Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-04
RICH MOND:
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE q.

The official expose of his sentiments bv the wbiv
President is now before the public. We an,iero,o
Tor II the cordial appreciation OF the country IL is
made Of the stuff to command the approval of n
"eP"ohean People. An aged and most respectable
citizen OF this place, yesterday uttered the
sentiment when he said, that no better message had
been delivered since the days OF Washington. IL
makes no effort at display-no stroning after fine
wntns-bui is plain, unafi cc,ed document; and is
thoroughly saturated with the true spirit of yenu-
Inc kepnblicanism. IL avows on the part-of the
hSeeuuvea becoming Difference to the popular W i'll
the 'cs'umate sovereign-under the fundamental
| a~-n tins land Of Republican liberty. II mani
tests wise and hccdfu consideration for all the
great interests OF the Conference.-The substantial
happiness and prosperity Of the people. Il exhibits
'hat courtesy and respect to the ordinate Depart
ments OF the Governmental to which we have been
strangers since the bsnefu dog .si,r OF Jacksonism
obtained ascendancy. Ii ,ieciualy stiles the ella.
mour OF Faction, and will rally around the Admi-
n'strauon the best patriots OF the land.
Ia what depiorable condition does il place Loco
FoeoIsml What tack will that paltry Faction now
taSef What ground have they for sItack-hayo
hey-evena fco;hold for dtfence1 All their mast
m'Sdeets are IN process of developmcnt--and their
successful adversarics give them not even peg OH
which TO hang an animadveTSion. To what expc.
d'ent Will they hetnke themselycs-what resource
have they lei2 The Blnk-the Tariif-Ds,ribu-
tion-State Abolition, are all stale.
hat and Improbable. Not one can be magni6ed
INTO monster To alright and delude the ignorant.
The spois are gone, and the guiilone is streaming
with b'ood-tnNes,isating ComniItecs are unfolding
the reecsses OF their iniquty. The Executive, the
Senate the House of Representatives, the PeopIe
are all against them. Shame confusion and ,lcspair
over~ helm them.
We can conceive OF but rsinge gleam of hone.
which IN compassion, We would bring TO their con.
Sijeraion. They in an almos, dcrunc, eonJi.
uon The principle Of vitality struggles with III,
iron grasp of death. Their own energies are well
nigh exhausted. Ther reputation for honesty and
patriotism, ii they ever had any, is sone-'rheir
Character for craftsmanship is below par and their
mnIiiarious misdeeds stare them in the face. If
they rely upon themselves they must sink-There
Is not life enough among them TO invest their diving
struggles with interest. Aswe have a fancy foe the
excitement oil well contested conflict, VIC would no
have even this Faction unredeemed as it is by even
single virtue, utterly snnihila ed We therefore suc
them an ex pedient 10y which they may recruit,
their waning energies. There are some Wings or NJ
their embraces. Assiduous woong W i'll win ,hem--let
them, then, not neglect the arts requisite 10 CONN
their desres- Ii will be gratifying to all sides The
Wings will rejoice in being rid OF unreliable mem.
bers-and the Locos, in their hour Of need, would
hail the accession with rapture. Cankefed Wing.
gerry and Loco Focoism would make On rdmirnhle
compound! Like Jonathan and Saul, they have
been pleasant in their lives and in death they ought
not TO be separated.
But without reference to Loco Focoism is not the
time opPortune for thorough purgaton Of the whie
party, looking the well being of that party7 We
have tFiumphed in despite OF false friends and open
enemies Arc we not powerful enough to set them
both at open defInce-lnd does not sound policy
dictate that both should he treated alikef If there
be those who esteem items elves either too pure or
too impure for association with the whig Marty,
would II not be better for all des that the conner.
ioa should he forthwith dissolved7 The aid Of the
one we would not have-and we DO not wish 10 be
Plraiyzed by the assistance, grudginsly bestowed Of
hating friends. This new political conceit called
Pursm, which can find nothing good enough for its
aSsociaon-which sJ atcs itself, and obs,inaeIy re-
fuses to do any thing, because it cannot accomplish
all It's morb i'd imagination may desre-is essential.
y mschievous, and ough, to he discarded by men o.,
practical wisdom. LISA spirit at war with the ge
mus OF the age 1t parayzes the energies and frus-
trates the best hopes of man. 1t illustrates wha,
Mephsophes himself defines as the very spirit o,
e''l-the principle Of doing no;hing-barren, profit
less impracticabhy. Il is not vouchslfed TO man
to stand SILL Some say, men and things unceasing.
~ revolve IN cTce-oCc while they ascend to the
zenith, and then, by slow rapid sradations, they
sInl' TO the nador Others take livelier and more
cheering view OF human oit,Is. These indulge the
reve'y that we nre ascending an inclined plane
which has no termination, but in the full blaze OF
the perfect day, and The universal perrccuJy Of
man. But according to either supposi,on, motion,
motion Is the law OF nature ard the inevitable lot Of
humanity. We must sink, or We must risc-and he
that attempts TO stand still, will f,l FAR in the rear
Of him who boldly pushes onwards and upwards
determined to attain the goal Of human hopes.