Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-14


lAIbemarle and Pulaski same as In 1874
Forty eight counties 10 hear FROM
ACCOMAC-Taylots majority 24I, Clay's
majority "a. go 49, az.
Taylurs majority u.s. Clay's majority ia.
MIDDLESEX-Ca ss 10 majoril, -23 Demo-
RAPPAHANNocK-Taylor s. majority,
SIMULTANEOUSLY lor 80 majority, Polk
IS.
HARRlSON-Cass 1877 majority.
LEWIS-Cass 1877 majority. These two
counties gave Polk 636 majority. Gilmer and
DoIdridse. Democratic counties, were made out
of them, and are yet To hear from.
BOTETOURT-222 majority for Cass. De-
mocratic loss 70.
sMYTHE-About tie. In A, Democratic
majority &C.
PULAsKI-s majority for Cass. No change.
MONTGOMERY-3l for Taylor-a gain OF
IL.
plTTSYLvANIA-24 for Taylor-a gain of
Al.
tlENRY-Taylor's majority ga gain of !.
NELSON Ia, lor's majority l65-a Wing
gain of Is since IA.
To The Editors OF The Enquirer:
LYNcHBURG, Nov. 9ih, lS4S.
Dear SiI--The news is an thing but cheering
10 Democracy, so far as heard from: Pliisylvania,
$40 majority Tor Taylor; Boe,ouri l9l Tor Cas-;
,,itax 400 Tor Cass Bedford, 36i Tor Taylor;
Roanoke, 81 for Cas-, aud Cave Spring to near
from Franklin rumored small majority Tor ray
Tor; Ainherst, 4 majority Tor Taylor; Campbell,
240 majority ior Taylor. Yours respriy
HALIFAX.
To he Editors Of The Enquirer:
Messrs. Edi,ors-ln haste give you what We
have heard. In 1874, the whole vote was about
400 Emigration, with chilis and lever, mas
carried of some 200 voters; hence our yoe y only
some |, 200. Two precincts vel 10 be heard from.
| | mean Church Hill and Brandon's, both OF
which give Democratic maJori''es: we nope SUI
| 6cent 10 bring up our majority in The county 10
500. as was claimed 10 The Lynchburs Conven'
lion You may expect a corresponding decrease
in he woes both among The Wbig and Demo-
cratic ranks, in this region Of Virginia. in conse-
ouence OF d. ahs, heavy emigration, Sickness, &C.
OF one Thing we can boas our people have not
been dazzled by The military eelat OF Gen. lay
or and, so far as know, there have been about
Inc same number OF changes, and no real m
crease 10 the Wing parry from The Democratic;
Especially do We wish 10 call the 0tteHtt"n o l1s
,oorld 10 The vote at High Hill, thc Clladel OF
Halitax DEMOCRACY. You see on the wing poll
II votes Now, we are unwilling tha' Inc san
isr shall 90 forth that the Wings are on the in
crease there. No. The fact is, tha, The IL votes
are made IN OF those ftao staunch. (l'li confess
Wbios Of The High Hill ncighborhood, with votes
from Other paris OF the county, and CiarRsvilie,
Meckenburg. The Democracy OF The dlgh Hiii
discard the SANDER Of suffering Whiggery to
aonrish there, in the very Temple of Republican.
ism. Her Democracy is unlerrified, and but Tor
The great sickness prevailing among her people,
She could have polled 1870. Our friends in mat
portion OF Halifax are "slerlins boys" and cons'i'
tu,e the s,rtnsest pillar in our party
HALIFAX.
To The Editors OF the Enquirer:
The Wings are crowingl The Democrats are
chap-.allen. For whal2 The Wings are Dea'eh
mol quite 500! Not quite so badly as pole , oea'
| Cav ia l8s4-but worse, by double Than lred'
way beat Fiournoy in l847. Crow not Demo
Gratis! Crow on Whgs il isyour vocation = :,
an yor may we'll rejoice that you nave escape ea
snch a securing as you would have gotten, il the
Democrats in certain quarter oil the county had
turned GU, in their full strength. as they did IN
1874, and vii! do again, whenever convinced maj
their votes are necessary 10 put down anu keep
down Whis principles and measures, upon wacn
you have not dared 10 stake your chances IN ,h's
election. The tull Wing vote was poed, Win
few gains in the form OF "Taylor Democrats =
very few, and folly offsetted by the doI6te's VINO
could hardly "go il blind" with every appliance
that could be brought 10 bear upon them. IheY
did agn H." but il was hard work 10 get them up
10 il. Il will be harder still, to hold them 10 Inc
bit, when you show your hands, and lei them see
wba, you are for and what against. Saia
Wing iliend TO the writer, "If Clay had been our
candidate, he would have gotten as good Vole
as Taylor; perhaps better: but then, you Demo
Gratis. would have brought out much stronger
vote against him." Mark The admission! IL IS
a frank admission, that the Wing leaders are
compelled tc hide their principles, and rely upon
the availability OF candidates, who have no prin-
cip!es-no fixed political chaiacteli who can WIN
impuuy be represented as this thing, thai, or Inc
other. according to circumstances and sections.
Crow on Whigs! and make the most OF this mo-
derate beating, received al the hands OF The gene
rous and confding Democracy Of Halifax. You
will again be compelled, ere long, to hoist your
true colors, which you have been constrained 10
strike. in order to disguise your principles ano
designs: and, depend upon 1t, you VIII nno no
quarters in old Halifax. You have not dared 10
run General Taylor upon Wing princ'ples-nei-
ther nave YOU dared to assai Lewis Cass De-
cause OF his hostility 10 Whig princiPles-out SO
far as you have been successful in inJaring MN,
the injury has been done by representing him as
being as bad as Wing upon Internal Improve
ments and the slavery questions! You nave Ia
codlinently asserted, tha, he was un'ouhd in re-
gard 10 our constitutional guarantees against 10
reference With slavery, and in this way nave
! sought TO produce the impression lna' nc wal