Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-29
RICHMOND
MoNDAr monNINe. NovRmR ap.
THE "FIscAL AGENT"

Il.
Will or will not MIR. Tyler, in his Forthcoming
message devise such Fiscal Agent rs may square
with his conceptions OF the Constitution, while il
will prove adequate to effect what is expected from
such an institution THAT is, a regulation Of ex
changes, and safety in the keeping, transmission,
and disbursement Ct the public fundsi Ifhe does
devise and recommend the adoption Of such an in =
stuiion. which every days experience shows to DO
50 indHPensa6y necessary for the prosperity Of all
classes and all sections. will he adhere in sincerity
and good faith to his own recommend stionsl
| These are questions which, at this time engage
public consideration more than all others The
cry Of distress, south Of New York especially, in
universal, from oil except the monied men, and il will
increase until tina, duty is performed, which is in.
hsrent IN Government, to provide currency Tor the
transactions of the business Of the county. Blu,
who Is prepared TO answer these quss,ionsl What
party what man Tor what set OF men Look.
ing at the history Of the last ST months and its We
rihed incidents, who that respects himself would
undertake even TO give a guess what Mr.. ylor
may or may not dol The Ocean ebts and flows
and the Moon is under the influence Of eternal
change, but neither car vie in mutation with the
Politician, who, dsregNrdiIg oil fixed principle,
and all personal obg alton, intent only TO gather
from The fluctuations cf society, what is best adapt
ed TO make John Tylc-, ST., next President of the
U. States Ii THAT is rot the leading, nay the
SOLE text, which is studied at the white House,
we should be glad to earn the subjec, Of Presiden-
tial lucubrNtionsi
There was never such buresque uron human
institutions The impe,feeiion which attaches TO
oil things human, and which mocks the efforts Of
the scarcely less thsn the acts OF the foolish,
was never more deeply and wildly stamped uron
human action than at this particular crisis, What
IS the good pleasure Of one man, and thai man J,hn
Tyler or Whist may 1t please the base hiuerers and
syeophsns who surround him, to prefer, as most
conducive to their interest is precisely The measure
OF legislation and public happiness to this great
people! II there is lower grade Of political de-
graduation than this, in Monarchical England, in |
priest-Tdden Spain, 10 despotc Russia or in PAGAN
China, then have we to be informed Of the fact |
More oppression there may DC IN some Of them
but 1t IS Impossible there can be- to that pride which
is of the essence OF Republication, deeper humi-
llauon than to be the sport ard p!aything of one |
SO utterly Insignificant in mind and elevation of
purpose as John Tyler.
Such is the fate of the American Peopls n, pre-
sent. .ieedsn. has clothed with the direction and
despotism of the Veto power, the vainest, and weak
est of mankind. The Presidential powers intended
by the American People to have been lodged in the
hands ola Hero, ard a tried Patrio,, have devoIyed
by casualty upon another whom not one of the
American People ever dreamed Of for such re
spons5ity. All are At his mercy. Ask not US
therefore, as many daily ask, what the President
will do! Ask John Tyler, Jr, private and cona.
Dental Sccretnry"-ask the foreigner who knew
the Presidential secrets, and published them in |
the most Infamous sheet that ever disgraced this
country, before ;hey were known to Cabinet or Con-
gress. But were zee asked, we could, in all proJa-
b'l.ty, answer as intellsenlly and with as much |
certainty, as MIR Tyler himself. To this moment
within week OF the meeting OF Congress-we have.
from our knowledge OF the man, every reason TO |
think that he knows not what he will do-that is |
what is best for MIR Tyler, and may best promote /
his Presidential aspirations! To day he thinks j, |
best to be honest and stick to the Wings, whose |
folly placed him where he is-To- morrow, or per
chance by noon, he judges it were hes, to crafty |
the Locos no appear TO be carrying the elections
1t is some and great comfort, to know, that I
reribuuon is inevitable, and that his thirty shekels
could not save Judas, will it any Of his disci-
pies, from the just tate and the memorable doom that
are appointed for the betrayal of Irust-tOr Trsa.
ehry.