Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-08

v,,rous sprs of the mountains have Deeh ottlfuco'
aud they have "given the day against the wing par
10 IN VIRGINIA What stronger evidence cou!h 'he
Whp have pycn of the arisiucracy al ITS conductor.
l. moi ,hs The very of that nlai'd Federal
ism which despises the poor the comparative; i:!'
ra,;. and the honest adopted sons OF America: such
must be the conviction ci every IeiFctitg ''i1,'
RI, whatever may be the OPINION Of tie wing, IN
reference TO the Dutch of our Valley icr y IS ryiae
he allndes IL ,hrm,) he differs both from hr e'';se"
and MIR. Tyler, in his estimate 81 i;rn! hs' 'ei.,l
son gave them the proud title OF "irnh Legion oi b
mocracy on account of their soundncss ana unanni-
~ in support of Democratic principles; and alr ~
cr :f we are not msnnrmed, lauded them 10 INC SKIES,
for their incorruptbe RepuhIIcanism ana devoea pa
triotsm The latter regarded them as the "nooc sons
of noble s;res How will the Wing account Tor ms
difference oiopnon, or fsconcHe eiese eo"''e'''S "
tments: His is the task.
The Whip has also made mistake, as well as Deing
guilty of SANDER, with respect to the Dn'ch III ms
section of Virginia. They are not Snaotaa DUTCH
There are but few Suabes among lhem lEes are "'s'
" the descendants of the noble Swss-those genuine
and unfnchng lovers and supporters OF liberty But
the Whip to degrade them To show his utter contempt
of the Democracy of our Valley, must apply to them
an apoellaon descriptive only Of the mcanest ana most
ignorant kind of Dutch, The gsny of its conductors
os ,hns Lc.n exhibited as we'll their siandcrous pro-
pensi,ies: and the people of this Valley, doubtless, WIN
thank them for the very taror0bc light III winch they
have held them up to the view OF The American pup
c while every honest man will believe that thcy nave
they wn,a not turn their backs upon the principles oil
their fathers and nin with uaprimcPled party ana
such nnpnncped th" conductors OF the W his'
in pu,,ins dn.yn Mr. Van Buren, ard, with h'n1, ge
hume Democracy. We commend The aric!'' IN ah's
t,,n. and which we herewith append, 10 "Mc D"fch
of our Valley:
"Resun IN Firgiaia-Thc loss Of the Electoral vote
is the cole loss sustained by The Wings IN tins Sla'r-
and that the conviction of thousands, was eiict"o
by fraudulent voting. In every other respect the con
,..ct has cd
and increased Wing majority in bath branches OF the
Legislature and clear Wing gam OF three Congress
sional Districts.
"In moral point Of view, the Wing triumph rs per-
feet and complete. The intelligence OF the Sate-ihr
Republican portion of the State the old and renowned
Revolutionary part is Wing 10 The core by 5000 ma
inrty. Old Virginia, the Virginia "f Washington,
Henry and Jefferson, is Old Virginia stI ana wnuia,
Notwithstanding all the Illegal VOTES that were polled
have gwen her her iusi"us son, but Tor lev
counties fSuaban descent nine tcnhs oil whose people
heard of John Locke or John iiampaen oil l'tt
of Russell, and who cannot speak ar nndsr:ia'ia
word OF the immortal language i'll which John Nation
wrote. The Anglo Saxon racr-iyrant ha'crs mem
selves and the descendants through live
centuries have had their s:.ed IN t'iis grf"
struggle Tor lbery-by- not the descendants oil me
Dutch, who whipped Philip OF Span and maintained
their independence against the combined ath,ics OF
the world-but by The descendants OF Sua5'an Hutch
whnse history written, whose government
hes been neaiutised and thclr landmarks erased from
the map Of Europe, and wh, nnde.st""d or could
be made 10 understand the principles Of eva liberty
These have oveIruled the o%anis and chiraT"us
spirits Of the mountains, and gwen IN" day against u.s.
hlp the reflection, which the fact lnslirc, Is III some
respects Illuminating, in others II IS cheering. Brute
force aud error cannot long nuuain the nnequa coi
bat against intelligence and truth -htoa"toHd Hatg
ACARD.
To lie Editors a. Mc RifhInG"d Wig
Gentlemen You have been pleased to publish, IN
paper, CERTAIN statements respecting Illegal or oad
voting Of the strongest Democratic counties IN
the State, among which you nclud" Shenandoah ana
Page counties. The statements 10 which refer are
contained in the Wing Of tile 10th instant and a!c as
follows:
In an article headed ''Ecc,ion Frauds, and address
ed ITO the Wings If Virginia, you say-"Mn.c bad
votes than this -, & or 800 votes, referred 10 IN the
preceding deciding the contest IN Eirgin'a
shave been gwen in the cnuntes Of Madison, Page,
Rockingham and Shenandoah. We feel assured in our
own mnds, that the fact could he demonstrated in any
Court of Record. And, another article pHrpcs.iag
I" from the pen of correspondent and aeadrd
"al"re Erection Frauds, you say, your correspond
ent says for you-"in Shenandoah, the majority for
Van Buren, amounts TO greater number than ;here
are names on the hooks of taxable property IN The
county, appears BY reference 70 the books II the
Auditor office
Now, Sir-, ] warranted ia rt","""~i"g MI ,""'-
prsed in the above statements, touching Shenandoah
and Page, utterly jaisc. Whether you knew teen I"
pretend 10 say. II is probable you did yon assert
the first statement upon Your responsibility, boldly
aud unquaiedly, and declare your assurance, "llnt
the fact therein contained 'could be demonstrated IN
any Court of Record, without producing one TITLE OF
evidence to supp ri it, and suffered yonr correspondent
to say, in his statement that the assertion he makes
could be proved aPpears by reference to the books
in the Auditor Office, extracts from winch books
neither lie you pretend to give, which certain
ly would have been done, if those bucks did ac-
har I
know them lie false, had you any evidence of their
being truep And if not how could you darc to publish
them matters Of fact !? If nothing else coad have
prevented yonr publication Of them, unsupported rs
they are BY evidence, your pride rs sirsihans
should have prevented it, But, unfortunately Tor you,
this has been the case You have thought proper
TO manufacture endorse these statements, and now
you must consen; to be branded caunniators Of a
portion of Your native State. The following ccriifi-
Gates from r Williams, ESQ.,, Clerk Of the county,
Sam c. Williams, Esq, Deputy Clerk Of the conn-
" of Shenandoah, aud one of the Commissioners at
the late Presidential Election, and Mrssrs. Haas and
Sckley, Deputy Shrsiils of the county, burn in tie
brand deeply, that like Aleyanders upgralcul sol
der, you will be forced 10 it to your eternal dis
honor A Wing Commissioner in Page has also stated,
that "never there election conducted more fair
w, than the late Presidential election in that county.
Next week expect To haze certified statements on this
subject from Page Here The Shenandoah! ccT;iii-
cafes
To me Editor IF he Srnt;ad:
Having been requested by you to state what 10 our
opinion, IS the number "f legal votes in the county OF
Shena ndnah. make The following statements
Before the election, the undersigned took some pans
to examine the Sheriff bnnks and the land b nks,
and to the conclusion, that there were from l'O
1900 legal votes since the election we are confirm
ed in the opinion. We have also examined the poll
books with view of ascpr,aining the number ot ic-
gal votes and Of opinion that there not exceed
ing bad votes pocd at the last Presidential election
in this county.
SAMl. c. WILLIAMS, ID. G.
JOHN HAAS, ID. ).
From my knowledge Of the county, and an examl-
nation of the poll books, agree with the opinions
above expressed.
DAN'L STICKLEY, ID. S.
!. Philip Williams, Clerk of the County Of Shenan-
doah, certify that the number Of white timetables upon
the property books of 1889 the age Of 10, 2oS
Given under my hand this eth dav Of November,
lSi0. p WILLIAMS, G. C.
The above certificates show, that there more
votes IN the comfy Than were pnllr on the I'd INST