Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-04-07
TAe civ Ei,ction on Jyedn,,dav.

MIR. Wight was in by than FIVE hundred ma.
Iority! Not member Of the Common Hall was elected,
who was not on the Wing ticket. Only one Magistrate
was elected who was the regular Wing ticket
VIM d. Wren, ESQ., in Monroe Ward, and he only be.
cause the Wings esteemed matter OF consequence
OF % Councillors aud Aldermen, Locofoco Alderman
alone. was sustained by the People.
tisa new cru in the history Of Richmond The People
have found what they had right do-what they can
do-end hereafter, what trust they will continue to do
We hope that heneeorward they hold the rens in
their hands, and put this city march To fulfil
the splendid destiny which dccreed it, Improve the
navigation below in order bring ships of bur,heu to our
wharves, and New York and New Orleans can alone vie
with 1t in unrivallcd natural advantages.
There never was public act performed in finer style
than the people Of Richmond Wednesday rcbuked the
prescription OF the late Legislature Legislature the
poorest IN talent the spirit, the meanest tina,
Virginia ever knew, will know again.
There was never originating in noblcr spirt-one
which did more honour humunione of higher justice
IL said to the oppressor-you have violated ustice-ure
VIII repair 1t; You have wtongcd the spirit of nsntu.
uons-we, as far power reaches will redress that
wrong You have thrown groundess stigma upon an
honest man and faithful public officer, fellow.
whom YOU both knetc and admitted be honest and faith
iu-we will wipe Off that stigma aud endorse him to the
world as worthy OF the highest and confidence"
Nor this all; Loco Focos informed that the Wing
party mean no longer be the dupcs OF their gene
rosy, and the passive victims of their poscrptvc spirit
Wings nbhor prescription aud always did They did not
commence -,hey have practscd 1t. A. proof Of
the fact this almost Wing City has Invariably
been, all it, departments much more under Loco
Foco as Wing predomnance. IL is well known that for
the almost entire police Of the City has only
Loco Foco, but Loco Focos who active and even
brawing pafizans Richmond has submitted to it all with
exemplary patience.
Her immensely prepondera;ing Wing population, how.
ever indignant We; governed by high principle. would
exert their power: AMI this orbearance has not merely
dhcaItencd the friends OF the cause but induced the De-
moeraic party 10 SUI that thy might carry their
poscrpuve principles with impuniy and without
1t is the last drop which overflows the bucket The
Wings have at length discovered that the only method OF
putting down prescription, is proscrbe prescription"
Unwilling TO learn this lesson, they will forget it,
until the Democratic party taug hit moderation and be
rality
As to Mr.. Bosher-he is citizen who had no claims
than hundreds Of others The Democratic party It,
self felt this, for, few OF them voted for Mr. Wight
he is aggrieyed he must 20 Col Henry L. Hopkins
Of Powhatan, o: his Loco Foco brethren! Nobody
that we know Of had any i-wil I, Mr. BJsher. The OBJ
ect put him out, but rebukc the rlnncaard
proscpuve party OF which he member: 70 teach them
lesson Of hImsniy-of moderaiion-of equity-of Re.
pabliclnsm.
\ Few threaten that Democratic Legislature next win
ter, will take veHseance Get that Democratic Legi.la
ure FIST, genteEen the elections have not vet come
For ourselves hold the threat in scon. We doubt If
there will be the power it, or there should be
the power knOt1 there will no: be the nerve Ii these
threats ridiculous, they might be reiOred with
interest.