Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-04

| The condition Of the Country WHO Is TO BLAME
Our accounts from the country are to the effect.
| tina; the people OF Virginia were never more enb,r
raised than they are at the present time. In all
the wheat growing region, the amount Of deb, is
immense, and very little money is ia circulation
and tina, little Is in the hands of shavers. To the
tobacco growing district, the pressure is also er
tending, and becoming intense.
To our mind, this deporabe state Of things il,
clearly referable to msrule, State and Foderal-
20 that system Of political qu1ckery, brought into
vogue, under the auspices Of that great Sang RADIO.
Cen Jackson, and pGrsevenngly adhered TO I'M 10
the present moment. The great popular triumnh
OF 1910, which the people vninly imagined. woulJ
arrest this vicious and mischevous system. utterly
failed OF its object, and did not accomplish one On,
u,hry result The cause Of this disastrous failure
is most minifcst The death Of Gen. H,rrison
and the ueichcry Of John Tyler, threw the Gov.
eminent into the RI; OF Locoiocoism, from which
the people, with immense labor, had Just cStricated
1t. Tho promised reforms were scattered TO the
four winds of Heiven-all tie wise measures
which thu patriotism Of a Wing Congress had do.
vl'od Tor the relief aud prosperity Of the country
we're rendered Of no effect, by the defeat OF that,
which was the p'oi Of them n-tho giver and 70.
gulntor Of n sound currency.
We su butt Il TO oil men of canIor il under these
circumstances, the Wings are responsible for the
gloomy condition Of the country. The paralysis
OF the popular will by John Tyler, and the defeat
through his fundamentally, Of that gront measure
to which all eyes turned for relief, never re
ceived any encouragement at the hands of the
Whigs-they were applaudcd TO the echo, by the
Locofoco party alone. These patriotic gentlemen
reiooed at the trcachory Of man, by which their
own cherished PRINCIPLES were again brought into
operation. Arc they not, then, nnswcrablo for
the consequences Of acts. over which they raised
tho shou, Of TRIUMPH We conccde, that tho
contemplate little squad. who have sought TO sac.
rifce the public to the advancement Of their indvd-
ual ambition, primarily responsible but on eve.
ry principle Of justice, are not those, who CO. ope-
rated with them, obnoxious to fair proportion Of
tho censure7 Are not all our present omb1rrass.
men,s referablc 10 the defeat Of Wing councils.
and the prevalence Of Locofocosm in tho admins.
trauon Of tho Government We put tina, question
TO the serious consideration Of the country.
We maintain, that tho Sub treasury system is
now in partial opera,ion-as much so as IL was IN
| MIR Van Burens day-and that the public suffering
is not otenscr more inlolerabIe. is owing to the
fact that that system is not in full and perfect ope-
ration. The banking institutions Of tho States are
discredned by the Administration and by the Locos
and every cIerton is mido Ivy both to crush
them. The grinding process Of coming TO hard
money system is advancing steadily and this It s.
which is grinding tho people into dust and ashes.
| If Loco Fooo doctrines had full and entire sweep
every where, this killing by inches, would he CON
vertcd into sudden and summary execution.
The DanviIle Reporter hits the nail on the head
in the following brief paragraph:
| Wpo's TO BLAME1
| The Locos complain hugely of tho difficulties ~
| the times and attribute IL all to Wing rule and
Wing legislation, as IT, IN spite II tho noble efforts
Of the Wings IN substitute something better, almost
| precisely the same perncious measures Of the De
/ mocralc party were not nov IN operation, pToduc
ing tho same evil consequences JUS, as ehectuay 90