Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-30


few years. aud is done. But L in this interval ths
currency Is disturbed, who suffers most by GAIA
mil that throws thousands out Of employment =
The rich man has his capital, which he can hoato,
lerd out, re-invest. or consume. The poor mans
only apital is his daily labor, and he mus, dispose
o. il day by day went his daily bread. Labor Is
nearly the first thing that falls, when the currency
contracts; IL Is among the last that rises when the
currency expands. The poor, then, have the great
est interest in a sound currency, and are ever the
greatest sufferers by a deranged one. Ihey were
told when the attack on IT commenced, anu IN
40 felt the TRUTH and tried to correct the misehet
No one is ignorant Of the mourniui diSpensauon
that frustrated all these hopes.
Regrets for the past are useless. The people
must decide TO whom they will entrust the future.
Our constituency have decided. They have spoken
IN their primary assemblies. Henry Clay Is their
candidate. Our task is easy: we have but 10 an
nounec IL. The movement is one beginning with
the people. Politicians and men OF policy need DO
nothing but adhere. Yet though claiming only to
declare the peoples will, no one must imagine VIC
do not share their feelings. They look TO US, ct
least for fit annunciaon OF their purpose; for our
testimony to their enthusiasm; and for concenua'
ton OF the reasons that induce their choice. The
frs, is the object OF this paper to effect as Tar rs
we are capable OF expressing. the magnitude and
intensity OF their wishes. The next is best wit.
messed by their county meetings, where the name oil
their candidate was received with loud and univer
sal cheers. The last will require but few briei
words.
enjoys and deserves larger portion OF the conn
denee and esteem Of the Wing and State Rights
party OF Georgia, than any one who may become,
within the compass of possibility, the choice oil the
Union.
They have nominated him because his long SER
vices, his great Abilities his frank and fearless char
acter, his ardent, generous and uncalculauns pa
trioilsm have endeared him TO oil who have srati'
tude for pas, services, admiration for true great
ness: because he has often set at nought his own
popularity and advancement when self sacrifice was
necessary 10 the peace and harmony OF his country
or his party: and finally, because even IN his faults,
in the impetuosiiy OF his character checked as II Is
by Good sense and good humor, in the bold and
open nvowal of his opinions, in the equally candid
retrac.ion OF his errors, there is something sympa-
thec with Southern feeling; feeling that loaihes
with unutterabe scorn the cold, calculating selhsh
spirit which winding through oil tho mazes OF craft
and subtley, TO reach its petty ends by the rum oil
a rival, would endanger or destroy the happiness oil
millions; feeling that disda inuly spurns from its
confidence the self seeking ambition OF genius,
| il il labor TO disguise under hshioned sentiment,
the shameful faults of lubricity and tcrglverSation.
| We shall be tainted no doubt, with the adop
| ton Of Tariff Candidate. The taunt is well
enough for those who argue for victory, not truth,
! and therefore appeal only TO prejudice or passion
IL may satisfy the who learn nothing and forget
nothing, who never distinguish names from things,
| and imagine Governor DOrr TO be the Hero Of De-
| mocracy.
To those who can reason, and triH reason fairly,
Tariff question became dangerous during its con-
test with Modification, when the friends of MIR Van
Buren, deserted VerplaDk's bill that the President,
| 10y queng Carolina, might leave peace TO his sue
ccssor. That was indeed n crisis but II IS past;
and the same crisis unlike the same comet, never
returns.
Since the Compromise Act, for which we are in.
debted 10 his magnanmiiy, the opinions OF MIR CLAY
DO not greatly IL at all, diiler from our own. The
question is no longer one OF principle, but degree.
| is w N mai delhi
| us by our opponents Improvidence, and Tariff
| for Revenue is legitimate, and must be graduated
| according 10 the amount Of revenue required. Who
would not prefer to see it levied, 10 preserve
rather than destroy the manufactures first created
by Southern policy, at all events so as 10 retail
ate on the selfish and narrow spirit OF foreign le
lgislationl We believe, as MIR Clay believes, Free
Trade 10 be the universal interest of na,onsi and
we are ready to trade freely with all who will trad,
freely with US. But we not prepared TO grant
free trade in exchange for prohibitions and restrc
tions. To give our coat 10 those who take our
| cloak from us, IS more christian than polite, and
can only be expected from the society OF Friends.
We nre not ignorant, indeed, that retaliatory
measures recoi to some extent upon those who
adopt them; but to give them up for that reason,
were TO abandon self defence, because the guard OF
our weapon is apt TO chafe our hand.
Without a. all abandoning our objections, there
FORE to a tariff for protection, willing that
tariff for revenue, land with view TO so much re-
venue only as economical administration Of the
Government may require) should be so levied as
not wantonv TO destroy existing establishments and
10 retost on foreign nations some part OF their re-
stric.ions on the admission Of our produce.
In di cussng this question with our brethren or
the East, must forget little our private inte-
rests and past disputes, and remember that Southern
Presidents and Southern politicians, cur own in
cuded. were among the first promoters Of the Anne
rcan System. We drove New England from the
ocean TO the spindle. Her stubborn industry has
benefited by our folly. She has made the spindle
profitable. To what employmeHt nust We force
her next2
Shall we be told j, is bad sign to rally under a
S'yorabIe 10 de bf8fe" 7riFfh N hsas' naVaAi.ags
.Tnis, when any can steer, And every whispet
OF envy and jealousy be heard, such auguries are
fearful. Danger and distress restore The command TO
courage and talent. When lcRpes,s howl abroad,
the discord of the crew ceases; and by common
consent, the helm is calmly given to the Pilot who
alone is eqnal 70 the storm.
Shall we hear that recent elections cast a chill
upon our hopes, ana shew, upon our own pEinc-
pies, that the people are not with us7 We deny
the conclusion. We deny that since 40 the strength
Of our cause has been fairly tried. Dependency
and assiiude, the result of toll ending in disap-
poin,ment, through the death Of our General, and
the treachery Of his successor, p1ralyzed exetton
The first burst OF indignation was restrained, that
treason might throw off its DISCUSSES; ard when it
appeared naked, there no object to excite
stronger feeling than disgust. Now we have mo-
tve-the elevation Of an honest man, who viii fol
low out principles. Il rallying point is gained
Oar forces have recruited their strength and spir
We are ready for a new campaign, and invite every
patriot TO our standard lie who will be with US
now, shall be as welcome as if he were with us
ever. We seek monopoly Of truth or constan
cy, or honor Office. Every good citizen has the
same end and interest ourselves; and If we are
right, it is his duty TO 10 US, as, in the other
alternative, it would be ours to 90 to him.
Why then should lie be received with cold or
scanty courtesy7 To confess q change Of opinion,
not ieigned from unworthy motives, bu, honestly
brought about 10y reading or reflection is only say.
ing we have prOhled Ivy experience, and arc not
obstinate IN error. Whoever prizes truth more than
vanity, has had occasion more than once 10 make
this confession. Why, indeed, should any one DO
ashamed ofii7
Confident, then, in the goodness Of our cause.
With firm reliance on the blessing OF Provide nee
and the staunch fidelity Of our associates we COMM,
It's issue TO the people, whose cause it's niso, car
nes,ly enronng them to put forth all their al for
ono who has 50 often done and ptrlled every thin,
for them.
Arc there any among us who think this move
ment preciptate Any, who, agreeing IN princi-
pie hesitate on the ground Of cxpcdioncy or time
Do they fear that too elry an agitation Of this
question may give our ndvcfsat'cs an advantage,
or exhaust in premature skrmghing our own
strength and nrdor Such doubt arc entitled to
respect, and have been deliberately and ma'urcly
weighed. But after fu reflection, VIZ nrc sat.Gel
Il is time 10 hoist our hlg, even though We should
reserve our hfe. Upon tie members Of Congrosr
soon TO he elected, may by possibility deyOve the
duty OF voting for a President. They should bo