Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-14

,,bree states, So was il in 1896; and that the people
can have an opportunity Of judging how nuch iouhua-
ton these modest journalists have tof l,,ei U ~
we publish the following extracts maze from wing
nrints in the wear alluded to, that they may be seen
along side the like kind of statements IN le4o. we
rive but few, as our space VIII moi auI'. = a;a.'y, -
we could give hundreds more OF Similar import iN'e
they are:
IA gentleman arrived here to-day, VINO fad Just oeeh
,brougb Pennsylvania, and he names the names OF those
whose authority cannot be gainsayed, and which no one
questions who knows them, who say that State IS IRE
vocably fixed for Harrison
Now mark the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, which was
oirreyocably fixed for Harrison in August, lo3o,
somehow contrived to give Van Buren, 80 electoral
votes in November following. And will do 1t again
next November.
Prophecy No. 3, is from the same paper, same month.
uLarre bets are offered to-day, august 81 that the
Hero Of the Thames, meaning Gen. HarrisonJ would
have the votes of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ono.
.The, Hero aforesaid got only the vote OF OHIO and
will not get that again! Will she, Democratic Buck
eyes of Ohio:
No. 3-very pretty-same paper.
awe are happy to learn from the National lntelr-
sencer, that the electoral vote OF LOUISIANA IS certain
against Van Buren," +.
0"The electoral vote of Louisiana 'by mistake went
for a man who is not apt TO decline answering any
questions the people think fit to ask him! Could that
have been Harrison: What say Tipps thinkers"
No. 5.-From the Albany Evening Journal OF July
Goth, 1896:
awe will concede TO Mr.. Van Buren, all that can by
possibility be obtained, and more than he is likely to re-
ceive, in the following States, viz. Maine, New lamp
shire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jcr-
sey, Virginia, Mississippi, Michigan and Arkansas.
Now i'm addition Van Buren, did shy possibility
obtain certain States called Pennsylvania, North Ca
rolina, Louisiana, Illinois, Alabama and Missouri!
No. 5.-Same paper.
uIn PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, and Indiana, the great po-
pular vote heretofore given to Gen. Jackson will now
nth on,,l ntbps,a-,p hn fakpD for General Harrison.
And almost the entire South, where opposition TO Gen.
Jackson was unavailing, is now known by actual de-
monstration to be against Van Buren,.
"Actual demonstration" demonstrated most clearly,
that unless the vote of Ohio alone composed the "whole
South and West with Pennsylvania and Indiana INTO
the bargain) Prophesy No. . was false, and Wing
like.
Next mark No. 6.-SIts rather too rich, as the boy
said ven they gin him a pork pie all made of fat. 1t
is copied from The Bangor Wing in the New York En-
press, July, iS&!;:
"Rats quitting tic Van Ga-em ship, Dozen East
The whole West will give their votes 10 the Hero OF
Tippecanoe. So will Pennsylvania, Maryland, Della
ware, Vermont, South Carolina, and in probability,
1t is also thought that Mr.. Van Buren, viii not obtain
the vote of New York. | would not be surprised if they
would give their votes to the General
No. : is s%original" with the New York Express,
July, 1876. That paper is filled daily with just such
sage and wise predictions now.
sIf we are not greatly mistaken. New York Will
throw as large a Wing majority as the Bay State
Massachusetts) herself.
The n. York Express was a leetlc 'nistaken' only
So 5000 votes. Perhaps the Express would ike TO deny
ever having made so silly a paragraph
No. Sis from the Albany Daily Advertiser, of August
10Th, 1896. Itis.in "fne keeping
"Itis well known that Pennsylvania and Ohio are If
revocablv lost to Mr.. Van Buren,
To whom was it, well KNOWN except TO a rabId
Dragging British Wing Editor, who is playing the same
game now:
No. . is almost equal to some of the "hollow tones
Of the prophetic Courier of the prcsen; day. It's
from the same paper as the last. Read It:
"The following are in fact the only States on which
Mr.. Van Buren, can place any reliance at this time
Maine, n. Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island,
% votes, and those all Federal States
What astonishing accuracy of calculation! Won
derful men aFearlcss and bold, these Wing Ed
tors-carry all before them on paper. Yes, % votes is
all Van can get! in August, lc36. But III November
!, he gets l70!! from which deduct % and III remains,
lust about double the vote of cold Tip and Just
about as near as a Wing prophet usually comes to the
truth.
No. lO.--The Daily Advertiser of 10th Aug. 1870,
sets down the following States for General Harrison,
viz: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, New Jersey, Mary
land, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, Ken
lucky, Delaware, Massachusetts,, and Vermont, 100
votes, and the following for Judge White, viz: Tonnes
see, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama,
Arkansas and Louisiana, 60 votes.
Well, that was not a bad guess! Harrison got only
Ia states OOI u -D.. hHlts only l"b-DDlH VI "il'h
Van Buren, will get next fall, besides South Carolina,
who threw away her vote in 1880.
In Nov. 1896, Mr.. Van Buren, received 40 votes,
necessary to a choice AS; Harrison received - votes,
among which were New Jersey, Ohio and Kentucky:
H.. l.. White received 81 votes, Georgia aud 1ennes-
see;) and w. p. Mangum received II votes, (Sonth
Carolinal Now no man but a Wing editor or a tenn
pcrance cider boy, will say that either Tennessee, Geor-
ria or South Carolina will 90 for Harrison. They have
no third candidate, and consequently Mr.. Van Buren,
| will receive the 81 votes thrown away before, which
added TO his former vote, make 2O5. Take OFT the
votes of Connecticut and Rhode Island, and he still
has l93 or IL more than he needs, saying nothing about
Kentucky and Massachusetts,.
We give il up-Oh Tip is elected on paper; by a
million majority! UhorrOar H!!-Hhorroar -
ouR PHosrrcrs.-Our accounts from the Country
continue TO be cheering. Every day adds to the strength
of the Republican party in this State. Old Halifax, we
are assured, will give us n larger majority than IN lc3b.
The Republicans of that County are too intelligent
and too much attached to their principles TO be led
astray by ridiculous exhibitions of log cabins, empty
cider barrels, doggerel verses, limitations Of BIRDS and
beasts, &c, &c. In Montgomery and somc of the
other Counties of Mr.. William Ballard Preston's Scna-
lorial District, we learn that Il decided reaction has
already taken place. A considerable numbc- OF those
who supported Mr.. Preston, IN April, will vote for
Martin Van Buren, in November. All is safe in the
.Northmcst, notwithstanding the Clarksburg speech OF
William Consistency Rives, and the efforts Of his new
ally and travelling companion, the "Buckeye Black
smith, y whose capacity to instruct the people in poll
tics and morals, may be judged by the certificate OF
Solomon Groves and others, which we publish IN
, another column. Harrison, Monongalia, Brooke, Pres
! ton and the other Republican counties in that region
will stand firm in spite of all that these worthless have
done, or can do. Mr.. Hopkins Congressional District
is ours by an overwhelming majority-twot thousand at
least. The Shenandoah District will give a still larger
majority.-"Iiard Cider" is in no demand there. In
the Bedford District, we do not fear that our opponents
will get the majority which they claim. Patrick, which
elected a "Whig' member to the Legislature last Spring
by more than 200 votes, will, we are informed by one
of the most intelligent citizens of the county, give a
majority against Harrison. The vote will be close in
Franklin and Henry-and in Bedford the Federal ma
jority will be nothing to boast OF, if our friends but do
/, their duty. In .Nr. HiSc,S District the Democratic vote
will doubtless be increased. The "Whigs' are willing
t 10 allow us $50 in Accomac, where we only obtained
) 80 in 1896. In a word, the Republicans are aroused in
all parts Of the State, and will give a good account OF
themselves when the day of trial arrives. They will
meet the Opposition %braggarts at the potts in proud de-
c-.aa .aL &C tho ~ nc Nirrinia IN flynr of The