Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-12
RICHMOND, Va, THU
crrorS Corrected!

Mr.. Senator Faulkner in passing through Martins
burg on the I'd inst, met by ~ or ~ n"s anu a.
their request he addressed the meeting IL Is scarcely
our office TO Interfere between him and hs constituents
and n notice the explanations which he might have
given of the circumstances which induced HIM 10 ro;e
for MIR Mcdowell, on the 9TH ballot, tor Governor II
some OF the staunchest Wings were "lhorouShy Sits'
fed with the explanation given, II IS lar from our d
sign to unse,tlc their conviction. But when alr. r.
comes to poacl upon our manor, or when ne WahderS
upon the commons, we may DC cAc'S'u iot A'''''"S "
erroneous statements.
Mr. F. undertakes 10 say. that there is hut enc op-
nion and without exception, among he most dscfee'
and temperate men OF all parties "at Richmond ASH
ngton and elsewhere, that "tlt contest Is areacy de-
cided' With due Difference, undertake to say po-
si,;velv TINT Mr. F. is mistaken. We know the scnt-
mcn of the Democratic party hire, great deal better
than Mr. F. and we assert without the tear OF conrai'c
ton, that have never heard single Democrat eA
press any such sentiment On the contrary mere u
buuyant hope firm and determined belief, that the
contest will be decided in favor OF Mr.. ' an Bnren-
We have communications by letters and otherwise
from some of the most distinguished politicians al " ash
tngt0R-we have correspondence with some oil the aos
me mbcrs OF Congress from Pcnnsyl vana, New ork
and Ohio-and there is an abiding and exhratng be-
lief among them, that all will b. right The letter
which we rive this morning from Washington is from
one of the first minds this country. Mr. r WI! see
what he SAYS upon it, lie will in our last paper
what another most intelligent and honorable gentleman
saws prospects Ills letter was puoilsed pre-
cisely as it was written.-We have much better nior-
nation from the various States undertake to say,
than Mr. +. can possess; and pledge ourselves TO
the assertion that very different spirit from what ne
describes, is prevailing elsewhere
But if we NAV nudge of the rest OF Mr. r. : stale
ment BY what he of the Democratic Convention
in this City, should pronounce the whole TO he bud
re OF plumbers. True, there "appeals tor union
and harmony They almost always made; and
they never more wanting, than when we have 10 en-
counter party, desperate IN lis designs 80 reckless
in its means the Wings butt not true, that There
was an absence of the spirit which bctokrns triumph
1t not correct 10 say that 'they were distracted ana
disheartcncd We mixed freely with the Special De-
leratcs from all quarters of the CommonwcaIth-and
there quaIling spirit among them As We
stated at the time. and the address OF the Con.
yenton fully confirms, all bright, and every
man was buovant. We did not hear single Dele
rate express the slightest doubt of carrying the
State-Mr. Faulkner mixed more, OF course, with
the Wings than with the other party-and was con-
versani with that braIgar AR and toastmg spr.t
which Nessrs Cla. and Wise continued 10 inspire m
to their followers IL is wonder that Mr. + like other
gentlemen, should believe that all was lost with Tie
friends of the Administration But the Democrats
know the habits Of their adversares too well to be I'M
posed upon by their hurrahs and their bravadoes.-
The Wings begin with Dragging, and end with being
beat. What, for example, be more SILLY than the
idle boasts und fictitious calculations. which the H. wing
Of Tuesday last has made about III" prospects in Nrg
MAJ When a child is scared III the night, he whistles
When coward expects to be beaten, h. busters
When a Wing is oraid Of defeat. he brags and swag
gers lis all for the sake Of keeping their spirits up;
SCI I ~ come To