Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-23
Fran he .qjiasl.n Ba"aer J

The reader, we dare say, who has given ear TO the
charge made in the Virginia Legislature, and since
pressed with such fury through The Wing papers, 10
wiz that the State had been grossly gerryraanaered-
the reader we say who has al all credited that asser
ton will wonder the exceeding ciOseness OF several
OF The Congressional elections If the cards were re.
ally "stocked the thing has been very bungiingy
and unskllfUily DONE aGi, Ia say Tie least, must nave
teen te first attempt Ii the Feds had "cut, shuili"d
and dealt, shnuldn see the eight fit We dn IN
many OF 1hs districts. How often mas il been asserted,
that all other considerations made 10 yield |" iat
cardinal piece OF Democratic poey-lhe saeT!jtre Of
ions M. Boris And now i. seems, that political pest
and reckless partzaD, was so maSnanimousy dealt ~.
that ne comes in squirrels jump Of the seat ne 80
unworthtly occupied The distinguished Hunter, To-,
from the Essex district, has been beaten, whereas II
he had run upon The sold course, he would most pro-
badly have been returned. Sec too, how hard mat
rank federals, from Bedford, Goggin, has run the re-
publican ,iIi;nsr whc, iiaugtc his tIuaucy ~ io@",
we shall always believe 10 be sound in the fuhdanen
al principles Of The Virginia politics
We nave known Walker Giner long and wei,
were with him al the Charlottesville Convention, ana
rejoice 10 find him at last falling By the side Of his orr
gina friends, and asserting, in lis proper position
his early principles, and abandoned State Rights
doctrines If the districts of Virginia had have been
arranged, with respect TO the political salvation OF any
three men Of the 10, wo not scsrtain" that any
three Of quota would have better deserved the dis
nction than JONES' Gilmer, and Hunter; and one has
Two PidcFu IN the greatest
Look OF Atkinson case, too. Has all this been Ger
rymandcr' Faith the Legislature has been liberal to the
full with the Federalists who might have been made
to fare much than they do. True as our friend
Richie says we nave got fine Congre ssional majo
ry but we have had to tug for it as strongly per-
chance, if opponents had apportioned the dis
trcts Gerrymandsr, indeed Ii the Democrats
should descend to that of political! meanness,
II will bnhoove them 10 make little certain Of
the benefit profitable for such conduct
III. Th.rA 1aS
small vote tnken in this District before as we are
informed. With the exception of Russell and Smyth,
The turn out had been there beyond precedent. The
ateness of the might have made 1t there under
any crcumslances-but the universal impression that
there to be no Wing opposition, made it SO aev-
tably, in these counties where there party ex-
element.
N. B.--We learn that the opposition to Hopkins was
started at Smyth- because the Colonel made speech
there and no where else in the district.
The truth is, that however effective the Colonel )
speech at Smyth may have heen-and however il msy
have piqucd the Whigs-that sound and clear headed
man, DR.. Tate, needed no help We near from all
sides, friend and foe that The Doctor pnl The 'pain
truth down in style not often heard at the Hastings
elsewhere There is not, we have heard some Of
he best judges say, man in the Southwest-who,
when ggged by the spur Of necessity moves with
greater power. Thompson nothing bu, ''cakes
| and gingerbread 10 him..