Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-15
nc "genuint Wkig, Pr1siaent.

INC genuine " hig PTfsiGeHt.
Not many moons have passed since MIR TYLER.
through his Organ at Washington, proc aimed him.
sell genuine Wig" and was strongly suspected
OF writing articles for that paper under that SIGMA.
ture. IL was by thus protesting himself, that he
and his adherents met and answered the suspicons
every where prevailing, az 10 his good faith and
honesty. Not Whig indeed The doubt wa,
to the last degree insulting But Judge me by my
acts, and If you do not find me the chefss, of Wings
then will admit myse!fto be the perfdious wretch
am cllledl This was his uniform tone We'll
subject him 10 his own test and how does he standl
Waiylng the Vetoes and the discredtable circum.
stances attending them, let us see the COMPLEXION of
his Whigism IN respec; to appoIntmen,s-the hes,
single test that could he selected He is known 10
make 1t an insuperabe objection to any indyduG /,
# he be friend to Mr. Clay. He has removed
Wings who were appointed by General Harrison.
and re'insta'ed the brawIing Loco Focos displaced
by him. lie has continued IN office Loco Focos,
Who came under his ayowed rule Of remoyal-and
with respect to Mr. Se.den particularly, he has ex
hhted the grosscst inconslstency-ior when he
spoke IN the Log Cabin in this city, last year, he
took especial pains to denounce that appointment
IN terms Of the strongest reprobation-as one of the
srossesI and most indecent inIerierences with the
rights Of the people, which had been perpetrated by
the then detestIble Admlnistra ton.
AsilIustrating his preference for the Loco Focos
over the Wings, we may adduco the following m.
stance, cited IN the Nashville Wing The recon-.
menda;ion Of Wing by 5000 Wings, could avail
nothing against the recommendation Of that nasty
Loco Foe 10, James X. Polk, and some dozen others
Of the Nashville Junto. This s but one Of many
cases:
From the Nashville Wing
"The appointment by the President, Of the Uni
ted States, oi Thomas Clnlborne as Marshall for
Middle Tennessee, is pronounced 10y the Loco
Foco paper IN this city, "JIdieiouJ" Perhaps IL IS
so-lndIcous at least Tor tue party from whose ranks
Mr Claiborne was selected. But whether "iudi.
cious' IN other respects, or whether made through
regard Tor rather Than IN contempt Of, the express
ssniiment~ and preferences Of the communIty arc
questions OF graver import.
We conceive that IN this selection, President Ty
Ter has plainly intlmated his determination 10 pun-
lsh the Wings OF Tennessee for their temcrIty in
calling IN question the honesty and InCltbtuv of
the two Velocs. And since his feelings on tins
subject were 70 be made known, through his off .I
appointments. we do not know that he could DOS
| sibly have expressed himself more pointcdly than
| thu ough the commission TO Mr. Cluborne-ag nre.
/ man distinguished upon the political boards some
eight or ten years ago for his un,duterated Muffin
| cation-unadulteated then, but since COMPOUNDED
{ with the most rabid and obnoxious Loco FDcosm
and whose appointment could not have been o,g.
ing TO superior qualifications for the Office, or c1
cesslve personal regard for tho President or his Ca
binet
How far the selection was made in obedience ,c
The expression OF the popular will, my be gather
cd from the fact that two applicants Tor tho office
alone, out OF number Of Others, were recommend.
ed TO the President by about 5000 Wig voters ir
their immediate vicinity, while Mr. Cliiborne trans
mtted no other credentials, that we can hear Of
than the petition Of twelve fifteen Of 10 ding p,
, lltlcal associates in and about Nashville.
Im1y readily toe supposed az a distance, that tLt
appointment Of Mr. C., under the foregoing circum
stances created some surprise m this city. True
u did, more as an item Of news than asa matter O
astonlshmont at the course ofPresident Tvler
HIS conduct ceased to be a subject ofsurprl.e. Al
his integrity 10 tho party ceased 20 DO an Object o
confidence, with the Wings Of Tennessee. ate
the h'st Veto, and nothing that no could how do
save the acting ofan honest par-could oroite sur.
prise here. The only concern, indeed, manifesto,
by those who elevated him 10 a station from which
accident transferred him TO the Presidency, is IN,
hope, generally expressed, that he will take tho eaE
lest occasion, after the meeting Of Congress, I,
range himself and his Cabinet on tho side of tb
Loco Fooos, where they, in sentiment and sympa
Thy, properly belong"