Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-19
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~ 49,. 4 ,L CLg,.f Election.

TIE .Isc l"rk Cha1> Election.
THO rcs,i, ,nru IN, to BE- n; ceidrd the most IL
yolab!c returns represented il Htory is hh"m t''c'
ID Mayor hy majority e o2? hui we hfpH".,s'~
have carried l. ont ufl!c IL wardand n out OF 's'e
In,nmnn Council men Both 4 the Boards (v'z OF !
Alderman and Of lsyi>tunts) viii c,nss, Of rc Wings
and tueIrc Rrput!rcans-Repabic'n majority on l"'n'
halo Fourteen 49,,
What the " Orleans Bee nov sny which predicted
with so much certainty on the A'hDst, 'ha ''e ~"
mi os tor 2ar'y wusril"C,unly uSd up -tEn q! 'hf
zeal and tact ard toll mus give vay brio'" Tie GF''r
,n,nr, e.fo, Of the Wing phaIinx, nd that faran VIZ
hp beaten by treble tue 0Uty I" Ap'Ii last An"
the alusi"g too, which assigns or l'iS 'n'''
bic calculation! SnCh that 'rc', 10" h'ad a""
from, % IL" variable Loco FncGs-hr genuine type OF
modern Dcmocracy who regarded as most able
and ef:cienl eecticncrrng brawler has aconiinPniy
abandoned his long tried and wei! approved ir'"oi
neither the iLurnce uf his drcaGlnry e!"gncnce nor
the irresistible arguments Of his nrs,, amply lined % IL
v.as ui,h th, puoired OF tie p""re, VIII o.
there 10 seGre the wavCring and purchase tn" market
able &c &c " hat will he Bee nov sny-"hen
after Price is con" IF with his purse au' alter Nil The
ppryersions Of Wlsrs Committee Ut Investigations
! he Reuuhlcan party have swept lh. Wings ~ lie Wy
Of New York: What will i, also say Of It's arrogant
beast tina. the friends If !he Administrator a7e been
Shattered 10 fragments: ...
Well then mey sc rejoice. when We hear su'h SHOWS
raised al distance, III boasiiu! anicpa'i"nS 81 h'H
,riumvh in y York. What mazameHt Will Come upon
them when thsy NE toj, that rot only DID 40" N"y"r
Clark walk over the bu1 that a'irr h'- parry
bo. made the mast violent cxelons. after they had re-
sorted staoge IN their power, lie Is ".ad"csu
on the cnrTS,:
JLa WLIc, are now az busy in Gay:sng me ans 20 CO.
yer their defeat, they active IN secnf;ng The VIC
tori The New York American insists upon, II that The
wings owr their defeat 10 'impo':sd rct's-Ef"IterS
ro.es- roiss ci1tm and oecr agaiG! HE HiOOe
repels tbs solution al once:
.How (saysthe GIohc) can tie Nrw York American
svppnsc that The people Of The L. can be- imposed on
by such an unsupported assertion. iIh k""wedsr 9" III
lie circumstances: TIE higs had absolute power al III"
pols m Oh their c"nsabuary OTce-they had absolute
ctral Of the voting through their judges and inspectors
and they had universal knowledge Of The voters in
each ward through active and interested police, O.
rected hy cn actrc and interested NAY "' mas no.
thing on earth ,orrcommend him 10 any party bat ms
adrll, busy. arymg. pushing temper. Lilo" coGiu oau
vrs 10 any ,',n be imposed party 50 guarded ana
so interested and with The ballot boxes III ;ieiF own ans
-Arain as IN mpOritd rctts what party had me
means % importing great importing mefI"i"'7 "'i1
great pii13sS. aud the city government power VIZ"
The pubic works tn furnish home tor c'Sy Conner; OF
IN. Loco Fuaus wI!huu; money, without ITlsure, ana
vLeni erlo.uyraeil 10 nyilr strangers, or give them
In, scub,r Of business and residence. To enable
them 10 palm imported votes upon he vi2iiaHt chAeh'
gers nr the PARTISAN Judges Of the hugs commanding
the nccess TO ;he ballot bos We The hE presses
SIM an QUERY about The cIpnIznS Of wares oy
tie Democrats. and vet they admit that II was The UNI
ver.G practice Of their own party, wherever any lhn9
was 10 be gained b. it, II there vas any 'hIng wrong
in this change Of PLACE il the legal voters "l the cy ~h"
are 10 blame tor II: Did not the Wing party Begin TINS
prsc,cr and nnd-r the decision Of ih. judges oi
rieci;,u. And # the Ggss, whose decision Is cnncIn-
svc authorize TINS on The part OF their own
friends oyg dare they condemn It On IN" part !" others
who act under the sanction OF such Geciaoh ahd pre-
ceG, nj:
The Editor of the Philadelphia % Evening Star ac
counts Tor the Wing defeat upon another hyPo!n'sis-
is Editor ar. puts his paper IN mourning; and declares
that duf!og editorial and active political career Oh
more than ten years liz has never taken up his pen 10
announce Il returns Of election with greater PAIN
and chagin ,an he does 10 explain the can,'s oil
tic Ia,e rorlt in New York And what IL this inthty
cause: ~ less, Raider. than that The Wings Oh IN"
line canddac Of tie party ard hist gu, of n.i the able
Whg journal; of that city, not has been found bud
enough ~ proclaim lis preference Tor Grn Harrison,
whisper doubt Of Mr. Clnys nnlIibIiIIy n man
or candidate" We leave 1t 10 Mr. Cay's friends to
answer hi. Argument, as they The n York EX
pesS hits tn nail more accurately thu head when it
says The rtg cause OF 1t is, that the enemy -o
woes into the Ballot Boxes than friends GOT IN We
should have been beaten IN the way have been with
Any man. We PASS The reasons by which the Elk.
press exp1ins Tie phennnenon in question, VIZ. WY
the Krpablcnns got votes into the ballot bnx than
In" Wings. BE- It grateful Office 10 cnngrau
aic friends upoa the glorious triumph which they
have achieved; point Ou OF the Numerous Ubsla
ces which friends had II encounter, and To specify
of the fruits winch they expect - reap if"i their
victory. The following article III The Globe and the
suhst Guenl letter fom New YORK SEXES upon many Of
the sIiong points in the cage:
"Ine Ing.nCibs power Of principle never So tho
roughly DEMONSTRATED in the late e!ecInn IN The cry
Of New York. Every extraordinary Influence which
connr.ct the tree operation OF The o:isrli impulse
oil our political institutions, brought to bear rpun
shs election. The money power, III every form, was
afrayed against Democratic justice. ilr. Tdmadgc
his lae speech in The city, held out to the great capt.
aIisis of the great emporium absolute monopoly IL
the command Of The currency, exchanges, and banking
power of the whole Union 10 b. comprised by great
machine erected under the general banking law. and
Grfa dnG lis branches into every State. This
privileged power, sealed at what Mr. TaEadgc por
rayed The London Of America, sup.fsede SIR
BddIt s"a. in Philadelphia, and give the law 10 trade
fix the prices OF conmodlti"s-iurnish the medium
OF pnrchasPs-and Command The GIBBS and flows in the
COMMERCIAL world on this side the Atlantic, the
rPy power IN London does the other This trident
was The prize which Mr.. IaIlmatge, warm from the
carcusss of Federal Whigge1y at Washington, wc5 in
haste to tender 10 The fair city The result OF tie great
ment ITSELF with all lis vast patronage and power fully
appreciated bccaus! fniiy rxericd ard jUyeG pre-
sent possrsSon, was another strong excitement to inor
dnate effort, and placed the the hands Of those
who hrldl line thousands o lab0ssrs employed by it
the thousands Of paupers ibsd rather than ,d by the
double taxes exaccd from the steady industry the c!ty
drew together fearful array against the Democracy
hen there was the police officers and cuGsabuary irce
|" a's"i ana iead up hs power 10 lie polls and all The
recruits from adjoining States, whose ballots could he
Struggled N through The wiling Wing inspectors and
Judges. The great Federal merchants TOO, eser,ed all
hrIr command over The rE'aDrrs in their empoymeIt
md yet nakedhunGed RsPubcanisni, the unconqu, "a
bic spirit OF freedom, Prerrrng The assertion Of popular
rights 10 all considerations %! present ease convenience
nterest-to every temptation of pride avarce-has
most s!orously and honoraby redeemed the great CITY
II the Union from the sordid prostitution in The embrace
d! which j, had sunk.
"What comment does this conduct Of the people Of
he city of New York make The nquisi,ion sent by
ecIet ballot OF The Wings and Conservatives in the House
1t Representatives,, 10 turn the great drIacutinn in The
ustom hous- OF that city against the President The
Gquison OF Messrs. Wise and Co endca vored TO fix
he crime of Messs. Swartwout and associates on the
administration. The people O! New York knew that all
II the public money purloined by Dir SwartwGut and
pped 10 polIca! uses, had enured to the bene al The
opposition. They called on Mn Swarlwouts officers.