Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-24
deucc Of the Wig.

! WASHINGTON, July 2ej.
/ Gentemen-l find that some persons have been
disposed TO doubt the correctness of the opinion
which expressed in my last letter. in regard to the
success ofthe great measures now before Congress.
But see no reason to recall one word that wrote.
nor any thing which shakes my confidence in the
Slightest degree-on the contrary it gains strength
every day. The success of the fertilization bill by a
majority Of -, and OF the Home Squadron I'LL, by
a vote of Isl to :, nfuses new energy in The Wing
party. 1! IS true that some gentlemen have been
dsspondsnt and have prophe.ied al manner Of
evil to the Wing Party, but these look only a
the surface Of things and are not aware OF the deep
and strong current which is sweeping on the great
Wing measures to successful termination. /,
IS greatly to De regretted that we have such dscon-
ten'e !, impatient and imPrudent men in Congress-
/ They do great deal OF mischief. Not conIen, to
await the result in any case, they are constantly
anticipating danger and defeat, and then flare up
! INTO violent passion upon the mere suspicion Of a
failure And by the way, there is too great a dis
position TO indulge IN these unchsritabIe suspicious
and to mpu,e 10 this that man. this or that por-
ton Of the country, sinister designs. This is all
wrong We should cherish more kindly feelings
and more maguanmous sentiments towards each
other, and instead OF INDUCING in cowardIy appre-
tensions Of discontinue, and unninly complaints
Of our brethren, we should apply our shoulders to
the wheel 10 good earnest, and 10 our own duty in
pushing on the great car Of reform! Let us reserve
our complaints and our Indignation until proper
occasion arises and not waste them on the creatures
Of our own imagnations. But enough Of this. |
repeat nj pre- fiction that tAe great Wing measures
will bo carried wiki rush
/ by the way, have you noticed the agony Of your
old friend Mr. Richie at the prospect, and bow us,i
/ ly he cries out Repeal, Repeal! Repeal!!!" 1t
reminds one Of the scene described in Wrl's Life o.
Henry where old Hook is introduced believing
B cf! Beef! B:rf!!' And how desperately the
old gentleman IS smitten vi h Gov. Gimer Of late
How he attempts to bhrney ard sof.-slwdor him,
and to SOW dIssensOn between him and MIR Rives
he "musI look to auoiher man (Gilmsr) who has
been acting with the Wings to present such .pen-
did example to the Mor,ice 10 D.s,r.c, !"-thal is TO
aposIaise f,om his principles, and lapse into the
arms Of Loco Focosm! But | can assure Nh
Richie all vii. not do Gimer has no idea Of be.
ing caught in such trap, and he is as much amused
as any man ct Mr. Rtchie's sasaciJus attempts Ia
throw fresh salt on his tail Try another tack Nh
Rucnie-That cock won; fight
/ | say again, disrust all rumOrs which you may
hear OF Discussions in the Wing camps. Any thing
Of the kind are mere bubbles on the surface Of the
water, which show that the strong current is in mo.
tIon and which will soon burst and cave not a YES.
tse behind. It is Always to be expected that there
should I've little jsaiouses and hear,.burniogs in
every party, but they soon wear of, and do not, in
the slightest degree, endanger the stability Of III,
party. The great evi! has been that the Wing oar.
" has been TOO strong, and hence there hos not been
the same necessity for strict discipline which would
have existed If the majority had been smaller, and
gentlemen have thought themselves at liberty &,
kick up little now and then, merely to show tbe
Independence. But let tie enemy once rally, anc
you will soon SCI our forces in battle array, and pre-
son'ing front, imprcnetaD'e alike to mcnacts anc
pcr7uasiou5
II have leisure, sill, on some future occasion
say something b'u, the members Of the Cabinet
some OF whom ars bit little know to the Yirsnir
public. Yours, U. V. w.