Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-05
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MIR. VAN buren,.

VINO ere IN the hands OF misfortune, and are in
capable of the brscncss Of exciting over the fallen
whether fate or folly, or crime, has produced the
overthrow We publish the essay which follows
taken from tic New York Evening Journal, in nc
spirit Of mshsn,y towards Mr. Van Buren-who
has fallen, not from any height. but from his high
blown hopcs-fallcn, no more to ave those hopes
reanmated-but to aid in irtlc'ing upon him
that atoncmcnt which he the Country. To
MN belongs the paternity OF the pl"n for "impro-
wing the condition OF the Press" By connecting II
with tho Trcasury-thc rcwardng of forty or fifty
editors. compensating them for political service rcu-
dered. and holding IN the tenure of their Offices a
mortgage over their INTERCHANGEABLE it wus, who
recommended the system of furnishing" the free
dom Of opinion by the removal of those officers
who in the exercise Of their rights as free mcn had
voted ageinst Gen. Jackson-under n soft and
smooth exterior, he the undoubtcd principal ad-
voca,c Of prescription" and The author of the null
hilarious attempts in variety of shapes to introduce
at Washington that caucus and regular nomination
machinery, which he had welded so successfully
in New York, and the effect of which was 10 be.
to dri|l and counterm arch the people of the q.
States, by such words of command as he and few
others. nrrogatng to be the Republican Party, chose
to Issue For these sins, he owes heavy nc
counablllty, and will not be permitted 10 escape
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN-NO. s.
SiR-Iou have turned your back upon those who
first brought you into netice, and dragged you from
obscurlIy By their patronage, Sir and under their
auspices YOU were enabled 10 make snrno successful
spcculations in landed property, which placed YOU
beyond the reach of indulgence These subs, ontiol
fruits of your apprenticeship o politics, remain in
your possession. You therefore cannot COMPLAIN
that your trade has not, OF least this respect been
lucrative 20 you. Be contented, tir, with these re-
wards, which infinitely beyond your merits
retire upon your estates; think more Of those
dazzling phontoms those spectres that have haunted
your ambition Reflect upon the lesson which Won
may peruse IN your own history, and more especially
in the las, act of your political existence You have
been forced forward, sir, before your time, and he
yond your capacities; and you have broken down for
want of bottom.
Your partisans were determined that the American
people should be inoculatec wi b punJurenism and
that whether would or not, YOU should be cram
med down throats We have submitted TO the pun
ishment we have swallowed the obnoxious draupht.
we have passed through the different Stages of this
political ganQrene, and thank God we have not rid of
the incubus and survived the experiment. You are
not the first humbu9 that has bamb0oZsd cretuIous
world, and then exploded into atoms You are M,
the first upstart that has sprouted forward By musb
room growth upon the hot bed OF political fayorism
and then been doomed to a death sudden and an
exit as speedy your apparltIon had been unexpec-
ted
If you had had the true stamina and nerve in your
compositions IT. SIR, your nmbt on had been made of
"sterner stuff" you could have borne the caresses Of
your friends. But the spurious materials of which
you are wrought, the natural feebcncss of vour
mind (insugre all your cunning and esuitryl and the
superficial requirements Of an understandings that
never had been cultivated and never was susceptible
of cultivation, placed you under disadvantages that
could the seductive incense of adulation
nor the mawkish fattery of your parasites
Your vanity was too exorbitant, and vonr rosolu
ton weak, to repudate the glitterng bauble of
power that exlnerated syour hopes, and maddened
and intoxicated your brain with dreams more fantas.
tica and visions more CHI mcrico and sxtravspant
than ever entered into the conceptions of maniac
Do not accuse me, SIT, OF insulting YOU in your
nisfortunes. If should do So would at least have
the merit OF having you for an example. For how
often was it, sir, during your short lived DYNASTY
that you dared prostitute the scepro of power into
rod OF vengeance upon those 10 whom YOU was
personally lnlmcal, and whose only crime was tina,
they dared to doubt the onnipoence Of your genus
and to dispute the validity Of your professions?
was 1t not you, sir, whose unceasing eudeayor
since your accession to the Cabinet has been TO alien
ate by every mans ~ your power, he affections Of
The President from those who had been his firm
and devoted r!ends' Was 1t not you sir, who sToye
to wcdn the heart Of the President from these oroi
nal and ea'y friends; this guard of the democrat
&c party, who had stood by hIu in the hour of nocd
and IN the day ID danger, who foremost IN the
hghi, and bore the brunt NJ the bat'lc' And where
"s0 J'u sI3 al lHal CgeDuul M0mSU!! Fighting
the ranks Of Opposition. aud concoctlng scurrous
iarnpoons 40 the columns OF your Argus against the
pace and reputation Of General Jackson And
where ives you, sir, at the beginning Of tho second
great Contest which terminated the election Of
-lndTsW Jackson! You, CIR, who talk 30 pahellcaily
now Of your devotion TO him. Why, sir until you
wac absolutely dragged down the Irresistible Curfcn,
OF public opinion, you was meanly ssulk,ng behind
the screen of ndD eonmit1I. And then you snraked
forth from your hiding place, and your fret act was
TO crtnge for pardon, like q nenal criminal Of Inc
ieet OF hat hlusrIou man whom you saw; in spite
OF your cowardly attempts assassnaro his political
| reputation, was destined to be, had bo lived, The
master spirit Of the ago And when death enanci.
pated that g'pat statesman from the troubles Of the
world yen. who had been the foremost 10 petsccutr
him whll6 living, the first TO scatter laurcB
upon his tomb, and TO shod hypocrcal tears fbr his
loss! And long indeed will DC remembered, as up
plicobe % that ncongruous scene, tho fable Of tho
dIOaJ, who though. to obtain immor.li,y by becom-
ing paH bearer 0 the giqut. TAMMANY.
TnE PREsIDENT ASD rgE VEro.-- None can
have forgotten the triumph and expltation with
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