Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-05
The Campaign in Virginia.

The triumphs of the Wings here have been reduced
BY the last returns Wien the accounts hrst came III
from the East and the Frederick District, there were
No hounds to their acrlanatinns They had swept the
State every where They would obtain majority on
Joint vote of 90 80 some even SAID al one lime ~
They confidently expected TO enlarge their majority ny
triumphant maorltles iron LttIe tennessee anu .'e
Wrst'" The Richmond Correspondent Of the Boston
Atlas yacinated great gorcs from these last returns
and il is amusing TO the Atlas OF the Both April
claiming 65 Delegates from what had been then hearu
from and counting about one halt rs Wings oil the
Eeiegates which were still to be repored--lhs would
have given the Wings C Delegates ana 10
which would have given them the humping majo-
r.v Of 62, But we have recently turned the tables
unon t;em The Lion of the West has come in "with
his rising manc clothed with thunder IL has brought
MS in gains from Monongalla, and Bath, and focaion
,,s and Russell. and Mason x Jackson-Randolph
Cunt, alone has been recently taken from us, Tor Full
ton Of Wyhe pledged TO carry out the wishes OF ms
Democratic county We do not count the contested
scat in Frederick, way or the other Notowa{ Is
roturncd ON our sde-and Gen. Bayly Of Accomac has
withstood all the assaults othe Opposition, ana returns
as he was last winter, an lmpracticablc wing
We claim then upon the face of the returns, Two
NOT, rain in the n O.! D-whst we lose two in the Sc
nate and if Mr. Pouson, who IS stauncli democrat III
principles, but voted frequently with the Wings OF his
district cassed among the Reps, we may be saa 10 nave
LOST three Senators We shall have 20 Republican votes
nm Joint vote and Byrd obtains his seat SO-precisey
the converting the first ballot last session to our can
d;d,te for the Senate The Wings have succeeded in
converting two of their Impractcable into Practicable
Deepaes-and this is pretty nearly the amount oil lhe
great triumphs which they have achieved In TACT,
the balance still depends upon Che decision OF the va
rous Contested Elections, which will be submitted 10
The House Of Delegates. If that body meets IN the
character Of packed Jury-if they Will deserve .ile
compliment which the r. Wing pays to them at lhe
eypense of their justice, that because they are "a
uWhg House of Delegates, therefore they VIII IN -
hours turn Fitzgerald from his seat, and IN the same
m.nner, may slam the door upon Holiday and sanues,
and Haskins and Jones, why there IS then no
of obtaining either impartial justice or far ma
Bat in the most unfavorable aspect, in which TINS
campaign presents ITSELF may be as strong as we
were last session The Wings have beaten US only by
The skin Of the teeth We have been defeated py causes
which will not operate upon the Fall Election. we
shall have no longer encounter the double anu lrepie
voters of the towns-Rchmond will mol De ao'e 70 10
control five counties by her voters alone we snail
then have the full votes of those large Democratic coun
ties which have been scarcely felt during the late cleo
tion because there was no efectua opposition 10 can
the m forth Rockingham and Shenandoah VIII give
ne 1000 maiority-The Northwest J, 900 more-lhe
Southwest will show forth her 800 or 2O0O-ihe un
nrecedented e1ertion Of the Wings will be couneracted
The unblushing humbugs, with which they nave ae
ceiyed the People, will be stripped and exposed
The humbug Of the Standing Army alone has essen
t;av contributed to turn the scale against u.s. we re-
fer to the Albemarle letter to show how viainousy
has been employed.-We have other anecdotes 10
the same effect which conspre to show tiat an sile
Who's have won their meagre majority py the NM
ence of expedients which calculated 10 aisgrace @
siate-and to rouse the generous indignation VI 'h''
nroud and high minded Commonwealth
The following article from the Globe shews some OF
the causes to which the Wings indebted tor their