Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-29

lhNNt" NtHuhlVtns 10 plTtlCpltN the utuner
| ne whole affair indeed was dIiierrnt--the dinne,
the tossts-Ihe spceches-ev,ry thing was NJ,
ike the dinner OF the llth. To 90 no further Our
own relations To that distinguished gentleman he'd
been OF very different character from those friend
| ~ relations, which prompted some Of the Who's :,
| JOIN IN the dinner to Mr. Stevenson Under snrb
circumstances, neither Mr. Il. nor his friends cnnIJ
have expected IT, But enough! Let the CALLED
Jade vince! Our wiIhers are unwrung,,r
| IL MIR Webster did come a politician, did TIM,
warrant personal abuse Even il he came with !,
mask upon his face, did that Justify the effort TO
disgrace him, when in midst, rs the guest of the
city OF Richmond, by rumping M all the vile de-
iamation, which malice had invented against him 7
| oni II MIR Webster came under mask, in what
gulse did Mr. Stevenson comet Did he not afisc, 10
be a no'patiy man, and was not the compliment of
dinner solicited for him on that groundl Was he
no, AT the very time of pretending TO be no.p,r-
lyman, thorough going partisan, and wa. no, IN.
no party compliment designed to accomplish p,r.
~ end' Was not this coming with mask upon
his facet Was no: this affecting II eb,r,c,.r -
which he had no ti:le to compass an object purelv
selfish and POLITICAL I, was this disingenuousn,ss
this eking out dinner under false pretences-
this ns!duous appeal TO liberal feelings to achieve
party cossummAuon, which we abhorrcd.
But Gov. BiTbour's case was altogether different
from that Of Mr. S,e,enson's, They were ii,n,i.
cal, with this mpor ant exception that IN the f,ru
er, there WAS concealed party object desi.n,J mr.
or even imputed. IL was compliment To n ds,,,.
suished VIrsinan, who had rendered innor,,,,
services TO his country-who was then in .riv,,e
lite, rnd who SoUCh public employment, The
dinner was attended. tamong others,l by MIR VI ,di
son, Mr. Monroe, oni by Chief Jls,c. Marshall
The fact that Gov. Barbour was recalled unoc
which the Enquirer relies to distinguish thi, case
from Mr. Slevenson's, and to Justify its shameless
inconsistency, has no force whatever. That rec al
WAS no dlshonnr To Gov. Barbnur-it was rather n
disgrace 10 those who made it, lie had attained
nat distinguished post in the service OF his country
by no truckling-no base complimentary no tain,
To his honor % veracity! He went abroad with his
personal and political integrity above sus?icion-he
returned home with name unblemished
There was, however, a point of difference, to
which - Enquirer has not adverted; ami as there
is something substantial in It, it did not suit its pre-
sent purpose to allude TO il: Gov Birbour was
Wing, and MIR Stevenson is not. That difference
constitutes the true secret of the ditfsren, Il hi in
which the Editor con;emplaies the two dinners
The one was glorious affair, at which he presided
the other was paltry party concern, ut which no
better sort of people ,hAn J ames Madison and John
Marshall wa, present This difference, however,
will be found 10 run through, and determine HI,
judgment as To the character Of every entertainment
Ii Wing is the honoured object Of il. us no, nm
occasion for his money and good fellowship
But It L co, all who will not Join him in ,lor,rv-
Ing it, are nisgardy party bigots!
Rnt il IN I've Orserved 81.
temps to excuse his ilIiberality in the two cases
which we brought 10 his notice. We demanded to
know II he had ever IN his political career of Is
years exhibited spark of h5eraliIy to political
/ opponent. We challenged him to adduce a s;nos
case. He has not done it-he cannot do il. Wa.
it when Gen. Harrison last Spring, the Chef NJ,
glslraIe elect Of his country-vlsited thi, Cny-
The scene Of his YOUTH Was ho not snser,d n,
and ridicuied by this champion Of liberal feelircs
and generous hospitality But as We are charged
with ourngins the feelings of the City OF Richmond.
possibly this Editor IN consideration Of his ds,in
galshed services 10 the City, has special claims 10
stand forth as our accuser! What are In. ,,c,s7
Has not The City been foot ball to him for 80
years1 Has ne not invariably made il the stalking
horse, when he wished to effect some low. dirtv
party chlf Du nc nOl lUslll INTO the minds of the
people Of the country, the idea that the Ci,y wa.
hostile TO the country, and that the interests of on,
were Antagonist TO those Of the o,her7 And has h,
not by means Of this vulgar slang done more thar
any other one man, to rethrd the growth and pros
pority Of the CHyl Has he not on all occasion,
paradcd II before the gnze Of his indignant renders
ns the Federal Wing City" debating TO the peonl,
OF the coun,ry2 And even IN this case Of Mr. Ste.
venson, If that gentleman we're elected Governor
there would not be wanting Demngosues of In,
Ruchie School who would nacriOe il 10 Riehnon,
innuence-mistakng (~ilfuIly) a Juqio for III,
Ciy-and they would adducs this very dinner a,
proof Of heir assertion. And thus the good peopI,
Of Rlchmund-nine tcnth5 Of whom are az st,uncl
Wings as the sun even shonc on-who had lIte n
no participation in the dinner, and who won 4 n,
soon sec any other man Governor as the ex En-
bassaJor, would be subject to the odium, which
properly pertains TO The Junto Bot this would no
be tho FIST time, other coming znder oblouuy FOR
similar offence!
Bot one word more nbout the dinner, and ",
dismiss it forever We regard il as the third gran,
movement in the Gubernatorisl campaign. IL wal
understood in London long before Mr. s. lief. there
that he was to he made Governor or VIrginin. Tn,
arrival Of the SHEEP WIS the opeang of the cam
pnigu--lhe nrnval Of MI Stevenson in New York
with tho news that he had thrown a bomb. shcl
into the British Cabin was the next demonstration
the dinner the third and LAST