Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-15
ADDRESS OF JOHN IL PLEASANTS, Esq.

10 the Patrons Of The Richmond Wing.
have refined from any shae in the management
ofihe Richmond Wing. which. indeed. has only
been nominal for the LA months
For eighteen yeafs, having first founded. have
wholly III part, conducted that paper, and never
man had tie good fortune tn find patrons mnrc KIND
and constant and should be destitute of feeling;
II, IN conmunug with them Tor the last time, din
not experience the most lively emolion. Eiglneen
years ago. the Richmond Wing commenced with
$50 subscribers. til scarcely the shadow OF par
~ sustain il, with powerful, o'ganz ID aud vim.
dtctvc pmty opposed 10 II. who ltii unempioved No
means, iir n, foul To crush H. III infancy. u snss-
we'd ihcu attacks, aud now towers, IN The extent ~
its business aud oncualion above all coinPc ION m
Virginia.
In relnqnishng ny long aonncelien with the
Wig IT Is some dmnuion "f the regret rxpe-
renee, that leave II in the hands Of n man Who Is
worthy IN intellect and ehafactef. TO direct the
mighty power which Is exercised by the roi,csf
Press ~ all ifec luntrirs III u oil higi persona
honor aud o talents, winch II oniy requires the ma
tutlng eff CT of little IN re time and experiences, to
render rqnalto any Trust station.
When, SIX monlsago, severed my come elton VIII
the Press supposed wth all other Wings, that tho
vctoty we had just achieved, the moa, brilliant adj
complete recorded IN the annals OF party, would nc
cessati'y cary along wlh II the results Tor which
we had all ,o,led aud slrulg cd lhst the contest
At an end thai The conEtsy WIS once more re-
stared sound condition. aud 10 the hanis faith.
lal and honest rulers; and thn all who 81 desired
at liberty to tufn lhtlf swords h,io pruning
hooks AID 10 fall back INTO the secluded walks whic
ihelr tastes pfefued. The unexpected and untime-
|, death OF Gen. llariison, iappy perhaps tos him.
| u unfortunate for his country alarmed many Tor
the consequences which might O. sne--lliose very
/ conscI uences winch hare ensued aud from The se,y
cause which ihcI sagacuy loresaN namely thu
ms constitution nal successor would aspire To SECOND
Pttsidt u'lal teim,-and IN the vain attempt 10 Sc
eutr ii, would disregard tic obvious obliga lions
winch lie lay under h tho Wing p.ry, from which,
he knew he could not expect hnpe for II, md
sacrifice the l,uils ii the Wing tory, Ia purchase
! friends from an,ong his "pponenls. dad not pat
'iclpuc N his well ioundt alatm, becau'e knew
that IN 1899, Nj. Tyler had ailtlrn several essays
Tor the Klehm md Wing, incu,cating The one term
p,nc,ple and that he subseqn u'y plu'aed himself
upon beng the dlscoyefcr aud propag ,or IL p,ae
teal amendment to the Constr ntIun, rendered so
by having been explicitly adopted b. The Amcncao
Pcoplc,) ado'rsbl, calculated 10 resi,'iu iedet
al corruption, by taking away the motive for it,
knew Nj. Tyler we'll, personally, and bad known
INN long, aud | could not believe that man 81
common place, absolutely nierior 10 many fiiern
shilling lary wi h wh,m you may meet at every
County Cont IN Virginia, would seriously aspire tv
the hls station among mankind, i,T such the PTesi
dency Of the Unued States :, fainly IL. | Was we'll
acquainted with his vanity and love ol place. but l
never imagined that his understanding was so per-
| lccly unequal 10 bear with modcra ION the LUCK
winch he had met with, or tina, his judgment could
be II ertd into the notion, that lac deserved per 20,
aud from the direct v"ice OF The A, erican People,
a prolong anon of that high destiny witch had been
Cas-, upon hn, by similar capr &C OF fortune with
that W 'Ch introduced IIitlebat Ininouse tut0 the
Of the ie6ned Aubrcys.
How cgiegious'y was IN stalk n. aud how much
! mscalculued the elemen, OF Captain fyier's van
ty, need not here rectc, for The facts are I mav
to all men. The result Is. what was ioresecm By
more sagacous W Wigs than l.-Mr. Tyler has set
up for hlmscll aud although lac toasted IN 1899. o(
beng the FIST romulgaot OF HE one term principle.
now thinks Il,,l his own superior ab,lnies merits.
services good faith aud fdtt,ty 10 profess ons, and
| gratitude 10 those who. nom hall starved lawyer,
made hm President Il the Unlrd States, entUle
him to The benefit of an exec ton 10 his own rule.
He has arrested the course of that Reform in tho
| tuverumeni which ihe American People commands
ed. and winch General Harrison steadily prosecuted
While he lived lie has dole his utmost 10 dissolve
/ the Wing party, The ridiculous ex, ectation Of
creating 1uter party Of It's RUNS. He IS kno~u
20 iejoce IN HE Wing defeats and TO spe Of the
trnmphs of our opponeh's, IN Name, Heo' ga, MAJ
| t,iand, &c, oui, that is his trumphs. tie has
u.s. the veto power arbitrarily I'll the ve,y To-
rles of England scuf ~ aud detiie US Tor subnna
ting TO be tie slaves Of mau's will, and that
so W. all and variable that he did not know lis 0wA
mnd two hours together and he has capped tho
CLIMAX Of the n1'gnhy he has thus offered the
Amerlcau People, by pretending ~ these matters
to have had conscience Us II ihiS conscience pro.
vous to the election, AID when he hoaled on the
iull OF Wing iepnlaIi J, WAS not tie very re-
ve,se of what he asserts 1t To be now.
Such is the state of things. Our clio ous Whix
triumph ha, TUNED out an empty Org, o"ingto the
cuIp Bile vanity of one man, aud the yet more pablo
des,pns of "A seli-consitnted cabal who by hattery
have acquired DOMINION over his Will. The Gods
FURNISHED us with the meats, but the Devil provided
the cooks. The country for years VS. agi;aied 10
us cenre and the attention Of civillned mankind ar
rested the arduous siuggle OF our political par
,es-aud the result has been the elevation OF John
Tylerlo the Presidency. yer did fate so severe.