Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-05-29
TIE LATE ELECTION

Lace oil tue lacis which ialsy its boast a 6. ni..
ragraphs run LocUiUcO plpeIs put shed iu A.; ,n,
States, from Connecticut to Ohio, pea tcd ma ll H.
eNalliug strains. but most Of them VIZ IIcn uniort
naiely tor the copysI, before the results ,re
knoNn by those who wruie Them Verify they arc
thankful Tor small favor With n m4 jouiy in lhs
Legislature reduced from IL - 2I-a al with three
wing members Oi Congress elected u uier an in q.
nit"us ApporIIonm-uI Law wash desIs ed 10 allu v
them only one. and Three others deiva ed one by s.
anolher (iruuduleHriy) by 20. aud a third ly 50
Noes,-ihey must have a singular idea OF he meti-
ing ct Lang age. or they must have anticipated that
iheir misdeeds aud sius would r'use the people
cast them uu >. WIN deem su'h result - uro.s
victory. What, pray, would thoy regard n-
glorious dri,aI
Bhi our object. IN referring tn this matt, INV. -
n - dispute about a mItICr uuIn,irIIaht. The
iacis are before the people and they ga, nudge for
themselves viii ut the aid of new sttr, b,a SIS To
Nh'i : dc Tie reI'. ani 10 which the sH.iag VIE
''f "e"usS We merely design To show tho
"jHtr"ess 'iihc Enquirer and To- rcpeI the cnluu-
mes which At has tot the hariIh4tpd To uIt,r Inn
winch new rihrlcss 10y coy ing. il has L.. a ;,,rt
~ To endprse. TIE Enquirer transfers /, Al, cum,
the following article:
From he Washington GLIDE
This Is the first time tie Democrats h We ubtn ned
mG"ruy IN Ihe Legislature iur many Nenrs-rx.
cew last year when the Wings sand Iley lost the
m'JprIiy Ivy general apathy The victory un,y
o4'aiied by the Democrats Is &c uinly the most
glorious "ne ever achieved ia IhIs Slate. when wr
take Iulp consideration the circumstances under
Which was The Wings obtained the a,.
cen iai'cy IA the SIie many years ago. by truiecn,
and schemes If uIerni Inprul e ~, il,s add b,r.
>in5 moAey L. carry 1hern 'rney ma le friends
III 10y laying out the lines uC internal ill., pruvtmen
and Ivy PIglHg out the borrowed moucy on them
When they "run The thing - inr In the ground"
mat lhey c"uiI not borrow money 10 prosecute The
works, even olluin m.,sry 10 pay the interest
a 1t f.r.H 81. l. =.
fta The Democrats 10 get mtJ'rlIy Ia Ihe Legislature
and 10 sf r, 10y RAISING the 10 pay me drlts
oi The Stale incurred by the Wings. The d, mt
! Gratis. regardless of the Oiium which aIi tche. t.,
ilNiRg the people, the SIS like men, I,y ln ing
a lax sufficient 10 redeem preserve the h nor 4
| ihe Stale The law was passed IusI before The 1T,
| eiccin', aud there WAS not ume 10 give Il general
circulation bciure The people were called nppn l.,
vote The Wings lOpk advantage ul this and went
'fnnng The people aud mi,rr presented The law ell.
| ur-lv.
We vii state one misrepresentation VI irh they
inaHe' Vonchcd Tor 10 Us 10y leading nud worthy
! member Of The Methodist Church. The IaN o.,
| horses hns been WE'VE and a hall emit, for m,p,,
ears pas. The last Legislature rhiseI The TX oI,
horses L. iouricru cts head; thereby increasing II
Snly one cent and hall. The Wings tod ibe
! people Tint The tax 90 nurses had been incrca ei
| '"ureen cents head. Many Demo, rats believed
ihem, ana vo.ed tie Wing ticket or did moi vote
I alt"
We have never seen a greater number Of -.
| Ing nIsii eInenis embodied ia the same s,ace-
| "hSe Iueui. a may hc, upon the isnurance of Ib,
| IIo1r' I"op5h The enquirer. cog liant as IL is Of
He IicS' cam II avail itself ui that plea. ID es not
The EuqHirrr hHOW II To be untrue thai ..Ihe viii %.
obtained the ascendency ia the Stale many wear,
ngoby proJe't ns granI sch me ioluiernaI imnroye
/ mont, aud b. pay ing out The borrowed money q,
lhem' Does NJ the Euq Iirer ka0lD that the ME;
hlI improvement pIhcj ney or u pa "a question,
at az, aud that. Gar from giving strength lr lis adj
'"CA'es' eNceW - pirc illr lJcales such as dem.
| .cTdhc Lite Tennessee and Tie Northwest I'm
ect on OF The sire "a which there Is ais, a decided
oco f1co preponde race its a,lyocates ,,yovs t,rd
u difficult To sustain themselves al home even ON
some Of The very lines Of improvements h., laying
out which. ani by paying out the borrowed m.u,ev
On mem tho Wings are sal To have made frie.d.i'
Does II not kHOg that seph : Watkins ,yb
"h: he was IN The Stale. was tao great bell y.tb
er OF the l. co iocO aIck and James NIrDoveu
now IN loco i1cp governor of The Commonwealth
were The most conspicuous ami influential leader,
oI me internal improvement parBl Is The Editor
81 'he Enquirer obIvous Of the fact that he as much
rs any other individual IN The Slate col,t,,brtI T.,
excite ani stimulne the fever that rared in V,,.
gnil on hat suhjcci-ard tina So Iato n. e9o a.
urged The legislature 10 auhOrlZe one Of hi. J,J
correspondents (SunP scd b, no less a psrsoraoo
ihnu Andrew SteIht nspn Iheu our Minister nj i6t
C"ufi' VIM generously Oile ed his services E,r
iha pnfPnSe 10 barrow ten millions Of dollars TO Le
applied 10 the prosecution Of layOurte scheme. az
Improvement, then before the Legislaiure1 Doc,
u7i the Enquirer kaOp, that the western porrinn ,f
Tie State. hcing more interested in these scbcm,s
n IN Their Eastern their principal support was de-
rived from that quarter, which has nlXnys sent n
urge mgnriIy Of LocOf1cos 10 the egislalureY Does
u not Know That The Wings not only did not "ol
IAN The ascenGency in the Stale many years ago"
ny me means referred 10. bot that. in lfmh, Ihev
Oh not "uauy years ago. obtain tho ascande,c, =,
all Does II not know that there has nerer been a
period. since the present organization Of the Two
parties when the wings had a mijOri'y in botb
branches OF the Lcgislaurtl Yes. the Epouirer
hHouS all this 10 he rue; and yet 81 knowing. il
copies from anrher paper article directly in Tho
ieolh ct facts. and which unless they are IN truth
as ignorant as they are represented u be in n sub
sequent pornn Of A. every Of is readers knows
10 ne Iass alike IN letter and spirit If the 10.
cos had really ybtaned GLORIOUS vicorr n. tbev
assert would the Enquirer have deemed it neces
s1ry 10 resort 10 such means 10 magnify tho trum,by
D'es u not look rs u u were rather atiempting IA
gloss over defeat, Than celebrating eonouesI
Then, again. the changes are rung u5on the Tar
LdW. which, we IRE tod, was "mis reprrsenrsd,, h.
/ TIE WI igs whp west SO FAR az to induce "r,,n,
Democrats" 10 vote The Wing ticket because rbe,
believed the tax on horses had been aioc,sa.ot
fourteen cents a head" when that was the Will,
TAX. aad was only one cent and half increase M.
on the Tux 81 as' year, Arc The peopl. ro,Il,, y.
ignorant and stupid 10 be thus easily polleJ al
C'e"'eui ~ 'ney afe'where, we pray is The secu-
ry 81 orr Tree InsiliuilJn1 But it is not true
Us gloss libel upon The demDc. acy--we use The
term 10 Iis Ieg itimate, and not in lis psttv s.,.
u Is, we repeat, gross libel upon Them. IN -,
'hai they we're thus easily dipped and m,lsJ r.,
Sues Whefe were The loco fOcO candidates ard ~.
o'hef Oralors and their presses that ihey perm;ttI
81 H's.lul misrepresentation % 70 unconff,d,c