ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1661 • 1665
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS· State (Cont'd)
mail. The STATESMAN of the 13th inst. informs us that a large vote was
polled on the first day in many of the wards, but in others it seems
there was less animation.
"We infer from the tenor of this short notice, that the news he had
received was not flattering to the editor of that veracious print, and
accordingly he withholds what undoubtedly he was in possession of, viz:
the prevailing impression in New York as to the general result of the
1st day." (2)
1661 • H&G Apr. 28; ed:2/3 - Returns from practically every town in
Rhode Island, indicate a Whig majority for Governor. All the Whig can·
didates for the Senate are elected, and of the House of Representatives
two-thirds are Whigs.
"This little state has done welL... All hail Little Rhody! She has
nobly 'put th ings to rights!'" (3)
1662 - H&G May 5: ed: 2/3 • The news from the INTELLIGENCER regarding
the Virginia election shows a good beginning, though it is scarcely
to be expected that the Whigs have carried the Legislature.
(H&G) "The 'Old Dominion' has long been on the 'wrong track,' and she
never tires.' Perhaps she has 'wheeled about' this time. A few days
will determine." (1)
1663 • H&G May 7: ed: 2/2 • The returns of the Virginia elections, thus
far, shows that the Old Dominion has done nobly, and leaves little doubt
that the Whigs have secured a decided majority in the House of Delegates.
"The GLOBE finds cold comfort in the returns - talks of 'schisms in
the Democratic family,' 'unfortunate divisions in the Republican ranks' •
'a temporary ascendancy of the Whigs' &c. and turns to figuring out
'glory' in the loco foco defeat in Rhode Island. Mr. Ritchie takes things
more cooly, and whistles the old Whig tune of former years, - 'we will
profit by our defeat· take lessons from our errors· rouse, and re-unite,
and next spring we wi 11 recover the State!' • Just the air we 1 ike to
hear, especially when discoursed by Democratic pipes." (verbatim) (3)
1664 • H&G May 8; ed: 2/3 - Mr. Ritchie of Virginia assured the party last
spring that if elected then he would not again be a candidate for "State
Printer. "
"The old fox expected the Whigs would hole him the next trial. His
promise proves a safe one." (1)
1665 • H&G May 8: ed: 2/3 • The RICHMOND ENQUIRER of May 1st admits that
the Whigs have carried the House and Senate in the Virginia election.
"We shall see, as the above is the most favorable account of the Loco
foco defeat in the Old Dominion, that a slavish partizan could give. Full
returns will no doubt place our victory in a still more favorable light,
though what our enemies now surrender is glory enough for one campaign."
(7)