Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-29
Ft0m lhe N: Y. Comier s Enqri,tr.


MIR Tyler's Madisonan has had the magnanmi.
ty put Itself rseiuS ia eura, and 10 tell the peo-
pie oflhe United States precisely what lis position
is not. /, is not Wig, al any rate and the
official Organ Is not only perfectly clear and explicit
on this point but Il displays a whole column of
learning for the purpose OF proving why It should
not be Wing Ii has gone into chronological re.
search that would do credit 10 MIR Noah Webster
himself ~ order 10 prove that the Hon. Daniel
Webster Is Prime Minister o. this moment 10 a man
who is no more a Wing Than the Gar Of Muscoyy.
The Madlsoniin dehes pretty much all creation, to
prove that II ever was Wing, and, Of course il Is
perfectly successful IN proving the same time and
by the same process, tha; its Master is no Wing
never was, and never intends 10 be. The "black
letter learning" touching the derivation Of the word
"Whig' we look upon as exceedingly conclusive
and the 'SOur Whey" may be put down among
the most overwhelming denominations Of modern
argument. Whsg SIN will please TO consider itself
dead and buried from the date Of the las, Madl.
sonian.
The 5 o,tish authorities adJuced, are too potent
to be overcome, and the small minority of American
citizens who elected William Henry Harrison.
President ofthe United SAFES, under the name Of
Wings, will p!oblby give up, hile their heads DIS.
card their name, and cal! the Madsonan Tor
mercy. The official paper iGtormo US that it is q
"cOnserva'Iye," always was So, always intends 10
bc, and will always feel indignant al being ca ed
"Whgi"
some paper it seems had quoted the Madisooisn
as speaking Of Mr. Tyler as ''eyefy inch Whign
This SANDER the MldsOnian repudiates as sturdy
as a MIssssipplan would repudilte c State hond,
and declares with great sCiCmufy that n it ever
did 50 deEOmInltc Mr. Tyler II was SeaHdalum mag.
uaium-we use tic very wyrds-and could not have
/ been done during lucid interval. The Madison
( ian says II must have been nSlne--crazy as
wounded lOOn-Ii ~ ever called John Tyler Wig.
/ This assertion we believe TO be perfectly correct,
| though by no means ~ the sense intended 10 be
understood by the MadIsOnIan. Mr. Tyler never
I he cd In lao "a led
ms he would be 10 be 50 considered now, when he
hnds thOt he has earned nothing but contempt by
trucking 20 the Loco F,cosi if unfortunately for
himself he did fad al the that J., too late
l--'hitths Whlgs have had quite enough Of him.
Tbs last desperate move Of the MaJisOnian will
avail him quite as lile. The "Conservarges" feel
| quite smuII amount Of sympathy for tie misDr-
tunes which the President has brought vpOn himself
&C any other portion Of the party which elected Gen
/ Harrison; and 1t wIlI take SOMETHING more than a
| disclaimer Ol the name "Nhig," 10 reconcile them
% the rank loco iOc0sm lhathls marked Mr.. Tylcrs
! course. lie will make Ho'hIug by his mcluncss
| tie never 10 our knowledge prylssssd 10 r4nk hm-
&c among that portion u the nnu-Vau Euren marty
4 which called itself Conservative. The WIKI party,
We have always ourselves considered, the great Con.
sentative body Of American Citizens, determined up
on q reform Of the Cove nmcnf, and We never hesi -
lated for moment iu giving full fellowship 10 those
patriotic citizens who assumed that particular Gesig.
nation, hut went with them nlnd and hand I'm he
grelt struggle which ended IN victory. We are
much mistaken however, f Mr. John Tyler ever
pretended 10 belong TO that portion OF lie party.
and We very much question whether Nathaniel 4
Tullinadge, Mr. Rves, Mr. Lcgare, and those who
acted with them IN Overlooking loco focOlsm, ever
thought much Of John Tyler or John Tyler's feel.
i8gs IN the contest, or they thought 0f him az ALL
thought ri him as a "COnservotlyo.v In "a word.
we look on this last miserable shift, az the most
contemplate one yet exhibited. The Official paper
mas displayed great learning IN threading Though
the mazes OF Ca'sdoni,n eiyuologv and a., r.,
as that goes, We give il great credit: bot il IS ifo
possible not % see at the same time that IL hos sue
ceeded in making q very small man look great
| deal smaller.