Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-19
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
BARREN VICTORY FOR THE FEDS.


The Feds do not venture 10 dissect their tri-
umph in this State and consider it in the detail.
1t is such triumph as would not survive such an
operation. 1t is the most barren victory that ever
,, a party won. Batting the electoral VOTE obtain.
ed by few hundreds, which is Of no profit to
them whatever it is in all respects, signal and
disastrous overthrow. The shrewd men oil the par
~ regard it in this light, and accordingly look 10
the future with horror for succession Of accumu.
lated woes. They see that four OF their Congress
sional districts (the Norfolk Augusta, FredeIicK,
and Greenbrier,) have been carried by heavy ma.
jorities against them-and that three others 1.-THE
Pittsylvamia, Harrison, and Wheeling) have been
saved, il saved at all, BY bare majority. The
Wings will sweep all seven next spring, in add
ton to the eight which they already have-lhus
giving them Is at least Of the 81 members from
this State.
But the loss of members Of Congress is not the
least CALLING conviction, by half, which the late
election has forced upon the minds Of our Federal
contemporaries. That election settles the mpor-
tant point that the Wings have the indsputable
ascendancy in the Legislature, which will be still
farther increased in the spring. The Wigs at
the las, spring elections, elected majority oil the
House oil Delegates. At the late election, coun-
ties sending 10 Wings and 10 Feds changed
front, and gave majorities dfferent from what they
gave in April. There is no doubt but that the
Wings will, in-April next, carry every county in
which they have Just Obtained ma ority-Din-
widdie, Southampton, Montgomery, CabeIl, Fred.
erick. &C., are of this class. This seems to be
generally conceded. But the case is very different
with the Wing counties, which this fall gave small
Van Buren, mai0lites. There is scarcely one Of
them, in which the Wings will not be able 10 re-
elect the Wing members Petersburg, Powhalan,
| Hanover, Spottsylvana. Marshall, &c are all
safe and certain for the Wings But besides these,
there are several Van Buren, counties OF long
standing as Bath, Smith, Russell, &C., which
have given the last Federal majorties, they will
during the present generation. The honest Peo'
pie Of those counties, as in various others in the
State, when they come TO see the IalsehoodS which
have been propagated against General HARRISON
will repudiate with exercraton the demagogues by
whom they have been misled.
| The certainty that the State Councils will contln-
ue opposed TO the Federalism Of the day-that
Governors and Councillors, and Senators 10 be
cleo ted for four years TO come, will be Wings,
dashes all the 10y Of the Feds The barren vjcto.
ry, they have Obtained. 1t is that, which sinks
the hearts OF the leaders hereabous, even more
than the election Of Gen. Harrison. The hopes
of many Of them-upon par with their capaci.
ties did not extend beyond the limits Of the State.
They would greedily devou-, TO be sure, any
crumb, which might fall from the Federal table;
but any such occurrence would be very unexpect-
ed, and would be considered piece OF singular
GOOD luck State dignities. or Federal, through
State appointment. bounded the horizon OF their
hopes. But they are "done for. "--Richmond
Wing.