Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-01

goyS 10 these questions they should say that they
made hut lutte cloth, it would be inferred that their
.%GJrsn were "rsry ragsed"-if they had made but
, SOAP il would expose them to the charge of having
,.,, their children 'rcry dirty,-and concluded by
rn,,ssinr his determination 10 answer such mper-
nnt questions. thus practically nulllfying law of
,:nngress tina, could, BY possibility, have any OPP
,ssiye tendcncy.-n addition to all this, his friends
= buchanan resorted 10 the vest species of trckcry
- The day Of the election, that was ever attempted by
VA, ,r,i;,ssinS to be governed by correct principles
wis Col Shanks AT the Courthouse declared to the
l that he was opposed to div ision of the county
written paper forwarded 10 the Newcastle pre-
.nc; where they wanted a new county, signed BY "a
>, nj HIS friends at Buchanan containing plcdoe
,,n, the people of Buchanan TO unite with the people
-, he Newcastle precinct in favor of new county, if
.L, hitter would vote that day for Col. Shanks, by
Srh scheme they reduced Major Hannah's majority
- 100 of last wear, to 81: but notwithstanding their
,,ickery, gained on them at the courthouse, and
iuced their majority of last year forty-odd
,,es at their strong hold in Buchanan, and we have
rleccd BY majority only lcssened about % votes from
that of last year
The development the day of the election, of
L.- plos for dividing the Democratic party has sunk
r.1,ra Whirrcry beyond redemption in this county,
and in the fall when local questions cannot be brought
i, operate divide us and they cannot pour in on
Their forty fifty foreign Federal voters we shall
80, majority to Mr.. Van Buren, of 300 at least
(frou another Correspondent
'BorErouRr, 2ith April.
yesterday we met the enemy and they are ours
Hannah is elected by majority of between 90 and 70
,be official return from precinct not yet received)
but all is safe have no doubt we should have in
creased our majority 60 or 40 more, but tor local
,es,on as to the division of the county, which ser
cp,ly affected the Majors vote at Newcastle; and the
vote taken in the county is smaller than that of last
year SNYDER is reelected in Roanoke BY small! ma
i,r,v; so informed to- day by gentleman from
We hav a 60
Carpenter is elected by large majority; precinct
+, hear from, but that will increase his vote. Thus,
You see all is well here. Roanoke polled upwards Of
,3Ayotes think YOU viii find in November we will
,rye in both Botetourt and Roanoke large majortes
Tor Van Buren,. Harrison cannot get the vote here
mat Col Shanks did. All the Wing humbugs Of
STANDING ARMY, Low PRIcE of PRoDUcE, and PUBLIC
r>prxplrrREs, will be exploded long before Novem-
her You know the Federal Wings have had the
country ruined at least half dozen times so many
,sors and they will, doubtless, sing the song as
lone as there the least chance to make Wing capital
on, Of their music. The mails constantly crowded
bs-. with Wing documents. | saw large number Of
documents Il was told they speeches) franked 10
Democrats and others, by Henry \. Wise and John
NJ Bolts in our Post Office the other day. | would
,h,nk the gentlemen, who so kind to take this
county under their special and protection if they
would frank few speeches and documents on the
other side of the question Come, gentlemen, II you
wish US to right conclusion, let see both
Iyht -.
"SPorrSSlvASIA, April %, 1910.
.You will perceive, Mr.. Editor, from the following
statement that the majority of Major O. NJ. Crutch-
field has been tins year greatly diminished In 1889,
CEu,c!ied received majority of lO7 votes; in $40,
his majority is only Is votes; shelving clear Demo
cratic "a IN Of lia votes in IL months Let the Wings
triumph as much they please at such victory as
ney have this achieved in old Spottsylvanla All
that we ask 10 be able to produce IN another year as
great additional change IN our favor as we have done
N this and we shall be satisfied They clam great
victory, because hey have not been totally defeated.
We NAV we'll say, with commander of yorc, after u
most disastrous victory, that such another would he
then ruin. The Democrats of this county have nobly
yndcaed Their clam TO the respect and high consider
alton Of their brethren throughout the State Behold
ilem railvng to the polls IN defence OF the Demo.
cratic cause and giving their votes against man OF
unboGnded personal popularity soon as he was DIS
covered TO be lis open enemy IL was not until within
very few days before the election that Mr.. Crutch-
field avowcd himself in favor of General Harrison;
and that avowa made not i'll public address, but
m the course Of conversation Had this been earlier
known. 50 that might have spread throughout the
county, there be doubt that there would have
leen majority against him: that there Is majority
al the i,yat votes cast for Nr Holiday, have every
reason 10 believe; and general is tina. conviction that
A friends will not relinQuish the victory they CLAIM
unless the House of Delegates should decide against
them We know that il has been nsnuated that the
object Of the Democratic party in contcsting the cleo
lion Of Major Crutchield is 10 embarrass him IN his
expectations of the Speakers slippers. by the way
W. understand this gentleman fond of talking OF his
slippers: though down at the heel as they now are
We think him the worst shod citizen of the county
Had the majority given him been large, and the cleo
Ton satisfactorily conducted, there might have been
some color in the charge. But with bare majority OF
IL and that majority upon the best grounds suspected
:, be spurious, with what reason can such an bera
mpGtaon be supported: The Democratic party IN.
aignauty repels the ascription of such motive; and
are not to be deferred from seeking redress by such an
ungenerous clamor Those who are cognizant OF the
facts know that we have cause to complain they know
ha, springs have been touched TO carry this election
:r the Wings, and that draughts freely admins
tered from one that not repcnlshed with the pure
element alone This hint will be readily understood
They know TOO that at precinct where the election
was conducted BY majority of Wing commissioners
one o: those worthless approved his importantly as
an arber by openly offering to bet while presiding on
the bench, that Crutchfeld would be elected Let
this BE- denied, and the best legal testimony can be
b:ough, forward to establish it. What will the People
Of rginq think of an election, conducted under such
auspices: And what will they say of the Democratic
party that contests such election: What else, than
that they actuated BY other motive than that OF
stefnlv retaining the right which is now withheld
from item, but only for season.
"vERlTE SANS PUER."
ono AND MARSHALL
"WuEELISG, Va, April p
brooke county has returned Jones, Deuocfa', o'e'
Dr. John c Campbell, against an opposition which II
was feared would prove tatal-the opposition Of bank
influence and property votes along the line of this
county and Brooke Ohio county, as a matter o.
course, returns her Federal Delegate. Marshall coun
t again returns CALDWELL and for the next year must
be content TO remain provincial dependency OF the
banks In claiming Marshall, claimed her upon m
lnbough SafrdgcS Of the peope. Caldwelis majority
81" and the property votes from tins county, heaoee
and led on by our two Bank Presidents and our two
Cashiers and their army of dependents, amounting on
the call Of the roll about fifty, has given to Marshal
county her representation The desperation with which
they night and the open manner in which bank ofhcers
haze been IN the field is adding conviction to the minds
Of all, that the question is rapidly narrowing Itself
Go"n to an issue between and the money power
Ia" banks acting in fragrant violation Of their char
tiers, and they must have instruments to egalze and