Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-30
RICH MOND.
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 40.
Virginia and iAs .fdaiai,iro,i. am.

Virginia aud ihe Standardization.
Should Virginia, in the elections just passed, h,v
returned majority of opponents to the new Ad
minstration, 1t would be a singular commentary nm
on her protested devotion the will of the Peope
and singular instance of the blindness and r,se n
faction triumphng over reason, patriotism and com
mon sense.
In the hrst place, 10 States and an electoral maio
ry OF Iva, the largest known to our history, have
installed the existing Administration. Was no de.
ference due to the voice of so immense a majority
Oh our countrymen respect to the decision of IS
staiesf Nay, was nothing due to the old reputa-
ION OF Virginia for steadines, principle and intesr;.
Vf Must she, of all others, set the example Of
rushing into aciion-opposing an Administration
before 1t was formed-an Administration headed Inv
her own son-and arayiug herself again., i, be fore
policy was developed is vain to saw tina, m.
apprehension of Bank, which Virginia i, oppos.
co. )usuhes the premature hostility. It is not GER
tam 'hat the Administration will approve Bank;
anu many OF those Who concur in this causeess Oh.
Poson are themselves the open or secret friends of
BANK; ror is It at all certain that Virginia herself
opposed 10 Bank. This is the pveienes, not the
iae' when did faction fail to colhe its designs in
Pa'tioue ralmenu When did demsgogues aro,c the
selfish motives of seizing place and power for the
emoIument they furnish, which always ac,ua,e
'hem' They never did, and they never will. They
always keep stalking horse between the people
and their own sinister schemes. They never suffer
the people TO see these schemes, for that would he
equivalent 10 damnins them in the eyes of the peo
pie What is the truth in this case2 The ofse..
hold'2s party have been driven from pow.r-,b,v
have lost their places-they have lost their dearly
beloved "sPolls'-and they are determined TO mn,
out, If possible, an Administration from which III.
leaders OF that party have nothing to hope. They
want 10 get the "spos" back. This is the truth
The Bank, Abolition and the rest, are but III. DC
tences-ihe mere counters with which the game i,
played.
In the second p'aee-we should like any man
VINO Is not a fool or political knave to tell US.
what Virginia is likely to get from Martin Van Bu
ren, supPosins 1t TO be possible TO elect bimor
from Benton or any of the sett-which she has M,
better right to expect from her own Son, John w.
lerl
John Tyler has been true thro ugh life TO her doc
"ihes-ihe leaders OF the other party one and all,
Whatever they now profess, have been false and
lahhIess whenever the opportunity presented. We
challenge the records As it respects Van Buren,.
Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun, and all OF lhem-we
affirm that they have been false and aithless ALL A.
to svsry Virginia doc,rine-while John TYLER Las
never abandoned one OF them, in a public career.
running now through five and twenty years!
How absurd then, how factious, how unwor,bv
OF her better days, is the conduct of Virginia, if she
means at this time 10 array herself against the Ad
m'nlstratIon! How much is the folly of that con.
duct aggravated, by the knowle ige tina, the people
have suffered themselves to be bIindfoded by a few
designing men, who under the wonted disguis. of
patriotism are asitatins like OConne for their own
emolument-for their own O'Connell rent!
II Is, however, Of the very least importance.
Virginia has sunk down into the fourth State Of ,bs
Union IN numerical power, and the las. State in
point Of general enlightenment. She has lost mrcb
OF her physical, more Of her moral weight. thank,
10 the Junio who have ruled her for 80 years. Her
support was once Indispensable to sustain any Adj
ihl.raHon Il IS now not essential TO sustain even
That OF her own son. Abandoning all her old Re-
publican allies, she has taken up with the old Fc.
deraI States OF South Carolina and New Hamp-
shire, both Of which voted for Burr against Jersr
son. ln such company she has become the 'ies, of
Torres and the scorn OF Wings" but it will no, las,
long.