The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-06-19
From the Pennsylvania.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.

We are indebted to a friend IN Wash
lnsisn, thor"sghly conversnnt with the suh-
jeci Of which he speaks, for the subioinsd
Interesting letter relative To the Virginia G.
leciions u contains explan ations Of a very
satisfactory nature, which cannot fail to at
tract attention nj time when such perse-
verIng efforts are made to mi.lead the psb-
lie mind as to results in Virginia. The
writer, it will be seen, corrob.rates the state
n,ents already lald before our readers;
Correspondence Of the Pennsylranion.l
WAsHIsGrsN, June Sth, 1889.
The result Of the lnte contest in Vireinin
for members Of Congress, and for the Leg
isla,urr, is a source of as much satisfaction
To the friends of the administration, Ms the
result Ia morifying to the wings, who nre
ever given to vain boastirg and promises Of
victories never realized. In addition 10
which, they put forth from their daily press
at Richmond, all kinds Of balderdash and
misrepresentation, mixed with n deal Of
nonsense and strained wit, purporting to be
from correspondents, but from the identity
of manner and matter, and the press in
which those snllies appeared. from one and
the same person, evidently intended as rid
icule, and using disrespectful language in
reference to some of the most valuable citi-
zens Of the commonwealth. On the snme
principle, and with about the like result,
the Wings, by Misrepresentation, claim SIR
teen majority in the next Legislature. /
will explain how this deception has been
consummn.ed. In many Of the counties
the delegation from local causes, have been
changed. When The Wings could not count
upon the delegate elect as Whig, they set
him down, verbum sat, MS n conservative;
and by adding whig and conservative to-
gether, as il suits their purpose, they make
out a majority on the Uhig side Of the 9ues-
tion. They claim on the foregoing system
Of arithmetic the following ceunlies, viz -
Bath, Brooke, Grayson, Lee. Logan, Poe
nhontas, Russell, Smyib, aud Taswell,
which gave at the late Presidential Election,
for the Administration, 2,44I votes and
for the opposition whig ticket, $40 ma
jori,y 1862 votes. And yet, the election
that has just terminated in Virginia, gave
on national politics much the same result.
Will ii be believed by any candid reader,
that counties containing such n vast pre-
ponderanee Of republican voters, will ever
consent to send members to the Legislature
to misrrpresent their interests, Mt this trying
and important crisis 3? Certainly nor.
The eontrst in Virginia has been ebs,i-
nately contested by the whig party. Not
having the strength Of truth and soberness
to sustain them, they. consequently. had to
practice some little deception, to prop their
unsettled, to,teriog faith in the ancient
dominion" One more such contest and
whiggery will be put To rest in Virginia for
all time to rome. Last year, the wings md
their allies united, had "a majority on joint
hnllot this year, that ma jnriiy has been
cut dozen, annihilated and the ndminisirs-
lion has four votes Of majority to spare.
The evidence and result Of tho election, as
reported from Richmond, rs well MS my
own close observation, go far to strengthen
the opinion, that the administration will be
triumphan,ly sustained on the meeting Of
the next Legislature, by clear majority Of
four rotes on joint ballot.
Truly yours, &c.