Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-23
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eoau ~, dav 10 yoar country TO the polls then, TO the
.sV< We mus, triumph gorously, 1t you ont 90
pnr dn,v Let no foreign vote be lost, which morse
"a s,ur can enable you to give, in all the counties
L.-e YOU have right 10 vote The Wings OF h'on-
md. OF course, will spare no effort to scatter ,her
,,s< every where Our good CITY Will attempt not
Wv 10 send her Delegate and the County Dele
Int to control the Of all the counties within
Striking distance, and TO secure 'he wing delegates ~
n,",.Surc. Chesterfield, Buckingham, Cumberland,
p.,.h,,an. Goochland Albemale, Hanover, Caroline,
You must, therefore, fight fire with fire, and
l,ss not sho. yourselves.
r. .ccoupts we continue 10 hear, from all quarters
Ia" Commonwealth, are cheering We shall carry
.. S,,,e Fear not, but do your duty Our last &C
n,s from Hanover are bright, and most encouraging
before our readers extracts from letters We have
w., received from Powha'an and Frederick
"PowHArAs, April 20, 1914.
~, WAS nv fixed determination not TO write to you
an until could proclaim The regeneration and re-
',s.,,,n of Powhatan. But when | see the Wing
.m;nr it as certain, and you, by implication, in this
I's Enquirer, admitting 1t 10 be doubtful, can no
49, ,emsin silent Powhatan IL Republican, and
..s Republican last Spring We were beaten by the
~, causes Of over-sanguineness and bad weather,
,h kepta large number Of our friends from the polls
w.. democracy are now fully aroused, and eager for
ou' ona,ct They have thrown their banner TO the
NV and will bear It riumphantly over the battle.
.asnts Of Waterloo next Thursday we tear not, we
. ,ot 10 meet the whole. army OF Federal voters
- hev
ns 10 the onslaught. The battle will be Tremendous
," fancy the victory will be complete The Feds
Ms,h, for Cay; but the Democrats will fight for
w., %,her. aud npber, and holier prize of principle
~, AID Liberty Can those who go 'nto BATH
f the honor Of man. contend successfully win those
49,. ,, for the glory OF their country - AS the elo
~, chatham SAID, ''nerer nersr necer -
,,r ,ly upon it, if our friends turn out accord
~, :, our wel!-founded expectations, you will, after
nst Thursday have to enrol little Powhatan upon the
i's,ot Republican counties. Mark the prediction /
i, this on the eve Of the great day. not for pubca-
ton but for your private eye. have never
known the Democracy the county 50 we'll united, so
ensrcet;c so resolute, so active and buoyant. These
SONS may deceive me-for, OF ourselves we might fall
under the weight oil superior numbers made up OF te
foreign and domestic yotes-out 1t our NONRESIDENT
yn,es come TO our assistance, we must succeed
.AlIow me- in conclusion, TO say, fear your article
N The Enquirer of to-day may (unln,entonaily am
,urel discourage some of our distant voters from al
tendng They not generally like 10 travel far, with
out well-founded hope OF success-and never, II they
think they are return 6satea pray you to attach
no sort of cvedence 10 Wing rumors in relation to our
matters here and to their statements about changes
I assure you, they are smatly on our side
tAnd we respectfully beg leave to urge upon all our
vo.ers 10 60 and the States Rights banner from
defeat We know that tricks have been used TO Keep
Them sway-but let every man of them, wherever he
may be, turn out and 60 10 the polls -EpirokS)
EXTRACT Of a Letter from Winchester.
aft affords me great pleasure 10 be able TO inform you,
the democracy of Frederick are IN Oetter s'a.e oi or
oanzaon a, present. than they have been IN for some
wears such is my opinion, based upon personal inter-
views and letters received from ali the precincts i
confidently larger vote than has ever before
be polled in the county, and if we do not triumph by
msioty of some two hundred shall be disappointed,
snt about hundred in The Senatorial District. Let
les received from Jefferson and Clark informs every
thing right in those counties Our friends have some
hope of carrying OF delegates IN Jefferson but
fear she is much imbued with Federalism TO allow
that. The excitement is becoming very great-the
Coons are fighting with presentations
are almost abundant the leaves in the iorest-we are
fully prepared to meet them at all points only last
night received letter from Washington, d. & inform
ing that small pamphlet was about To be secretly
distributed throughout our State, day or two before
the election misrepresenting Mr.. Woodburys speech
on The Tariff What must the character OF party be,
that would to such means to carry their ends-
But their trickery will avail them nothng-the demo-
c,acy are too we'll organized in Frederick, TO al
low Federalism loothold, the event will prove on
the day Of trial
The Wheeling Argus states, that L. Hays, Esq,
has with great public SPIRIT waving his own personal
wishes accepted the nomination ola candidate Tor Brax
ION and Lewis. Alexander Wade, ESQ., is the regular
candidate in Monongalia, nominated by the county
convention-John Miller for Brooke county; and John
Sect, Esq, is the candidate for Marshall We have
every assurance that they will oil &c elected
The following animated battle-cry from the last
Abingdon Banner thrilling and SO full OF cheerful
things aso that beg leave TO adopt as our last
sppea to every Voter who may receive this paper De.
!o,e The election
1.-THE ELECTioNS-oN THURSDAY
".Once more unto the breach, dear friends. Hear
KEN Democrats of Washington, Smith, Russell, Scott,
Lee Taze well, and all others, to ~hoC, these Presens
shall come-greeting. Orr elections are at hand we
are on the eve of great but not doubtful battle IN
Virginia God be praised, the skies are bright :
CATERING they are, with the evening rainbow 1t
spans the political heavens and gives token OF
'go,dy day TO morrow. Cherily, chetly then-ad-
10 the charge, and strike with resolution LOT tue
GOOD old cause for the Democracy, and the country
REMEMBER, my lads-gentlemen, one all, that on
THURSDAY. battle is 10 be won and lost The con.
sequences OF it, TO the victor and the vanqushed, w
run beyond the limits Of Virginia. Ii you Will take
cur word for H. they are not 10 terminate here NO,
verify, the Republic in its amplitude, IS destined to
ise the shock OF the defeat rejoice IN the tr'umphs
orie victory. In few days, blow will be struck
IN 'aald Virginia which echoing like thunder-caP,
Will be heard upon the Northern boundary-and the
Gull OF Mexico Yes. indeed the effects oil tins APP
proschns contest in Virginia-upon other States OF
THIS Unon-are TO be vast vast eyond any powers OF
metaphorical illustration Certain II s, that we are
under most heavy responsibility. We occupy bril-
liant II not o dangerous poston-a position IN tue
van Of the great national Democratic array lake
care that The foremost, the attacking column-recoh
not /; viii not recoil-not 1t We shall gum this
battle repeat if the gallant soldiery-the good Peo
pie of Virginia remain true to themselves, true TO the
sterling principles OF their immortal ancestors, true 10
the hopes and expectations OF our sympathizg alies
who hail God bless 'em) from all quarters OF the
Union.
"Men Of Virginia, the eyes of this nation are upon
you. Attention, every where attention. earnest and
profound fixed at this time upon our dear State, and
her pending elections. Republicans Of our own South
west we Tell you, that the Pledmonlese Of the Blue
Ridge, the People Of the Northwest, the Democrats of
the Seaboard, look to you with fialerna encourage
ment, and bid you go ahead Press on, then into the
glorious action, and make success, with Gods will in
good cause harbinger of greater victory and q
general jubilee in November next Remember
member it with pride and honest EMULATION, that our
noble patriotic, and truly Republican State, since the
dawn Of the Revolution, and through all lis convul-
sons ever bore aloft the sacred banner of popular IL
berty and equal rights. To the keeping of her firm
hand, this palladium has been often entrusted, upon
divers critical occasions, and this s Of them Let
not We implore you, the veteran standard bearer be
struck down in preliminary skirmsh with the enemy.
lie, not the ime-endeared flag itself which has hither-
to waved iumphant!y over an hundred battle fields