Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-04-12
Tie Elections

The general election ior members OF the Legislature
and for The 3Qh GorEess lahts place on Thursday
wfek 1t behooyts every Wing 10 be active in the BRET
intervening space. 1t is important 10 s.cure MAJORITY
in the next House Of Delegates and tn We t,cye. can
be done 1t -st more important, divide pretty equal
y the delegation III Congress- and this too can and will
be done. The Union piacensy pleased to cJnced, to
us the reelection 4 Mr.. Ptndl,on and success in two
other Districts without specifying which We shall
certainly not he content with less Than seven or eight IF
the presentation. Our lut.rmaon firm all the de-
haeab,e Dstrcs,s highly favorable the SO Of the
Wing Candidates. has proved very frmida
be opponent to Gen Baly, and confidently L,cve
will bea! him hands )ney Mr. Watts in the Norfolk DIS
lGct, will do tie same good turn Mr.. Atkinson. vi
Mr Boa success there is doubt entertained, even y
the Democrats Mr.. Newton will beat Mr. Bcale ly
A handsome majority in Tie Ntrlhera Neck District
Mr. Boiling will run Gen. Dromguolc closer than was
expected though We entertain little hope Of his election
Messrs Irving and q gg'nare very conf lent sccrss-
Mr. flonrnoy will make good rua in the Pittsylyania
District We believe Mr.. Preston will beat Gen. Chap
man, and that the election of Mr.. Stephenson is pretl,
certain.
II is evident that the Administrator lo1ks With
the deepest ncrcs upon the result and that every thing
"heh can bedano IN tie way Of patronage, aad ,llieal
aud oFFIcious n;emcddlng will bp done to secure il
triumph Tbs imposes additional necessity aud should
inspire new motive, for the vigorous and Jealous
eNerIlons Of the Wings. There are some counties-hke
BedfTd and our own-wh"re the Wig majority is too
over" hcnng to permit ho Democrats TO think Of star,
ing opposition, but in which there are unfortunate differ
eoees among tire WA x themselves, growing ont fdver
sy of p"rs nal pre-reaccs. We earnestly hore tina,
h'se family disscnsurs may not keepa sinue iir
ram the polls We know there are many who do nat
like to choose, between nea equally qualified and differ
ngln no degree in political prlacipes-and who 10 avoid
voting under such circumstances stay from the polls
consong themselves with the conviction that whoever
succeeds, thor delegate vii be good Wing. 1lisls
all trne and. IN orlnlry cas- s. great harm ress-
but, at the present jancuTe, every Wing who tle fam
false deea"y OF lack Of M raj courage, avoids the pills
doprivcs the Wing candidate Of his Congressional Dis
trei ola vote. We earnestly hope every Wing will sec
the necessity Of his attendance We do not an a rac
qu sion admit his right to refrain from the exercise of
the elective franchise Let him present himself at the polls
\ vote at l'aSi. + the Congressional candae Me7srs
Irving ard G4eg nave fair Yrospae.s ii success-su
they cannot afford 10 lose the vote Of single man. who is
puzzled to know tor whom To vote represent him in
the Legislature, and therd re stays away from the
polls
We refer to the Union Of the 9th, as an illustration Of
the interest felt by the Administration in he elections in
THIS State, The paper OF that date has an article of a
column and f'slergth. The Editor is al home on
such topic and the pece-or tina. part written by him
consists OF nothing than the beauties Of similar ar
'lces in the Enquirer for twenty years past One of the
mus amusnsly imPulent parts Of 1t, is the tribute
which the Editor pays to Mr.. Seld5n-ho only man of
all the friends otMr Calhoun who remained true to his
principles and personal pretcrences-and who refused
10 denounce the great statesman of the South. at
Inc mandate OF party Mr. Seldom VIII despso such hol-
low pa'se--wl knowing that cordial and more eAtrava
giant landaion has betn bestowed upon Messrs Lcake
Bocock and others-who promptly aud unlestatircl,
oteyed orders, and denounced and renounced the MN
whom they had almost id5lairOusly worshiped Would
the gallant Kentucky regiment appreciate very hiohy
the "armest commentator of old Rough and Ready for
then conduct at Buona Vista, The samo language
applied to the Indiana bpys7