Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-31


Unfortunate ar,hmecians that they are Do they no.
see, that 10 carry SubTreasury Delegate is not 10
cure Wing or Wing Conservative! Little Tennes
zee still stands fasand we believe her Delegates will
stand by her They will not here 10 vote with The
Wings for Senator, who openly throws himself into
the arms of the Wings, and who by the LIST Monday Of
December next will be known for what he is; and forced
by the Wings themselves 10 take parl-decdrdy one
way or The Utier. lie cannot mask of mystery
much longer
We have already the most brilliant victories; and
we shall The State from Wh,gs aud the Wing
Cnnsrr vares MIR RYes chance is gone tie cannot
hr elected Senator of The u S.-uor Wing. lie
may be dsudsd by his deceptive hnprs the hasty
hurrahs OF the Wing from supposed victory in one or
two counties. But It will prove dust and ashes in his
hands He is only half way in his difficulties: but
more awful trial is GINNING upon him.
Mr. Leigh letter is lifting Up curtain Upon
and trying scent of the eyeniiui drama.-We have not
lost The Stae-and we cannot lose it-Ths s our de.
cidrd impression. The fog will soon blow away; and
oil i'll be right.
Take, however, the views which the Wings them
selves take Of Il We will reasun upon them, by way
Of argument 1t only be nj the NEXT session. as 1t
was st the lasl-whllst the Wings aud The Conserva.
tlves have each become much weaker, ard the Demn.
Gratis much stronger Than they According Ia their
hypothesis the Consei vatiyes The hand and the
lmpractcable Wings on the other. may hold the ba
lance The Senatorial Election Stale The Admnisra
ton vote in the House above at ia and Ia in the Sc
but 3d. and 50 the halfn the Legislature in
ininl ballot Unless therefore, call in elements
n calculation, they would want vote 10 divide the
Legislature and 2 10 cast the majority SLATE the Wing
vote ALSO al % in the House aud II in the Senate and II
amounts only To 75The Conservatives agreeably 10 the
preceding hypothesis, will number in the House Tin
GLIDING Grayson) and in The Senate, in a-and Po..
cahontas. doubtful.
According these elements therefore, the fate Of The
election would be The hands Of the Conse rva,ives,
and The Impracticable Whgs-S of The former (nsead
Of H. as they at the last session and about
equal number of The latter, as Messrs Bayly and Crop
per of Aecomack, Gilmer and Southa Of Albemarle,
Lormer Of Essex, Smith Of Gloucester, Allyn Of Nor
folk, CraAiord and Gregory and Walker) Mr.. Rives
position would than be ihs-the most painful, and EN-.
barassng position, in which any politician can possibly.
be placed. Most of these inpraccable Wings will ne
yer vote for Mr. Rives unless he out at-footed
and boldly against Mr. v. Buren-and almost
tan that the of them Who cannot De popIia
ted by such concession. They have too much re
gard for their consistency and party lay their 20
votes at The feet of only members But, It he does
emerge from The mystery in which he is shrnudrd-and,
in pursuance Of The requsuns of Mr. Leigh and his
friends, al stands forth with MIR Tallmadge, and pro.
claims uncompronising hostility 10 The election OF
Martin Van Buren, If he thus throws himself into
the arms of The Wings and of Henry Clay, does any
believe that the Conservatives SO called will 60
with him. Will such urn as Crutchheld, OF Spoltsyl'
vnnio, who has declared himself for Van Buren,; OF
Payne Of Fuvanna who declared lavoraby 10 Gordon;
or John L Anderson, who has uniformly abhorred the
herrsies and pretensIons Of Henry Clay; or Good,
the Senator from OHIO, whose Constituents have
lately gone with such futce in favor Of The Admit
ns,rntion-.will such men these ever vote 10,
Wing Senator or tor Mr.. Rvcs, when he buddy joins
the Wing banner? Never -Senn,or Funtaine may
still cling Mr. Rives unless he be instructed Other
wise by his conslituents-but these gentlemen never
and never sill. True, have many prodgies
lately exhibited, many revolutions of opinion, which
calculated 10 ssre the most extraordinary sugaciy
but such phenomenon as this can never occur Leonly
of these gentlemen refuse 10 "snk or swim with Mr.
kIves let them only refuse sacrifice their principles
furh his Otiun:a ne
Clay, must be defeated The superstition indeed
mnnsirous TO be entertained that Anderson and Good,
and Cru,chrd and Payue, &c &c will adhere IN any
man. who would directly aspire TO raise himself upon
the ruins Of The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 declare himself
in favor of Henry Clay We will not insult them by
any such suppos,on- But If they capable Of
such sposacy have little doubt, that there are 10
be found mprsclicabe FRA State Rights Wings enough
in the Legislature to forbid The banns and defea! The
consummaiion.
Such are The present view Tint take Of the rela
lions Of the political parties We pass for The pre-
sent The other elements which are probably destined to
enter into the calculation before the lsl Monday of De-
cember-such as the Instructions which may be given
the Sna,os Of Hanover, and the Delegate Of Amelia,
&c DC the direct issue which must be- made between
Mr. Van Buren, and MIR Clay, other Wing
didae--thr great strength which the Republican cause
hos Obtained Virginia, and every day acquiring here
and else where
The Republican party mus, succeed MIR v. Buren,
is as certain 10 obtain The Of Virginia. that there
is q Sun in the armament. Let Mr.. Rlves lake Mr..
Leigh counsel and come out at against him, and
j, will be 10 vain Let The issue be made when may,
between Martin Van Buren,, and a Whig-between
strict and atiiudnous cionsta candidate who
is the champion of 50 Million Bank, OF protective
Tariff and Internal imprnvrmrns-snd one Who Is OPP
posed 10 ihem-between "a Northern man with South
ern feelings, and Ga Southern man with Northern feel.
inps" and there be no mistake about Virginia.
SENATE VIRGINIA
Whilst have guriously gained IN the house OF
Delegates we have lost in the Sencte-viz in the
Districts Of Albrmare and Caroline lin the latter we
were unfortunate enough 10 lose Mr. Stafford II Parker
A, our candidate he being elected Register Of the Land
Ofhce-Mr Garrett gas brought out very laie' whilst
Mr. Thornton the Wing candidate, had been long time
in the feld OF the 10 Senators who were elected this
Spring, we have carried moiety, viz:
y4dministratien. Rh'gs
Nosh Of Powhalan. Thornton OF Caroline
HINTON Of Fuuouer Campbell Of Bedford
PiI,m.n (probably) in Page Cooke Of Albemarle.
District Peyton Of Augusta.
Wiley Of Monon gala, and j. Lyons of Richmond, 10
A Atkinson 10 supply The place of Grn' Harvie,
vacancy created by resg- resigned
nation of Mr. Hoienan.
The Republicans still have majority Of in the Sc
nate.
John W Nash re elected by about AZ majority over
R. w. FIournoy {Whg) The polls were kept open al
the gainesville District in Amelia, aud closed at the
other precincts.
MEMBERS OF CoxGREss ELECTED.
Uhip administration.
aenry A. wise, John "; Jones,
John Hill, Joel Holeman,
John NJ Bolts, Francis RiVes
Charles F. Mercer, Geo Dromgoole,
VIM L Goegn (probably0 Linn Banks,
J,hn Taiaiefro Waller Coles
VIM Lucas,
Robert Craig,