Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-29
The RLECTIOs TODAY.

General, Legislature aud Congress-. Upon
your vctes to-day depend great issues, how
ever much the excitement Of the war NAV
have bcclouded and overcast them. The men
elected to-day arc to, make and execute the
laws, State and Confederate, for Virginia iu~
ring Tho continuance Of this war, and po,}rsrs
dst0rnhn0 questions sfT'ctiDg cur liher:'s9
ami our territory.
Ii ss mt contest between Wings and
Democrats, bat hetEesn men ; ard the cta:.
acter and qualiti cations Of the candid atoa
shon.a alone irfuence the voIes given to-day.
Vote then, to-day, f,r tho IN best qualified
-waathes Wing or Delnacrst.
Tho late con;i io7cfsy hstween the "Senti-
neln and tia "Wrir," ebcut their respective
cxLdidh es il: Gn7elnnr demonstrators that
Oal. Mdnfotd !s ,ha resi- n0-party candidate
Tho "EnquitsT - snrpart Of him has nc, or
e!ioissd osen:ks charge Of pa,ty towards go
faithful 4 ,nh'ic orvant ofe " hc, amidst all
shs r;ciSsitudss Of par:y, h.s never incurred
lis tILiv,h.ss, "r rs: the cstoela and conf
dsccs cf lis urporouts. lie is tho man to
ecct-capst!e: attentive, fsitaful, always at
bis posi- of-i.IsIio duty, always ready to rcu-
der sss!s!aa 70 tvs!T applicant about public
business, irnr2 int',rstely acquainted with the
necessities K,d lrgiaiat;Cn of .he State than
any !asn III 1t. Prevented f.vm sIssI:ns tins
army ~ t'e character oi tho public dutios
imposed by his official position, he has pro-
rl,!t1 tno puI:o interests by an saslduoua
St:tntion (" public dutis while his gallant
sons hsYs participated in every hattie, and
given Ifs 10 dsIance Of ;heir county.
Every lnsn con vote fol Cololel Mlniefd
with The iuil ih.l:an that his vote will be
given to En- honest, efficient, capable msn,
and that ii elaci ID, We sta.l hars "t.o ii ht
man in the right place.
Col. MGnfv,d. vhiiu aiE=lys bold ind
fehfltSs cIa7,jion Ui shnis :Sistes-Rigbts doc
tsinfs CT !hs school ci Richie aid Tyler and
diluer, has n2vss been E party man in tho Of
ing sid unc mg: otnsing in devotion to .prin-
ciple, &c h.- :.eVer stopped to decidsnpon
party grounds alone upon the relative merits
Of Candidate ior merely ministerial Offices,
whcya TO principle VISA involved. AS clerk
Of the U'uso Of D"icgst-s for twsnty seven
years, throughout the W holo torn of bis hon
orabls servics, in sho highest waves of party
storm sDd passion, he never once, il 30 hap
.psned; had under HIN in the ministerial Office
in his gift momber of hia own party. Every
clerk in his imneG late employment. ot whose
offisc depended uron his will: in that whole
term Of years, was 3 Wing. Whom, under
tho new Constitution, tia cffco OF tho Score
tsry of tho Oou,Inoh " ea!th vas conferred
upon him by the Legislature, an application,
signed by almost esory mea ber who had
voted tor lin, to turn out the chief clerk and
assis,aot sbcretsry, because he wls Wig,
snd nu, in capable gsnt!emsn of hiz own
party, he uuhs-itssingly refused: end the
long-tIind nad faithful officer VIII then hold
the p!5ce ia still occupying that position. Over
and over again in ,hn municipal elections IN
Richmt nd hs has CHOSEN to select from tho
various candidates those who were most f1t,
regardless Of party ties and affiliations.
He has mover heen refore tho people for any
political ofics. lie has served the State faith.
fully and honorab!y for nearly forty years
md now that he wishes to retire from public
life, with a noble ambition to wesr the hono7s
after hsving 80 faithfully shared the burdens
Of thu Executive office, hs friends of both the
old political parties present his name to the
peop,e, With no party purposes to sarve aad
no political ends IL vior, f.r;her than that Of
placing faithful public serv ant and ACCOM-
piished gentlemSn in the Guhernatorisl chbir.
For Licu'ens. Go7efnor Samuel Pfice nd
General Iinhodsn. are candidates "A man
might vote beiween thee, blindfulded, without
the h,zard Of casting his vote for ST un-
worthy candidate,
Fo. Attorney Ganscs! j. Randolph Tuck or
has 10 "yr"GtIs
F1f ths $ ,".ta of Virginia from Richmond
Oty-;.eee ag ia man osn"go i: blind" with
gu. hsz.!d Bot for the House Of l'eegstes il
will require optics keen" to reconcile I'll the
uiuins put fr;h by The fricoLs Of the fer
Oh. candidates. An cGu.l division of tho
four I!ac,a from tbs city be.wern tie Wigs
ard Democrats should he maGe where the
higher cls,rs Of capacity and fitness Can be
reconci!iti. .------. 4
For Cc' Ca the I'm. James Lycna
should bo vatfa ior by every man who p,o-
fsssos to have bu, ,iSd party; no 10 tho sneum-
bent, and If party 40 longer inhdencos the
votes, why VITO sgans. him? Hid cspscitv
and t.ents have mover been brought dawn
to tho lsyel OF MIR. Wickhsm, his outlIc in
tcgri.y snd usefulness never qucs,ioncd.-
The dsfsas OF MIR. Lyons 81 the fret election
nad er The Ps,msnert Government, in the
metropolitan tis.ric. Of V,rsinis, *ill BE- i'm
med!.,eIy mjs5ep esented ny Yankee news,
papers ssa r..lru to Unionis.p, as ali evil
dence OF n purEcSu 10 rebuke the Confederate
b. tLa people Of the district
III t.e midst Of wni: n tte Government ia To-
ca.el.
Mr. Lyons has shown taat the od parties
no longer influence him. Were it netessary,or
p.tper, wa could mention many cf hi; oil Do
itisel opponents, who, have obtained efice,
through his irlluencO, ard Challenge be
pointing cut Gf any instances in which he haa
sc'nssi Ms Aia t"r any party ohiecliors
Lit thi election show to !he psopls Of tbo
Unitcd Staica, ,,hx, thia wsr,v,h al its hnrro,s
and privatio 8, has not sl:s't1 our purp ,ses
ard that tha best haters # tSs Yankees
men like SlT. Lyons, whoss lives have hean
m ,rked ihy tbeIr etf,:ts 10 bs torever ou;t ot
the dctessahie RACE yet, hold tic sfT,:,iSrs
cf the people.