Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-26
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Lord boIinshrooke, in referring To the ind mitable
love OF liberty, which, under all reverscs, sustained
me British people, and maintained them free md
great exclaimed, al feel secret pride in thinking,
was born Brtion." We experience the sams kind
W ''hoHon, IN contemplating our connnxion with
the wing party. We never felt more pride and
exnUation IN being Wing, than since the severe
test 10 which the integrity and patriotism of that par.
" have been recently subjected. and the ever-glo.
t'oHs manner ia which 1t has passed through the or
ueaL Ihe Establishments OF power have been uu.
ao'e 10 sedncc 1.-THE treaohery Of its trusted leader
has no; inundated subducd its spirit Its prin.
cpes and It's country stand first in it's afreetions-
and y both II stands firm and erect resolved 50 10
stand to the last.
LIS old adversaries AMI its new-toseiher combin.
ing foe IT'S desTucton-hhvo impaired 40 terror to
ITS BOSOM They may exult at the first fruits of
heir unhalIowed Coalition, and augur from them
that continued success will follow their Joint labor,
The expectation were reasonable, if II weto no,
based upon the premise, that the People OF this coun
Try were pack OF knaves and fools. The yerv
Coalition upon which they rely to cons ummate their
wishes, Will be the means OF their overthrow II
will re act upon them. The discordant materials tn
this unnatural combination may for season minsls
pleasantly enoush-but the day is not distant.
when they Will cause fatal explosion When
Capt. Tyler comes TO demand Of his new associates
the reward for the betrayal of his old ones the
preach Will begin, and then the old adagc will com.
into play, AMI honest people will como by their
dues. But Independent OF this natural and in
ovitable result, the very fact Of a Coalition IN
cheat the people of the fruits OF an atduous VIC
tory, and 10 distribute among its leading menob.,.
the public plumber, will arouse spirit of inJiynar,
resistance throughout the length and breadth of IN,
coniederacy. The people of this country naturally
look with suspicious eye to combinations Of
old political adversaries and they infer, unIes,
there be good ground to rebut the suspicion, tina,
they spring iiom sordid and ambitious consider
atoms. Than, in the present cnse, there never were
more manifest ami striking sign, of corrupt and
me;cenary motives. The Peopl, had Just, by a
mighty effort, thrown off the rulers, who had %
pressed then-and with change of men. decreeJ
a change Of measures. The popular triumph was
the mos; remarkable in the annals of free Govern
ment. Within ninety days aler the cory, the |
instrument selected TO carry out their wishes. and
the members OF the adverse aud defeated party nre
found ia close and intimate communion, plotting to.
setherthe means by which they might most certainly
defeat the popular will, and eggrandize themselves.
The will OF the peope-Iheir aud sufT.rinss,
the good and CORY OF the counry-arc al, disre-
garded-and these mercenary traders in politics arc
found engaged in the petty and grovclns schemes
OF selfish ambition. There is no punishment for
such treason to the common veal however severe.
which would not be disproPOrIioned to the enormi,y
OF the crime. The people owe it to themselves
as moral peope-as Republicans to rise up in
body, and crush this coalition, which makes
traffic Of the national honor and the public welfare
and dnres to ProtAnc the temple of liberty, with
its low and dirty hucksternss for self.