Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-12
RICH MON d:
FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER Ia.
To thu PATRONS OF THE WHO.


r, The Address OF Mr. Peasants has advised IN
Public of his retiracy from the editorial conduct
!. the whis-a paper which he stsblshcd, and whie
his brilliant genius eleystedto the prominent an,
IS influential position, which it at present occupies
: The heavy loss occssoned by his withdrawal, can
not be more seriously felt by the numerous readers
p. whom he has 50 long instructed and delighted b,
{ his powerful and luminous pen, Than by the col
league, upon whom his rsLrsmen; de,oves all III,
onerou, duties Of daily press. But the Wing pub
lie have consolation Which the latter has not
They are no. deprived OF the fruit, Of his labor,
He merely passes frou this TO a wider theatre,
where, the same devoted friend to human freedom
ny with all the spinning weapon, OF argument, and
ridieule, which have rendered his fame commensu-
rate with the limits OF the eonfederacy.
Having been connected with the Wing for the
last years, and borne part in its editorial man.
asemsnt an expose OF my future course is best
made by reference to the past. shall continue,
with whatever ability | may command, to support
Wing principles and Wing men-thoroughly con-
WINGED, that with their Nseendancy is identicaIly
connected the prosperity OF the people and the pre-
serva,on OF the Republic. Recen, events have
not depressed me, weakened my zeal. In
fact, did not feel prouder Of being member
Of the Wing Party, when its banner waved in
triumph over the land, than | do at this mo-
men,, when to the careless observer its flag is
trailing in the dust. 1t has passed through the
ordeal Of temptation. II has proved ITS integ-
rI,y, aud indicated its high claim to the most dis
interested patriotism 1t has disrega rded the threats
and spurned the Establishments OF power lis
rev,rses are but temporary. victory
such that ef lSi0-achieved 10y and for the PEG.
pie cannot be itreplrably lost, without a fault on the
part OF the mass, by the treachery of single
member. Tremendous recount must and will
ensue. /; could not be otherwise, unless the peo-
PIE were thoroughly corrupt, and lost to all hopes
OF political salvation. But It the Wing party
were coomsd to a lasting minority, should prefer
to share its fate, 10 the munifcent bounty and
distinguished post from the hands Of those who seek
to bs,ray It, and aspire 10 build up themselves
upon It's ruins.
With respect to Mr. Tyler, have but to observe,
his bad faith and weakness have excited in the bo-
SONS of all true Wings. DO not complainso much |
Of the VeIoes simply, Objectionable as | deemed /
them, the motives Of them, and the discrcdi.
table attendant circumstances. Imbecility and ego
tism might be excuSed-but when accompanied |
with inSincerity, and a proaigate and mercenary
ambition, they are beyond the pale of charity. !
He who supports those who exhibit these unama- |
ole traits, cannot, in a moral sense be reputed any
better than they. But whilst have no confidence
in Mr. Tyler as have not in any of the generation
OF trading politicians, and whilst would compro. |
mise for annual drubbos iot twenty years,
sooner than incur the dshonOr Of being considered
the apo'osist 81 his uuman'Y conduct, shall labour
to give TO the measures Of his Administration, a
candid and impartial consideration, and for the sake
OF the country, shall be happy, whenever can APP
prove any OF them.
Reared up, Of course, in the School OF 9S, deeply
mbued with the State Rights doctrines, and impress.
sed with high admiration for Il system OF confed
Grated Soveregnties, | have not been able, on the
one hand to discover State Rights principles in the
Proclamation Of Gen. Jackson, yet, the other,
am subscriber to the new school of AbsIactions.
The first went to the establishment of a consoida.
ted despotism-the latter are barren Of all beneh-
cia results, save to the individual who may assume
them a coax TO be,ray the cause that may trust
him. | profess PRACTICAL State Rlshts-those
which will maintain the States really independent OF
the Federal Government in all matters of domestic
curtail the overgrown and enorm Gus power and pa
Ironage Of the Federal Head. regard the old arti.
cles Of Confederation, under which our fathers
achieved National Independence, the most admra-
bic system ever devised by the Wit Of man; and
would cause the present system to Approximate
that in practice and in spirit, nearly is com
/ pauble with the existing Constitution.
The Wing will continue to support a liberal sys-
TEN Of education-as the best preservaliye Of the
public l'bety-and judicous system Of Internal
| Improvements, as the best auxiliary in the produc
ton Of national wealth. To advance both OF these
/ important systems, as well to strip the Federal
Government Of oorrupung patronage, It will sus.
tain the policy Of distributing the Land Fund
among the Stntes-to whom 1t b.ongs-and insist
upon the faithful execution Of tho Act Of tbs late
session Of Congress. a. MOSELEY.