Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-08
TO TIE EDITOR OF TIE ENQUIRER
Nagshalls majority

Marshalls majority 60
From ihls you perceive, that Lunenburg still lead.
to victory under the banner Of Democracy though the
Wings have repeatedly boosted that as our for
mer faithful representative should decline &c election
they would supply his place By Wing good pract..
cable and true" but this, like the thousand pred ctons
cmanattng from The party, has failed be .al.
filled. Thcy had declared heretofore that their
would be emnenr successful here if the influence Of
some fer could be- exercised in the canvass The
loss of gentlemans influence they especially Ia
m"ntod. And will you not be surprised when | tell
you that thcir candidate this spring the son Of ihs
very gentleman whose influence all they wished
for TO raise NhGgery IRON the dust: les sir, al fc.
bruary Court, Thomas Adams, Jr. was formally
nounced as the Wing candidate, aud the nomination
met the cordial appreciation, nay, might amos; say,
the noisy applause Of the party. Hhggtry long aSp.
lrttcd Bhg"'Fy reSuscItaed almost from the grave,
rose up bnoyant with hope III confident expectation Of
success In Imagination, victory had already perchrd
/ upon their standard. They ready 10 excian,,
j N"s l. thu " inter Of our discomfort
Made clui!uu> by this n lcrL--
And ali the cloaI which low 'ri upon our house
lnthc deep ho>'Mu Of the ocean buried
! And TO SUCH Boosting, OF the Democracy could
very ap,ly reply, IN the language OF Scoa's rustic
bard
To >ac ourselves a tlirTs sac
II wad irar mont" biundcr IRE"
And foolish notion
For mark this fact, tand Wings especially mark IT,
that the Democracy have beaten farther this spring,
i
Notwithstanding they boosted Of having their
lcnted strongest and consequently Graiiabie
in the field, the death-knel Of Whlggery has been
sounded in Lunenbnrg and IN charity, We would be.
speak electoral brother 10 chaun ITS requiem at The
grave.
MIR. Editor. this has been 4 contest Of more than
usual interest The Wing candidate hoi>tcd high III"
flag oi Harrison at the hastings, and dealt III bold de-
munca'ions Of the present Administration. Yes, siT
every thing was iuumeG before III" people winch could
b. possibility increase Wing capital. Even tic Sand
ing .irHg stood armed and accoutrcd with the FTc-i.
dent at their head to wrest their liberty from the hands
of the people But this spay of Wing cl0aucncr aud
+ augmentation wholly lost, when DR.. Marshall va
heard IN triumphant vndlcation Of Mr.. Van Buren, and
the measures Of his Administration. lie lcit argm.
mcnl unanswered no hunbug eNposed and the over.
whelmIng minority which crowns hs election strongly
tcstifes TO the fact He who was introduced INTO the
Wing columns last Spring, ''young scion of Loco
FocoISm has gwen the Wings and old FeGeraliss
combined. a complete San JacInto drubbng. The
mighty influence of the ":sLtn bnle Yeornan yss
brought to bear us, coming rs II dd, recommended
and patronzed BY a Wing Caucus But all, all would
not do! The handwriting was already upon the wall
Notwithstanding the many influences which vera
brought to the aid Of tn" Wings, there IS one thing
which operated their disadvantage" that Is, that the
old Federasts with whom they have coaesccd, could
not conceal the contempt with which they have ever
looked upon the Democracy OF the country One went
even 50 far say, that the people of LunenOrg T'Ft
I Democrats for 1ram Of scmSt Democrats OF Lunen-
burg, look well al tins and say, whether you can ever
support the candidate OF party, of whose lead
ing men scorn YOU, while IN the very act Of knecng
for your su,iragrs Say 10 the Wing party proper, II
YOU ever expect to receive votes you mutt come
ont from among those old Fcdcra!'sS Of J. e Adam"
memory who have ever dIstrus"d the capacity OF The
people for sclt.goreruGnent. Tell them that with al!
your ob,uscncss OF intellect you have mind enough -
comprehend an insult your abilities, and spirit
enough to resent it, Now. Mr.. Editor II !oa should
any pitiuI account of,c election IN tn" ''N g,
explaining the OF their defeat and claiming the
county for HARRISON in the fall rest assured that Ia"
want Of the only good reason that can be gwen,
and that the F,dtrGi iJOtttOn pr0.sdrcry RrHbit"3t
candidate will be left farther behind III the fall than
his worthy friend and advocate has been tins spring
And II in future you should hear any Wing lay clan.
70 Lunenburg, set II down as Wing tact, rt2 ban
faced assertion.
a DEMOCRAT OF LUNENBuRG
April 29,h, l-+0.
KING GEORGE COUNTY
/ s.kIsu GEORGE, April q:
! Il am sorry Smith could not reclaim this county
from the dominion of the Wings, county which his
farther and uncles have often represented lie
all he could well do, circumstances considered When
N Richmond At the Convention, he vas hurried home
10 witness the last nomrnts Of beloved aud aiiccuna;r
wiis-he confined or weeks after her death,
which left hun but week or two TO canvass and see
the people He was, for tune, anxious 10 drc!ra" u
altogether bu, the idea ho1ed al BIZ his fricnas--
After deal Of difficulty, lie entered his duties and
with such success that he hazards nothing chad ,hrec
weeks more been allowed HIM IN saying that he should
have been returned. Tayloe got 100 votes-whn a.
few of ait ne could have gotten under any cIrcGnstan
ces and they (say 4 Smiths particular friends T"!a-
tons s. 20, l26. only !. Of about - foreign votes
tha, might have CONC to the polls, not less than -
having sta id away, who belonged 10 The county In
the fall should all our friends b. active, VIII Civ"
Van ma; ri'y, If the Feds don, look sharp Sevcra!
voted against $ Out OF personal feeling who then viii
vote for him
Cheering from Mc H,srtrom Harrison, froa. .Noao.-
naiiu and .3UcghHRY, frtc.irsd BIZ one anal.
;, HARRISON COUNTY.
Williamson CocsIy April y.
The Election is The returns have all coG!2
in, and the vote stands thus
For Lee, ln-l
Armstrong, 176
shInn, 90
kincheoe III
"Ihere were two Wing candidates, bat Inc party
would 90 for them generally consequently they
celred but very few votes i was evidently the 90.
Jet of the Wing party, with the exception OF ie" Of
the honest part, defeat Lee and Armstrong, by
indirectly supporting Shinn and nchcloe. The grrH.
Wing blast was blowa oil at March Cour': that L."
and Armstrong had committed an unpnrd@n"blr SIN BY
voting for J,dge Mason in preference 10 JOAN AlI
for ,!.e T. :. Scnat". Shinn and kinchcloe did
saw publicly, that if they had been members, they
would have voted for Judge Allen for the Senate
thev attacked Lee and Armstrong wherever they went,
| for voting for Judge nason They brought up ;hs
! Objectionable coarse that he took in the late Convc.-
ton. Their object was TO render them as odious with
The Wing party possible and thereby receive their
votes, which they did, With the exception Of the mos,
respectable part
The people here VIII give decided majority fcr Van
Buren, IN tie Fall. The statements mad" by the Wings
that there are great changes here tor Harrison,
false a. any thing that thu human niGG conc":""
The Democrats herr n the finest spirits that na:.
ever seen them The Wings have usual halio.ec
again before they get out OF the woods The Isolaa