Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-18
From the New Hampshire Statesman
JUDGE WOOnpITpV

JUDGE WOODBURY.
rue recent election OF Senator has LEFT tb;. nan
ueman IN position which 10 WORTHY of bis sa,;ns
tention and of our admoni,ory remsrL H. y; uS v AZ
man oil talent, and IN plain, direct couyse an5 =;
proper sphere OF life might have been highly nsaG "a
Iospectasle de Ia now disappointed and dirpiscea
partisan-he has been unceremonionsly sacrif;ccd e.
the convenience and qualification of Isaeo Hi ~
mad gone oil lengths with tho party: had nav,
ed anc talked the thorough trained denim oogue. ~,
sGrerey toiled fof the wrong side had daubed the
Dc'nocracy as ne calls It, with 1atery till lie stronu
stomach began to reich with nausea: no bsd -
unnamed with promises Of promotion by the Doa Yd
at washington none Of which have been perform.
fed in nonu MI mac oeomed himself imprgnaby fori-
cas ueclhihg OF re election to the Senate tyr.tn,
that his modest offers, even if misunderstood .oII
not DC accepted; when, 10! he is taken at his word
10 most fats sense. Hc Is sacrificed The ",oois
Of New England Democracy is rent asundcr I,
Is IN vain to say he hns declined lie lid M, do
chnc' Ills letter amounted TO NOTHING moro ,I,n,
d amt ne submitted himself to the electors and would
deci'nc ~ they would not ro-olect him Hill !. nt
war with him. DC has conquered him: the na,,v 90
at war with him; they have an eve ON hin
ior evil, az one standing in the way of their preg
EN- Idol; Ihey have taken away his place-IIis
NE would have been taken with as ii,:ic Ceremony
ana scruPle had Hills election demanded il. md bad
me Democracy the power to take IL, This ia tho
democracy of the rocky East" which tho poor ron
us 30 strongly culogized. e. almost worshpcd
mas IL proved towards its 'ony
IN the Senate" Hill found him in his wnv rpho
SENATE had disgraced this macvocnt and furious g.
prant to power md he summoned the rasb nart
Splits OF New Hampbire to avenge him upon them
~ Piacing INN among them. Mr.. Woodbury. yoos r.,
us ways lie boldly commands his prose ripton md an
Gfnce the command is implicitly obeyed the deed IS
zone; MT woodbury. 10 not voluntary psrtv IN 10,
no is not willing victim; no has been dro ooed ,o
me me altar HIll has denounced him bore ss traitor
~ sec.ot enemy TO Jackson he has been denounced
oy tne party for not declining unequivocaUv; While
DIS lew friends have made desperate and impo,ent
70 save hn Satellites around our Opaque CEN
.Ia o,os mere have cvon denounced him % "a ID
seopnaret Jor mt resigning al once" that Mr. Hill
"'Gnt speedily revenge himself upon he Senate.
we cannot pity Mr. Woodbury.; he deserves villa.
ne suffers; he has been politically interruptions nd
oonque; he cspoused bad politics when he knew bet.
and with so III grace that the purity never could
Iuny believe him in earnest. We respect his tsents
as lawyer; he was an able Judge; he might have
peen an eminent one. He descended from he bench
snd launched himself upon the turbd waters of psr,v
ne 10 wrecked Whether he can ever recover T,oym
the effects OF political alteration. which warps m,
m MN and 9nbalances the Judgment, 10 problem.
we sdvse him tetyy il; 70 abandon oorie, rl,o.eb