Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-19
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
Extract Of a letter from Edcnton, v. e., May IA

s'Thc British Wings are making iargc noise about
the Virginia victory; but upon examination | find
that leaving out the strong Democratic counties of
Rockingham and Shenandoah, and others decidedly IA
vorabe to the Administration where there was no con-
test there is majority Of the popular vote in favor of
the Democratic Of 2S!6-and have heard more
than express their willingness to stake the result
of the Presidential contest the vote of the Old Do
minion. CThey may safely do it, As to our State,
have fears for her. Our candidate for Governor
is canvassng the State; and the way be uses up his
Federal opponent 4 caution TO renegade Democrats
The Federal members Of Congress flooding the
State with the life of Harrison under frank, with Log
Cabin Advocates and much other trash 1t does seem
that they engaged in nothing else but the grossest
abuse of the ranking privilege wasting the peoples
money and proractng the business OF Congress, to the
great detrment of all the interests OF the nation The
exerons making those of desperate men, and their
tricks will awaken the people to lively sense OF their
DANGER long before November rolls round.
1he last Valley Star has short but interesting arti-
Gle using up the late allacious tabular statement OF
the r. Wing on the popular vote in Virginia. The
Statistics of the WING indeed abound with errorslt
quotes this city at 367 orty, when the election was
no test all, because there was no Republican candi-
date Northumberland only 20 Republican majority,
where there were l79-Prnce George 3D. instead OF III
Ii quotes the votes of Pittsylvania Campbell Wythe,
Randolph, Patrick, King & Queen &c, &c. &c. as
the true opponents when every body knows, that they
are not So In fact we undertake to say, that there is
scarcely one county relied by the Wing, in which the
retu
sweled the Wing In others the want OF candidates
in time to bring the voters and the determination
of the Wings to bring out all their own Toe the very
purpose Of swelling out the popular majority or eiect
prevented the elections in variety OF counties from De-
np the correct test In Mccklen6urg, the Wing gives
only 100 mai We shall have at least250. In Brunswick
only l33-Wc shall have near 2OO.-lts estimates
are as incorrect the conclusions lis draws from the
actual returns Harrison only 359-when it Will be
nearer S0O--lalifax 240, (nearer 50O)--Cabell 10
| ~ y 10 nat al pI bv m
iortv of l29-Prcston estimated at llG-whcn Brown 10
elected BY near 300-Accomac at 500 W., when Gus
tits W. has beat Aworth anti-flarrlson, only about
lO0 Many of the Wings i'll Accomac Will probably
not vote for either ticket Isle OF wight at only @o4,
when she will give from to 500-Prlnce William at
135 when she will come nearer 3O0-aladson 10,
when she NAV cast from 10 Societies, &c, at 9s,
when the last election actually gave Johnston (Dem)
374 But the Wing statistics Goth returns and est
,ugtes) are full Of errors. We mean to take some
mains to collect the nearest possible approximation TO
The actual or anticipated yotcand we have no hesita
tion in saving that if our friends will but do their duty
we shall carry Virginia by from five to ten thousand
majority But then, they must do their dnty-and, as
learn from all quaaters hne spirit prevails among
them. "Organize! Organize is the watchword--Do
only, as Louisa and Caroline and the Democracy OF
Richmond are doing, and may laugh the idle gas.
conade of the Feds. to scorn. Dragging is part OF
their trade Claiming victory before II IS won, Is a
the Wing in S4O, just as ridiculous, as were It's
Dragging vaccinations in 1875. A Correspondent in
this days Enquirer, shows how nterriby their army
swore in Flanders well the R. Wing boosted and
bragged in 1885 Take this bold prediction of the or
gan at that day:
g Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were not
mare certain of the rote Of Firginia than is Judge
White, in opposition to MIR. Van Buren, In various
counties and some of them heretofore the mast rioeny
Jackson the Jackson candidates, &c NC, are declar,
;ng for udue White We candidy bciiere that he will
be supported by very large majority if not majority
of those who in December constituted the Jackson par
ty, and that he rM carry the State ey not less IMAM
% 600 mniority"-[ Richmond Wing, .7pra 3D. 1885
The wing no,c claims the State by 10000 majority
for Harrison whom styled in 1885, one OF the hope-
less candidates Mr. Van Buren, carried the State IN
1896, by more than 5000 maiority-nnd our CORES
pendent puts to any tyro, who IS acquainted WIN WIN
Arithmetic as far the Rule Of Three to calculate inns
nrobem If Judge w was to carry the State by OOO
majority, and lost By 5000, by 'ehat majority will Gen
Harrison be deeaed when he is to carry the state
by oniy G,OOO? .insrcr, by $1,000. If the Wing $
bouss and hnrrahs did not answer in 1888, they VIII
avail as little in ls40. Mark til