Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-11-28
Merwether of Georgia, OF tie End ult After repeat
ing that he did not vute for the Tariff Of 1928, he goes

sleriwether of Georgia. of tie end ult After repeat
ing that he did not vGte for The Tariff of 1928 he goes
on to say:
"And remarkable tha from that period my e1ertons ~
Congress have been directed 20 the reduction ana
mod fed and reduced The Tar Of 1925 insonch ta Wa
Nuirrs Of South Carolina The year. 1882 brought ior
the compromise In 1871 supported The farm 81 'Ha
year. which limited Ia the free Articles ,r,r A.,
favor of what regarded as high arm anu
my present opinion in perfect coincidence win lt OF e
Wing party Of The United States including Georgia as
H. We all believe, that The revenue from tue 1rhe
should be derived from the foreign lpots 10
cxusi Of direct taxes and the proceeds o. he sas o. Tue
public lands; and should be levied than
necessary economical administration OF the Governments
in evyng it, such dscrn nations ought 10 DO aae a
moderate and reasonable protection to american me
rests against and prUhbIuy policy Of foreign power.
Let any nan trace Mr.. Gays course IN lo32-and
see, how vehemently he opposed the "reduction ana
moderation of the Tariff OF IS 50 far rs It respected
the proscttd artices-aEd then let MIR Clay boast OF
not wearing ask II he can lie mas descended !, d
manruvrs which is utterly at war with the ingenious
cha aetsr he ella ms for himself in his letter to MI
Bolts Our correspondent from Petersburg, treats this
subject nd ung"cm
The Republicans Of Isle Of Wgh, county adopt
three Rules in their Proceedings of the 18th instant,
whch are essential the of our Party: lst
That each St,te has the indubtabe right 10 appoint
her Deiegutes to the National Contention IN her oton
ran 2nd That the National Contention alone has the
the candidates for the Presidency and Vice fres dency
Of the United Stats Sd, That the Delegates appoint
ed by this meeting be and they are hereby instructed
not 10 vote for person 10 represent tins street IN the
National Convention, lchO etH not an mtr opt"foh sup
mort the nominee Of that ConDenion
But of all tbs rules, the last IS particularly impor
tant We must "suppor the nominee 81 The Conuth-
ton" There is no in our party without i,-and
without union there no safety, no success. ihose
who 90 into that Convention must be pledged 70 The
shnnld no a
i, bu, upon that understanding In all its previous
movement the Republican party should look 10 this
cons Iteration. Electors, Delegates to Conventions,
should be called upon TO give this pledge
ELECTIONS
MIssIssIppi-The conveyance of news in this Stale
is so much embarrassed, that it is always difficult TO
obtain the election returns-another obstacle, IS the
unnrecpdented arrangement Of the Southern mails
AT Boston, they heard in one night from the whole
State of Massachusetts, save few towns a week
after the Mississippi Election, they had not heard IN
jackson from much than half OF The State
We had supposed that Tucker one of The regular De-
mocrac candidates for Congress- had been defeated
by Howard or Dunbar, Independent. But the New
Orleans Picayune (Neulal) of the 18th instant says
"Alis.IsslrpI.-The election news from this Stnte
comes slowly but the character OF the returns still
indicates the success of tic Democratic candidate tor
GoreynOr, and the anti bond ticket for Congress.
Since writing the above, We have received The South
ern Reformer of the llth, published at Jackson The
Capital of the State. II gives returns I'm some IN
stances mol completely from SO counties, viz Adams,
Anits, Aualu Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Copiah,
Coyinpton, DE Soto, franklin, Kinds, Holmes Jefer-
ferson, Kemper, Lafayette, laudefdale, Lawrence,
Lowndes Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Neshoba, Noxu.
bee, Ocubbeha Pike, Pontooc, Rankin, Scott, Simp.
son, Ta!llhatchie, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson,
Winston, Yalobusha, and Yazoo. la these, for Co.
vernon, Brown, Democrat, has is l50; Clayton, Whg
l4,1I3; Williams, independent S44. In 1oil, in the
same counties, Tucker, Democrat, had IA, 1911, Shat
tuck, (Whg,) IL 1913 Democratic gain since le4l 73o,
(no, counting Wrllams's vote, S44, which was als'
Democratic In these SO countres-For Congress, the
regular Democrats have the following vote: Thomp-
son 1852; Hammet 1850; Roberts l4,l0l; Tucker
1l,9ll-the "irregular Bond Wing and Democrat
Ticket" received the vote follows Howard 1900;
Dunbar 1919; Gmcr Il ,oi4; and Kendall 1l,6l6 l,
will be SEEM that Tucker is Si4 behind Howard but,
as in S4 81 counties yet to be head FROM gave Tor
Tucker, Democrat 1865, and Shattuck, Wing, 2oSl,
or gS7 Democratic majority, 1t is fair to presume that
Tucker is elected by small majority, perhaps or
500. Brown, Democrat, is elected Governor by up
wards of 3,O00 and Thompson, Hammet, and Roberts,
TO Congress, by the vote
As far as heard FROM in the Stlte Senate Demo-
Gratis ard Wings, and in the lower House DO Demo
Gratis and - Wings. There will be large Democratic
majority in The Legislature, which will elect good
Democrat 10 The United States Senate, 10 succeed Hen
derson, (Whig,) who has so long msrefresented his
State.
MArsE-The Portland Advertiser of Tuesday even
ing says, it is rendered nearly certain that Morse,
tWhigJ s elected in the Lincoln and Oxford district
Aroostook district Shcp herd Carey (Dem) supposed
10 be elected lfal this correct the delegation stands
two Wings and four Democrats, and there is one VII
cancy.