Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-22

--ueeidiihS tiat ne democrats can carry NEW
Jersey for Polk and Dallas, and we think they
rM do IT," The same Clay Committee say in
their Address. that The Wings in Ohio have
carried the Governor BY glorious majority =
the majority in fact on an aggregate vote Of
more than $4,000, not exceeding l2J0-and our
trends are 50 much animated as 10 claim Ia carry
the State in November They are 81 infatuated
as even to say, that "in Georgia the Wings have
eloriously lrinmphed! Georgia goes for Clay,
Freinshuysen and the Tariff" What a glori-
Gus triumph 10 the Wings not only 10 lose the
more than 5000 majority which hey had in 1910,
but 10 be beaten near 3000-and they will lose the
State for CLAY, Fielinghuysen and the Tariff
(the Tariff in Georgia9 by al least 5000. And
10 cap the climax of their ridiculous calculation,
they tell us "ITgini0, too, sends us The most
cheering news. She will vote ior Clay and the
Tariff "--(thc Tariff, aye, Virginia vote for the
Ubiquitous Tariff of 1912, against the solemnly
pledged Compromise Of '33Y--Virginia vote for
Clay Sirs bring us no more false accounts
abandon this absurd scheme OF Dragging and
bamboozing the People Of the other Sta,cS.-
Wait but two weeks longer, and You will hear
the trutll-lt will indeed he "must cheering news
To the Democracy OF The nation, when we an
nounce that the vote OF The Old Dominion will be
from 10 5000 for Polk and Dallas
Alter this fabulous, and inSidiouS, and gascon-
aiding address, we are satisfied, beyond The pos
>ibiiitv Of a doubt, that the CoonS mean 10 carry
the election, il they can, by ,rickcry, and bras
gins and humhugyiny, as well as by fraud and
pipe laying in the North.
Can any man mistake the source of the Affect
ed exullalion of the Richmond Whisl Part is
brassadocia, the wooden cannon part is the So
lid argument OF money, employed tor corruption
Their friends, no doubt, write then, in the hope of
carrying New York and Pennsylvania by corrupt
Coalitions and fraudulent votes. What, for in
stance did the Richmond Wing mean on Satur-
day when il said now they know how many
votes they want Ia carry Pennsylvania and what
IL do! We understand the Wings They know
aSthcv state, they have 50 many yards OF pipes 10
lav--and thus they eXpeci 10 obtain 9jOrionS tn
um.t-a triumph purchased over the integrity OF
the Republic--by corruptinS Liberty al lis ionn-
tain hea,l-and underman"ihe confidence Of the
, world in the capacity of the People 10 govern
themselves. What Il TAX would thus be paid
how dearly will il tall upon ourselves and our
children. that such n man as Henry Clay should
he eccicd-gratiiied in his inofdinate ambition
and imposed upon free People.
One word about the calculations we published
about Pennsylvania hciolclhe election. It was 10
Dragging. Wedo no; acl upon that system n all;
| though the Wings certainly do In fact, We know
that some al our best friends are complaining ois
either that We do not take as sangnnc views d.
moiiiv, in any form whatever. the most decided
| calculation OF an overwhelming result. There
| was no Dragging in the letters OF our corrcSpon-
dents They wrote nothing but what they p0sihrcir
and honestly believed. Among other letters which
We never published because il vas marked ''ton-
fdeaiiai." was letter from the Democratic Exc
cutive Committee giving IN estimate for every
county in the Stale They ran ur the majority
10 between Is and 10000 though they stated thai
e.. IL.
/ Wings and tue Natives would go, they had put the
city and county of Philadelphia in blank; bat thai
The creates, injury they couId do us was instead of
| givin" us majority ofbelwcen2 1000 m;clt
have cast majority against us ot about ,000.
We know, that this calculation was perfectly no.
nest on their part was not intended Ia hc publish
cd 10 he used for effect and Ter Dragging but Ia
/ put Us in possession oitaeir conscientious estimate,
/ founded upon letters which they had received
in reply 10 their Circulars, from almost every
county in Pennsylvania. There was no tyiri;
then in this eslimalc-no Dragging a, all. Their
estimates. TOO. were not cy,Iavagant, as il turns
out in most of the counties In many Of them,
they nearly Appropriated the result In several,
! they fell short OF our actual naloriticS. The
! whole letter indeed bore every mark III honesty
upon its face, and such. we have no doubt, from
the character OF our correspondents, were all the
letters we received from Pennsylvania. Our Re
publican friends in Philadelphia Were deceived
/ abou, the vote Of The city and county. They
could not have anticipated the extcn, 10 which
/ this coalition was carried. nor the cheatn" and
/ pipc-layins which the Wings have practi>cd in
/ the Stale. Their estimates, in order 10 approach
the truth, ought 10 have been founded not only
1 upon the actual votes of the Wings and Demo
Gratis, bu, they ought 10 have made considerable
allowance Tor the frauds and corrnpiionS OF the
Wings Their view ofthe Philadelphia vote has
not shaken the general accuracy ot their own cal
culaton. Thus, Sbunk's actual majority 5000
| Vote against us i'll city and county OF Phi
depha G,000
Majority which our friends expected 10
obtain there, (>ay) 1000