Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-05
VIRGINIA RIGHT SIDE UP


VIRGINIA RIGHT SIDE up
We shall be INDUCED in Growing little over
The glorious victory which we have just achieved
in this good old Commonwealth. Under olnef
circumstances, we nigh, have suffered Inc occa-
sion 10 pass, with the simple announcement %
The returns. in themselves 50 eloquent. But some
o..bc would be-leaders of The Wing party IN
this city had no sooner heard oil the gam OF ma
mover county, than they boosted OF having car
ried the Slate--and in Washington city, II Will
he seen from the following extract OF letter in
The N. York Evening Post, the Wings were
counting tondly upon majority IN the House OF
Delegates:
"Tbe Wings have been in strong hopes for The
nast three DAYS OF having carried majority OF
ihe Honse of Delegates, which would pu, II in
their power 10 postpone choice OF Senator 10
another wear, and refer the question again 10 inc
people. II am not mistaken, the Wings OF Vr-
sinia would be better pleased with such result
than with an absolute majority in both divisions
of their Legislature; for, in the latter event. lhey
would be under kind OF necessity-the same
kind Of necessity that compelled poor Sinoaa 70
bear the burden Of The old man OF The sea-so re- e
turn Mr. Archer, their present representative IN
the Senate"
Even when they surrendered the State, they
talked loudly of their great gains, and oil Inc Ger
tain victory they ,oould have had il they had put
forth the least energy in the canvass.
Anew facts will ex plode this assumption Last
Spring, after thorough organization, we swept
the State, and carried number OF counties wh'ch
had for years belonged 10 the Wings In the lower
House our majority was "a, and in the Senate w.
This Spring we went into the contest without
organization or system In many counIes De-
mocra,ic candidates crowded upon each other, and
The result has been the loss OF some of The staunch
es. counties in the Stale. In spite OF all the dsad-
yaptages, however, we have achieved triumph
almos, as brilliant as ysar ago. We have lost
only ons Senator, and that by IS only, in district
which gave Mr. Clay 250 majority. lnihe House
we have sustained nett loss of only fire. Does
this indicate any great falling of Of Democratic
strength. Does mol majority Of s in the Senate
and IA in the House, under all the circumstances
prove, beyond the shadow OF doubt, that vir-
Sinia is more than ever devoted 10 her own gTea,
Republican prnciples-that she has full conii-
dence in the men whom she has assisted in eeva-
ting TO office, and VINO nave SHOWN lnenSeheo -
solved and we believe able 10 establish her prnci-
Piles on solid basis2 To the Republicans OF
Virginia we extend our congratulations al their
recent noble triumph. To the Republicans OF The
other States (and particularly in North Carolina,)
we hold out with pride the example Of Virginia,
which has never faltered in her political faith and
we call upon them 10 90 and do likewise.
A friend writes US that some Of The Wings OF
Wheeling have asserted that Is. :cre the author
OF letter, 10 the prejudice Of COL Thompson
published In the Wheeling Times on The morn
ing OF the election. It is proper that We should
come out and say, that there is moi the slightest
foundation for such an assertion.
"The Enquirer reports that Democrats are
elected in Fayette and Nicholas, and Logan, old
Wing districts retained by some unaccountable
spell in Democratic servitude."
Times and Compiler.
Our neighbors are TOO fast-we advise them TO
look before they leap. II the vote at the last
Presidential election is to be considered as les,
of parties, they will find Logan county gave
Polk majority Of 81 votes over Clay, and in
1910 gave Van Buren, majority OF 53 votes
GUAR II rrscon