Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-26
POLITICAL.
Ill,iiIC: AN.

MICHIGAN
The fate Election and as Results Returns enough
which can be relied upon have already come IN from tue
,sv.,al coun,s OF this State, 10 render II certain that
our oppon. ns have elected their Governor ana Lieut.
G ,vernnr and secured majority on joint ballot IN The
legislature IS certain, from present returns that
they have carried lorily OF the senate, out Tue
chances sppear TO be decidedly in their favor
The resslt 50 expected by most OF our trends here
bu, which fearful oil as the election approach
Cd has been accomplished solely by The unusual conf
de,c and inactivity Of the Democracy, and by the un
common organ zat,"n and activity OF the Wings Our
political trends felt too confident ot success 70 make 'he
necessary exeruns To secure 1t. lhey had seen Tue
Democracy OF States achieve series ot uninter
rup,.d ,riumphs during the past yea they observed
changes favor Of the Democratic cause throughout
the State since the last electloDs they knew that The
Democratic nominations were unexcePtionable on the
score ri abilities moral character ara sonho po'itcai
;lncIpps they calculated upon their usual victory
with less exer,ions than they had been accustomed to
make They accordingly adopted no system ni orsani'
za,ion TO ascertain the number ot Democratic voters
and oct them 10 the polls but e each elrctur TO be
vrrn-d BY his Impulses, and go TO the pols II al
all. ~ his own way
THIS feeling OF security the part OF the Democra
CIV Vas inst Of things TO induce the Wings TO
orpanz. ana! make the exertIons which have ensured
them a temporary triumph They knew that we ieil
strong in n,"pr successslrong III The victories we
had achieved "hsr States-strong In The Stale no
limitations which had made, and strong IN what was
supposed The unpopular aud weak nomination OF VII
ham Woodbridge tor Governor, and they sagacous'y
resolved TO avail themselves of the real weakness
winch this confidence produced. They, therefore
adopted a system OF organization, when leaves US
no ground oil surprise al their success This organ-
zat,n was carried from the State committees to the
Counties from The county committees 10 Inc tnwns
ana from The towns 10 thu school district committees
and IN tn a-t subdivision, their organization was COM
p.te The uunb,r OF Wing and doubtful voters IN
each school district and their names were taken dn~n
and two persons The district who iad wagons,
selected take Them 10 The polls, rain or shine on The
& ,ha u. Rv ihIS means
su ific,pn thu Wings have polled their whole strength
in The Stae, and achiev their success IL ls nu OF
cause OF any change OF public sentiment IN favor OF
the Wings the last year, that they have carried
The state hut because they have got out their voters,
while the Democratic sennrls have been sleeping at
their posts. Look at this county, where We had
thu rx"ruous Of the whole sSporo,e moneyed power
OF he Sac analus, us-wherr john Eddie and his
man FRIDAY rnrra The-r-under the guise VI
Pa,nors, made every exer'ion to gain ap"statrs
from the Drmocrauc ranks, 10 accompany them to
The Wbig Camp, aud where we met THRU ex"rons
wi'h counter eIertionS~e have gained upon our ma.
ory al last wear and achieved victory. where ~ 1857
~a defeated BY Is votes, which Trnwbridge obtain
ed Mason for Governor, aud when over 400 more
votes pulrd Than al the recent election Had the
Same Efforts been made the other counties, that
friends made hs the State would have been carried
for he D,Iu"crac ticke,. by than 1900 majority
We are grailird that our political friends here,
APPRECIATE the means by which the Wings have schev
cd Their triumph and regard II in the light We do as Sc
curing them but short lived and temporary ascentan.
cy which they preserve only until another election
The Wings have in the composition OF their party,
a single element for continued success Animated to
their late srup gle by their longing for the spos OF oil
fee and together by nothing stronger than their
hope them they will begin 10 quarrel and fall into s.
organizailon The spos begin TO be distributed
There hundreds Of expeciants tor every office IN the
gift of The Executive tine Legislature, who claim TO
have made Inch enrIte them 10 what they ask
for and as gets IL, the rest will complain and
throw the camp into confusion and abandon The party 10
lis fate
Questions of momsntous import will present them
selves the consider nf the Legislature al lis next
session which will put The Wings to their triumph The
responsibilities Of legislation will rest upon them aud
tie peope will before another election have oppor
tunity 10 how The Wings discharge them The
electioneerng cry codbrIdge ond reform will now
be put the lest We shall now see how many mono
pniies will he destroyed how many offices abolished,
how the currency will be improved how our taxes will
be diminished and how system OF Internal Improve
meuis i'll be modified, part of the promised reforms
of n Wing Administration We hazard the prediction
,ha, The seton Of the Wings upon these subjects will be
such that their fate at the next election will be certain
and inevitable notwithstanding the best system OF or
rsn,zaiiun they can devise and execute.
We ha We seldom known il 10 fail that the Democracy
is triumphant when the whole people out and vote
The election in the State, IN November, lSaO wi
operate by the interests which will be involved In the
contest bring out the whole strength OF both parties
al the polls We shall then have to elect Represents
tive to Congress- three electors of President and Vice
President Senators and Representatives 10 the Legisa
,ute aud Sheriff Register of Deeds, &c, in most Of
the counties of this State This will call out the full
strength of both parties and enable the Democratic par
ly # wise in It's organzaton to reinstae itself IN
permanent ascendancy in the State
Detroit Free Press, .NoU. IL.
CRY BEoorrES YEoaAsRY National intelli
genc-Is Bank employed correspondent says in relation
TO the late election:
.'rhe interior OF the State its yeomanry and lis allies
are now see, for the third time, firm against MIR
Van Buren, II his friends set up shout of gains
they set up ase shout The tickle city Of New York
has the Van Buren side uppemost and The whole change
in the Assembly in the ID here The agriculture
trade in the interior never opposed Var
Burerism Wherever there have been close contests
the majority Of them show Wing gains. The line o
Wing counties the Hudson is indexIbe. The Yves
is more than Wing"
We shall take pains to show from the official returns
that 'he shout OF gains to Democracy Is not false
shcut" From this authentic j, will be seen tha
so far from ibe yeomany of the interior OF the State
having shown themselves "a third time as firm agains
Van Buren, as ever the othe counties would have
given large majority TO the Democrats, but for thu
Wing majortes OF the cities Of Syracuse Troy Albany
and Hudson Al all these points nonresdens, concen
a,ed by subscriptions ofmoney BY the Federal par