Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-07

""H 'sauiy son'eSseu Ito their high honoT-fl
Z" only high nMures which have tho moral merry
to confess and repair error.
Mr. Archer had not designed to par,icin,te IN IN
dobaie-but in consequence Of some doc,,;,., al
vanced by Mr.. Rives, to which he eou,d No, s,,,,
scribe, he felt called upon as his eolle,,u. IN ,,,
h's dissent. lie took the occasion ,o o,,c, into
wider hel6-anl launched forth into n sever. ;nv..
tive against tie jackson Dynasty and Tho ,o,,,,
b'oated with mischief and venom, by whom J,cL,o,
was surrounded. Under the excitement, or .ra !,
the full sweep ofhs indignant inyectiy. bo
| upon tho points OF difference between himself nm,
colleague. AS was very natural, and uln,o,, ;r.v
/ "o'e portion Of the asperty was impaired IN IN,
ois;usson Of uoss points Of difference. This orou..
Gu Mr' kivcs who giving way to the feelings ol IN,
moment, replied with equal warmth, and in n ,p;,;
OF like bitterness As soon as Mr. Rive, co,e,,1.,
the common friends OF both, forced an adournm.,,
to arrest the further progress OF the exciting d,cu.
sion. In the evening, tho excitement aIlayed. thew
came together and the next day, explanation ~
good feelings passed between them on the aoor q,
the Senate, showing that they, after breaking a
lance, were better friends than ever
The remarks of MIR. Archer on the J,cksor ia,
nasty, were whitening, There are few who ,ou,I
him in lofty and imprisoned, and at the sam. i'm.
classic invecive His ,flost on this occasion h, ,
runs groan from tho ogre OF the Globe.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
We hear, verbally, that besides the appointmen,
of Judge Tucker to the Chair Of Law. m. y;,;,e,,
have elected a MIR Sylvester Of London. P,o6.,.or
oil Northumberland some gentleman from Ger.
many, whose name we do not recolect. or if we did
we could not pronounce it. Professor of Modern
Languages. We know nothing of either Of ,b.
latter gentlemen We presume, however, the Visi.
'er' knew them thoroughly, morally and mentally
else they would not have selected them TO take
charge OF the Intellectual and moral culture of the
youth of Va.
iO0 We do not feel at liberty to withhold tho
views of al Wig" although we denrec,,o tho sn;.
tit they are calculated to engender, and dissen.
from most of the premises and conclusions of the
writer. But possibly frank avowal OF COMPLAINT,
anu siNances on all sides, may contribute to har-
ends. Sou
81 ""S' gives counenanco to the msappre.
hensIon, which the Loco Focos are indus,riou,Iv Ia.
oourins to nsti into the public mind, that there is
Tyler party" SO called, separate and di,,inc,
from the Wing party. We call this misapprehen-
s'on-ior to suppose Otherwise, would be to impu,e
to many good Wings and sensible men a ,reacherv
and folly we would lay at no mans door without
positive proof IL all springs from too hasty tenn
per among the Wings, which temper has been very
adroitly pracilsed upon by the Loco Focos. Both
SIDES have given way too often to ndiscree, re-
marks, which those amiabe peace-makers-tbe
Locos-haye seized upon, and pressed with view
TO effect their great obect-the division and over
throw Of the Wing party. al Wig" or those
friends OF Mr. Tyler Of whom lie complains. hay.
permitted themselves to DC imposed upon by these
arIinl and unscrupulous adycrsaries.
~ Uhig," in complaining of the friends of Mr.
iy'er Tor excepting to the course Of Mr. Clay, COM
mits the very same error himself which be com.
pains OF IN Others He in the exercise OF his rights
OBJECTS to the conduct of Others but he will no,
tolerate the same freedom in return Their CON.
plants OF MIR Clay, he cons,rues into violation Of
one OF the hrst Wing principles-oppos,on TO Ell.
ecutIve dIctaon, and tantamount 10 an effor, IN
the part OF the Executive to conrou the free .c,ior
of Congress. We do not see the matter in ,bi,
ght We yield 10 no man in admiration of the
lofty and mhgnanlmous traits in the character OF
MIR Clay. In truth, We have sustained him with
SUCH zeal and sincerity, that we have been weekly
reproached by the venerable Tory Of the Eoouirer
win oeins his passive tool-quoting t~ ice a week
Let MIR Clay bid him go to He'll TO He'll he
goes" But high as our opinion is Of MIR CLAW. we
DO not consider his public conduct specially exemp,
from the criticism of friends or foes And c,rtoirI,
such criticism does not warrant the imnu,,ton
that It involves effort to bring the undue inau.
ence OF the Executive 10 bear upon the del;bera
tons Of the Congress. So far from ths the present
Executive, from what is known to the public was
never surpassed by any predecessor in the earnest
desire to escape even the appearance Of bringing his
official influence TO bear upon Congress To such
an extreme has he carried this reserve that he has
been charged by the Loco Foco party with sur
rendering all the powers of the Executive into tho
hands OF Congress a moderation forbearance and
practical Repubicansm, for which we have com
mended him, and hope again to have occasion TO
do so.
But MIR Tyler, no more than MIR Clay, should be
held responsible for the acts Of his indiscreet and
incorporate frends-and that both have such friends
has been made but too manifest during the presen,
session Of Congress They as men, liable like the
rest ofus to err, have faults enough of their own,
without being held answerabe for those of their
hasty and indiscreet admirers.
"Dibr'Fs Springs" is one Of the mos, delightful
summer retreats IN the mountains Of Virginia, and
the Proprietor is one of the finest fellows in the
world. II there is peace to be found any where, i
is there-whether that be counting the ladies', fish
ing, hunting, or drinking jucps. (Mem: The best
jueP.maker in the Union is there.)
To the Editors Of The Wing.
dsnuemen-l am informed by recent articles in
your Journal, as well through other sources, that
there Is threatened iuud IN the W hg pnrty-or m.