The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-07


!, WAS not our wish to say anything OF the pros
81. in Virginia. but to leave her good people to work
:, her own destiny The following article, however,
Yesterdays Baltimore American induces us to publish
q. Litter which received yesterday morning from one
,bs most intelligent men in Richmond;
LATE, from a highly respectable source in Virginia
sman Of ibis city says ''My opinion is thai Virginia
I vote for Taylor 1t is absolutely CERTAIN if the entire
y vote out, the demoo for Taylor will over
ne Folks majority by w three thousand at the least
oak with opPor unity OF knowing; for have seen
ARE of this State IN as three months than any man
| q n-Bah amer. ea~.
. bbls Editor Of The Union:
RIcHMosD, November a, 1s4s.
Saturday night, 12 o'clock)
Since ,riting to YOU some weeks since, | have re-
wed surh information from different portions OF the
Stale rs to satisfy me that we cannon DC oedten next
Tine, day am not so sanguIne OF large majority as
-, ~ vour correspondents seem 10 be- but | am en-
i',sy confident that we are out OF danger have con,
d with the cautious OF our friends IN nearly all
~ nj Virginia. and they are undnimOusy oil opinion that
sball succeed by from 5000 to 5000 majority Such
bs calculation Of least sanguine friends. have
h.ad some very intelligent men say that Folks majority
;u bs exceeded The wings talk much less about
WIN the State than they did three days ago. The Pow
t,1s election has had chilling effect upon them.
ia this city we are all at work Tonight we had
rsy large and enthusiastic meeting al Odd Fellows Hall
zane friends from the country were surprised to see so
anv democrats together in this federal Gibraltar Mr..
Ganes on Petersburg gave us an excellent speech Coy
smith beng loudly called for, IN TACT almost literally
noeke ed down for speech" addressed the association
io n short time in his own inimtabe style. He leaves
5rs in the morning for Fauquier, in which county he
iii cast his vote for glorious candidates. 1 think
M prospect is good for very full vote OF our party
~ ,bs region Some of the members of vigilance
ommitees here assure that Richmond is good for at
sa $50 democratic votes This is perhaps extravaganza;
but you may look out for an increase decHed increase
mon Pok's vote. The orators of the Spartan band
have all gained fresh laurels in the canvass. Scott,
Caskie, Watkins, Crump, Young, Patton, and Giles,
have addressed the people IN various portions OF the
State AS you SO well remarked of some OF them at the
Charlottesville convention in 1914, with such cham
mons of our cause may proudly throw down the
GAUNTLET to the wings, and challenge them TO take it up"
You ought to feel fattered by the notices which you
receive from wing presses and orators You occupy
more space than anybody else in their eyes You have
been introduced into every wing speech have heard
this year You seem to haunt them by night and by
ay The republicans of your own Virginia know very
well how to appreciate the assaults made upon you
hope you not mistaken about Pennsylvania.
Every democrat here is sangune as to that State, and
10 the result IN the union hope that IN less than
week we shall rejoice the election of our gallant
champions
rive had begun to suspect that had done our duty
faithfully zeaously at least during this arduous cam
paign Whether have done it effectively, we must
leave to others to determine If we may place any
confidence in the abuse of the whigs we could entertain
our post, and like SO many of the democratic editors
II well that we have served so long an apprenticeship
to our professionalism we have been accustomed to at
acks for than forty yearselse, might have been
somewhat astonshed at the storm of missile, which has
asaled Our residence at Washington has only made
conspicuous object for these denunciatons.
There scarcely ephet in the vocabulary of Billings
cate which has not been exhausted upon u.s. Fool liar
calnmnator, hreling, drveller, &c., &c., &C. have been
casupon Sin all the of metaphorcal confusion"
We have heard them all with equanimity We have
borne hundreds of such attacks without condescendng
notice them. They have only satisfied that we have
been somewhat efficient in the service, and that have
done duty to country and TO her principles We
stated in the spring, that situated were, we would
avoid all interference with the nomination of the Bat
more Convention but that soon candidates
were nominated, would attempt 10 do much as any
man for their election We lave kept both these pledges
We had no hand in the nomination. We challenge any
man to produce the slightest title of evidence against u.s.
Since The nomination made, we have spared effort
sacrifice of personal comfort to accomplish its success
We think the republican party will succeed on this day in
eecng the democratic ticket Should victory crown our
brow, we shall enjoy our success with the moderation
which becomes the generous victor Should we fall we
shall bear defeat like men-never despairing of the
rpbic-slll standing to the principles, still devoted to
the great measures of our party In this spirit, shall
be prepared TO bear either fortune. In this spirit, we
calmly await the voice of the people.]