Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-14
RICHMOND WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.. sErri..
Loecfceo ~dir,siens.

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Mr.. Morehead, in his remarks before the people
Of New York, sdveited 10 the fact, that a, the sj-
journment of Congress, diseord had crep, into the
ranks Of the Locoioeo party, which was greatly
aggravated and inflsmed by the passage OF the TIA.
iif biz. We bad heard the same thing from o,hor
sources-nnd the tone Of the I.oeofoeo presses sui.
heiently declared it. MIR Calhoun, in his closing
speech agains, the tariff bill, quito s,ernly and very
emphancally rebuked Messrs. Wright. Buchanan s
Co. for their support Of il. He deprecated their
course as mos; "unfortunate, - and inveished ag,ics,
the passage Of the bill by their votes, as "lhe fatal
STEP" He sneered at the reasons they urged in
justification of their conduct, and concluded with an
afectalion Of mildness, which but BADLY concealed
the bitterness OF his spirit, in these words
one could more sincerely dep!cre Ina, any por.
ton of our political friends should bring themselves
TO support a measure to which he was so strongly
opposed, and which he sincerely beloved TO be di-
rectly hostile to the principles Of the party, and our
free and popular Institutions"
That IS pretty strong language for one immaeu
late 10 use towards another-snd it betrays a great
deal OF suppressed feeling. which will burs, forth
before many moons. Sagacious observers a, Wash
inston have assured US that harmony in the Loeoio.
~ PosNy was VI " HucsNVu-duu NuaN SNms VI
the leaders, convinced OF the fact, went home deter
mined forthwith to look out Tor their own safety.
Whatever benefits may result, 10 the Wings from
these divisions OF their adversaties vii! be so much
clear gain. We make no reliance upon them-for
we have every persuasion, that we shall triumph in
spite OF all their power combined. Mr. Calhoun
may again consent to waive his claims in Difference
to Mr. Van Buren, or MIR Van Buren, and Colonel
johnson may forcso their aspirations in favour OF
the Honest Nuli6er, and Mr.. Benton give him h.
hearty suPport-They may double teams, and all
draw kindly toselher-but the MILL,BOY of the
SLASHES," or as he is sometimes called in the
Court Gazette, "rHE LORD OF ASHLAND" will out
strip them all. NINETEEN Of the &c States is the
least vi will be content with.
We are beginning to pariake Of the fears Of old
Mesmer's friends-that he is in his do,ase. We
thought at one time, that by the exercise Of a little
ingenuity, we might successfully screen him from the
'mpuiation. The scene dow street was rich, TO be
the throwing the fluid on, and the slap.
ping the books in the face of the mesmerisee, and
all the strange antics played off, we're well calcu.
lated TO throw enduring ridicule upon the chief actor.
but we imagined that some expedient might be hi,
upon TO take of the serious charge Of permanent,
and hopeless Authorization. But 10 vain. His friends
understood his condition better than we did-and he
IS verifying their worst fears. After being hoaxed
as never man was hoaxed before. instead OF coming
TO his senses, he gives stronger evidences than ever,
he is past praying for. He repeats his aston
lshing Phenomena' and adds new ones still more as.
One person can, not only throw another
involuntary sleep, and make him taste, and feel
and think, as he tastes, feels and thinks but he can
snjoin upon him to do a particular act q, any future
day. which injunction can by no means be disre.
garded. BY this creed he swsars. This he calls
science and very gravely dubs all fools and isnora.
muses., who do not believe in it. If the mere ayow
al Of such a preposterous doctrine were no, in itself
strong proof Of an enfseb,ed or disordered intellect.
the actions accompanying it would supply all def
eienees. An old citizen of Richmond EXPRESSED
iears Tor old MesmeI's sanity, the day af es the hoax.
On that day, he showed himself moro on the street,
than he has ba.n known to do, since the day biz
obituary was written in is24-when he exhibited
himself al every corner for "a hours-and then fed
to the country, les, the firing of cannon, which was
about to take place, should utterly shater his nsr
vous system. He may fly now-Lu. the power Of
recuperation is exhausted.
Poor old man Ito be bubbled by BOYS, and
made a laughing stock for all the country To
shrink from ridicule, and in doing so, to make him.
more ridiculous than ever LIS a hard lot for
one who has labored as hard al he has all his life to
humbus others. II look. like retributiye Justice.
We feel pity for him, nevertheless, and in consid.
Grafton Of his condition fosbear TO animadyert upon
the gross perversions AMI Misrepresentation he in.
dulses towards Us If will tend to soothe and re.
store him, we will admit our profound ignorance OF
his ne" SCIENCE. by which a man may bandaee
his eyes and see better than ever, with the ends Of his
fingers or the back Of his head land by which Two
persons may satisfy their appeIites by only ore eit.
very convenient device these hard timesl-
We will even confess to the "Atrocious Plot" and
commend his veracily in charging us with approx.
lns 1t. We would be willing to go even farther
than this, and udmi, that he is a man of the rares.
eandOr, the iutensest love Of truth, the niees, sense
OF honor, The ~sitictest integrity, and a ~sagGeiv-
which, sincp he has acquired the art Of seeing thro'
a mill stone, blind .fold-exeeeds that OF oil men,
past, present, and TO comet If this will no, suffice.
we must content ourselves with issuing the general
order:
ThrOiO on a lille more Of Ms FLUID!p
FoR THE Enquirer.
The Richmond Wing is making a great outcrv
about the Mesmeric Humbug. But does no forget.
how he was humbugged himsI( some ve,rs MOO