Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-10-19
THE ELECTIONS.

routed throughout its length and breadth, although
in lSil it had a majority over 1000. The Wings
have elected q Governor, two Members Of Congress-
and majority in both branches Of the Legislature.
Tribune.
The Augusta Chronicle Of the 9Th says" From
the seOboard to the mountains the returns proclaim
the triumph Of the Wing cause II is impossible to
estimate our majority, so unrivaed is the popular
ity Of cause and our principles For Governor
and Members Of Congress- it is certain however that
we have elected both by majority of thousands, and
have majority in the Legislature of 40 to 60 on Joint
ballot"
The South is setting example to tho NORTH
They 60 openly and broadly for Henry Clay.
MARYLAND.-In this State the Wing victory
is complete. The Wings have majority in both
branches Of the Leeisature-in the lower house 10,
and in the Senate 5-making II on join, ballot which
is considered both "strong and healthy"
PENNSYLVANIA election in the Kov
State took place on the 10Th instant The returns
are not all in but as far received are unexpecte.
~ favorable to the Wings The city of Philadelphia
mas gwen an average wing majority of over 1000,
and tor the first time Wing Sheriff is elected in the
city and county of Philadelphia
The returns from the country show the election Of
ten wings and ten locos to Congress- and four dis.
rlcts to hear from. Our friends had no expectation
OF clectng more than seven in the whole state
The legislature is probably loco by very meager
majority But for split in some of the strong whig
counties the House would have been whg.
Three Canal Commissioners arc this year elected
by the people, which is the only vote to show the
strength Of parties in the State. The moiori.y will
be very small either way
On the whole this election shows pretty conclu-
svey that even Pennsylvania will go for Henry Clay
in the great contest 1914
OlIlO.-The returns received from the Buckeyo
State are cheering. AS far as heard from six wings
and four locos are elected 10 Congress- The State
was so dissrlc'ed last year as to give on
fourteen locos and seven wings. The indications
are that the wings will have nearly quite half the
delegation. lfso, Ohio may be Set down us u wing
State by majority ofthousands.
NEW-JERsEY.-Th Wings ore BEATEN Tho
locos have all the members of Congress but oae and
a decided majority in the legislature 1t is well per-
haps that our loco friends should have some hing to
cheer them under the losses they have sustained i'll
Maryland, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The spirit Of 1910 is already returning to the heart
Of the great Wing p's~y. l, comes even before it
was expected; and every where in its presence tho
same brilIinnt trumphs the forces of Loco Fo-
cosm the labors and the hopes of the gallant
Wings. North Corol;na, Tennessee, Maryland and
Georgia have successfully wheeled ngan into tho
line and stand proudly triumphant and ready to do
battle, valiantfy and gloriolSy in the coming contest
Of henry CLAY and the Wing SrrREMAcY.--
The canvass in each of these States has been most
animated and enthusiastic. The prominent princ--
pies Of the Wings have beenb IDLY avowcd, clearly
defined and steadily urged throughout tho whole
campaign. The battle in each of these States have
been fought under the banner Of Protective Tariff.
and in them ALL Southern States as they are ;tNvayes
in triumph
In Tennessee the opposing candidates canvuasedt'e
State in person, and met in open discussion before.
the people Of the great question involved in the srns-
ge. The gallant Jones declared himself in favor of
a Protective Tariff and National Bank; he WINS met
on these high issues by one of,he most popular and
effective orators in the Union-and yet the people,
in the face Of al! opposition triunphany sustained
him. In Georgia, planting State, Enl therefore re-
garded as irrevocably pledged against Protection,
the Central State Committee threw out their cnlors
fora Wing Tariff, an American Tarifl'for the Pro-
lection OF American Industry and the creation Of
Home Market for American Productions; and the
people have rallied beneath 'hem ard now they font
in triumph. &c. too, in Maryland and North Carroll
M in MI these States, moreover the name of
HENRY CLAY has been the watchword with
every Wing, and how glorious is the echo it has
aroused!
Do not these cheering results, in quarters where
they were least expected, give ground for renewed
confidence and still more hopeful exeriion on the part
of every Whig Who can now doubt the spirit Of
the people fail to that they are readv and anx-
ious for the coming struggle? The great Wing pr
~ of 1910 stands prepared efforts and to
secure the triumph it then achieved Let us look for.
ward with the confidence Of wei! funded hope, but
relax no exerton, nourish no feelings OF disafcclion,
and omit no effort that can in any way advance the
great cause we have at heart.-Iribune.
21-'The Charleston Courier states that rouch
draft Of Col Johnson's celebrated Sunday Mail Ro-
port has been found among the papers of the late
Judge Cooper of South Carolina; from which cir
cumstance it is inferred that Judge c. was the author
Of that Report.
1t will be recollected that Col. Johnson made TWO
Reports in favor of Sunday Mails-one as Chairman
OF the Post Office Committee in the Senate, and tho
other subsequently as Chairman of the same Com
m'ltee in the House of Representatives The author
ship OF the first and abest of these documents has
been generally attributed to Obadiah b. Brown, for
merly Assistant Postmaster General. The other
report has been attributed to Amos Kendall From