Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1840-05-07

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Predictions Of fAs Richmond Enquirer.
-Ths resuh The Richmond Enquirer.
OF Tuesday. has is anticipated editorial
speeolaiions and remarks with regard 10
the Virginia Elections. The Enquirer Is
looked to by the uneer,sir as guide. BY
the depending as consolation, by the
sanguine rs spurto their imaginations.
We read its usual election article, there.
fore. with some curiosity. TO see what IL
could say 10 meet the wishes and hopes
OF those Whose oracle u is.
Will our readers believe itl Behold. II
is the cry Of merit fill For the las, two
or three years il has been. salt till nsrf
spring, Now. il is. wait Till neIf full
Very well. we shall wait. Bot mark H.,
when next fall comes, ii will be, "wait
till Gen, Harrison's tenn is outl"
But hear the Enquirer-
AS at present advised, we have no hesitation
IN giving II rs our opinion that the Wings have
carried a majority Of The Legislature. That the
Van BURN party will carry IL IhiS Pail. We do
not entertain doabt."
And again
"Tsey may then carry the State this Spring.
Our friends in different Counties. who might no,
have been aware Of the activity Of their oppo-
nsnis and the extensive machinery which they
played OF, may have been deceived in their spe.
eulaiions. and thus msled ourselves. but The
mischief VIII now be corrected. The ''sober, Sc
e0nd thought" will prevail"
And again
various letters inform u.s. thar several Van
Buren, voters have gone for Wing candidates,
who viii never consent 10 vote for Harrison
The Presidential election viii call most OF this
vote out, and on the right side. Add TO this, The
loss which the Wings must sustain in their dou-
bic. and treble and quaerupie yoies-and we
shall carry the State IN November by an over
wheimins majority" &c, &c, &c.
We have but > word or two 10 say TO
oil this. During the recent canvass,
the Enquirer ieemed twice every week,
with letiers and statements, giving the
most confident assurances that the adminiSira-
ton would carry the State this spring, fore and
an. II was confidently said hath Wings would
be blown out Of wafer. II Dragging, boss ting,
and aSeyeraiing could have done anything, the
game would have been up. II will be recoleei-
ed that, astoniShed at these bold and continued
declarations, we asked the Enquirer, in the sim
piiciiy OF our hearts, .'If II really believed all il
published" To this, the editor OF that paper
made ppIy, that he certainly only stated what
he beleyed-plumed himself over Us, on his
experience anu knowleogc OF me political Scnti-
mentS Of the State, and reiterated his predictions
Of Waterloo delea. OF the wings in the Spring.
Every where, in the valley, on The shores of the
hay, in the heart OF the Siale-oA the Mountain
iop-along the ohio-lhe Van Buren, Gag was
10 wave in triumph, aud Virginia was to range
aloEg side OF New Hampshire IN devotion TO
the Federal Executive. WELL the Spring time
has come and the election has pasSed-snd with
all The superior judgment and experience Of our
friend-to which We Iefer-what Is the result ;
Why, that the Richmond Enquirer was wrong,
and The Alexandria Gazette was Tight We did
not shout, nor boast, nor brag, nor predict, in
favor Of the Wings Nay, we had our misgiv-
ings; but We relied. as We said upon the man
iy Independence the Virginia character, and
would not miS,rusi that, until the facts should
prove that We we're mistaken. Even ii maio-
riiy Of the Legislature should be administration,
the Enquirer would be proven TO be an erring
guide and false prophet Il promised 10 iis
party, r.is Spring, complete sweeping victory.
Its promise is eAgG. ItPromises to its party, a
complete, sweeping victory next fall. Its pro-
mise viii! DC riBd.