Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-22
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PR1ScE WILLIAM Co., Va, April 81, 1910.
The dav raught with much anxiety to the citizens
of the Old Dominion is The peope-the great
tribunal who have to decide all political questions,
have again decreed and are patiently waiting I"
hear what their decision has been. And as y may be
interesting to your readers to hear all, from every
quarter concerning the election, have undertaken IN
obedience the request of some OF the most worthy
Of our citizens give history of the election IN
this county which was however, neither animated nor
doubtful Whenever there is but one Democratic can.
didate in the county, there is little chance of elect
ing Wing that the whole Democratic party be-
come lukewarm and scarcely half turn out to the
polls, which the case on Thursday last Inc
Democratic consequently small IN comparison
with what it would have BEEN had the contest been the
least doubtful The Wings, however, ever cred,tab!e
for their concert, energy and ingenuity, played their
cards exceedingly we'll Early in the spring all to a
man Of them expressed their determination not to run
candidate of their own party The most influential
divided upon two Democrats, who were calculated to
divide equally the Democratic party One pofn"n OF
them tantalised Mr.. Brawner with promise OF their
votes, whilst another portion, some through commune
cations fictitious signatures to the Alexandra Ga
zette aud others orally endcavoured to prevent Mr.
Radcliffe from declining 10 be candidate, until these
two worthy gentlemen had taken the field and the
Wings supposed they had BECOME too tenacious OF
their positions to resign under ans circumstances
They held caucus, nominated Wing candldate anu
pxerted themselves to the uernost to elect hun. do
not object to party running its candidate but, after
having exerted themselves TO get up opposition IN the
opposite party think Exceedingly reprehensible and
mention these facts show to what means that could
ben porer partg at all times ready and willing to
resort to defeat the known wishes of an absolute and
undoubted majority of their felowcitizens How utter
" devoid they are of Democratic or Republican feel
ings and consequently, how lily appropriate to them
are those good which their conduc; proves them
10 have unworthily arrogatcd. But the Democratic
par,y having once suffered the Of the county I"
be given in the Legislature TO Wing Senator BY such
DIVISION too well aware Of their danger TO suffer
that vote again 10 be given, and to two instead OF one
Ever ready TO make any sacrifice the good cause may
dema nd one OF the candidates withdrew FMS, though
did not mar the Whgs-tis true, they abused Mr.
Brawner for backing out but they entered their
ddate under such auspicous circumstances that Their
prospects still their hopeful visions seemed so
brilliant induce them to continue him candidate
until that blight, which Heaven grant may ever de-
sroy prospects and hopes based upon such acts, had
visited their efforts. After the most active election
rering and circulation of handhls favorable 70 the
election of the Wing candidate, the only rnd a.
,aned, the only remuneration received for the nn-
;ustiable resorted TO, an evidence OF great
diminution in the Wing vote of the county The can.
ddates met the Courthouse the day of election
And Mr. Radcliffe made most beautiful speech Oh he
great topics of the day; the conclusion OF which
1.-THE ONLY part heard0 he advered TO of the pub
lie Of Gen. Harrison His remarks upon the old
Hero truly thrilling Their effect upon the dit-
fercnt parties presented the mos, striking contrast
Whilst his disclosures excited the sncerng contempt
and burned the Wings to the quick. When Mr.. Rat
cfe had concluded, Mr. Howison, the Wing candidate,
did not attempt to reply, either from dtdence or re-
lucance to attempt to contr"Ncrt facts, which, from
the evidence adduced by his opponents, he must
have believed ncontroycr,ihc Rut the Wing par.
~, not satisfied with the searching they had re-
ceived from Mr.. Radcliffe, md unwilling tacitlv to
admit the truths he had asserted prevailed on Mr. JOS
A. Williamson, who has for mauy years been a mem
Der of the Bar, TO reply, winch he did, but AID not
M
his course, which the lawyer prone to affect when on
The wrong side of the question, and which seen to
dwell upon has when he is the ght side
Nsih responding paleness on lts cheek, he attempt
I'd TO reply to so much of Mr.. Ratciies remarks as
referred 10 the log cabin candidatc but finding himself
battling with facts we'll sustained without single fact
upon which TO predicate his own asser,nrs he hurried
through merely contradictory charges he could not
flute; and gave way to Col John Gibson who being
placed upon the Electoral Ticket and finding the ar
gument con6ne itself entirely to the Presidential
controversy, thought it incumbent upon him to cor
rect any improper assertions relative 10 either cand
date His remarks were based upon documentary evil
dcnce which had never been contradicted denied
The utter incapacy of the old Hero to fill the Office to
which he IS aspiring was subject to which he advert
"a. He spoke in testimony thereof, of Committee
which Harrison has committed HIMSELF to speak and
net for him all matters touching the present canvass
Tor the Presidencv-showed that il must be inability in
him to act and speak for himself that induced hun 10
refer himsefto commttec-that no man should go INTO
the presidential chair unable unqualified to answer the
interrogatores of his fellowczens concerning his pn
litical principles, without the aid of committee. he
referred TO his the Missouri questonto his
impohtic course whilst minister under the admnStra
ton Of Ino. Quincy Adams, 10 prove the great imbe
cility OF his mind. And the Wings declare he IS no
Abo!riionst he advcred his letter of February last
i'll which he declares AMI ;snyes himself to have been
member of an Abolition Society: from which il appears
If he were not an Ah iin@.t that he did not know
the meaning hctwren "a Abolition and Colonization
Society. But waving sad la, the incapacity of
Gen Harrison TO discharge the duties incumbent upon
a Chief Magistrate of ii" t. admit that so far as
strong mind scientific attainment. cxrusiyc nfnrma.
ton and eminent talents GO that he !, ua, y, ind
to discharge the duties of that high oicr; and yeti
there are nsurmountable objections to him objections
that WILL it is to be hoped, defeat his election
his friendship said Col. Gibson, TO high protective
Tariff, to Internal Improvement by the General Go
yernment to National Bank-that odium of the pre-
sent age-that internal Institution, we'll calculated
to enrich the rich by inpoverishing the poor; emf
nently calculated TO mpoversh the Government itself
upon the unconstitutionality and inexpediency of
which, the same people to whom Cen HARRISON looks
for support, have twice decdedhis ultra Federalism,
in which Mr.. Williamson said he ought to glory; his
lattudinous manner of constituting the Constitution,
and indeed his entire ignorance of the meaning and
intention Of that insrunent-he believing it constr
tu;ional for the General Government to apply the
surplus revenue to the manumlssion OF slavery. dc
sdverted to his Aboltonism, to prove which he gave
us his declaration, and in addition, he referred TO
the head man of the committee who 10 act, speak
and think for him, who is thorough going Abotonis
aud further referred to the Convention by which he
bad been nominated, which actually rejected Mr.. Clay,
because he owned slaves, and in which General liar-
.rison did not get single vote from slave holding
State until the delegates from those States consented
"a support him in order render the nomination
nimour-to the declarations of newspaper called the
Emancpntor, which declared that the day had come,
when no could occupy the Presidential chair,
lat had daft tho