Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-11-04
THE ENQUIRER.
RICH MOND, VA.
Monday Morning, November 3, ls45.
SETTLED AT LAST

Saturdays Southern mail cut The GoIdian knot,
and confirmed HE election Of Brockenbrough as
the Democratic Representative OF Florida in The
United States Congress This young and gallant
State cones into the Union under mos, favorable
auspices. Her frs, appearaRo&n The National
Congress will be of an imposing&haTacler Her
delegation is composed OF men OF talents and in
fluence and her voice in favor of The true prnci-
pies Of Government will be listened 10 with re-
spect.
Our friends, The Wings arc destined ever TO be
tan,alized. A year ago, the first news from New
York nut them on the house-iops oi delight
Henry Clay was certainly elected, and ingenious
preparations were msde, on large scale, 10 &C.
lebrale the glorious event. But gradually the
mist OF doubt was dispelled, and al last tie Wing
"Casl,e in the air. lumbled into pieces. So with
Florida: and here we admit that they had coed
cause for hofc, but nci enough 10 justify their
open demonstrations OF Joy We confess thai
,re wefe terribly frightened, ard deeply mortified;
tut sill the thing was lar from certain, and pru-
dence would have dictated The policy Of waiting
for a few more returns 10 perfect The victory. Not
SO the Wings Il was enough for them that there
was good prospect Of success. They are 50
little accustomed 10 he substance, that they shout
cd over Tie shadow of victory. "Anolher Wing
victory" in large letters, flew q, the head OF all
the Wing journals. The Marinsburg Gazeue,
in lis ccs,acy, cried out, "TEe Wings are winning
SO many brilliant victories that We almost begin
10 feel like 'oM tmcs' The tone of the great
Democracy is beginning 10 be little BUNDLED
This is the season for kunting eoons, but the De-
mocracy, like some Of our hunismen, go oul aud
come back 'riMcvt ketehing none"
Even al The great "Kikenny.cat" meeting Of
the Wings in New York, where Webb Of The
Courier and Brooks ofthe Express pouncet down
upon Greeley Of The Tribune, on account Of his
anl-Texas views, Webb siigmatizing the address
OF Greeley as abolition in Disguise; though it is
admitted lha, Greedy "held his own" and substan-
TALLY won Tie victory-even al this harmonious
gathering Of The Empire City Wings, t.iey Goa
lesced sufficiently 10 resolve, that "the almost
certain election of a Wing member Of Congress
from Florida" proved chat there was an elastic,
undyirs energy in The Wing spirit Of TIC coun-
Try"
Bui all their hopes are now killed. Florida is
still Democratic, though by a small majority
and, if our friends there will profit, as They
should, BY the hard lesson they have just been
taught The new State will remain fixed in The
true principles Of The Constitution. Some days
since friend Alexander Of The Charlottesville
Jeiiersonian confident Of Brockenhrcrch's cleo
lion, said tina, there would lie in the next Con-
gress two gentlemen, who had once edited The
Jelersonian, viz: Shelf n f. Ieakc and w. H.
Brockenbroush-and that no other journal in the
country couli boast of similar representation.
We congratulate Lin, that his boa mol has been
realized though At ore time We Were alarmed,
lest his own joke should be turned against him BY
some miscellaneous Wig.
But 10 The result The Tallahassee FoTidian
OF the 18th of October announces the election
Of Brockenbronsh; his majority, il is asceriainsd.
being certainly above so, and perhaps 1919. Al
lbe end Of lis long article it gives the following
ycc, piirl.tion