Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-24

EXTRACT of Letter from HGgt0rd, thrill I3
- on nave doubtlcss learnt the result of our election
we nave been beaten in of the most extraordinary
contests ever witnessed in this State We increased
our aggregate vote 1000. We had hoped TO increase
IL ',uUO, winch We supposed would have insured tri
ihpl Bat the Wings, by the most desperate and PRO
9ac cHorS ever rcaortcd TO by any party, increased
tlcr vote about 500 more than we did ours We had
| complete organization and canvass in every town;
ana our trends every where wrote that there were
cIah@cS III our favor IN almost every town and that
we should DO better than did in l-39--Wc were OF
course sadly disappointed at the result ana are satisfied
tat IT can only be accounted for by the fact of the cor
rnpt ana prolgatc made use OF By our oppo.
nonis. ~
81 ne mode OF conducting the election here was evil
Gently the result OF general, rather than local counsc!s
nc scheme was no doubt agreed upon at Harrisburg
TO attempt to carry all the States where the Wings haC
thc Sll@hest chance by c!amor and violence and by
more Tree and INSCRIPTIONS Of the moncved powc-
than has heretofore been made Takinr adyantaoc .,
u" hardness of the times when most OF the t;lcor,.
are stopped ana thousands Of laborcrs out Of cnlplo
mem, they have relied mainly cocrcns ana corruD,.
ing lie dependent and poor class Of voters For thus
purpose, an immense of money was raised II is
aSccrlaned, that Sl!,G COO raised in this city, and
probably Az or $4,000 iii the State and no doubt larrc
contributions were made from of the State Tie
fund OF the Central Wing Club at Washington has
Decn freely used IN spreading Davis speech and haIr
nev: very small part of it could be used TOR any
legitimate cleconccring purposes 1t must nave peeh
used for purposes of corruption. In TINS town we
know that about 100 voters whose names we ad on our
own list and who we had TO doubt were with
Us most unaccountaby deserted MS at the ballot box
The same result, occurred III New Haven to much
greater extent and III some degree III almost every
Town in the State In towns suppcrs were gwen
repeatedly for some weeks before the election, and hard
cider nNcd with brandy and other Liquors, freely Gis-
lribulcd To the low and vicious.
.Such are some OF the means resorcd 10 here; and
similar means will doubt be brought into rcqusltion
in other States. Already they are Boosting here that
they viii carry Virginia, II m08'y can doH But | Hin
sur, the time has not vet come when the sons of the Old
Dominion can be bought and their sutfragcs become a
commodity in markct-Furnnatcly you are not yet
cursed with manufacturing corporations, III winch one
man controls the votes OF twenty. Nor IS your SyS
tenn of banking half extensive in lis influence a
ours You have comparatively an agricultural pHpnia
ton which cannot easily be reached by corrupt a;d
cocrcive measures But your friends ought TO be APP
priced If they are not, Of the warfare which WI! be
carried on, even IN irIIn!a.
"Arc our trcnds Washington, fully sensible of'h,
perfect madness OF the Wh. leaders, and oil the dcs
prrac and progate warfare they have resolved to pur
sue in every State: Depend upon it, they have adopted
the principles of haddeuS Stevens, and are determine
To stick at nothing TO carry their ends. They will II
lustratc The opinions of the elder Adams who SAID ta
stIc arisocracy would rule the country; that II the!
could not do il without they would do by corruption
and if corruption failed, they would resort TO SeditIo
and rebellion the rich and ustrIous families would
were it possible, annihate heaven and earth, rattle
than fail in carrying their point frauds OF Penn
sylvania and New Jersey, will, fear, be re.cnactcd II
other States in the of the present year. Ncve
since the last war, has there been desperate fac
lion in this country; one, whose lust Of power brok
down All restraints. The Constitution, laws PATRIOTISM
morals private rights, and the sacred obligations oil hu
uanity-all are disrcgardcd in their Unsuitable lust .
power Let their base designs and purposes ever
where be made known, and every where met with In.
spirit and determination, which belongs 10 rccmen
rrcot crisis winch threatens the Subvcrson Of the
liberties by the most dangerous of all enemies, col
rupt.,noncvcd influence. am truly yours, &c.