Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-17
RICHMOND WING.
MONDAY MoRNINa, OCT. N.
TIE TYLER F.ac-TOTU.u.

That indefa,igable genius of sell. promotion -,h,
incessant MIR Caleb ouo,en Cusning-,he orator o.
all causes the epolosst OF any successful crime,
the warm advocate Of Tariffs and Banks. and the
equally hot defender Of the which have strick>
en- thefu,-,hc hnsncier.-,he supplementary edto T
OF all hired newspapers without an adequate scfb-
| b'er,-tho ready washer woman, in vort, OF any
| dirty Adminis,raton's whole foul linen,-se,s him
selfup, in his late speech, along with the res, Of that
| immaculate body, the Guard, as one Of those rsrs
and glorious spirits, infinitely TOO Elevated fer the
vulgar methods Of politics, who CANNOT conform to
p,rty-whose public morals and whose private hon
forbid the sacrifices it requires, and who
high pure, too just, and live upon elevation OF
patriotism and philosophy too lofty be reached
| by that mean, low, toHuous. creeping sort of poi
Iicians-the Gays. tie Scots, the Leishs, the Di
| vise., the Mangums the Atchers, the Cruendens,
the Moreheads, and other s-ovellers, who 60 along
on al-fours, at the bottom OF politics. with looks
| bent only upon the earth Just beneath their nose,
while he and MIR Wise and MIR Tyler and Mr. Pcof-
i; and Bob and John and Parmlee and John Jones
| ,nd Sne,hen sit alcit, the serene Oympsn
| summit orrubc affairs, looking down with the pity
of dsiiies upon the vulgar struggle OF politics fac be-
low.
Now this MIR Caleb Quote n Cushing is the very
delicate AMI scrupuloa, gsn,.ensn who i, r.puied
70 have, during the coolest OF 1910, written just
NINE biographies Of Gen Harrison, ir,en - for so
many different quarters OF the country an, exhi5t-
'ng his character and opinions in isI many diff
fsreni aspects,
IL is who, earlier in his career. detected or
supposed to hivs b-.n detectsd, by the strong
IDENTITY OF hand writing in the authorship of an cleo
Iionssrns nomination and panegyric of himself;
and who then made his wife give her afiiavi, that
he had written the piees in question, without her
aus5lnd's kaox!eige. Tais is in:ouies,isly the
act.
A dabber in constant inuigdes for ofi-,, long
sedulous 10 plan, IN. screws AMI wedges by which
DE might psiz, out the Secretary OF State and sip
IN himself-a man whose ambition is all the con.
science patriotism be has-.ouple subtle, shifting
shufi ng, careless o: decency, and as void OF hon.
our OF c,urlgs or di,in;.res:, jusss, pleasant
seli-auttuier is he OF those divine honours of Vr'
,uoas S,a,esmansap which il is Tie great objec, Of
| MS speech to heap upon himself. lac whse civic
oak OF patriotism is his; and II wrea,hs are TO be
| placed upon some few other hsroc brows-as Mr.
Tyie.'s, Mr. webs,es,, Mr. Profti.r., Mr. wiss'.,
John Joues's, or Parmles',, or B)5's or Johns OF
Snethen's-i; is his hand that is 10 dispense them,
like Incorrup;ible History or AIl.jlisins F ams,
tn. eternal a,bi,-rs o. every human action
These, it seems are degenerate times, in which
no virtu. or wisdom is lsh bu, wha; dwells with
him, the Guard, the pure MIR Webster and the on
scientous MIR Tyler
OF all the lam. and poor and mean pre.euc:s
tia, Party even the most dep,arei, ever Sc, up 10
an exclusive superior patriotism, there never was
one ike this in favor Of the Guard and their ns;ru
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country, did party dare TO form Itself. with such
contemplate numbers and motives SO hollow.
mere han1fu incompetent Of any serious purpose,
but public eonfision-a Wise, known only for VIC
lence tina; constantly endangered the rishies.
and since execrably known by equal fIries in the
most dishones; one-a Cushing and Profi;i, OF just
! paris enough for man to rus, them-th-se, fad
| ing a weak man in power, 60 10 work TO make him
bad one, in order that they, thus helped up 10 the
] highest perche, of politics, may cuff down, with
their obscene wings, every nobler bird, hose voice
and whose pumage hal adorned the g:ove or made
! i, harmonious! These mere owls and kiieS-tbese
things OF darkness and r,pine-these politicians Of
the hen-roos.-set up their noisy AID une.ean
throals ard swear they the very birds Of JOye.
his thunder bearers, commissioned TO hur his bo.,s
among mankind,
Party, there might be, without principles; and
thus far they nigh: have been party: bi. wi,hou. I
either principles or followers, To be a party was
.omewhat bsyonl the s:r.,ca even OF their absurd I
pIe,ensiOns. Party, therefore. they dsciai.d: they
SCARED above il. Like saints who preach humility,
in order 10 their feet other peoples nseks; or
like monks who inc1lca,e poverty, as tue rsadiett |
means OF enriching themselves, they Wanted their
no pariysn, in order, by tina: cry. to catch follow
er,. So old maids, when desperate Of husband, |
afTsc, an nn,iplthY Of the other sex. their as,
chance Of attracting the shalowesi Of that gender.
Not Pauyl Have they not been one. IN every
thing but nunbeul n they not one, it is for I
want Of nothing that makes Party dangerous or
dissraceiul. They have all the unscrupuIousnes,'
oil the serviity, oil the ancour, all he reaehery, oil
the facility Of supporting bad men or and
opposing good ones for their ends only, that .
PARTY. when mos. abandoned, ever displayed. II
mott Party, then, il is only because they join WANT
o. NUMBERS to WANT Of PRINCIPLES: because
even the opprobfium Of being called POriy is too
| good for them-,hey being properly, indeed, rot
| PARTT, bu: CABAL.