Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-07

'e', queer msahior to the void orernat =, ,ha /;
"s' u no remark. One thing will be ad,ni,ted. ",
s'PPose' ana mat Is, that they had "rsoi,r can.
uio@le Tor the Senate in the ield-a prn,le,a, ,ho
mas been regular" Candidate for ,bo ,uo,,y
years and who represented this d,,,,ic, sa.,. var.
ago; YET he Only Obtained The same vote thai ua.
ven 10 the irregular county candidates. Dies this
writer mean 10 detlact from that gentleman. popu
''f'y and influence lls was IN III, connty. 100.
Tue eniiie week preceding the election aud adde's.
seq Tie people on several occasions. ffSvoe there.
lore ought TO be regarded n test Of ms pat, :
strength even flhat ofthe irregular county candi-
dates WIS not such test.
"Onc mere ding, AID VIC will elose"--ne mran
the 'ars'ocratc" practice of winch Mr. Rtchie
and every "Democnr' we know Of, is constantl,
su"y-oi voting IN every county where they have u
freehold. The Wing majority in Buckiu sns'n, we
are told, was furnished by voters from Lynol1bnyr
Was not the Lynclbutg vote in Buckingham more
than oveibalanced by the Democratic voters from
tic lover end OF Campbell No one doubts it.
IN tins county, too, We arc told that the Wig ma.
jorlty was sweed by foreign voters Il is not true
II every foreign vote was expunged, the Wing ma
Jointly would, we have doubt, be Increased rather
than diminished. Al the slang about foreign votes
INDUCED IN by the Enquirer and lis CORES pondents
is for tiect abroad, and warn the distant papers,
which really seem TO imagine that the Wings are
great gamers by the system, that lhey wall be grossly
deceived If they rest their hopes for more auspi-
cious result in November upon this slender fccd.-
Whether the principle be right or wrong, we shall
that is constitutional faachise Incorporated in the
fundamental law by the fathers of the Republican
system, aud retained, without a word of dissent by
the tevseis OF the constitution III 1870 II uas,e
served FOR modern - dem ocfaric" Solomons 10
discover ITS a,srocratc lendcntlcs-who never fail
however arsiocralIc rs II is, To exere tile righI
themselves, whenever they EN- y 1t. The editor of
the Enquirer votes III Richmond and Henlico 70,
example, aud then Sis down and abuses all others
who do the same hing, but who happen ia vote ON
the other side! The clamor on this subject IS 80
absolutely ridiculous, that were IT not FOR the mis-.
taken impressions which II cre,tes abroad, we, for
and It's authors deserve.
We must really beg pardon of our readers fot de.
voting SO much space In the Enqoirei's Lynchburs
respondents Of that paper elsewhere ale entitled 10
no more cfedence, It's hopes OF suspicious result
"ne x fall" destined to be most sjgnally bias.
ted.
~ We have before us The ,shville Union,
containing sundfy extracts of letters from The En-
quirer correspondents, written before the election
aud published in Nashville 10 keep up the tagging
spirits of the Federalists there. We note a few Of
them: A correspondent in York writes thus:
/. The signs of the times are highly encourag-
ing to the Democracy both in Gloucester aud Eliza
beth Cly Little Warwick. too, having been the
first nominate Van for the Vice Presidency. will
be aggarl IN his support Results -
Elizabeth Guy gave la.ge majority for the tlco
Wing cand dates, who against Nanue, single
handed; aud in cor junction with Warwick, elected
practicable WING, ia place Of an lmpracticable,
who WAS in jhc field and obla.ned near a hundred
votes In Warw ick, witch it was predicted. would
be Iaggard' in support Of Van, the Federal
candidate received but TWO votes Federalilm is
almost extinct in that ancient county. Gloucester
elects Col. Smith, practicable, though last
year an impraciicaJte Wing.
From Spottsylvania told, = he cause
OF Democracy goes on prosperous in this section"
Result %. NJ C,ulclfeld the Wig candidate,
re elected.
3. you nay mark down old Caroline at 80 ma
Jority FOR Democracy" The Wing candidate re
elected by majority of ?, and, told, a
pu1gatioa cf the polls, will be increased 10 30.
4. l. Fauqpier, ii sail, "Our patty were nev
er in higher sp rs or more sanguine, as our ranks
are ling with converts from the Wing party, OF
high chafaCter aud standing" Result, tie Wings
reelected by majority OF lac larger than in $50
Save might 90 on through the whole catalo -ue
Of counties, if we had ROOM The prophets must
feel pretty queer when they compare their rredlc-
lions with the results. Tue Enquref's promises
of victory "next Fall" will be ,nay rebuked BY
the November election.
Louisa A thorough scrutiny Of the polls in this