Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-09

Ihe canvass IN every part Of the country is pro-
crossing with great spirit and Fillmore stock we are
glad to believe, is daily and hourly looking up-
Even here in Virginia most of our electors and ora
tors have taken the field in earnest and are working
with commendable energy and enthusiasm. II we
do not carry this Locofoco ridden old Commonwealth
We can certainly do the best thing to -that is
to say, the Buchaneer rascas out of their
shoes, and make them actually feel whipped from
now till the election, if we will only exert ourselves
as We ought The prospect, too, in many portions
of the State is brightning beautifully, and we only
have to work to reduce the Democratic majority inn
mensely below that obtained by Wise. From pr-
vate letter received yesterday from highly intel
gent and discreet gentleman in the Valley, we learn
that Fillmore is constantly gaining ground in that
section of the State. He says
THE cause in the Valley is progressing, and we
ARE satisfied that Fillmore will poll much heavier
'vote than Flournoy, while Buchanan can't begin to
reach the vote Of old "Gizzard Foot"
From the Underwater region, and the Piedmont
country, and the great Southwest have also re-
ceived the most cheering and animating intelligence
in reference TO Mr. Fillmores prospects. Only let
the ball be kept constantly and vigorously in notion
aud even the result in old Virginia in November may
sadly astonish the natives. Some of the Fillmore
electors we observe have not yet put the harness
and gone forth to work. Why is this? If they
did not mean to perform the work assigned them.
why did they accept the positions they holdy Do
they mean TO enjoy honors and rewards and yet re-
main perfectly idle in the midst of the most impor-
tant contest the country has ever witnessed We
mplore them to enter upon their duties at once and
no longer suffer their adversares to humbug and de-
Jude the people, when it is easy to overpower and
crush them to the earth.
1t gives pleasure TO refer to those gentlemen
who have noby thrown themselves into the fight,
and are calamity meeting the foe face to face
Among this number may mention the names Of
Stuart and lmbOden, of Augusta Flournoy, of Hall
fax, DIR. VERIFY, of Northampton, Marmaduke John.
son and Crane, Of this city, Cabe, of Nelson, Sta
PIES of Montgomery, Shackleford and Pendleton, Of
Culpeper, Marine, of Henry, Speed, of Lynchburg,
Tayloc, Of King George, Bondurant, of Bucking-
ham, and many others. We do hope aud trust that
every Fillmore man in the State, who has the capa-
city to address public audience will forthwith go
out among the amazingly bewildered and beduped Lo-
cofoco sinners Of the State and try to persuade them
to repentance and conversion. Truly the harvest is
plenteous, but the laborers are few Let not these
poor devils in the blindness and madness Of their
partisan ZEAL destroy themselves and topple down
the most glorious fabric of free government ever
erected, for mere want Of light and truth. They
know not what they do; they act as their party lea
ders direct and put themselves to no trouble to in
form themselves OF the fearful consequences of their
course Let them be exhorted, ad preached to, and
prayed for and then il they perish and the country
with them, upon their heads rest all the responsible
| ity aud all the guilt
We suggest that meetings and barbacues be
held in every county and in every neighborhood in
the State. Then procure good speakers, urge the
people to come out and hear for themselves and the
effect Of thus hearing for themselves upon all candid
and just men, will be powerfully apparent in the re
suit Of the election.
The Fillmore men Of Richmond will shortly hav,
a grand Pole-rasing and a mighty public dcmonstra
ton, to which we now cordially invite our friends
from every nook and corner Of the State. Come VI
in hundreds, and thousands, and tens Of thousands
aud you will hear such a speechifying, and witness
such display, as have not occurred in the Old DO
minion since the stirring and glorious days Of 4,
and ~.