Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-09

have retired from any share in the management
OF the Richmond whis, which, indeed, has only bee
nominal for the las, six months.
For eighteen years, |, having first founded, hav
wholly or in part, conducted that paper, and nevs
man had the good fortune to find patrons more kim
and constant; and should be destitute OF feeling
II, in communng with them for the last time, dh
not experience the most lively emotion. Eishteel
years ago, the Richmond Wing commenced witt
$50 subscribers, with scarcely the shadow Of par
~ TO sustain it, with powerful organized and win
dictive party opposed TO II, who left unemploye Q,
no means fair or foul, TO crush il in infancy.
survived their attacks, aud now towers in the e.
tent Of its business and circulation above all com
petition in Virginia.
In reIinquishing my long connection with tn,
Wing, it is some diminution of the regret | eI
perience, that leave 1t in the hands OF man whC
is worthy, in intellect and character to direct III,
mighty power which is exercised by the poltiea
Press in all free countries; a man Of high persona
honor, and OF talents which it only requires the ma
turing effect of little more time and experience &c
render equal TO any trust or stat on.
| When, SIX months ago, | severed connection ~ itl
the Press, supposed with all other Wings, that III,
victory We had just achieved, the most brilliant .nt
complete recorded in the annals OF party, would
necessarily carry along with the results for which
we had all oiled and struggled; that the contes, wa,
at an end; that the country once more restored
TO a sound condition, and TO the hands of faithful
and honest rulers; and that all who so desired. wer,
at liberty to turn their swords into pruning hooks,
and 10 fall back into the secluded walks which their
tastes preferred The unexpected and untimely
death OF Gen. Harrison, happy perhaps for him,
most unfortunate for his conntry alarmed many for
the consequences which might ensue-those very
consequences which hare ensued, and from the very
cause which their ssgacity OVERWHELMINGLY, tina,
his constitutional successor would aspire TO a Sc
cond Presidential term,-and in the vain at,emp,
to secure it, would disregard the obvious obligations
which he lay under TO the Wing party, from which
he knew he could not expect or hope for it. and
sacrifice the fruits OF the Wing victory to purchase
friends from among his opponents. did not part.
] ciPae IN this well founded alarm, because knew
that IN 1889, Mr.. Tyler had written several essays
for the Richmond Wing, intoxicating the one term
principle, and that he subseq uenty plumed hmse {
upon being the dscoverer and propagation OF prac-
teal amendment 10 the Constitution, rendered so
by having been explicitly adopted by the Amer.
can People, so admirably calculated to restrain
federal corruption, by taking away the motive for
1t. knew MIR. Tyler well, personally, and had
known him long, and could not believe, that
man so common place, So absolutely inferior 10
many fifteen shilling lawyers, with whom you may
meet every County Court in Virginia, would Sc.
riously aspire to the first station among manknd
for such the Presidency OF the United States Ger.
tainiys. Twas well acquainted with his vanity
and love OF place, but | never imagined that his
understanding was 50 perfectly unequal to bear
with moderation the LUCK which he had met with,
or that his judgment could he hitIered into tho no.
tion that he deserved per Sc, and from the direct
voice Of the American People, q proongation OF
that high destiny which had been cast upon him, by
"a similar caprice OF fortune with that which intro
duced Tilteba, Ttmouse into The seat of the REIN
ed Aubreys.
How esregiously was mistaken, and how much
! miscaleulated the element Of Captain Tyler's van
Ity, need not here recte for the facts are familiar
TO all men. The result is, what was foreseen by
more spacious Wings than I.-Mr Tyler has set
up for himself, and although he boosted in 1882 Of
being the first promugator OF the one term principle
now thinks that his superior abilities, merits
services good faith and fidelity to professions and
gratitude TO those who, from half starved lawyer
made him Pre,iden, of the United States, sntite
him TO the benefit Of an exception to his own rule
He las arrested the course Of that Reform in the
Government which the American People command.
ed, and which General Harrison steadily pros.cu-
ted while he lived. He has done his utmost TO
dissolve the Wing party, in the ridiculous ex pecta-
;lon OF creating Tyler party out OF It's ruins. lie
IS known to rejoice IN the Wing defeats, and to
speak Of The triumphs Of our opponents, in Maine,
Georgia, Maryland, &C. as our, that is hiI lriumphs
He has used the veto power arbitrarily that the
very Tories Of Eng land, scot at and dsride us for
submitting to be the slaves Of one mans will, and
that man so weak and variabe that he did not know
his own mind TWO hours together; and he has cap.
ped he CLIMAX Of the indignity he has thus offered
the American People, by pretending in these mat.
tiers to have had conscience, as II his conscience
previous to the elections, and when no hoated on
the foil wave Of Wing popularity, was nc! the very
reverse Of what he asserts it to DO now.
Such is the state of things. Our glorious Wing
triumph has turned out an empty victory, owing to
the culpabls vanity Of one man, and the yet more
cupabIe designs Of self constituted cabaI, who by
A,ttery, have acquired dominion over his will The
q DDS furnished US with the meats, but the Devil
provided the cooks. The country for years was og.
ltatsd t. its centre, and the attention Of civilized
mankind arrested by the arduous struggle Of our
potlca! plrties-and the result hos been the eleya
ton Of John Tyler to the Presidency Never did
fate so severely expose the vanity Of human wishes,
or demonstrate the iallaey Of human expectations.
That the Wing party for the moment, is disgust
ed, Disconnected and partially dsorganized, 10 IN
questionable, and proved by their being beaten in
several States, by smaller votes than their oppo.
nents received last year. when they themselves
were beaten. How could it be otherwise WHEN,
after a struggle so long proirac,ed, CALAMITY con.
tested, so brilliantly concluded, they find the coun
try, from treachery to have derived benefit, and
their very successes turned sgainst them, how can
! DO but that they must feel eowed and disheart-
ened myself though little addicted to giving up
the ship, feel the force Of tho poJitlon upon which
our opponents largely calculate for renstating Loco
Foeoism. But there is one thing which greatly en-.
couragss me. II is TO observe, in very extended
personal and epstoary intercourse, the profound in
dgnation Of the Whiga--Tbis feeling Is far mor
\ concentrated and intense thin il ever was, and al
| the proper season. will bSzs forth in action, snC
achieve results yet more brilliant than those Of 1870
i, IS gratifying, too, TO witness the liberal feeling
displayed ny The more enlightened portion Of lh
Democratic party, upon the existing condition o
things, who are themselves Disguised with the per
hdy which hss anoullsd the will Of the majority
and generously forego party advantages, which pro
NOTED bv trefcherv and lie olation If the fra