Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-05
GARLAND AND GILMER

Among the ungenerous and illiberal manruyres
OF party tactics, no act of injustice stands more sia-
rlngly ineScusable than the recent treachery prac-
tIced upon Major James Garland, the late renrrscn-
taiive IN Congress from the Albemarle Distric,
And not the least surprising fact in this whole nro.
cedure, meSsrs- Editors, is that you, with all Your
characteristic promptness TO rebuke Injustice. whe.
Their 70 friend or fee, should have manifested a total
indifference and preserved a profound silence in IN.
contempla ION OF so iniquitous a game. have
looked long anu anxiously for an exposure, through
your columns, Of the narrow minded. selfish and
lndeiensIble course pursued towards Major Garland.
from some pen inhis District, but have looked in
VAN; ard though a non resident, yet Being n voter
in the District, and feeling his cause to be The COM.
mon cause OF all those termed Conservatives, | have
determined TO throw together a few remarks for the
calm consideration of all candid men. IL is knovvn
TO you as II IS to the whole country, that for lively.
consecutive years the Wings have kent I'm an i'm.
cessant cry from one extremity of the Union TO the
other against the abuses and corruptions of The Go.
Vernmont; that they have neglected 70 means. sup
pressed no argument and shrunk from no toll TO inn
press upon he American People the necessity of
reform; and that for ten Of these years their denun.
cihtlons, their prophecies, and their agonies were in
VAIN. lhey were still IN a vexatious, CALLING md
impracucable minority. Now pause and reflect Inv
what tram OF circumstances they rose from a state
oil impatient and irctiul lmpotency TO the entire con.
troll and TO the highest honors in the Government
Most certlinly you will say 1t is brought about bv
the accession of numbers. And from what source
- this timely aid derivedl The answer is ready and
conclusive. A portion of Mr.. Van Buren's sun
porters, IN common with the Wings, convinced of
the ruirous tendency OF the monstrous measures
proposed ard attempted TO be pressed upon an I'M
willing people by their President, were forced To
make n stand; and when remonstrance and nrsu.
ment had been exhausted without effect, threw their
weight IN the scale OF the Wings. IL then urepon.
dented. BY their aid the Wings suddenly becnme
a majority Of the America people. By the united
efforts Of this alliance Gen. Harrison was elected
President OF the Union This view OF the late as
founding political events Is tod plainly presented to
the eye OF the most cursory observer to require a
review of past occurrences in confirmation of IL.
What produced so sudden a transfer in New York
OF her i~orty-two votes from Van Buren, To Harrlson7
What IN Pennsylvania Of her thirty In New Jer-
sey, Connecticut, Maine, North Curolinn, Georyin,
nc, Nc, but the passing over Of numbers from the
support Of Van Buren, to Hsrrison7 virginia. il is
true, did not give her vote to Hiunson, but no State
IN the Union, believe, contributed so much to his
election. Within her limits was lighted the flame of
opposition to the monstrous project Of the Army
Bill, and from her borders the torch was borne To
the extremilcs of the Union, till The whole was ia a
blaze from Maine To Louisiana. Among the most
vIgIlant, active and untiring advocates of General
HARRISON, was MAJOR Garland. In his District and
out oil II his labors IN the cause of reform were in.
r cessnnt. Faithfully and ably had he represented
his Dislrct-n not one jot or title Of complaint had
either been raised OF could be raised against him bv
one Wing since his last election. Yet ho has been
tacfIhced-mos ungratefully sacrificed by Whigs.
too, who gladly received his powerful support. Bnt
The SIMPLE result Of this miserable game Is not half
so revolving as the manner in which il was brought
about. Those who opposed Mr.. Gilmor to Major
Garland, knew well that a mniori'y Of Glrland's
late supporters would still support him i'm preference
To any other man, but that ty hsndine~him over TO
The adherents Of the late President Van Buren,. still
heated by resentment and mortified by defeat. ne
would, by The aid Of a few Wings, bo greedily and
e1ulungly devoured, and thus make way for Mr.
Gilmsr.
And now let us stop for a moment, and innuire
I Why thfs result could be desirable u any man or
set Of men protesting 10 be nc,uated in ali their po-
htcal labors simply ny u love Of country7 Was il
merely to provide Y place for Mr. Gilmet7 There
can be no justification under Heaven Tor such a
Y course TO effect that purpose. That an able, faith
, lul ara lahorOus representative should be thrust
b aside u make way for one who had fastidiOusly
thH"n of honors, (which, 10 soy the least of H.
NNeequal TO his mcuts,) and thus reduced himself
by hts own deliberate act, TO hateful private life, u
D indoiensible and monstrous. The writer Of thu
hasty communication has long admired Mr. Gilmol
for hrs talents, for hIs private worth, and las he wat
impressed) Tor his lbemlity. But in the present 20
sIuon he occupies, and the manner IN which he hal
arrived at II, he cannot persuade himself he has don,
A credit either 10 his heed or heart. IL is true, he u
honored with n seat in Congress, but by who's
voices has he secured ~ BY votes that would sa
y cHice hun TO morrow n they could. Nearly all III
+ Loco Focos voted for him, and II is we'll know Their
v or, doubly NJ many Of Them IN the distrct os IN
majority amounts 10. IL Is positively asserted tina
but Two wings voted ~ the Louisa meeting Tor IN
u nomination in opposition TO Major Garland-all III
rest, i - said, were his political opponents. VI
/, Gilmer's reproaeh upon the term Conservative, u
say nothing OF the jealous tendency IL might have 4
slacken the bond Of union between Conservative
and Wings, comes with n very lad grace from hin
who was 20 willing to renoh the Gubernatoris
Oh ,ir by tho aid of Conservative.
= mossrs. Editors, some remarks in this copmuni
~ cation may seem 10 you too harsh, yet none Of ther
e seem so to the writer; Tor however grating word
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pecially such a. have attempted TO pourtray.
therefore beg that IN justice 10 all parties, you wi
4 CONSERVATIVE.