Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-28
X ITCH MON ID:
TUESDAY MORNING. SEP. as.
TIE WIG PARTY AND MR. TyL Err

THE WIG PARTY AND MR. TYLER
near some express the opin on. that the
wigs have acted harshly towsuls Mr. Tyler
ih'' they have exhibited a disposition To persecu,.
him-to drive him to eStremites-to degrade him.
ms Is tavorte notion with the tertium Guilds
ana is very much hnrpeI upon 10y their allcs-tbs
Loe"s-those masnanimous and disnterestcd nat
r'o's' who, before he was President, heaped every
term Of reProach upon Mr. Tyler, and threw AWAY
Their votes upon Richard NJ. johnson sooner than
vote Tor MIR Tyler ior the Vice Presidency.
"hat foundation Is there tor such an imputation
upon the Wing Portyl What conceivable induce.
ment could they have for doing injustice TO the man.
whom they themselves had jus, elected to office, and
upon whom they relied to carry out the great nca.
soFes' which they had promised to the country and
conceived conducive TO the public coodl They
could not have desired from any selfish consider,
ton TO break with the dispenser OF office. and drive
nun INTO the arms OF the Loco Fceos. Such suppo
ston were absurd and prepostcrous II he acted
win loyalty 10 his principles, and fidelity TO the
party to whom be owes all the consideration and
influence he enjoys they could not from any public
"hu patriotic motive have sought TO array the Exc
eu-ive branch Of the Government asains, them.
But the charge Itself is false. The Wings. under
all the circumstances, have acted with distinguished
ior0aaFance and moderation towards MIR Tyler-l
They nave It struc, and rejoice to state il, been
s'eadiAst to their prnciPles-unseduced from them
oy ire lures OF office, and unintmida,cd by the !
prospect OF Executive opposition They have, like
P'''o's ana honest men, irowned upon the seeming
disposition OF Mr. Tyler TO traffic with their udyer
S"'sS' lhey could not find il in their patro ism o.
morals to approve a traffic, which pre.supposed
'o'a' deSI'utIon of honesty and love of country-
Ahey could not approve his shutting, evasive and |
uhmanIy conduct, IN pledSins himself to his C,bi-
net 10 sanction bill, and then vetoins it. They |
could not, merely to crafty his ambition, see with
composure and approval! the neglect of the Great
interests OF tho country and the arrest of the i'm
poF's al reforms which the Wings stood pIedced to
per &C., that he might elccuoucer ios re. election
l''Y were called upon 10y all their pedges-by all |
'hs'r principles, to condemn. They have condemned
IA strong and decided, yet digniied terms. They
nave expressed tier dsapproba,ion, at the risk of
''He'Hns Executive favor, and again reducing them
10 the necessity Of entering upon another arduous
struggle TO achieve what they supposed was already
accomplished by the great victory of $50.
In thus acting, they have vindica,ed their claim
to the character OF the true Republican Patty of IN.
country. They have proven themselves Patriots,
word that the spoa' not the objects of their
ambition. That in opposing the late corrupt Dy-
nasty they were iabouring, not for ihemselves-
but Tor the good and glory Of their country. Such
party acting upon such high and noble princi-
PIES must grow IN the confidence and admiration of
the people. Their conduct now forms most s,ri.
King contrast with the conduct Of the Van Buren,
party IN 1887, under somewhat similar circum,,nr-
;es. Then, when Mr.. Van Biren proposcJ the
oa'- Treasury scheme, many Of his party friends
beng committed against i, in black and white, de.
nouncea IT, But nearly the whole OF them accom-
panied their denuncutons with lofty euloeiums of
NE President, and renewed assurances, that how
ever violently they might oppose his measures. thew
would SINK or s0in' with him. They would not
enouncc The spoi!s. mschieyCls and destructive
measures might be recommended the country
night be ruined by the wicked acts Of their Cbrf
hagIst'ne-bu, they would adhere to the author os
them even unto death.
The course Of the Wings now is ius, the rsvsrss
'fn this. The People condemned the selfish and
InPnncipled course ofthe spoi.smen-tley will sp.
3lnud the opposite aud patriot; conduct of the
Wings.