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RICH MON d, V a.
Thursday Morning, October II, 1871.
THE: POLITICAL GAME.


We have never heard OF a game, at which BON
sides could win the stakes. And yet, if YOU read
the papers and hear The calculations OF bo'h par
ties. one would think that This wonderful game Is
ior Tie first time 10 he exhibited. Virginia IS
ours" exclaim the Wings. f!@Hg eeH"a by Tie
Republicans. mississippi Louisiana, Ienhcs-
see will certainly 90 for Clay Whi'hpels ON
some swelling Coon with rather a he>ilatinS
voice Denied again, confidently exciai'n ihc
Republicans) We shall sweep al the south ana
South West, unless il be North Carolina, ana
there We will contest every inch oil ground ana II
we can wake mp Rip Van Wrinkle, as W. Z:
Preston once rather ungraciollsly called the Old
North State, 10 her true Interests We shall uhi'e
her bright star with the whole Southern galaxy.
I'VE claim PENNSYLVANIA for The lions share,
eyclaims one ofthe agents oflhe Clay Hing OF the
Forests. Upon what principle" ''because, IN
the first place, We count again upon The coalition
between the Wings and the Naive Americans
True lis the rcply) your anoinicd lhleilain Is
great hand nj coalitions, and his followers oil The
North are deeply iniocirnatcd IN his school
Blu, The Natives are many ei them Democrats,
and when the question becomes directly an issue on
political principles, most of them will return 10
their firs love BESIDES ifihey should prove faith
less 10 u We shall again call upon the sturdy yco-
many Of the land - counieract The intrlgues
OF the Wings of Philadelphia, and save The Hey
stone State" But (Says Yesterdays CompileD
YOU will mol Ne able 10 carry the German popuia-
ton with YOU, (the more courteous Il. w hi5
wonld have called them the Snabian Duch)-
Tor, ivan Bnrer's Dnch name and Dutch blood
had great influence with the people OF German
extraction i'll PcnDsvlvania-and the Baltimore
Convention, by is Gnlustliahe course towards
Van, has given cause OF oncEcc 10 III" German
population Indeed This is news 10 us"
! f..9l | Encn LII i a
pretty lhna Tor You to affect any sympathy with
MIR Van Buien, and shed crocodile tears over his
fate But neither Mr. Van Buren, nor the DHlch
ask your commi>Sera,ion. Mr.. Van Buren, him
self has displayed n magnanimy and gene
rons enthusiasm in behalf ol Principle and Polk,
which have added new wreath OF glory 10 his
brow. He has proved himself superior 10 all
such little passions, as you would excite in the
bosom of his trends-And he has proved him.
| self more worthy than ever OF the distinction
which his country wonld have awarded him. 1t
is better TO be worthy OF such an office even than 10
possess it, Besides. which of his friends has re-
Tired from the field in consequence OF his exclu-
sion! Has Wright, Butler, Dix, or DickerSon
Not man OF them The only feeling with them,
besides their firm devotion 10 their principles, Is
that noble pridc which will show how superior
lis possession is 10 The low and srovelling pas
sions OF little men All his friends III the Ger
man name will every where exhibit the same
manly and elevated disposition Like him. they
90 for their great cause and forge, their feelings
/ in their patrioti-n. What Republicans in this
Stale are more enthusiastic: and whose votes will
/ tell more powerfully on the day of action,
! than the patriotic sons OF Virginia of the
Tenth Legion, who bo2s; OF their German
( eytraclon-the serve Suahians as they have
been dcnominalci The Germans of Penn
svlvania are animated by the same spirit. Did
/ they not turn out but the other day: the Germans
! of old Bcrks, OF all the East Of all the West, and
save the State from the iniri9ucS oi the Wings oi
| Philadelphia! They will turn ont now with
greater spirit on Frday fortnight. than they did
/ last wcck-and not only the Germans, hit The
| Irish. ,the French. and The descendants of every
! nalurazcd foreigner who have seen themselves
! insued and the claims of their countrvmen in
yadct bv the late efforts Of the Native Americans
and no, only they will feel this spirit. but every
I American native, who repes the contracted prin-
! cipe, which would require probation Of twenty
! one years, and thus indirectly exclude many a
| useful foreigner from This last. best asylum OF
/ oppressed humanity.
| sBu, we shall carry New York" And how J
/ By similar intrigue o.! the Wings OF The State
{ BIZ your miserable coalition Ry contempt
/ Die Traffic al Office which would share The oave>
/ and he's with the American Natives oi The city,
, or the Ahoiiionis,s Of the notwithstanding them
seats in Congress, or putting the Wing candi-
dates under such pledges, as'woui open the door
| 10 exciting politicians, 10 dangerous debates, and
10 continued attacks upon the South And is this
tn, way in which you, followers of the great
I Harry OF the West would CRAFTY his ambition,
AT the expenss OF the rights Of the South and Of
In, peace oI the Union But you will fail in
your nrigues. The Democratic Natives will
not ra,iiv the bargain, and the friends Of Rirncy
and Gcrrilt Smith will not accept the proposition.
We shall save The Empire State in spite Of all
vour inlriauers, and We Will elect Mr.. Polk i'll
defiance OF all your manCu"rcS.
"But Virginia '-(begins the humbed Wing
with hcsiiatng voice -"Wh at about Virginia
! (exclaims the indignar, Republican, You claim
; acr, She is beyond your grasp. She has never
vo.cd ior Federal President, and She never
will She will never vote tuy a man who dis
piscs her principles-is willing 10 sacrifice her
! rights and interests, 10 crafty his own ambition
! and whose friends are wiliin. 10 raise him inic
! power by unhallowcd and disoracc:ul coalitions
| But we are still confident OF the triumph OF the
! Why's We are as confident of the election of
| Clay (quoth Inc Compler) as OF The occurrence
| of any event which has not already occurred. -
| y little moderation in your caculations-and
| li,e inodesty in your expressions, good friend
! You are but young politician yet-and leave
! all srch Boosting 10 your colemporary OF the
| Museum. After all, YOU and he may be both
/ mistaken The ENQUIRER was tulerably certain
| in lel1 Of carving The Little Magician-bu, he
/ was deceived ~ the information which he re-
| ceivcd from The other States Of The strength of
/ our candidate-or rather his friends in the other
! States were not sufficiently aware OF the means
! which would he taken 10 defeat them Old Viz
I ginia thank God IRE know a uc beter-and
| She true to herself and true Ia her principles, did
! not deceive her friends-but baliiei all the
| Wings
But our success IS important, 10 the prosperity
of our country" How Because the peace
security and harmony Of the Union will he pre-
served, and the laws and order of The land ohcved
! and maintained. II they are defeated, and the
party against which they contend, shall get into
power we solcmnly believe that the Confcdcracy
will be subjected 10 fresh peril. added 10 all the
corruptions and destructive experiments which the
people rose up in their might and indignantly. con-
demned in 1910"
Thi>, too is the language ot the Compiler
and never was any statement less supported by
sage observation or sound speculation Admit
even that we are less The friends of order than the
/ Wings, will the country he less excited hv the de-
! feat than BY the victory o! the Loco Focn, -
! Whom will the Wings put in Henry Clay.
man who is Tor overlapping the provisions Of the
Constitution, slraining the powers of the Govern
lnen 10 lis greatest tension, burthcning one por-
ton Of the Union To benefit another: and lordins
over the Executive with an arrogant temper
which admits of little restraint. and carried into
power hy Coalition, at which the hes, feelings
OF the Patriot will revolt in disgust Is he man
as well calculated 10 alay anv storm, even any
threatens Us, As a man with limited views OF his
own constitutional power. with moderated tom
per- and owing his election to the uncontrolled
and unhough, surages of The people? Bat the
! character which is drawn of the Republicans by
inuendo, isa carica,urc. They ale no; Jacobins.
They are as much the friends of order, if not
more, than The Northern Wings. The Hartford
Convention is more properly theirs The threat
TO dissolve the ENiou. in case OF Annexation. is
exclusively their But The great mass of both
parties are The friends of Order and THE Union
and lis but poor compliment 10 either 10 sim
gle il out for such unsracious denuncialions
Al all cvcnis ona Marty INNS, win the o,rno