Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-05-22
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TIE LATE ELECTION.
Tie Richmond Euffircr, having received complete
. returns Of Il, late tlectan. rraelalms to the world "a
glorious rietgrg'-aod. feeling dYH5truI, as it well may
do, Ills claim To %eredfncet in the face ofihc tsctr "Iiah
flsafy its boast, it cop.es paragraphs tom Incofoco pa
pcrs published IN distant States, from Connecticut 10
Ohm. PINNED IN the like eNaltag strains, but most
Of them written, unfortunately for the copyist. be
fore the actual results WIRE knJwn By those who wr5'e
them. Verify, they are thankful for small fayorsi-
" III a majority III The Legislature rcdnred from ii To
2l.-and slth lh5ee Wig members Of Congress elected
under an i%niqult5ns Appoftionnfnt law which des;gned
to ailow hen only one, and three others dcl,aied, one
by ). another (tfanduienii, iy -, aud a thInd BY So
Yu'es,-they mus have a Singular ideh If the mrauIi4
oi language. OF tiry must have anticipated thai then
mrsdreds aud sins would rouse the people 10 cast theln
uut,o who deem such a fesall u GLORIOUS vict5ry."-
What, pray, would they regard al inglurious d,fral?
lpi our object, in referring 10 rlls matter nov. 10 uot
to dispute about a matter 50 nolap.rt9nt. The farls
are before the people, and they can Judge fr themselves,
without the aid Of newspaper boasts, to which side the
real, and to wtleI, the seeming victory beings. W.
merely design to show the mIajruess Of the Enquirer,
and II rcpel the c%alumnics, winch II has not the harJt
hood to utter, gul which nevertheless, by copying, 1t las
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is columns the following article;
From he u ~oaapei5n GLobe.
This Is The first time The Democrats have o5fajrcd a
naJ9fity III the legislature Tor many yeafs-excepl last
year wien the " hIgs sid they LOST IHe majority by
general apathy" Tic victory now obtained by tho
Democrats 10 certainly the most glorious one ever a
chleyrd Ia tbs State. when We take mo consideration
the circumstances under V hleh it WIS won. Ihc " higs
obtained the asctndaucy Iu The Stale maBK years anu. by
projecting grand SCHEMES Of lairrna. IuIf5Ytuenls, and
Borrowing money la cary them on. Iuey ruade friends
both by laying aht tie Gnc, Of Internal improvements.
and by pd5ug cut the borrowed munty on Them
W len they run the ding sl Tar IN TIN gr und' That
lh1y could not borrow mouey 10 prosecute the works,
nor even obtain money 10 pay thu interest ON that which
hey had borrowed, Then they ptrujtcd the Democrats
10 get a majority IN ihe Legislature, and to snBtr, by
EASING tie taxes 10 pay The denis q the STATE Incurred
" Tie Wings. The Democrats, regardless, Of ihc obi
nm which attaches Ia Tax ~ the people, met the crisis
IKE men, by laglng a tax sufficient to redeem or pre-
serve The honor ot the STATE. ! he law Was passed msl
oeIofe t"e late election, aud there was not time 10 give II
general circulation before the people were called upon to
vote The Wings took advantage ufth.s. and ~cal a
.nong the people and iHIsrrpfesrui,u The law eull,ply.
'Ne Will state Tie ntarcprcseatatIa which lhey
made. voorfed ion 10 lis 10y beading and worthy mrn-
hcrof the AicthHd dist III. rel. The tax on horo,s ha,
been twelve and a hali GEMS for many years past. The
last Legislature raioed the tax On he5se5 10 fourteen cts.
a head; thereby Increasing II only oon cent aud a halt
The W hlgs told tic people that !he tax on horst, had
been increased fourteen ceHis 4 ttaI. Many D,nu
Gratis htleged them, and voted the Mig ticket, OF did
moi vote atall.n
We have never seen 4 Greater number If glazing mis-
statements embodied IN rbs sane space -con~s4aeni il
may be, opon the ignorance Of The Globe, though The En-
qair'r. cogni1aot as II is,f the facts, cannot avail itsel
OF thai plea. Dos n,llae Ga5a;rofk1or it to be untrue,
that the Wuig- 45taiaeI the ,,cena4ney in lAe Safe
many Yeas ag9, by projecting grand schemes Of mterna
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