Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-12

Wig ist'y So Divided S.fa hrassa. asa aefssisa
sIa without i:e tops 81 Reunion. Ths caly part q
Ike party that can bs made TO sally. viii he The Fede
rGi,sts; aud they under tho Clay flag OF Bank and
Tariff. In 1870 We were told that Wing policy would
save The coun'ry-now that Wing policy will the
coun,ry-but only through Clay as tier instrument.
As lar as have seen heard, there chance Tor
Wing success ut our Spring Elections. Every where
the party seems despondng and apalhetic | was al
Powhaian Court last Monday There will be TO oppo.
son TO Hopkins Cox ard, if any, i, will be un-
awaiting. Wallace will be elected here, and Goodwin
in Dinwidi,e.
Tine Wing Organ in yonr City is Dragging high
Wiih the Editor OF that paper | shall have nothing 10
do but II you can find any d' cent Wing in your
CITY, who agrees with the Organ, tell him, for me, that
| will drink basket of champaign at his expense, il
he is disposed TO lay wager upon Whig predictions
of Wing success at the Spring Elections"
Extract Of another Letter from "Ptcrsburg, april S.
81 have friends - and - from South
ampton, nc, and am happy 10 inform you, that they
think that the chances favor in their county.
From old Dnwidde the prospects truly cheering ];
and majority there, is likely to be large, that there
will be such thing talking about cuntestng the
election, the "Great Wing party have done fer the
last two years. round hundred is spoken Of The
majority we are likely TO get there.
"Rumor says, that the Organ Of the said great
Wing party thus place. is helping our cause IN Not
toway. am inclined 10 think that il is well founded
Us the Wing tob2cco-growers in that county must ne
sensible that high Protective Tariff must operate, with
immense force in essenng the value OF their produce,
and they may Justly trace us the main cause Of the
present very low prices of tobacco the agitation oil The
Tariff Question in the Extra Session OF Congress
81 cannot see what good s TO flow from Protective
Tariff as its first great result Will be to unset,!e the
price OF labor with all the nations which we trade
WITH and, labor forced down abroad, II causes
corresponding decline with usirsi, with the agrlcu
iurists and then, with the manuaciurers-io the rea
son. that manufacturers abroad mast have this coun-
try for a market, for large amount ot goods; and
10 enable them TO compete with our own mnnuac-
turers they will lessen their prices o labor to balance
the increase of The Tariff here and this will ncces
sarily force manufacturers to lessen their prices
of labor TO get the bcnct, of the protection One mat
ter of grave importance Is never taken into consdera-
ton by the Wings when they are clamoring for high
protective tariff which is ,his The operatives abroad
cannot subsist if they quit the factories, and # their
employers were 10 tell them that they could not pay
them wages, hut would supply them with food and
clothing for their labor, they would be forced to CON-
ply with these hard terms as starvation would stare
them in the face, f they dad not.
"Sothing is more familiar than TO hear commercial
men speak with great concern OF the state oil money
matters abroad from the fact that healthy state there
warrants the belief that it viii have good effect here
This is entirely reasonable and think that depressed
state of the laboring interest abroad must have the et
feet of causing corresponding state with US.
sNoihing could illustrate the fact that the advance OF
the tar here will not aiect the profits OF the foreign
amount of British goods which being sent back
from This country the al an advance III the ari
TO find market elsewhere. The manufacturers are
aware that they can force down the prices CT labor TO
that point which VIII admit o.! their pressing their goods
upon this country, whenever there may be demand for
them.
81 cannot express the sincere pleasure l felt last
evening" during the discussion which took place be
tween the candidates for this place My satisfaction
would have been complete If you could also have W.T.
( G,i l,rhl,r
of friend Wallace, in support Of our glorious prn
cpcs and in defence Ct himself in the Legislature
have known any man TO strike his hearers win
more astonshmtnt, 10y the powers oil his ninu IMAM was
manifested yester ay, while Mr.. Wallace was speak
ing Although he was raised here, and was personal
" know 10 almost every u! his hearers, yet there
were very many Of his oldest friends who d'd mol
expect to witness one. half Of the ability which he
speeches showed
"Our friend Cox, made short speech, in which he
proved himself every inch, sound Democrat-bu
did not speak as long as he would likely have done
under different crcums,ances-thoush, ms is usua
with him. what he did say was very well and strongly
said.
"Mr. Wallace then spoke in defence of our long che
rished principles and in defence of his course IN the
Legislature, w,ch me did with marked ability and en-
trely TO the satisfaction OF his friends Mr.. Boiins
followed him; hut it soon obvious 10 the Dinas OF
all present. that he inadequate 10 the task OF sus
tanning dgcusscn with bad cause against MIR. Wal
lace. Even If his had not been SO bad, 1t would
have required powers Of mind Infinitely beyond those
which he possesses, to have sustained even COCO
second against the irresistible force OF Mr. Wallace
| argument. MIR. Wallace replied TO Mr. Is, and the
Editor Of the in,egencer followed, with the view, as
understood, of putting himself right before the meet
ing as Mr. W. had made a!iusiCns TO his paper
and, while up, feeling, suppose, that WhIgsm had
not been sustained by lis cand date with the force thai
all expected, he travelled The ground that Mr.. b
had attempted and made, he IS capable OF, very
smart and racy speech, characterized however, l
thought, by too much bitterness Of party feeling
aMr Wallace replied TO him in manner, which
plainly showed that powerful his previous
speeches, yet there in him than had been got
ten out in them and when he finished, my friend
Syme must have felt tina, he had made nothing by hIi
onslaught on MIR. w.
"Afier this, my friend, Tim Rives, Esq, felt him
self called upon TO deliver lecture, and that too, IN
no mild manner 10 Mr. W.. in which lie displayed his
usual happy faculty Of speech and when he go'
through, Mr.. w. took him in hand, and the rubbing
Mr. Il. had given him, must have reused his mind TO
It's highest compass as his reply to HIM was stronger
than his mastery reply to Mr.. Syme.
Il "Thus nv dear sir ended the brightest day in the
history Of our great Democratic cause, IN the noble
little cockade, for years past. think are stronger
TO. dav than yesterday and we were then IN
sufficient force TO carry Tie town hy decidedly hand
some majority against every combination of Interest
/ which Whirsm bring 10 bear. Our friends,
trust however, will every one in both town and coun
try come forward TO swell our majority, so that the
Wings, "the glorious wings, WIN reconcile Inc lac
TO themselves that the little cockade Democratic, ane
that the supporters of the principles of the ustriou'
Jefferson mean to keep the cCckade right
To TIE EDITOR OF TIE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
CAROLINE COZ MY.
upe rhaps there are but few counties within the State
of Vr9na in watch the political parties. for the last
three or four years, have been more equally balanced
than the county of Caroline. This circumstance, To-
re,her with other considerations has given rise to the
mos, closely contested and animated elections The
Il. ta-ap hi~ nj IL
legislature with 4 very small majority. During al
this time, however, there has been gradual, but un
interrupted accession to the Democratic ranks; TbIs
fact in the last Spring Election most pnlpably anf
fully disclosed, in the return Of Col Samuel over DR.
Anderson by majority Of some seventy votes. have
hat G,te hesitation in believing that the candidates o.
the last Spring were as strong, if not the strongest
that the respective parties could bring into the field