The Virginian

FOR CRAWFORD

"Where is Mr. Crawford's stronghold?" asks the N. Y. Post. In Virginia, the state of his birth? Here we are carefully prepared to answer. We have no means of judging except in our immediate neighborhood; and there, we have no hesitation in saying that he is morally defunct. The sentiment of the press in this State, the only criterion by which we can judge, is much divided. Among the most influential, are the Inquirer and Enquirer, in Richmond, the Intelligencer and Republican, in Petersburg, the Herald in Norfolk, and the Republican in Winchester--Of these papers, the Enquirer and Intelligencer are for Mr. Crawford; the Petersburg Republican for Mr. Clay, and the Times, the Herald and the Winchester Republican for Mr. Adams--among those advocates this paper may also be reckoned. The other papers have as yet been altogether neutral, or have been the mere mouth-pieces of those already named--It is manifest too, that Mr. C. is daily losing ground in this State--In Georgia, the State of his adoption? We know that his partisans have represented that state to be unanimous in his favor. But, so far as we can judge from 'indications,' this is not the case. There are two papers in Georgia at least, (and for aught we know there may be more, as we do not receive them all,) decidedly opposed to him. We think it probable, however, that he will obtain the vote of that state, although we are aware of the powerful opposition which exists against him there, headed by John Clark, the present Governor. As a specimen of the sentiments of a portion of that state, we select the following toasts, given at a dinner at Lexington, on the 4th of July--The following are among the standing toasts:

John Clark, Governor of Georgia--Distinguished and patriotic--4 cheers.

"Matthew Talbot--May he fill the next Executive chair--4 cheers."

"John Q. Adams--The statesman and the politician--3 cheers."

From the Volunteer Toasts, we select the following:

"By Capt. Thomas B. Bailey--Doctor Abbott, with all his skill in emetics and cathartics, has not been able to purge Mr. Crawford of the taint of federalism in us--6 cheers."

"By Mr. Thomas J. Brewer--The Secretary of the Treasury--May he soon retire to private life, and never more trouble Congress with his miscalculations or black pencil marks---3 cheers."

"By Jonathan Raines, Esq.--Governor John Clark--the statesman and soldier--May he ever be applauded by his country for his past military and official services. Cheers."

"Straws show which way the wind blows," says the N. Y. Advocate--Will it acknowledge the applicability of the quotation in the present instance?

A friend of Gov. Clark, and an opponent of Mr. Crawford.