Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-08-29

From Af Richmond WAss, Asg ~.
VIRGINIA, AND THE PROSPECTS
OF WING SUCCESS IN NO.
VEMBER.
We, ss our readers know, have neye,
prot, ssed any overweening confidence
IN the vote Of Virgins for Mr.. Clay, de.
ter,nining IN advance to be instrumental
In d, cevlng no one, and not to COMMIT
the folly If utteriug prophecies which
were dependent on so many coningen.
cies and so soon to be tested, and of max.
ing promises which depended for their
performance upon ths free will oil One
Hundred thousand Freemen. Ia state
OF parties acknowledged to be extremely
close, It surpassed, we knew, the sagaci.
~ OF any mere man to foretel . result
where there were SO many agents, ditius-
ed over an era of 1000 square miles,
engaged in bringing il about; and we chose
neither to make dupes Of any or asses Of
ourselves, by laying pretension to the gil,
OF prophecy.
That cautious and proper course We
choose TO pursue still: We Int Of indeed
almost every day. with gentIemer who
have been enlightended by the councils
of The sweat House and drank of its Insp.
ration, who profess 10 know with enlire
certainty, how the vote Of Virginia viii
be cast-men who peradventure have new.
er circulated in half dozen Counties, and
VIII, know as little Of what j. passing be.
yond the Blue Ridge as they do Of the
Empire of Prester John: Simple persons
who have been engaged as the agents Of
that ~ stem oil Brag and Buster, which
the Polk and Texas Party imagine will
supply the place Of argument and reason:
And we might, if We were so inclined, aud
with entire sincerity too, respond Their
silly Dragging with expressions Of san.
gulne anc INFORMED conviction lha, Viz.
g'nia will vote for Mr.. Clay.
But We refrain, and content ourselves
with reiera,lng. thar Virginia il closely
aud powerfully cont, sted; that no msn
who has the least respect for his own rep
u,ation as man OF sense, will pretend to
say with cuNFIpEnCE what the result, will
be; and that we authorized to proc AIN
this to be the state Of facts iron sccurae
iniormsiion--as accurate as Con be pro.
cured-lrom every quarter OF Vrg,ni..
This much, however, VIZ say ch, erlng.
y to the Wing party THEY ARE LOSING
ground nowhere, unless N two or tire,
cnunli,s, and that to very limited eI,
tent: they are GAINING GROUND we Can.
d,dIy believe IN more than ONE HUNDRED
COUNTIES and IN every grand division Of
the State. Still the contest is close sne
the result doubtful. Aware OF Mr.. Claws
certain election, his Virginia foes, ever
the bittterest and unreien,ing, who
through SO many years have dogged
the heels and traduced the fame Of tia.
Illustrious citizen the btierest and mos!
unrelenting because goaded On by the
unamlable passions which huant the bu.
man breast, mortified vanity, envy and
jealousy-Mr. Claws Virginia foes, We
say have made and are making the most
VEHEMENT eff,rts 10 imbltl,r bis assured
National triumph, by d. prIying h,m ol the
vote oil his native State They do not
expect to defeat his election the, know
that TO be fixed as late: their vind,c,i,e
and malevolent calculations are res retcd
to the hope of defeating him 10 VisGInIA,
the State which has the glory OF g,vlng
birth to the first man ofthe sge.
Whether they succeed or oe fliled 10
this unworthy aspiration. depends upop the (
relative erertions Of the two parties. DE.
feated IN our opinion, that vlndIctive pur.
pose will be, snd each revolving d y con.
firms and strengthens the opinion; but i. 4
can only be- by the most energetic and
persvering efforts.
That these will be made the splendid
,exertions Of the Wing Party throughout
the Commonwealth, are the witness and s
the guarantees And in the persuasion
that they will be continued, we express
the strong belief that Mr.. Clay will carry
Virginia, and that by vote exceeding the
hopes ofhis friends and astounding his Toes,
estate PRIDE-REmEMBER HUGH L. 1
WHITE. I'VE find the following letter
in the Columbia (Tenn.) Observer, pa
per published in the town in which Mr..
Polk resides, which will give our readers
some idea as to the feeling of State Pride
in and about Columbia
Mr.. Editor,--lt has been generally
circulated that ! am going to vote for
James X. Polk, and have been frequent.
ly asked whyl and take this methodoi q
saying that win never vote for James
X. Polk, as long as such man as Henry
Clay is living. | voted tor Mr.. Clay
with about sixty others, years ago, 10
Maury; and neither Texas nor any otn'
er shallow pretext shall preveat me rom
voting for that time. honored statesman IN
November next. As TO State Pride, my
motto is, "Remember Hugh L. White.
July 4, IA w. L. COLQUrlks
Mr.. CLAWS HEALTH.-The New York
Republic learns from Kentucky that MI
CLAY is in excellent health, although :
good deal run down by company, and
subjected to heavy daily tasks by his nu'