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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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Republican candidate Robert Marion defeated Federalist Thomas R. Smith by a considerable majority in the congressional election in Charleston, marking the first time the city has been represented by a Republican since the establishment of the present constitution. The text notes that despite criticisms of the administration's unfriendliness to commerce, the five great commercial towns are represented by Republicans in Congress.
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robert marion succeeded by a considerable majority
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Information from Charleston states that Robert Marion, the republican candidate for representative in Congress, has succeeded over Thomas R. Smith, the federal candidate, by a considerable majority. This is, we believe, the first instance in which that city has been represented by a republican, since the establishment of the present constitution. Notwithstanding the reproach, so lavishly thrown upon the present administration, that they are unfriendly to commerce, it is not a little extraordinary that the five great commercial towns are represented in Congress by republican members.--[Nat. Int.