Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-11

'A'NA WV hNHtZ W. AAN aAAhA ~
the Charlottesville Advocate, met at Fluv ms
court, agrseably To appointment, and addressed the
people. Bui few persons, however, were present.
the farmers beng busIy Engaged with their crops
"but chiefly, because they were mortified and IN
dignant at the course ot their Representative IL
Congress. rnd caicj not 70 meet HIM, and there va,
no expectation that Mir L. wing would he present.
Mr. Gi.mcr opCnod the discussion I'M n speech %
TWO hours, which, iom the description given II toy
'he Advocate, we prcSumc was identical with that
some days before delivered IN Anhersi. There j;
one topic, however, which to as ut least, who did
not hear the AmheTsi speech, j. new. II is the ten
son assigned by Governor GIlmer IN defence Of hi'
VOC Tor MIR Wise as sprcket-thc great object u
Mr. Wise'S ambition, 10y the way, and TO the di,sp,
pointncnt OF ~ hich many attribute his 'aie oNtrior
diroty course. MIR Gi.mcg says he voted 10. MIR
wise, because she wanted a man Ia commind and
keep ordeI"-ThiS Is decidedly one OF the best SAT-
cSsms ofthe season. Mr. WISE, it ; well known. has
cone a. !cas, as much 20 dis urn the order % the
House, and TO involve II IN the most diSsraceiui
scenes, nS any other member Of that body. In
ueed, II has been very rarely the case, that any
disorder has occurred, m which he has rot been \
Conspicuous actor. Surely a notorious disturber "
the pGblc quIe, Is me very las, man whom the
JId cious would select as i cOnservaicr OF the peace.
L mere Is an old maxim, aud a good one, that he who
would command must hrSt earn To obey. y man
who tramplcs upon law and order himself can I'M
pat but itile moral force TO his IulanctIonS TO others,
To respect the one and tn MAINTAIN the other. The
occupant ol the Speakers char, IN such a bocy as
NHt iAoNNN ~ representative SiOuu, II IS lrue, DC
q man Oi courage; but his courage should be under
the control OF reason anu the restraint Of seif.re
spect; not that impulSIve, impCIuous, violent daring,
which. not content with TepUeSSlug violations OF de-
coTum ami propreIy, rather proVokcs them by gra-
tuitous tIhioIIOns OF It's own mpertincnce ana rtck-
lessness. Mr. Wise might perchance make a bet.
ter master than servant; but we should be 10Th 10
trust hum. We ShouiG fear that as he is cOntUma-
cIous and diSrespccitul IN the one csoci,y, 80 Re
would be dosmalic1l and dsSpo;c in the other. Ii
] N a na-.xar kn rtrsnrr,-n,tn 10, a urf,. ae,..s
that MIR Wise was not elected. II he had bccn, we
doubt whether MIR Clay would have been the oo-
Jeci Of has Aied,c,ion-whe,h the B-nN I'LL
would have been or whether any of those
strange events would have happened, which have
sisnauzed the history o tIhe last three months. Up
on such slishtoauses ate great events sometimes de.
pendent
The Advocate thus notices MI lrving's rely to
MIR GiimeT:
"Mr. Irving rose in reply, under very embarras.
sing Circumstances, being almost an entire stranger,
and having &, address an audience Wesgrc al best
Ind already uTrd 10y the speech 81 his predecessor.
notwithstanding these dlscouragemeu.s he spoke
with all the man.T, - which u good cause always
inspires, and charged home the lnconsIsttncie end
tsrSivCsalonS Of our Representative in his recent
touuous coarse. He said, tho 1t might seem 10
some too Early 10 enter the lists with ms opponent,
ycl that recent events had proved, that a Candidate
might come out before the pcoI .G too late, with his
true sentiments n We as too soon, lie ioirei is-
sue with Mr.. GImCr, rs TO the vision ana pi;ro.-
Ism Of the course OF the Wing majority m Congress,
especial y IN regard 10 the Bankrupt Bill, ,hc Ds
%irlbuuon, Revenue and Bank Bis, winch he
defended against the charge ct rank and uumiit.
gated federalism" filed agaIus; them by his or
pOneut. In regard to Mr.. G.mor's votes for Speak.
or, C.eJk Nnd Public Printers, he sad The PEOPLE
were not disposed % complain of hs W. ius against
any enc II iaeH, but SgGlnst hsm a.-ihat Shaved
tue quo GntrIO-lhe Wo'irt OF hostility 10 the Wing
eaUse. The whole scope and splrlt OF hrs course
urDyel this and hers no ruNIUrEI IN Nj c. rnu D
rejoicing al Hhis disasters 80 Mllne and Indiana,
and the triumph Of the Loco fOeaS, 20 prove hrs
condition wi;h tie very party aEainS, which he had
once oaitiei. On the public iaud question, he 10.
troClced certain resolutions, i.r wklcL Mr. u. voted
IN the Virginia Legislature, ttIrmlng the principle
OF distribution ana the right OF ownership by the
States, though he now regulates that doctrine.
"Nr. /. commented wIh deserved severity upoa
the course o.! President Tyler, aUG passed Iu re-
view the members of that famous I,tle cuhor, The F.
Corpora's guard, the inc0ngTuous materials OF
which they were compassionate TWO of them agreed
IN any thing but a wish and pUny effort TO head, not
Capt. Tyler, out Henry Clay. What great prnci-
pie, he asked, was 10 be carried out IN denOuuc.ns
Henry Claw The Ahstrac.Ionisis go tor principle
naked principle. Upon what p.IncpIe was u then F.
that Mess.s. Tyler, G.mcr, SC. now opposed 50
bitterly Mr. Cay, whom President Tyler wen. 10
IitrTsbur. to nominate as his first choice for the
PreSItency2 What he'd ne done since TO forfeit
their confidence, and TO incur the odlous chsrre Of .
@AH" @".HN'N - ~ HbA NNN#H
mond Committee. cu'o-iElnc Mr Clay IN The warm
Is; terms, as a Statesman, whose name would 90
down 10 posteutv as one vi the 1cacOns Of his age
lie pressed Mr G. into the confession that ne would
60 TOR Mir Tyler a second term i lie we're 'he can
dIdata OF the Republican pluy!' Oh the question
OF the currency he insisted, out wilhou; success, that
Mr.. u. should tell Us what he was iOf, Us he WIS
against every thing. His cautious competitor could
only respond, he would tell IN December. Nj. /.
did not doubt that Mr.. @. would be found at iasl
the champion O! the rejected SUB Treasury, iu some
form or other, aud as the 'ssue was nov narrowed
TO L aud a National Bank, with suitable limitations
and restrictions, he ayowCd himself the friend OF the
latter institution, which alone could give stability
10 the commercial and hnancla. operations of tie
country. lie charged upon MIR @. aud Mr. Ty.sr's
Other advisers That by defeating both Bark Bills,
they had eft tie public purse and the public ssord
IN tie hands OF the Executive "A combination which
lass ben pronounced 'lhc best d,hniu0n OF q dcs
pOtsm' Csder the law OF l7Sy, by which the
custody OF The public treasure is now regulated, the
Treasurer gives a bond for only $4,000, whilst
he IS without other check or I5slra ut, the receiver
aH1 controller Of millions
Upon other subjects Of discussion, he was most
conclusive end uuausweraU.e, and we only regret
that more Of the independent people Of F'uvanna
were not pTesCn; 20 hgly his address. HIS speech
was a combination OF sound argument, apt i,,us.ra.
ton, and eloquent and Indignant reJuks OF the
course and position Of EI Gov. GIHmer and lis
ooWpeess.
'iic concluded 10y expressing his entire willing
ness TO submit hrs pfeteuslOus Us the Wing canJI
date otihc district, 10 the decision Of a Convention
OF the counties which might be embraced 10 H."