Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-18
THE PRESIDENTS ENEMIES

Il ever there was an unh ,Ilowed sOnspiracy tina,
deserved the unqualified condemnation of the PEG.
pe' AGAINST whose laws H. m qIItioug Vaccinations
were directed; 1t ever there was an organized band
OF Senator's aud Representatives IN Congress ,bnt
c'uo'ed together for the purpose ot brow. beating
""@,''hS, ana con'rotng the PreSIdenI-thaI time
was during the late ezra session OF Congress
but thus iAr, thank God! the enemies OF the Pre-
sideni have been disappointed in every attemp, TO
'hro" od.um upon him. UNFOLDING the majesty of
the laws IA the thIckesl tempest OF denunciations
anH threats ever encountered by mortal man, (par
ucu'Ariy from protested friends,) President lyier
mas oohed neither to the right nor the left, but pur
sueu Vhat ne considered 10 be the path Of duty
alike unmindfu OF the taunts OF his foes and the
700 parLlii atmonILiOns Of real friends.
but let US sec who are the Presidents enemies
any one who IS at all conveTsant with recent poll
ucai movements, II asked the question (who nro
his enenIeS?) wO-ld readily point 10 the envsnom
ca Jlnto m the Senage-the Manifesto Club IN the
HOUSE and about score OF journals in the fer
en' cues win perhaps double that number of vii.
age presses. tie might say oil these are apparent
anu from the concerted noise they nuke the unini-
ta'ed would probably suppose that the whole coun-
Try was IN arms ag INST him-Ihal one universal
burst OF overwhelming Indignation was setting in
upon hlm, from Sk2hsgGB the last cottage on the
Gulf OF Mckee!
But what Is the fact7 The frowning Senator's
and the Manifesto Club stand out in bold relief
he'r names are before the public, and their purposes
cannot be mistaken. Their political existence de-
PehuS upon Their success IN heading Capt. Tyler"
But how Is It with the press and the penple7 Simp
" tins: the few metropolitan presses hat have kept
up constant bomblrdment nsaint the President
since the last Veto, the very same that kept up
such terrible spluuer against General Jackson for
Vetolng similar bl. They are the same PRECISELY
tnat advocated Mr. Clay through oil his defeats.
lhey are the same that were established, fed and
ios:ered by the late U. S, Bank. They owe that
Bank hundreds OF thousands which they are not
on.y unhoe TO pay, tut they depend upon obtain
ing yet more huGdreds Of thousands TOR their future
existence ne lie" country presses that echU IL c
! cry OF the metropolitan nlimmoths, either mistake
the rlniic rawlings Of their city contemporaries for
pubic sentimeni, or have H. ike manner been cor
rupted.-T Nadisonian.
This IS a specimen Of tie slang with which the
penslonrd press at Washington endeavors to Dol.
Sier up Capt. Tyler. The wiIhering scorn Of the
public IS beginning TO penetrate the rhinocerous
ride Of vanity and sci.sltHslsncy with which Ii,
Captain enyeop"d himself lie begins to 6nd that
his Academia. Presidency is not equal TO the task
Of Causing mJscr.ty and pc hdy to nc respected, Of
mistaken for hmness aud good ftith! Hence thu
violent outbreak since his return to Washington
As to the sweeping imput1tions cast upon al
those who are honorsd by being called the "Presi
dents Notwithstanding ntne.,snlhs OF both
parties-we pIss them by with the single remark
II TO be IN deo, constitutes crime, the Impu,atlor
would have come with more grace, OF least, f;ou
one who pad all his honest deJ.s,
Ia enumeraung his enemies, why did not his Tx
ceIency give US to understand who were his friends
These Glisht have been cnum.raigd much NOR,
easily than the orheri Where are they, and Sho
| OF the grsa. Wa. party which elected him, t1er
nre not hundred vim would submit to tho nsul
| u being denomiul:ed his friends OF the Loco.
ioco parry ", know but 'i,llc-bui our fear il, tn,
they entertain as strong feelings NJ con,emp, a. tn
"hi=s 90. They may s:ho their feelings Tor tn
pferent, 70 aid them in the use they nre N king o
his EGcs.Iency, but when they have had their vi
Of him, they will throw him OF as a WORTHLESS
ihos.