Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-17

penned the lines; and consequently he could not have
intended such direct personality. These arc his
words
"In contemplating the causes which NAV disturb
our Union, it occurs matter of serious concern
that any ground should have been furnished for cha
racterizsBg parties by geographical Determinations
Northern and Southern, .4ianfic aud Western: whence
designing men may endeavor to excite belief that
there Is real difference of local interests and views
-"One Of the expedicn,s of party to acquire inilu
ence IN particular districts, is to misrcprescnt the
Opinions aud aims of other districts. You cannot
shield yourselves too much against the jeaouses an,
heart burnings which spring from these misropre
sentaions: they tend to render alien to each Other
those who ought to be bound together BY fraterna
affection"
Let me proceed in accounting, nationally, for the
said adversely in which The great minority and tho
true principles OF constitutional liberty now stand
without ascrbing 1t TO the traitorous inidety Of tho
'uDineal and bastard sons of the West
Imagine, then, the throngs OF the peopc out of of
fec agitatcd by their dcmng aspirants and Ca
taIines, and these suddenly grasping hand in hand
and linking arm in arm in firm combinai ion from ON,
extremity of the Union TO the Understanding
W asblngtons farwell address under their fcet-an'
without regard to personal hosilities fierce as isnds
or to difference ofpolitica principles opposite as tb
po!es-agreeing together TO pull down any CHEAP
republican Administration: ind, calling all 10 the
| standard W no can swell their numbers or ,urne,,
their physical force, do actually take "a long pull ,
strong pull and pull altogether" until their Shout
ders are hstered with the collar, and their sides .ha
we'd with the traces, at least during one camparr-
or ut the very least, until the prospects OF punde
and promotion shall be dimmed and obscurcd: can
not any cheap republican Administration be pulle,
down, although It were pure the angels of tn,
third Heaven In such government. are not tn,
outs If disposed to vex the State, always too strong
for the ins2
Is ii not easier to pull down than 10 build up, L
II not easier to raise Dlutiny, throw aside tho oars
aud float down the Missouri, than TO preserve prope
GIscipline and tug boat up that impetuous current
by plying the oars?
Cannot the incendiary, in ore dark night bur,
down The temple Of Ephesus-the work OF ages an,
the pride of the world.
Cunnot the tartar hordes, in one short day, illu
mine the Oranges and India With the flames of Per
STA,
Listen to the warning voice Of Washington reg
pecting such combinations.
"iowever combinations or associations of the n
hove description may now and then answer popula
ends, they are likely, in the course of Time AM
things, to become potent engines, by which cunniup
ambitious, and unprincp!ed men, will be enabled Z
subvert the power of the people, and 10 usurp f.,
themselves the reins Of government; destroying af
forwards the very engines which have lifted them Il
unjust dominion"
The unlineal and bastard sons of tue West!"
In my humiliation, am willing TO imagine nv
self an humble shrub. the earth, not reaciie,
by this mid heaven thunder and lightning. My as
sociates are tail enough to be within its magniiicen
range.
Was it aimed at tho oak of Kentucky, towering n
mong the clouds, and more within the range of thu
boi's OF this modern Jupiter Tonant' Il was an un
grateful bolt, and he who threw it, is of the West
he Is no native Of our magnificent valley of The Mis-
sissippi
You say the Percy is down, PROSTATE and decspi
tned! 1t was Fastafl thrust!
There Is species of gallantry that always rises
It's Antagonists fas-revives the blood spouts from
ms Juguar and, oicd verSa always sinks as he rises
This species Is always clustering bullying and beo
t"rlng IN manner, mien and tone. 1t is the Fal
stan order 1T was an ungratetU thrust in the thigi
q Ia 'earej and he who gave it is no native of ou
valley.
He came to us uninvited-compained of having
been driven by tyranny and persecution-des on
hospitality and auspices, and little room TO lie dowI
and repose The Percy found hin, weak and dis;cm
pored, politically and nourished and medicined him
Put on him his own collar and inscr ipton at large
with special ~ pointing to the words, cousin t.
the Pcrcy's wife"
These gave him currency and considerations nm,
introduced him TO the grand hunt.
Without the help of this collar and inscription i
would have been as impossible to have elevated hin
TO his present rans, as 1t would be to drag up from
the depth of the ditch by frail yroollen thread som,
ponderous and inert nass. Others thrust q fnpe
nnGcr that collar and pulled, who have since hat
cause to regret it, and washed their hands of tn,
whole affair
In What you call the fallen fortunes Of the assail-
ed, and in his acknowledged absence, it vas an TN
grateful thrust.
And why was it made now, at the first session O
the new and promising Administration and before
such an audience, attracted by this partisan mussa
ere aud pi!age-accompanied too by full renuncia
ton OF the American System-lke the shrewd ami
NAL IN the fable, casting the lions hide into the bush
es, or Therstes pulling of Achilles armour an,
dasiing it against the Payoment-in which there ha
been so much roaring, and so much gliltering II
arms, on the western plains, for fourteen years
Has it been observed that oil the prominent dogs
most distinguished in your lato grand hunt of iht
kentucky Bison; all who had first throsted TIT
gamo, or sank their fangs deepest into his lahks o
his sides, or hung heaviest at his tall have been wei
flashed, and raj, ed to the peerage among does?-
Was 1t noted thut--"TAis is The roadGo BvzantivSn?
Or has the Palace Constable been on the rounds
and with his familiar tap on the shoulder gwen init
nation al an expectation that new bond and securt
for adheson ond fidelity would be sent up 10 III
White House
would bolt, rather than give the additional bond
OF that stab, and That remuneration!
II wGs ungratcful stab, but for the kindness q
the assailed. there would have hecn no opporlunt
to have introduced the Graduation Bill! Their
would have been no opportunity after riding the no
bic spirited Kentucky stccd, until surrounded an