Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-06-04
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VIRGINIA ELECTION

$50 tar as we have heard, the wings nave gained IN
the STATE Senate, and fallen of in The House Of Dele
gates Our present impression is however that the COM
ppxion Of The next Legislature Of the State will vary
very little from that Of the last"
The information we present below, comprising about
half The State was received before The Intel gencpr
went 10 press Most Of il had been published in Salur
days Globe aud yet Tho editor could draw inference
from bnt that he nert Legislature Ike State lo rGry
rery iuHc from Mciast!
Our readers will perceive that results, far
tanned, indicate eutire reversal of the power Of
ties in The next General Assembly. THIS body, a, the
last session. contained majority 81 20 against The AID
ministra,ioD jnint ballot A clear gam Of Is taken
from The ranks of Federalism ard added than OF the
Democracy. aunIhates the Frderal majority. Already,
in about half the State the Republican clear gain is g.
making change in "lhe cUmpe1iun" of the next lie
sisIalure OF 10 votes We consider the undoubted DE
m"croc character Of the portion of Virginia 10 be heard
FROM perfect guaranty that the change OF votes neces
sary 10 secure the ascendsncy OF the Democratic party
will be obtained. The sections of The State from which
returns have been received, the only points where
Conservatism and Federalism could bring lhr tactics
bear successfully, viz the Richmond neghborhood aud
Abenarle district. There, and there only have the
Opposition advanced and by The most extraordinary
means and fortunate circumstances made lilile head
way There has been general collapse Of their sire Myth
with the people in every other section from which
have had news
The results near Richmond and in tho Abe ma rle dis
irct when scanned show that even the these
points achieved by tie mgjority Of the people,
The counties around Richmond were carried by Rich
mond votes, in virtue of multiplied and in many cases
manufactured lreehnlds-gIvng to one individual sort
of ubiquy us voter and enabling him 10 vote in many
countles during The three days polling. Mr.. Richie
cited instance Of small tract Of land IIenrico
being split up into twenty FIVE freeholds, and every
splinter comforting right OF smffrage for The cOun
" some Wing who had before voted in the city =
The neighboring town Of Petersburg nnt d with Rich
Inond in this manufacture Of sufiragrs Tor adjoining
countless and young cavalier just from The field Of &C.
ton, boasled in this city, OF his exploits in This
mode of riding ughshod the rights OF the people.
The following note, received from gentleman If high
responsibility and responsibility, will show how the
paign around Richmond prosecuted by the Wing
hotspurs of Richmond and Petersburg:
"a young by the OF Davis from Petersburg, the
voted the Wing ckc, different places lie stated, also,
that carriages kept uEniuS filled with Tie ka
voters. Two horses were Killed III the exefions Of the Wings
multiply their times uf votius.n
In AbemarIe (ar Rlvps's county, the Federal Tao.
Tics reversed Mr. Gordon, the Democratic can
ddu;r having once oppusrd The Administration, and
Mr. Garland taking the ground OF absolute non.com-
malIsm 10 The President, the great vi the Re-
publicans were easily induced (becau>e they had not
mnde up their MINDS how To choose) 10 stay from The
poils ;, Of the ardent came forward and voted
ior Mr. Gordon. who had frankly avowed himseffo Mr..
Van Buren, but the great mass of The Republicans re.
ynli al any hrg that looks like bartsfing transfer Of
their suftages upon mere political calculations, without
regard 10 persons principles They had declared
Ni "
they doubt considered that he had erird from
cessve zeal in n career which had much in il 10 re-
ctnce them to him on his return, yet, with the stad
and flexible who take pride in their consist.
ency il required probation make their support
of Mr. Gordon proper IN their eyes These cons.
deralions kept them from The polls.
The Frderallsts, on The contrary, as Mr. JEFFERSON
says, moved "in phaanz and at HE o0rd Of command"
They went over in body 10 Mr.. GARLAED. We do
not mike this statement speculation II is clear from
pDlls of bet
in their snrages The county gives between thirteen
and fourteen hundred votes The whole vote, Except
precincts he ard from, which will not add proba.
by hundred and fifty 10 the poll given in The
Cha loilesville paper, is 454
On this state Of the cnse, The Charlottesville Advocate
thorough going Wing, says:
"The probably the smallest thai has been taken
in the county Tor many years and we believe affords no
ground 10 estimate The strength Of parties"
This il thus explains:
'.1he principal Of the apathy in this county,
the want of county oPp"s,inn and The circumstance
Of General Gordon and Major Garland having changed
aspects :
The Wing Advocate, speaking of the friends Of The
course of Administration, says:
The leaders preferred Gen Gnrdon's election, ard
generally voted for him but they could not induce The
rank and file TO 10 the polls 10 sustain them"
Then speaking of The course OF The Wings in regard
10 the two candidates, the Advocate says:
"But sooner did he Gen. Gordnn) unwhig him
self and declare his preference for Mr. Van Buren, than
his long tried and stendtnt friends set their faces against
him and however nouseous the dose might be, many
even voted for his opponent With oil his former trans.
pIessions unconfessed and una.onedfor dsregardng
personal preference, and choosing rather The candidate
who y as coming, The they considered os going
from them There are scores of men in the district
that the Wings of Abemurle would have preferred to
Major Garland. but they wanted one essential quaiica.
lion, ability Ia obtain majority OF electoral votes
Mr. G. has done pretty well lately and II be conlinurs
his opposition 10 Executive corruption, and msru!r the
~ L,ua
cally as il vas effected in dance Of official dclalun
and Executive influence = Giote.
FEDERAL FRAUDS IS ELEcTInSs.-li is remarkable
that NJ, ore State The a:e hard struggles OF Federal
ism To keep from drowning, has escaped It's fraudulent
conspiracirs against the right Of suffrage. II IS
der Fair and equal suffrage is the banefu power which
subjects the tribe of dronts who wonId b. privileged
by Government 10 live off the earnings Of Others ito
live in the sweat OF heN own face That in Vrg mia,
as in New York, New Jersey, pennsy lvania, illinois,
every where or less. they should attempt 10 cir
the fair result Of the polls, ought 10 have been
expected.
The editor of The Richmond Enquirer showed how a
piece of stery in Henrico cut up into sufragrs.
10 give that Democratic county 10 Federalism. lie
editor Of the Constellation gives another example Of
this dexierous mode OF making county to lis
miles, in despite of the majority within lis borders This
is improvement upon the Ihaddfus Sifrtnssy system.
The latter in importing votes from hlaryland 10 carry
The elc con in rennsy lvanio, relieved the Democracy
in State of The Swiss employed 10 crush us rights
10 The ether. But il will be that The votes
that gave 10 Federalism in Petersburg. were
abed make scraps vi nominal thirty dollar ireeholds
pe rform The feat in D,nwidde. This is tina n
Englands rotten borough stem There, the voters who
made the election for the borough, howe few resld
ed in the borough and The member chosen by il might
look the place he represented for the constituents by
HON he elected. But in the Of The county Of
Dinwidde i is Otherwise The czans Of Petersburg
have returned the delegate for Dinwidde and the rights
of the Democratic majority of that county ore in trans
ferrcd by the fifty PeersburGians who purchased
the power by subscription Of thirty dotlars apiece
GiObe.
from the Petersburg Constellation
The Fedealis,s Of Petersburg, Initiating the worthy
example Sc, them by their Richmond brethren, dss
patched small army Of 81 voters 10 the aid Of their
Diawidde champion The consequence is already stat
cd The people Of Dinwidds, understand, are IN
dipnant al this Interference The part OF Petersourg
and Justly 90. The fact is well known that about
THIRTY of the Federal which went from refers.
IL be lac, Twelve mun,hs out of lot OF poor land
in the county bought up and parltioned out into thirty