Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-06-03


The Wings were sadly dsplried after the day of
election and no WONDER considering thcu previous
ardent hopes and high OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
Borough never dreamed Of defeat. positive were
the assurances they had received from friends who
were supposed 10 know, that ell would be well and
thai The maJorItlcs IN The four Wig Counties To-
erlhef with what The Borough could give would
exceed the utmost strength Of he SIM lie county of OF
Night, and elect ther candidate by handsome
onty. Aud taking II for granted. that The Wings
through the district were alen * perseverng as
themselves they thought they could not err in their
anticipation Of decisive victory. They had thus ar
gurd the mscvcs lntn belle, IN their ivunerablIl-
", urt the fatal denslon VAS removed by the
touudE Intelligence OF the detection IN Princess An
ne, ard the smallness of the majority IN Norfolk
County, which proclaimed, with uucrrug certainly,
The ulmuph ii their opponents IN the Congressional
canvass. The vote of Princes Anne lndrtd d. passes
all sober calculations; we unly account fur II by
surprising that ii this, al all othef Congress Ional
elections ~ that County, the people took more
and abiding interest in the contest for delegates
than in that for member Of Congress. For this rea-
son it was, that the Administration parry waged
even more active war against Mr., Roberts, the
Wing candidate FOR the Assembly, during the can
vass han Dr. Mallory. They $40 ped nothing.
however dscredtable 10 prejudice the minds OF the
people against hun The grosscst ictions were pro-
pagated to his disadvantage aud even Yates which
rs wise and liberal Statesman lie was bound give
III duty TO his constituents, were perverted TO his IN
jury. One OF these votes was for ra road from
New River To the Tennessee Inc. "a link OF the
South W cSlein commuh 'calon) and lis cousiItu-
cuts were admonshed by his opponents thai IT was
a vote which would call Tor the raising of two
millions by lax on Them. 1t thus that the
minds OF the people were TO great extent poison
Ell against lam, while the fortunes # the Wing
+ titdiIr iut Congress were arIuly CuntrIvcd be
ldenuhed with hls appeared IN The sequel. Tie
iea OF being aNed prevailed over all othrr arguments
aud mems mlnds were not left 10 draw the distinc-
lon between Inn who had the power to impose 4
lax, and hm Who dad not, and coul,l not have such
a power The Wings, IN he mean time, appear to
have Icit the field enuy open To thei, opponents
IN these" hbnfs III love, contenltug Themselves with
the idle calculation, HAT wh1irvrr might be the fe
oi Roberts all who voted tor Mallory two years ago.
all VINO voted loi Why candidates before would
certainly do 80 again. Ii was thus perfectly easy
10 make ont list Of some four 1--we hundred We
iets II to publish them but II was quite different
thing to secure their votes for Mallory. Ga the
ohtr hand thclr opponents NJ who's, 800" men IN
bnckram, amused ourselves kept dark" they knew
that they bad secured Coody number OF ihosa up
an whom the Wings counted. and mhusc names bad
appeared IN The published Isr OF their Committee oil
oil '@Iance-but they took good To come
on with lhrm. though repeatedly challenged by the
w hugs To do so, UNI the day of elccnnn.
As an instance Of The dl>repuinble means resorted
10 BY the loco incos,-a plan, unleeted no
had always ,oted on the Wing side before, voted
tins time Tor lloieman, and gave his reason Iha
he bad been told by Mr. -, that DR.. Mallory was
an abotIonlsl, because he was for Henry CLAW WHO
was muoh of aboluionst thar he carried all I,ls
SLAVES to New York and made them vote down the
democratic party IN that State Indeed, our opo-
ntnis carlIed their point by system OF fraud and
desceI ilon, which IN 9th circumstances would have
subjected ll,e workers OF II nnal Prosecutions
hr panic about the taxes, dIssem iuatrd ~ hau-
bills IN every hole aud OF the county, by The
SC nts Of HE party who made the creduIous believe
by the'r positive assertions, that the staunchesi aud
most inluemI Wings had been much alarmed
al the Votes OF Nj. Roberts TO tax them, that they bad
left lher party aud determined to vote Tor and to use
all then u1uence 10 elect, democ the andldates
The consequence Of these atrocious decepiIons was
that nearly one hundred wing votes were cast Tor
Holleman. and seventy five il is ascertaied who IN.
! tended TO vote FOR Mallory, remsined AT home.
Those, who have furnished us with these develop
ments, de- not hesitate declare, that Mr.. HOLE.
iah election IN the district Is entirely owing the
gross umposons practised on the ueople OF Princess
Anne by the enl,ssares of his parry. So late an
heHr before the election. to put OF the power
i III Tue hugs 10 counteiact their effect. Our dis
aht readers may rest assured, that there no actual
,l"iecton of the Wings IN Princess Anne The,
have been duped, and they know It-and it will on.
" make them rally in greater strength a future
occasion Indeed if the election was to go over a.
gam 10 morrow, we have not the least doubt tina,
Nallorys majority in that county would be from SO
To goo.
In the Borough the Wings did their duty they
were vsIlan', active and pe,sevet 9. 10 this, how.
ever tey ana MOI excel their opponents, who swell
led Their poll beyond any reasonable calculation tina,
iad been formed OF their strength. Indeed IN. ar
tlvty of both parties was demonstrated by the nm.
pfecedented number OF votes polled which reached
10 f2o being 30 more Than the hish hest pur,Le ey.x
gwen before 10 HE Borough. and Maloty's n,ai,,,
exceeded by one-third any previous Wing mao,,y' /
mus men, there IS Wing gain in the b orouch