Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-03
VIII. THE WINGS CARRY VIRGINIA ?

/ WILL. THE WINGS CARRY VIRGINIA
A Irttcr in the National lniclli.enccr from
s:near Winchester" September ~. regards the
vote Of Tie State for Mr.. Clay, by one two
,housapd as certain" Very moderate calcu-
laton for a Coon ArithmeticanD The writer
noes into an estimate Of some of the Districts
and w. shall briefly upset few OF his facts, and
., once destroy all his Castles in the air" We
shall enter our serious protest against his theory
thai "of the young men who have attained years
of maturity Stree 1870 seven ont ri ten are
/ lIz;.<p Now as far as we have Observed our
| ;mnrc.sion is The reverse We believe 4 MAORI
+ IL nC the Young men are DcMOcyatS, Of superior
talents and influence.
There is one view taken bv this writer, which
* so GROSSLY Inaccurate, that il will he sufficient
10 retue it, in order 10 strike of al one blow all
the imaginary majority I'll zone "' Two thousand
for Mr.. CLAY He asserts, that the Ithie eaia
in This nhe Rchmond) District, will more than
double The Wing LosS in the Accolnac District
! crhc latter he comedies Ia he only BOOB Can
any one seriously believe this .? In 1910. the Ac-
cuinack District gave Gen. Harrison lii6 ma
1 loritv. From all our Information. We are IN
c!ned 10 believe, that this majority will h.,
entirely ey,ingushed and that the District will
| b. divided But concede 10 the Wing. $50
majority. and that is liberal enorah, this
will give us a Wing loss Of 1896 In This (lhe
Rchlnond) District Van Buren received in 1910
| 100 majority Nor, we know, the Wings di0im
majority of GOO But a shrcwd calculator aud
| intelligent and impartial man informs us that. in
! his OPINION this District will bc equally divided:
and that at the far,he>t, the Wings cannot get
more than 30 majority. (>ome Of our friends
count on a Democratic Majority We may then,
! in our literally. set down 4 Whi9 gain, since
1910. in this district of 2i0 Drtiuciins this from
the Wing loss in the Accomack District, we shall
have Democratic gain, in the two districts since
! 1910. of l0j6! And, vel. this CORE, ponden, OF
the lnell.encer riaimS that the w hi@ "a lin III the
Richmond District will m0,t than dohbic the Wing
loss in the Accomack District" This is a iar
specimen of his logic and shows the gross errors
of his whole computation.
On the whole. he 'scis down Eastern Virginia
as neither gaining nor losing We differ with
him. We shall make large gains since 1910.
lie then crosses the mountains He claims no
gain or loss in his (Frcderck) District We are
certain that We shall make handsome gain
there. In IN. We lost Frederick, Hampshire and
Morgan-nor. we shall carry these counties. and
rcdncc the Wing vote in the other Federal COIN
ties. IN the Rockingham District, We shall gam
largely.
In kanawha he crjcctS 900 majority Thisi>
all moonShinc, H. the Northwest and Iiulc Ten
ncssce he claims gain ol ~ percent We have
lately published Il letter from gentleman who
has iraverSei The whole Northwest and has As
surcd Us that shall gain largely. In conncc-
ton with this view what a highly intelligent
gentleman in Lewis county says:
"1'hc cause OF Democracy is onward in the
Northwest. Five men Were in my oire ye>ter
day On professional 5usne>>-out ot the five ionr
voted for General Harrison, but all declared their
intention Ia vote for Polk ana Dallas Oar farm
IL. 81.
nuiaclurcrs. in adopting or rather conifolln" the
Wing party 10 adopt such Tariff as will ros@
liz pr5oc II SooiS, and ~ hc amc time lo~.r 'he
mioe n iaJor md 0.pjcbkprdi pr0iHciS by ham
perine our commerce with other nations. Ian nc
ccirGd, Il ~ do mi faryy tbs CmgfcSSon0t D'S-
ria, mdtch, in 1910, garc 800 mGjo,Hy for mr.
rimn'
A nd rs for Lilllc Tennessee and the ucglbor-
ing Country the following from the last tincasIie
Democrat fixes allMm:
Corn PRosrEcrs rs WESTERN ViRGiNM.-For
the information ct our friends III The East We are
compelled to SAT-, that The most gratifying ana
chc,r ring accounts are constantly reaching Us from
all parts of Western Virginia. A buoyani, con
ilGent, and harmonious spirit animatcS ON entire
patty in every county, Acccssionsarc constant
Is being made to our ranks. in numbers and lnlin-
cnce. tina, il would look like boasiing even To
MENTION But We venture the assertion in all
sincerity that NE cddnacS nl0nc wW he cnoneh 10
Lcat he Wigs fticrc Irc,c M oiar caaNc 10 ape
ra,c IN he coniine clsciion. In the county OF
Mercer alone We understand from the best anlho-
riy there are FORTY-TWO CHANGES
Whyery in Western Virginia will receive i;s
guicl,is in November for twenty years 10 come
Their cause seems to be growing more gloomy
every day"
On The whole; il we have fair play, and elf
cient organization and -four voters come 10 the
polls we shall give the 'prodigal SON. Water
loo defeat in his native State, whose opinions
he has ridiculcd. LIT oW Committeeman do Mcir
duty 0nd all is safe