Daily Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1833-1840, 1834-12-01

Ph osnf w. Leign from the senate, and trans
lsse thiiher minion Of Van Buren,, a champion
sfthe Proclamation and Force Bill, and /. sup
porter Of every stretch Of prerega,ivet avowed
like one, or more mcanly disguised like another
| already registered. This much we certainly
know thatif il be not So it has not been bee au,si
Van Burenism was inactive. and that il Mr..
Leigh shall be elected, il will be in despite Of the
most infamous means employed to defeat him,
ever known to the history Of Virginia
We have opened TO the reader who loves his
country, an uRbounded field for reflection. What
is ths meaning OF what We sea acting in Missis.
appi, Georgia, and North Cardinal Are the
recent acts of,hose States. evidence Of the true
inclinaiions Of the people, and are the latter in
reality, ready to pass under the yoke of the
Albany Dynasyl Have they so far departed
from the old creed Of their fathers aud Republi-
canism, rs not merely to tolerate but to applaud
and reward, usnrpation and tyranny Have they
30 far degenersied from their sires IL be duped
by demagogues who deal in no rther arguments
than the glory Of man, and to admire trick more
than fairness, and management moro than the
Straight forward bluntness which once char aeier.
lied these southern clmesl Do they in truth and
soberness, love Jackson 10 much that they are
willing to reliaqush to him the choice Of their
ruler, the proudest and dearest privilege Of free
men, or Mr.. Van Buren SO much, that for his
sake they will surrender their birth right, the
principles of their fathers, and the interests Of
their State1
Such is apparently, the prevailing disposition
in n majority Of the southern States. Tothe eye
OF him who looks no deeper than The surface, all
seems TO be running smoothly for the prospects Of
Mr.. Van BurcH in tho South. We leave TO others
to form their ownimpressions from these appear
anccs; hut for ourselves, we have a deep and
abiding conviction, that they are false and delu-
sive. A radical revolution must have occurred,
not merely in the political principles, bu, the ma
tional character Of thepeeple of the South, if we
err in our conjecture. They must have relinquish-
ed their jealousy OF Federal Power, and their te-
nacious affection for their own reserved rights
theymus all once have forgotten their deep root
ed ,rans-Petomac prejudices-,hey must have
learned to cease love public probity, unsullied
private character, open and maaly dealing, and
have become Smitten with cunning, and crooi ed
int:igue-man-worship must not only in the last y
years, have swayed their judgments, bui dcprsved
their hearts, and changed their once noble cha
racter-if now or ever, they prefer the New
York peitifoggcr with his selhshness, his corrupt
ing tactics, his odous principles and his load II
political iniqui,y 10 their own llustrious States
men.
Let others believe as they please; for our par,
We do no, believe that Van Burenism is in the
ascendant in the South, or ever will be; or that
the result 10 the south of us, 10 which We have
alluded, or that expected result which We are
told rs TO happen in Virginia, the expulsion Of
Mr.. Leigh from the Senate, have sprung from a
prediction for Mr. Van Buren,, or any desire on
the part of the people to elevate him 10 power
To this indeed they all directly and powerfully
tenGi bat the people have been suffered TO see
the objeSt or the tendency. They have been
basely Iuggled. Demagoguism has wrought re-
suits which it is well capable of efiecting, when
1t dcScends to the employment OF such means
as IN this instance it has had recourse TO. The
paople have been unfairly and falsely dealt by.
They were persuaded to take arms against the
Bank, but III moment of excitement the false
traitors whs led them on, have turned those arms
against the Constitution, their State and their
principles. The people have no, discovered that
the whole Bank cry was 4 manouvre 10 screen
the usurpaiions Of aiyrannical President, and to
enlist their Prejudic.s in favor Of his appointed
successor. They have not known and do mo-:
We, know, that to make Van Buren, President,
and to keep the Office holders in their places, was
the single and the exclusive design, ofihe Rves',
the Ritchies and all thai class of interested pa
triots. Wensed not advert to Mississippi, Geor.
gia, OF North Carolina The same game has been
played there os in virgini-s TisIys 100, the Bank
has been the cry; and there Var Burenism has
fr.udulenty obtained power, under pretence Of
wsging a war against the Bank, which was re-
ally and truly intended only for the purposes OF