Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-09-28

newed power and of personal party OF his
own, he took, without hesitation, the manly,
the becoming, and yet prudent course, which
we yesterday reviewed.
The President came in with but second
ary popularity and reputation. Among many
respectable names, his only CHANGED to be Sc
lected, as one that could with fitness be placed
on the electoral ticket of Harrison, and bring
it some strength or do It at least certain cred
it. He was chosen Vice President Gas every
body knows) with little reference to the pos
sibility of his being ever called upon TO exer-
else the Presidential functions. Such has,
thus far, been the practice, as to the deslgna-
ton of our Vice Presidents. They are al
ways chosen from among the more conspicu-
Gus followers of the popular chieftain otthe day;
and are, and must be, so chosen, because II
is expected that, if called to supply his place,
they will carry out the course OF public mea-
sures which he was brought in to set on loot
Such is the obvious genius and purpose OF our
institutions, as to this particular matter.
To the political necessities which we have
already developed-the necessities imposed
on the Vice President by previous acts, or
subsequent avowals-was added the strong
fact of the expectation whichSthe public has
right to entertain of his continuing, as Presl-
dent, his predecessors main measures; to-
gether with the important fact OF his INSULT
Cheney, in point of the public confidence in his
abilities or energy, to originate or to WELD
party entirely his own. To suffer himself TO
be persuaded, by the sma-brained asprants
around him, than they can form for him an
Administration that shall act as If L had been
an original and totally independent one; to
imagine that men as light and as rash as Mr..
Wise, and as versatile as Judge Upshur or
Mr.. Gilmer, can snatch, from great; power
full and sagacious party, the control of pub
lie affairs, and WELD it in their petty hands,
would be mistake only less foolish than it
would be fatal. We cannot consent TO be-
lieve that Mr.. Tyler,will ever, from personal
ambition, do thing at once so wicked and So
unwise.
That Mr.. Henry Wise should be discon.
tented with every successful party, is perfectly
natural, when Mr. Henry Wise's character
is well understood. A man whose abilities
and whose practical fitness for the conduct o
affairs, bear so little proportion to his ambi-
ton, must ever find himself disappointed and
neglected, as soon as the party with which he
has acted succeeds to power and Office. I'm
petuous in every thing, he must perpetually
III WhdI pass OCyOlu3 ILlLO WHd'
is lnischievous and wrong. His fiery zeal has
often done public service; but it is always peri.
lous, because difficult to stop at any safe point
Like fire, he is useful as servant, but terri
BILE as a master; so that few men have ever
made such figure, who were so unfit for &
leading and controlling part in public mea-
sures. In that which forms, after all, the first
virtue of the Statesman, Prudence, no mar
was ever more deficient. To say all in sin
gle word, we have known, in politics, few men
more formidable as an enemy, or more danger.
Gus as a friend To the Wings, thus far, his
friendship has been very like come of our Vir.
glnia Public Works, to support which costs q
good deal more than they are worth in fee
simple.
Such are the aspects of the general question
between the Wing party; and the President
in his supposed position. We say supposed
because we cling to the persuasion that it is
no more. 1t remains only to advert to the
single particular and ascertaned difference
between him and his friends at large-hi.
conduct on the Bank question.
This, in the view of the entire Wing party
was an open question: question of mere
expediency. The ancient constitutional scru
pies of all States Rights men, except those
who have gone offinto mere unreasoning Lo
cofoism, have vanished before tie enormous
evils which Anti Bankism has inflicted upol
the country, in the shape of the very thin!
which it denounced. The very Veto Message
Of the President makes it evident that he, il
common with all his friends, has renounce
the essential objections to the creation of al
: United States Bank. He Svows the inevita
bic necessity of employing, II the manage
e nent of the public revenue, an agent of thi
$ sort.
To the particular modification, which hi
constitutional scruples make him desire to i'm
pose upon such an Institution, the Wing par
, ty, even when they differ from him, willingl
i sent, SO long as it shall De apparent that hi
objections are made in strict good faith
! Should ii, however, appear that he is rattle
. consulting the pleasure of caoal, the op
! ions of political wire-drawers and casuists, c
o the voices of an adversary who applaud onl
) to betray him should he commit the disgrace
, fnI and unprincipled folly hitherto unpfece
= dented in even our worst Administrations
= of annulling that very form of the law, whic
: he has himself directly indicated as unobieS
. tionable, he must, of necessity, be taken
4 have phi himself and the Executive part
> II the Government into the hands of either tt
Democrats, or of what is worse, Wings, WI
are ambitious of admission into that party.