies he has so often done battle successfully We hope
lie may yC, lie misStep he has taken, and get back
into the fold u" his Republican BRETHREN 10 whose sup.
port IN crisis like this his influence should be given
lie . How however, in warring upon his BRETHREN Pur-
suing course for which he will find it as hard per-
SPADE US, old fashioned Republicans, tia, he right,
il would be 10 that the election Of H. Cav
was a measure should sustain.
"Nxon and Allen, adm } in Hampshire, am as.
sured on good authority, vii! be elected their Wing