Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-17
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awe shall rc-crct Major Hannah by large aorily
the I'D. Thomas vii! ret majority in out Of the
i counties in the Montgomery Senatorial Election. a
Correspondent in Bath writes me, that Byrd would bc
elected easily over Lockrdmr.
\ Correspondent IN Charlotte informs, that soar
ncsli,nahIc friend and Senator Lewis Ioun at
their last Court and being called upon by the People,
addressed them in m able and eloquent speech
We have further letters from lie Frederick election.
One Of them states that Major Opc had visited Frcdc.
rick. and had met with warm reception: 81 have
never Tor 4 moment Says Correspondent pea nit
ted the dulTcnc o.. doubt, niUe'! Of the cleo
ton OF Wood and Byrd; yet it is vnin the reach of
possibility for 10 be mstancn this rational
and confident expectation IL is not however best TO
be too confident but oir0yS he watcltu and yigi-
LIANT AS the best Of causes, all know, may hc sup
planted by lis adversary from confidence and
cury in its strength leading 10 supnencss unguard-
cdncss &C. Ne. This should at all times feel II
our duty 10 avert; if Il rotten call forth such
unlimited zeal to It's support why should not the friends
Of liberty emulate and surpass them for the pre-
servaton Of good cause in which every principle dear
10 recmcn, is embarked and at stake: We about
setting ont guards and vdcttcs, and manning our
ouposts in Clarke. On Saturday ne1;, VIC have called
meeting of our Vigilance Co.aInee, for the purpose
of acting with effect and of counteracng all this bus
trrng and misrepresentation of the ffdcr0i Uh@ party.
Persons unacquantcd with that party and their tactics
nigh, have their credulity far operated upon, to
believe there probability of success for them
in the contest gong but trust that none who
have been witness to their course so lOnT you and
myself will for Il moment suffer .lcl! judgments TO be
imposed upon by their boosted pfetensons. They al
WAYS were arrant spectators, trading largely upon
small capta thc less they have zig ht to expect, the
more Justify is their bonstng. lIcreabous they have
Already in anticipation defeated Ope, by the election
of Conrad. elected member al ieGSt from treder
/! ck by the rejection of Byrd: and strange 10 tell
some gentlemen (wo ought to have better morals and
more sense than to say it, 10 say that Gardiner tho
thy friend, Burweli, from Clarke and Warren 1t
seems to that they have become InsenSlbe 10
honor or shame.
I "P ST. forgot to say that they are making e:ea'
preparations in Winchester for display Oh Nr rive;
and his circuit riders. suppose there Will be macf
spcaEuo and more caiinr but they will be much dIsap
pointed if they expect TO effect any favorable result p
such a course the hardsted farmers ana mechanic:
of the country have great deal more sense than lhe
assumed teachers.
; Another correspondent from Frederic. charges u
not TO listen to the braggadocias ana huErahS OF TN
Whrs He reminds that this hailowIng before on
of the woods as nothing unusual with our WhI
brethren" He saws, that thc Republicans Of oil
Frederick still cherish and venerale the principle
as set forth by the founder Of Monticello, and tn
co,nir.r contest will prove, beyond doubt, to tn
; srlcstyed Wings alias fcdcras:s, that the wan
of the immortal Jefferson still waves o er our lapp
land and the contest wagng will prove tina
instead Of old Frederick being shorn of some Of he
strength, accession to the Republican cause is
fdcnilv expected. You recollect our average ma
jority last Spring, eighty-odd. think may aaiel
venture to say the coming contest Will tell one hun
drcd:--you may think me over sanguIne, but III
knowledge Of the county, oerng wcr acquainted IN
parts of il, induces 10 tins conclusion, wncl
have Goub, Wi! be verified by the disciples OF do
moe .cy ,le day Of election, the stale tale OF III
II Wings about the Standing Army, TO the contrary no
II withstaniing.
e \ correspondent i'll Halifax assures rs NAT TWO ~
. mocrats will he elected in that strong Republican couI
l. IT,. and that "a considerable change has taken place
/ this county in iaycE Of Van Buren,