The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-16
ELECTION In VIRGINIA..

We have not full returns from the cleo
ton 10 Virginia, but enough is known to
satisfy us that the Loco Focos have elec.
tel a majority Of abuu, 30 or 20 in the
Legislature which gives that party t..
8. Senator from that Slate, aud the control
OF The L. s. SENATE. OF the members Of
Congress, the Locos have elected II out
oc !5-l 5. pcndletun-a match by the
way, says the Richmond " ing for tho
other | 4. Thus has the Wings Of Nir.
gina, in a grea, the sure, been the means
Of defeating ,hemselves-a split among
brethren Is sure to result dlsaslrouslv, for
house divided against itself cannai stand.
In remarkiug upon the result Of the cleo
ton in Virginia, the Alexandria Gazette
SAYS,
" But tie Triumphant ordinations Of our 20.
liilcal opponents, even IN Virginia, where they
have almost always trtumphrd, bring no dopres.
sing effects 10 our mind We rather rise buoy
an, from the defeat. In thsir Rckno~ lodged
stronghold where, if any where in tho United
States not excepting New Hampshire, they
ought to feel confident and secure, we that
they have 20 contend for dear life, with an op.
pressed party merely standing up under every
concoivabs adverse circumstance, for the OF pres.
SION Of their political ipls-~ithoutt the hope
Of sueccss-aud cut off from every prospect of
personal OF party advantage!
Courage. then rallsnt Wings !-You have
never qusiioj-you will never quail To you
who have. from tho first moment of political and
N. ell,
tended for constitutional Republican Liberty,
sgainst the assaults Of those who have mnistered
10 tho passions and pred udccS Of the people for
mere sggrandiscmuut--to you all, We say M OF
COOP cIrEER Let each one Of You take his broth.
or Wing BY the hand and fasten the golden chain
Of political union by the remembrance of the
:, and the hopes of The future. Yes-fhr
hoEAssiif future They are with us, in the
<sN loom, as bright ard glorious as the
olendaAof the sun in the western horizon arc
s~r1V SKY IS every where else covered with
elo.sv h' not cast down, then, We S ;;.,'
you ~ mon, be freomen, be patriots, be Wigs
The day Of ysur adversely is the day of your Fri.
and OF your honor, The final reward will be
yesaserved for your devotion"
To same paper in noticing the high
ground 4 principle on which the Wing
party Is ehtenched, makes the following
remarks wh'A comes with great truth
and force at lbs time. We commend
them to the especia notice of our Wing
friends in this regions
"Tho conservative polti.l character which
! the WING FARTY maintains, ats ,ccordipr IN IL.
: truo principles, must and viii hN>, 10 maintain
frequently throws momontary chd oc unp,p
ularity over its course, which frightoh, The tmid
rnd drives away from its ranks tho wca. and VA.
cillatlng The " democracy" OF this ce,ntry
as il is called, according to the cant OF tho da.
progressive and, unchecked, unrcs,rained. WI,
full and free scope given TO It's action, we shout
be glad to know to what point in government m
social order it would at last arrive to wh'
end it frequently tends in its progress, unori'
natcly wo all sec aud know. But in this onwar
march il collects great crowd who soon lear
10 pnrtskc of IFS excitement, answer to IFS shout
and who are hurried with il into the extremes
injustice and folly Those who, Judging COOL
and ra,ionally, and looking not 10 the moments