Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-06
BY last Evenings Mail.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
TO THE EDITOR or TIE ENQUIRE
WasHIsGToS. AprIl /, Isl

TO THE EDITOR or TIE ENqOlRth.
"WAsHISGToS, Apnli, ISL.
"Benre this reaches YOU you will have been advised
doubt, of the demise of The President OF the United
Estates.
81 do not entertain The shadow of doubt nor do L
Ebeleve any candid will contradict the fact that the
Presidents death has been essentially produced by the
StcverIsh excitement in which his mind has been kep
Ssince the day of his Inauguration until he retired tol
Ehe sick bed from which lie never arose. lie has bee NJ
smoraly If not literally overwhelmed by the rockies >
opportunities of thousands of maraudng Office seek
fers principally from the States Of New York Penn
Esyvania and Ohio who have beset him with the
eng of hungry tigers, and threatened desertIon
rom his ranks, unless lie made room, by the proscrp
Sion of others, for every for whom Office could
abe created from Calumet Minis down to messcn
Bgcrs and plghters-claimng to have paid the con-
slderation or the Spoiis, in achevn. the glorious
Svictory which placed it his power tn bpstow any
:solce, and they alone, were entitled to fill them
4 ''ihe good old man-and believe in my soul he
Ewas endowed with benevolent heart, already worn
Edown by age, fatigue and disease not equal 10 the
Ecr'sis ms new position placed HIM n-t is said, he often
Hexclansd, IN the deernm of the moment 81 am tor
Amented 10 death bythese o6cc.hunters."
WAY we not be permitted TO hope that kind Prori-
Edence may "cone with healing its wings, and free
-FOUR beloved country from another "reyn Of terror
got more portentous import than that OF ''aen and
Edtfi0H td'o memory and that within the compass Of a
Eiew days, our political horizon will beam forth with a
EbrIghier sun and mder sky; If this shall be brought
aunder his auspices, then the laurels which Cmsar
Ewon, compared with his, were weeds-and the smother
Eof States, when her jewels demanded, like the
HRoman matron "~N point to her sons
& From another-'. Jashington, .1pri L.
"Tle death of the President has cast gloom over
Sour City and drowned all political differences IN sense
Aof the uncertainty Of life and the nothngncss af hu.
Oman grandeur-"Sic transit is the pprvading senti-
Hment; yet, there much natural spec uation upon the
Eresult. hope for the best If John Tyler il true to
bo Al. 4
lt:-our Liberties safe Though not President ure
Edirino, lie is by the immediate act of God aud he
ISLANDS un,rammeled before the country If he prove
true 10 himself and TO the of which he has
been the honorable advocate, his fame will be pure and
Elmperlshabe.
a "l.et us, then, calmly abide the result and place
confidence in the honorable consistency Of son If
Virginia, living in her land Things are more import
ant than names or parties. II Mr. Tyler will us
E!rom the incubus Of Bank of the u S-whch te has
Soen pronounced to be violation of the Constitution,
which he has 10 observe-f he will set his face
Saganst the dangerous scheme Of dlstrbution-if he
swIl! cscountcnancc tie lriqntons Tariff system, Nc
s&c., what more can the most Jealous Republican de.
lsirc: IL faithful 10 the doctrines Of the State .hts
aschoo to the doctrines for which Virginia has ever
sconendcd, for one, will sustain him with generous
Sconfdence from sense Of duty to my country, which
! rises above personal and party considerations.
Moreover, the country expects from the character
land associations of Mr. Tyler. that he will at put
Gan end TO the miserable system Of prescription nicted
aby Webster 4 Coz which, BY whatever party practscd
Degrading cruel and unworthy ola generous people
1t a system odous 10 Virginia, above ALL and it w
3be worthy Of one Of her 10 repudalc II BY his ee
waited and dlsnterested example But if, listening TO
ltrcacherous counsels still reacerous bands
ments Mr. Tyler sho uld indirectly sanction the odious
land dangerous schemes which Federalism is preparing
rlve upon US, he will lose only the high repu,a
ton he has hitherto sustained, but involve himself
nextrcable difficulties The Abolitionlss must desert
him once stakeholder; the Anti. Masons will not
sbe able 10 stomach high minded y,rg,nan. These
too factions are lost hun al all events lie must them
throw himself upon The original States Rights Repub
I ican party, Which will mantully support him, If he
schooscs the right, but which will Indignantly frown
upon the slightest deviation from the path Of honor
and rcctitudc.