Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-26
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because il shuts out Other more useful suoec,s,
ana often excites ill-bloo1. But being the SUD,
ect uppermost in most mems minus, IL i'S ioieou
itself upon ne more than ever Delole. d.i VI
neither party, though generally vole N elee.ions'
Nv wishes about the pending contest, are not
s,rono enough n hiuH essentially 10 bias my
Judgment of the signs that have been presenting
themselves TO my view.
Those signs tell me, | very believe. beyond ific
possibility oil mistake, thatlhc votes oil New 9Rk
and MICHIGAN are intallibiy certain Tor foLh
and DALLAS. The name oil Silas Wilsht III
New York, is LEGION. He will get majority
of al least $4,000, and there will be no material
difference between him and Mr.. Polk. II Is evil
dent, 10 adi>passionae observer, thai the knowing
ones among the Wings OF that State expect te-
feat The Courier anil Enquirer, (Cul "cDb,)
not three weeks ago, lei slip expressions, whlch
s%o,rcd lis dependency, even while II shouted
forth braya,loes Of triumph; and the Ifibnnc more
recently gave programme oiihe Electoral votes
in which Virginia was set down as certain Tor
Mr.. Clay, and Vet only lib votes made ont for
him in all fire more ddn Il 6arc mGjorHg The
course OF bets is alike sympomalc. The States
Rights candidates are nanilesily THE tavoFiteS
OF Ire field" The public conveyanccs indicate
precisely the same thing In former contests,
every body remembers that Mr.. Clay and his as
sociates have always had overwhelming malor-
ties in steamboats, raiiway-cars, anu stages
But when the country poured loith us Teat
strength from its homes and fields, those MAORI
tics regularly succumbed (sayc in one instance)
TO the majesty of the PEOPLE; and the principles
OF the Constitution stood vindcated-stood saved.
But now, even the poor triumphs of stroins ma
iorllies are becoming scarccr Filled rs public
vehicles are with interested in the exactions Of
n Tariff, or in that fatal imitation OF currency sure
10 come from National Bank, or with men
whose parly biascs work the same result In their
mnds-heir majorlics are more slender than
ever before; and not seldom dwindle into Ininori-
ties
In Michigan, there are still fewer and smaller
doubts. The giving up, Gu The part OF Mr..
Clay's friends i yet more pa pablo. Daily ears
run from Detroit; due westward, ITO miles.
crowded with passengers. On the day when
came ON thai road vote was taken, and resulted,
for Polk Is. Clay IS. Birncy 10. The Dc@o-
cratic Ftec Pnss of Detroit, last week, mel certain
high vaunts Of the Detr0H Advertiser, (Whig pa
per- with an offer of five bets, each Of 800 TO
So. upon various points OF contest in this state,
one of them being, that Michigan rogW 90 iof
I'oik Lg aloyt tiaa 1900 m0jOtiiR. wish you had
sccn aud published the answer Of The Advertiser
It was laIshahly, yet pilably, cyasvc. MOI one
1T The bets was accepted. Among the people
whom have mingled with in ways. and 10 an
oxlen, very unu,u for Travellers il Is no cxag-
gcralion 10 say. that four-illhs al those have
| heard talk of politics. are for Polk and Dallas.
1t would have delighted anv true Vrginian 10
hear and see the proceedings OF a meeting at
which was las Monday, in the village u Paw
paw, eighteen miles from here. Ii was mass
meeting of the farmers and settlers, for ten or
fifteen miles around and numbered about two
hundred and fifty, filling large Court room,
denseiv. MIR. STUART, conspicuous member oil
the Kalamazoo Jar, made speech OF an hour and
a hall. which would have done credit 10 any OF
Virginia's living orators. He exposed, more III
eddy and powerfully than | had ever heard it
done before, The strange injustice and enormous
miSchiciS OF our banking system generally and
pourlraycd III sunbeamS, the evils attending the
last Bank OF III, United States and the dangers
OF such d one A. Mr.. CLAY would ia>tcn upon
the country The Dis'ribHti0A topic he handled
with commensurate ability, though more slightly
He was followed by General Chapman, nominee
OF the Democrats for Congress in this district
Gen. c. Ga giant, rough-hewn son Of the forest a
Fermonier bv birth, whom the dandes in the Ca
ptol will laugh al for his homcly dress and air
till they feel his power) tabled the Tariff and the
question oil annexation. Tie ground which he
took land another speaker o. respectable ability,
on thu Tariff was, that there should bc no discrl-
Mutations even for the purpose OF protection
but that revenue alone should he aimed al, the
necessary rcsul; Of which would he, large
amount Of protection: and that his incidental pro
lection Was ri! that our manufacturers could right
fully ask, OF Congress rshiuliy give them
The most pleasing thing 10 Southern ear, in
all three Of the speeches, was tie regard for South
crn feelings and interests manifested hv them all
| Think Of il In wha; was So lately the deep ho
| SON of a wilderness one hundred and sixty miles
Yves, from Detroit, dcccnily- clad wcll-bchavcd
and most intelligen-loosing aSsemblaSc OF mci
and ladies' listening with eager attention TO speak
ers through whose mingled eoqueEce and arou-
| mcnt there ran thorough coincidence with Souih-
ern opinions, and the warmest sympathy ioi
Southern right, Not man Of them. believe
| having the least imagination that Southron was
in the apartment.
The tone Of his rapidly rising State is crafty
inglv sound on the subject oil Abolition. The up
holders of that fanaticism are runv and con-
temptbe handful. Bn; of those few, fou,.Ghis
nrc lar M Ciav acd 10 Mr. Biracp This is the
case throughout The North; as is proved by the
inceSsant chidings poured out by Mr.. Webster,
Mr.. GidiingS, the Wing leaders, the Wing press,
uron the AboionisiS for their support of Mr.
Brney. These chidinss would prove, if it were
moi admitted on all sides, that the Wings consider
nearly ever vote which that gentleman will get,
clear subtraction from Mr.. Clays strength.
Nothing, in the history ofour new States equals
either the h'althtul speed of Michgans increase,
or the soandness and excellence of the population
with which she is filling up. The sobrieiy, order
and good morals that prevail, far >urpass those
OF middle and Eastern Virginia | have seen
bn, one man The leas, intoxicated. since entered
/ The State AMI he was one OF INV fellow Stage pas
Sengcrs. from an Eastern State. There is ten
times as much tipping on one Courl day in my
native county, as have seen in all Michigan
| was al house raising two days ago, among = NJ
| 10 lahourng mell-l have entered many private
dwellings chiefly OF rather poor people, have
enjoyed their inequalities BY night and by day
and on not one ofihcse occasions, have | seen,
smelt, or heard Of any intoxicating liquor except
when | have heard lis use deprecated And
this, amidst the hariships of a pioneer life, and
the rgors OF Canadian climate. The good ma
nagcmcnt, and the attention To bodily comfort,
that YOU see here, are remarkable | have seen
no log cabin without one or more glass win
Gows, and plank floor
But may, perhaps, say more about these
sterling PEOPLE and their country in another let
ter Respectfully yours,
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