Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-05-07
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.


D,sTslcr CONVENTION publish TO DAY
the proceedings OF Democratic meeting 10 inc
county OF Greensve, appointing delegates 70
convention TO be held in this Town on The 9ln "
June next, fol the purpose OF selecting suitaole
person as a candidate OF The Democratic party ioi
This Congressional District, 10 supply The vacan,
cy occasioned BY The death Of our late able anu
worthy Representative, The Hon. George y.
Drom9Uue.
We are highly pleased that onr friends oil
Greensyille have thus early put The ball IN mo-
lion and sc hope and believe lha; The other ceun-
ties in The District will cordially and PROMPTLY re-
spond, il the same spirit aud manner The De
legal-s from Grcensvle will 60 into The Conven-
lion unpledged 10 any particular man, and mus
we trust, for The sake Of harmony, concession anu
union, all The other Delegates will be slualea.-
The Democrats of Petersburg are fully prepared
and determined 10 do their whole duty 10 ms par
licular, and will be most happy 10 receive, anu
confer with their friends from the counties on Inc
day selected.
We fully endorse the above remarks OF The Pc
lersbutg Republican and second the suggestions
with all our heart II any evidence were want
ing 10 demonstrate the vital Importance OF con-
sutaion and harmony among The Democrats OF
this sterling District, would point 10 The late
election in the Abingdon District, where Wing
came within few votes Of slipping into Congress
between two Democratic competitors, in The lace
oil Democratic majority of 200. II this dis
aslrous result threatened lis in a District when
gave MIR. Polk ?, 100 majority and which hasJus
given Democratic majority Of nearly l,2oo,
many Of our friends refusing 10 vote between Two
candidates of their own party, how much more IS
il 10 be dreaded, in District where our majority
is not SO large and where split OF The vote De-
tween Two candidates, will necessarily lead to
defeat The Wings may insidiously attempt ~
convey the impression thai they will have no can
didale in The field, SO as TO get their opponents al
loggerheads, and then put candidate on Inc
track al the last hour, as they did IN Inc
Abingdon district Let us guard against all their
tricks and rally Tor victory, as il The district were
nearly divided between the TWO parties. Our on
~ safety lies in union and harmony. Two can
dldaies are already announced in our columns,
DR.. Scott Of Greenesville and Colonel Baptist OIL
Mecklenburg. Others arc spoken Of, ard unless
the party rally upon one man, The Wings may
carry the district, and elect their man, 10 ms-rep-
resent large Democratic constituency. We,
therefore, respectfully but most earnestly invite
the attention Of every Republican OF the district
10 The importance OF the proposed Convention
We cannot doubt Ina, all The candidates spoken
of and their friends will come together upon a
common platform, and CO operate in such mea-
sues as are calculated 10 unite The whole vote,
and carry the district lriumphantly.
ANOTHER LESSON IN SUBTRACTION.
Not many days since The Wing papers an
nounced in large capital letters, under the head Of
Three cheers Tor the Southwest" the election Of
A. S. Fulton, the Wing candidate for Congress
in The 18th District, by sereniy.one votes. The
next mail, however, reduced his majority 10 eleren
and the Wing organ at Abingdon, The Virsinian,
noic makes il lie. That paper o! The Isl May
has The following:
"In this district the result is yelled in mystery,
10 be revealed to-day by the Sherifs from the Sc
veral counties, who meet in This place Tor that
purpose. The contest is between Fulton and
McMullen, being tied, according TO our unofficial
returns, al 2,0l7 votes. Goodson 900 behind
As this is The best that the Wing paper can do
for lis party, we regard it as equivalent 10 an ac-
acknowledgement of defeat. The cheerful tone of
the Jacksonian, the Democratic paper olthe same
day, leaves but little doubt on our mind that Nc
Mullen, Democrat, is elected. The Jacksonian
says:
1.-THE RESULT or THE ELECTION in this good
cd Democratic district. appears now 10 be in ia
yor VI CD. McNulen, one OF the Democratic
contestants Tor Congress. We shall give The
whole vote nf the district, 50 soon as the Sheriffs
III The several courles shall meet and make the
final estimate, which will be III The course OF
few days Esquire Fulton, we imagine, must
leel considerably like man depressed almost be-
yond endurance, by the 6fuc-or gray dcrtlS,
IN consequence o! his total failure in slipping
into Congress against the known wishes nj
a very large majority OF The people Of this
Congressional district. Defeat must assuredly
rest quite easily upon the genlleman's stomach,
Il we may Judge from the frequency with which
he s,caloms Tie dose, without making single VI
sible wry face We would advise him, by all
means 10 have one Of The Intellectual and pro-
jound Cucnlays, which he recently scattered
lhroughontlhis district framed in gih or raahoga-
M, in order 10 preserve il Tor the inspection and
admiration oil poseIiiy, who, after perusng ana
patiently diges,ino is admirable sheer truths
will PROFESSIONALLY esteem dndrep ). Fulton,
ESQUIRE, as 4 mere successful and Iccu3dHe COM
pier OF The 'CuIiosiiieS OF Literature than The
learned DIsrae himself"
We have seen letter from a Wing dated al
Russell c. H., April 28lh in which The writer
SAYS lis "preuy certain" that McMulen is elect
ed. We believe that he will gel the return, with
out requiring the sherifs 10 unite The knot. In
such cases the Wings, like certain professional
gentlemen, have the advantage OF "spllts.' We
have most frequently observed, that when Two
candidates in any county have an equal vote, a
Wing sheriff, (thc Wings manage 10 have nearly
all The Offices y is ready 10 cast his yoe and elect
the Whis This we cannot believe 10 I've The case
in Democratic Little Tennessee" which must
contain a lew Democratic shcrfs. We hope the
matter will mol be brought 10 SO close contest.
In any event, We put down Fayetle McMu.
len, D., as the successful candidate, and sum up
the result in Virginia as follows:
Congress, Democrats 10, Wings S. Lssisla
lure lied on joint ballot, giving the Wings Nor
gan, which we do mol yet believe; though here
The case Of splits" may apply) Not so bad, al.
ter all
SINGULAR CLAIM.
Messrs Dallas, Webster, Berrien Gilpin, I. L.
Smith and others, have been recently engaged as
counsel before The Secretary Of the Treasury, in
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