Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-18
From the Dauvill~ Reporter
TO THE WINGS.

In consequence OF "the barren victory" which
! the Democrats have Just achieved in Virginia the
Richmond Wing calls upon the Wing party "a raj.
~ and to organize for the gTea. contest Of 1siI
The trumpet tone of its spint-strrins notes Will
we doubt not be enthusiastically responded to- by
the brave aud the patriotic Of that party from one
end OF the Commonwealth 10 the other. Let them
organize and forthwith uniurl their banner 10 the
"bBttle and 10 tie breeze" Let them run M the
/ Clay flag Let them nail to the masthead Of the
gallant Wing ship and "cisnch ne mai" Let Them
do thls-nnd let them display little of "the spirit
of the iervcnt days OF DID,, and glorious triumph
will await them victory, plumod Tor the eIele
fight, will unfold her guerng plnions and proudly
perch upon the 'ddnrng banners" Of the Wings.
No party can stand these "hard, Tyler times.n
The difficulties under which the nation groans are
the bitter consequences resulting from Loco Foco
nisrule-that odiOus party will be very sure 20 per.
sist IN the disastrous course which has thus para
lyzcd The energies OF the country and bruised and
broken down the nations TO5perity But the pco.
ple will soon begin 20 feel the iron rod IN m aggra-
v1ted degree ond they will at last rise in their ma.
Icsty and hnrI their Oppre5sOrs from office.
None Of the evils which 50 seriously affect all.
car Justly he imputed 10 the Wing party John
Tyler was no more a Wing after he betrayed the
confidence oi The party and turned upon them, than
his ilustrOus prototype Benedict Arnold was ia.
trloi after Dc deserted the American standard and
enlisted ~ the Cnemy's cause. II would be nbou,
as fair 10 reproach those who had been basey be.
rayed, M the one case IN the other; and 70 hold
tho Wings responsible for the nets Of that inmiia.
bic specimen oi SINAI potato hero, the rcdOuOta-
ble "Capt Tyler" after he had embraced the cause
Of our opponents, would be equvalent to a conden
nation Of the Continental Congress who appointed
/ the arch traitor 10 tho command Of the American
forces. There could he no justice ~ the principle
IN either instance. Parties arc not responsible Tor
men-hut Tor measures: and only then when they
| are not unfairly dealt by.
What Wing measure could have produced The IDS
which arc upon us3 The disease ~ ono growing
entirely out Of The disorders Of the currency il ~
Of pecuniary origin and altogether a pccuniary af-
fair. How was this brought about md by whom
The answer NJ hand. Who broke down tho ". g.
Bank, and destroyed the best currency the world
ever saw And who, in order 10 gu up tho vacuum
which Wns created m tho money circulation Of tho
country by the destruction Of thnt insiitution-tho
very balance wheel Of the system itsoli-who 10
supply this deficiency, stimulated into ru.nous M.
ton tho then existing banking Institutions Of tho
States, and "everod into false creation" the estab.
lishmon' Of 70 many additional rotten conoerns1-
Who, after killing 81 the National Institution, in
creased the number ofState Banks from $50 10
about sOO-and the amount Of banking caoitil from
Si45, 100000 TO four hundred and forty Millions
And, 70 proceed a step further, who arc they that
are now quitting the screws" upon the community
by forcing the Banks 10 collect the debts which tho
people owe these institutions Who has done oil
ibis directly, and great deal more than this ind-
rectly, 10 bring upon the country the present caam
ties Truth proclaims from the house tops and