Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-25
THE ELECTION IN VIRGINIA.
FROM THE RICHMOND TIMES OF TUESDAY.

FROM THE RICHMOND TIMES OF TUESDAY,
Regarding it as now settled that Gen. CAss has
carried Virginia by some thousand majority, we
take the occasion to make remark or two on some
peculiar features Of the election with the hope that
the facts we shall point out may serve hereafter as
useful lesson to our Wing friends.
The returns from Eastern Virginia and portion
OF Western Virginia demonstrate conclusyely that
1t was perfectly within the power Of the Whigs 81
the Stue to give its seventeen electoral votes to
TAYLOR and FILLMORE, and that tb0se seventeen
votes viii be CASTOR CAss end BUTLEa simply be-
cause many Of the Whigs particular counties did not take
tho trouble go the polls This neggence-whch, it
must be remarked, by uniformly manifested
doubtless, in great part, due 10 the fact that, in almost
every county of the State the Democratic party full
of apathy tina. the certainly without excitement
and consequently without interest Besides this cause,
other existed in few countless in the determined dsaection
of of the Clay Wings who unwsey permitted their
preference for favorte Whig who not before the peo
pie ALL work to the benefit of the candidate of oppo
nents, and Of the most obnoxious public in the
country.
OF thing the returns will satisfy every who inspects
them and that is that the Democratic had not the
election of General Cass heart is well known that there
apoacy amongst the leaders After the State
venon they unitedly determined the support Of
the Baltimore nominee, whoever he might be- that when
announced whom they had directly prescribed in Feb
ruay they accepted him implicitly the very best exponent
of their faith that cud have been selected Not with the
Democrats Of the country Dissatisfied with Mr. Folks adj
mnstraon and distrusu of Gen. Cass of its prnci
pal supporters justly suspicious Of who made pro-
LESSONS of change of opinion only when such professions
indispensable to his political advancement many of them
turned to General Taylor, whose unostentous patriotism
they constrained respect and whose honesty of pur
pose they knew be above reproach whilst many more
willing make complete change of position, declined
all We find, accordingly that in every quarter of the
State the Democratic has been largely diminished Had
the Wings of every county used the advantage thus afforded
them, they generally used it the result would have been
very different But, unfortunately, for Of proper
ganzaon, other cause, there has been partial de-
lection in ranks which has lost the high sasac
ton Of seeing Virginia the list Of States that have voted
Taylor and Fillmore. ".@
II the reader will his eye along the columns in
bes OF the for Cass and Polk he will easily satisfy him
self of the great and general dmnuton Of the Democratic
of the truth Of that to the supneness Of the
Wings Of comparatively small number Of counties is due the
tantalizing defeat which much deplore.
To facilitate the latter investigation have prepared the
following list Of counties, in which the diminuon of The
Wing rote since 1874, without any corresponding increase
large the probable majority Of Gen. Csss in the State The
number opposite The Of each county indicates the differ
between the Of Mr. Clay and that Of Gen. Taylor