Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-29
RICH MONDE
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 80.
THOMAS nUMBUG pENToN

In his reply he out Bsn,ons Benton and ut,ers NOR
pomPous nonsense than we ever saw condensed int
the same compass.
lie sets out by declining TO accept the nomina
, lion. His reason is striking. He says: "Conen
ions Tor the first place have, in all ages and in Al
countries, been the bane of elective Governments
and have been fully determined ever since hsy
been on the stage Of public affairs to have nothing
10 do with such contentious" What does TIN
mean1 lstany thing but unmitisated stupidity o
bald humbugi Such contentious are insepsrabl,
from elective Governments, and the one c,nno
suosiSt without the other. Does he propose tc
change the form of government to get rid of the in
cident ev-to substitute the calm OF despolism fo
the healthfu; agitation of the popular wave7 Or
does he mean TO say that he is too pute too lofty
and too dsineresed. TO mingle in such contests a,
Washington and Jefferson and Madison deemed !,
not unbeeoming in them TO pertake in2 II his i'm.
Pudence carried him to that pitch OF hardy assertion
he is eontradie,ed by his whole Gfe-from his pro.
hIahie conneIion with the Missouri Bank-tb.
East Room Lettsr'-down to the presen, time.
In the too, before u.s. and IN the sentence next
following TINT which is quoted, he avows his deter
minauon TO enter actively into the canvass for the
next Presidency. 81 have always seen (ho say,)
and now see in the ranks of the Democratic party.
many eminent citizens who arc worthy to fill the
place OF Presidents and it is my purpose now. =, i,
has been heretofore, to promote the election. and TO
support the Administration (if eleeted) of some of
! these citizens"
Again-The extract is long, but it is rich:
But while canno, consent to be brought forward
Tor the Presidency, am ready and willing TO do all
| that can for the cause of democracy The ,imcs
Nf al 81, g.. Il
and mine shall neither be withheld nor relaxed. we
have gone back not merely 10 the federal time. Of
General Hamilton, and the elder MIR. Adams hut
lar oeyond-them-to the church and state times of
Slneen Anne, and the corporation and state times of
the first and second George; in A word 10 the Viii
tunes OF Sir Robert wslpo!e; whose long corrupi
and pusIlIanimous administration was a continued
practice OF tory doctrine upon whig professions and
the source and origin of every curse which now nj
iects the English people. We have gone back 10
the English times when the paper system the fund.
ing system, the banking system, las banks of CIR
cuiauoh,) national debt, taxes, paper money, loans
LOT Tue eAsuns generation 10 spend, and for POSTER.
" 10 pay, Chartered companies with exclusive nri.
vileses, and monOpolies and exemptions from law
the South Sea Scheme and a thousand other cheat
Ing eontriyances, were all hatched into existence
under :he hot incubation of Wing legislation. We
have gone back 10 the Walpoe times when cornor,
TONS began 10 treat with the Government as equals
or 10 dictate TO II as masters; when submission 10
Insult ana depreciation from abroad, and tyrannv IN
patriots al home, was the practice and the pocv of
Inc administration; when the money was spent for
party Objects, which should have been devoted IN the
puolic deiencei when, TO preserve peace the nation
was not put IN arms but the minister placed unon
his knees when good men were persecuted .,J
|he oau were promotedi when military, naval and
ci' oheers were dismissed from employment for
Vouns against the minister and his part:zins nut in
to office for voting for him; when secret committees
composed OF political hacks, were made inoui,,ers
INTO me conduct OF their political enemies and ne.
yer idled 70 md what the minister sent them 10
hunt tor. We have gone back TO the times xb,n
IhIs and such this as the work of the EnsIisb
government; and when a whig administration ave
all the originals Of which our federal wings are now
presenting US with faithful copies here. In every
thing, great and small, foreign and domestic l.es
laiIVe and executive, the Walpoe Whig measures
oithe reign OF George the second are the measures
OF our federal wings here ana If the master shirts
now IN command should have as long time TO work
IN, as their great original had IN England, they
would probably succeed in giving US as much debt
and taxes, as many paupers and pensions, and as
many corporations 10 rule, govern and bribe us as
the English people now have. But fancy their
reign will not be quite long as that of the Wal
Pole wings IN Engiand-that 1t will hardly extend
10 twenty-five years; and of this the master spirts
seem TO be little suspicious themselves and there.
fore are "ior making hay while the sun shinesn
ttlste to the wedding is the tune to which they
dance, double quick time is the time Of their step
Hence the hurry in every thing. Hence this extra
session Of Congress- which in the brief sp,ce Of half
dozen weeks and under the fires ofa sostitial sum.
mer sum- ana amidst the swelterIng heats OF the dog
Gays IS expected to do as much as Walpole accom-.
pl'hed IN one OF the seven years tory paraments
oil which he was the wing author. As a compensl-
ton however, for doing so much in so short A time
congress is TO be permitted 10 sink into the quiet
and passive condition OF a bed Of Justice (LSi de
Justice Of the old French monarchy for the regis
rauon OF edIcs; or TO realize, for the edfcation Of
The American people, the meta physical conception
OF the dumb legislature which gave so much cele.
brIty TO the AbOe Seyes. In a word we are TO he
permitted to vote upon the bills, without telling the
reasons why or wherefore, which the master spirits
prepare Tor us IN secret, aud lay before us i'm public
! consider myself called here to be present al the
mmoaton OF our constitution, and at the forma-
ton OF new government TO be composed Of bank
and state, IN which bank is to be master and stale
IS TO be slave, and the people TO be taxed and plun-
dered for the benefit Of both. | am here at the no
icaust OF the constitution. II they succeed in their
measures there vii be roth ng left Of that insru-
ment but its ashes"
The whole range Of English Literature furnishes
no match to ths What a redundant display Of learn
ed lorc-wha, profound historical research! What
just philosophical reflections. Hume, Gibbon, Lin
gard, lIallam, hide your diminished heads But
VIC have gone hack beyond the times Of Hamilton
and Adams! We have gone back to the Church
and State times Of Queen Anne and then we have
come forward TO the State and Corporation times Of
Walpoe md George II What felicitous paral-
Tel! Could II ever have entered into the brain Of
any but the veriest in Chris,endom! But Rit'
chic, caught by every ostentatious display Of e IN.
ing, pufts It to the skies, aud promises 10 publish il
but admonished by some friend Of better taste, he
wisely units to redeem his pledge. But inlcrdclcd
the pleasure Of laying it before his readers, he will
enjoy 1t with greater gusto to himself in secret We
fancy him transported with delight as he pursues
classic parilIel-unul he comes to that passage
where we are told the Wing Administration Of Wal.
pole continued for % ysars-,o make the parallel
complete, the Wing Administration here " III endure
rs long, and that is rather bitter reAeclionl
The concluding passages are cheering. The idea
that the Grsa, Humbugger has been led up--litc
a stabilized beef 10 the shambes-to the holocaust o.
| the Constitution, is admrablol
/ -
GENERAL COURT.
! The Summer Term Of the General Court com
mencsd yesterday. The following Judges wer,
present Saunders, Field, Upsbur, Scott, Tbomp
son, Brown, EsuIl, Clopton, Nicholas, Wilson
Johnson, Gholson.
The session Of the Court will probably continue
ten days. and may be proiractej, on account Of tn