Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-22
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Prospects -3hcad
M, ,oo,,s will soon ION the 25lh) speak for them.
so,v. =, the Polls but the mean time, We lay lie.
c our readers such signs we receive OF the coming
., First we make the following extract of a
letter from friend in Gotetourt, 10,h instant }
81 hone nil will be we'll in our county and district:
IL. Whus have calculated largely on our DIVISIONS but
| r" lama ,.v will be disappointed MIR. McCduley YVES
| nominated at Convention, at Covnston on last
| E,;dov james Il, Wilson was nominated on the first
dav Of our Superior Court and he accepts the nomna
,icn for the county. Our prospects are now good
There nre three Democrats out in Roanoke, Sloane,
| Rurwe,I and Frantz it is said there will be no Wing
| candidate. | understand we may calculate on carrying
| Montcomery | have not heard from Giles and Mer-
Ger Il is said, we may elect Caldwell OF Greenbrier
trust we shall carry the State rlnmphahlly Ialia
ferro will be elected in Franklin, 1t is sad
(rRoM THE REGION THE NORTH IVES y
| Eriract of u Letter from "Washington, .7Pra Ia.
uMy last accounts from Lewis county, breathed de-
fance to any and all OF the Wing party and supposed,
TINT Mr. G.. Tayener, lawyer OF Weston, would De.
come candidate, and be elected But hlr. 1. would
make the third Democratic candidate. and offered 4
fine opening for popular wing eau mas oceh mace
through the Harrison Wing upon MIR. Hoffman but !
have seen no response. Upon the whole, doubt
whether Mir. II. would run under present circumsan'
ces for am satisfied the Wing party has less hume
rcal strength than it has had tor The last ten
years Take the whole Congressional District toge-
ih,r and the chnnces are in favor to gain one in
Mason and Jackson, and one in Wood, and to lose
I none. yonng Whig, who left this City two months
auo writes Inc from Wood that there is little doubt OF
| Ncols election. Tie beat last Spring only Ia
votes, and then by j. J. Jackson) II IS altogether
| mathematician whether Congress wl appropriate more
land IN meet the unsatisfed claims of Virginia. Both
Virginia. and Virginia Abstractionsts, are unpopular
in this Congress and the dominant party are AFRAID 10
Weld I'm inch in relation to distrbu!ion-lhe'r Mst
| hope, and DUNG words will be, "Dont give up The
lands.
When we recollect, that Harrison county is in the
Congressional District which the writer refers we
shall know how TO appreciate the calculation OF TIE
f" Lynchburg Virginan," that the Wings may carry
one if not both Delegates in HARRISON. Tins Is OF
piece with the assertion of the same wseaee that the
| Democrats NAV lose their Delegate in Marion, Qlr
new county framed on; of parts of Alonongal'a end
arrison1 II is also of piece with the unwarrant-
able calculations Of the Richmond Wing upon old Mo-
mongolia herself. ~
,e,t between Mrssrs Dennis and Cardw-i, and says:
81 think that old Charlotte will be very apt to return
/ Democrat this lime. 80
Oar accounts are cheering from Ches,erlr!d and the
"Petcrsburg Statesman thus spFaas oil line Cock'
ade' town .
..Tur ElEcTioy-Thursday week will determine it.
We are ready for the contest and impatient TO hear the
tan oftbe drum We feel confident that the k"pu"Ii-
cans of Petersburg will rally again to the pos and
that we shall again have the pleasure OF announcing
| -
Cockade.'
In grooLe county, Republican Convention Of De-
legates elected the 5eyeru precincts was held on
the Sih inst (aj9r John McClnney IN the CHAIR ana
| Mr. Thomas Kirk SecIetary,l when came " 'ie io'
towing resolutions:
sr Th,t we conceive the bounden duty of every
Democrat who regard for the preservation oil me
Con ttuiiun the civ. and religious institutions ana VI MS
v IN r Al his post day the election The present cri
aur with danger every ,%s asaf To- IN IN. talents
integrity patriotism III worthy Democratic senaor AH
Newman ESQ., and viii all honorable ana honest means IN
our power % promote his reelection
Rrrorr That having implicit confidence in the . talents ia pa
oism integrity Thomas Hewitt we wh give MN cur
undivided support Candidate ior seat the Nous"
of Delegates Of this state"
/ w G.. Scott accepts the nomination of the Demo-
cratic Convention Of the County Of Ohio and runs as
candidate oflhe House of Delegates Some four or hive
Wing candidates were in the field.
/ we hear from Cumberland, that the prospects are
mos. ia yornble for iobson the Republican Candidate
/ and that our ure in The highest spirits.
In fact prospects throughout the State bright
bur let not our hopes run away with us. An over
weeninp confidence must not betfay into inactivity.
The sancune hare lost the at last with the perse.
yering tortoise The Richmond Wing seems to be
dropping, and by way OF casting an anchor TO wind.
ward begins to talk Of thin election, &c, Sc Let
US make no such calcu!ations-and let the Wings be s
thin as they please-bu let every Republican turn out
to the Polls Lose not vote. Los. not Delegate
by our own remssness. Let every Democrat give but
one day TO his country-and let US make Connect
cut victory of it. To the Polls, then, and do your du
tv,-We warn our friends in Louisn, that there is
/ Wbin candidate out The Committee Of Vigilance
ought forthwith to to the DANGER and remedy 1t IN
the way which the Central Committee has respectfully
advised. We friends too in Hanover to be
on the alert The Wings are determined TO carry IT. II
they can-and they now drumming up all their
voters in the Metropolis, pour down like nunda
ton upon her. Heavens if the Wings should lose
this noble county, whn. weeping and wail'ng and
onashnr of teeth will there be.-What lamentations
will the Wing Candidate Orator appropriate to HIM
seln-lIow he will invoke once more "the Genius OF
Liberty 10 weep Of blood, over his defeat How
will he pour forth his pathetic eaculatons after the
election who if there be any truth in the Travese of
Mr. W Larkn Whites Speech Gin the N. Y. Esprit OF
! Times 'shas mighty small swallow for liquor but
most monsirous outlet for words. For it's like 'ratilng
of peas on raw hide, the way that words roll out OF
Capt Basset,s mouth. Bringing stray swarm OF
bees to suite by the beating of tinpdn IS mere child
play 10 it, Yankee solicitor travelling through the
land seeking patronage for some publication, and
pilinr I'd praises OF the works like pyramids, all in one
breath; or the grinding Of an old handogan by an la-
Ian i,inerant for monkeys TO dance by Il don't mean
you my fcllow-ctZens) say, methodist preacher
in full strain of glorIiication at camp meeting, IN
the month Of August the clatter Of whole drove OF
Guinea-fowls in the fall Of the year when is
brc,ring up is nothing TO the eternal whrlwnd olan
guare that wh;zscs from Capt. b. throat like gust
OF pent-up steam from the mouth ofone of these steam
tunnels
i rfy the by, DO not know which of the candidates,
Col White or Captain Bassett, will thank the least
for publishing this extract from the truvcsed speech
| But to be serons, again invoke every Repnbli-
can of Hanover and Of every other county, to bestr
himself at The coming Election. Virginia nop ex-
poets every man to do his duty.
The Ball Of Revolution in .yt,o York.
Old Washington county has always given the largest
Wing majority in the State The "Sandy Hill Herald
saws tthal the Democrats have carried more
than three towns, and the Wings fourteen-now The
Democrats have carried out of the seventeen
towns in the county
"MoRE YEr.- Tompkins county has elected Demo
cratic Supervisors in eight towns, the P'peayers in
two The aggregate Democratic majority in the coun
" is SAL High Tariffs and sHome Leagues no 90.
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