Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-13
Tho Lato Election

Tho following racy article from the Lexington
Gazette will be read we are sure, with more avid
ily than anything we might ourselves inlite. 1t
represents faithfully, M far ns we know. tho pres
Ont feelings and the future intentions of the
Wings Of Virginia;
The Democracy is pretty much Of cripHlcd
institution about this timc in Virginia. : me
few shouts of triumph occasionally RAISED ny
s1inc young hands AT tho bellows, but they die
out in a mouruiul wall like the pinintyc moan OF
u widowed dove, Tor there is closing of the eyes
against the fact that Democracy has met with
moral overthrow in Virginia, which make, the
heart of locoiooosm grow sad and lcei that efery
pulsaton is but the unified stroke OF It's own
march to the grave.
The Wing party has made n gallant Il ,bC and
achieved splendid triumph No one Tor mo
ment supposed that party of dead men, n band
of political ghosts. such ns the Democracy repre-
scented the Wings to be, could have risen from the
grave and in single battle have thrown the
ranks Of locoocism into such terrible Ill order.
The success of this build assault on modern De
mocracy has turned out 81 be far better ta.,n The
most sanguinc in ranks had ever ,cd of
In the Congressional Districts have defeated
five of the regular champions of locoioco', elect
ing four independent democrats; mud best of all.
defeating the renegade Faulkner and eleciing
Alexander h. Botclcr. rs tiuc and gallant n Wing
ever iluttered. This is triumph which should
| I'LL with unmixed Joy every Wing heart in the
] nation Faulkner is defeated unt Botcer is elect
ed. The very announcement ei SO cheering
event falls like music upon the ear and inspires
the heart with fresh hopes.
| Not only have the Congressional sandarl-hcar-
| crs of locofocosm been scattered and run from
| the field. but in the Legislature of the State
have largely increased mn strength, aud here and
there lying around in ali parts of Viz GINA can be
seen tho muldoring fragments of defeated loco
| focn nspirantS. The good work has commenced.
l.ocofco heads rolling about in Virginia as 81
many foot. balls for tie Ws> to trundc about
Locooco cries Of distress I'LL the heavens with
unhrokcn howl Of anguish, and locufuco wool is
| sean flying nhont in all directions. We like it,
1t is good timo Of rejoicing for us and every
now and then ms the returns in aud see
defeated ocfeo shooting past with standing
! hair and streaming coat-iails. can't help but
raise glad shout and invoke blessings OF, the
grand conservative. unon-oving old Wing D .rty
| that has again stood forward to lash the buated
sposmen who have been rrcying upun tho very
vitals Of the public prosperity. We have ma, y n
glorious beginning. don't let us faler in the ork
ill the job Is completed and locofocoism is Gle
ont generally. Let us keep our hearts encour aged
our eyes open. our powder dry, and rick "ff II,
opportunity affords every locofoco who comes
within gun.hot Of our victorious camp.
From dishcartenel. crushed and disorga lznd
mass Of undisci plined forces commenced thi-
| great CRUSADE against tHe wrongs ana outrn1 ~ hl
| locof lcoism With no hope of success and not hing
to cheer on in the work proud consc Gus
ness of determination to discharge our duty we
entered the unequal contest. With an oyerw bel
ming majority of thirty thousand dead agains u,
our gallant party took the field. threw the forces
of locofocoism into the most hopeless confusion
with their own men threshed them In four Con
gressional districts rescued district from The
4 grasp of a renegade. scattered them to the four
| winds as We charged down upon the locufoco ns
pirants for leg save honors. gave their candidates
| the State ti,ket such race an Virginia locofo
| ces never before met WITH sent them kiting
through the East and Southwest to find II refuge
among the hills and hol w. Of the Northwest n
the last wing pointni retresting l"eof eoisn,
4 chopped them into mncemeat thar their i'm
mcnse majority ii thirty thousand has been Twin
died down ann shsiveed up to the fhiscrahle r
poraps guard Of some foar Ave THOUSAND Of thu
worst usei ~ political stvagglers TINT Nir. ini'
has ever had within her borders. Takc oH III,
foreign recYaitsthat go it blind and 90 it to hei
death for the "dimmyerats.' and where IN dem, G
racy in Virginiaf Evrn'the hills aud hcllows o
Northwestern Vir sinia would avail them nothing
were 1t MT for the foreign element which hangs OF
to the tottered skirts oi i.cofoeoism.
Pick your titrrs ye gallant Wings. and try II "a
4 gair. II you ulI ha had but one glenm "
conidenc, in he success Of your ticket, locofoco