Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-23

The following is from the Charleston Mercury,
an nby edited Democratic paper Of South Carolina,
one Of the lew papers of Locofcco politics We hn.
pleasure. The editor is vigorous and finished
writer and conducts his piper with the taste tact
independence and effectiveness of gentleman nd
a man Of sense. The following is one OF the sever
est personal thrus,s have seen in IT, but no one
will deny thu; its object richly nieriied the STEEL
The Wing pross has universally expressed its utter
abhououes and disgust Of Mr. Spencer's undisgui3
ed turn coalism; md here is proof, tho leading
Locoiocos seorn him ~ much as the Wings The
GloOe, too, has been pouring a msrcess fro into
him. Il is only the last rate Locof,co presses which
aud Speneer-the snmo moreenary set that apollo
gzs for Tyler- Frankfort (Ky.) Communicable.
MIR. SPENCER'S DEFENCE.
The Msdisonisn Of last Tuesday fully admits
that the Secretary Of War was the author Of the
Syracuse Address, denouncng MIR Tyler in echo
OF the Clay Wing Manifesto. In reply to tho
charge Of inconsistency, made by the Wing papers,
the Madsonian advises that they read the said
'Syrncuse AddresS"
They then will hod that MIR Spencer has ex.
pressed no opinion Of his own, no personal know.
ledge Of the facts he assumes The whols address
- predeaed upon the statements Of certain m,ni-
tsio, which recent publications have completely do
moshed and Mr. Spencer, with proper care 70 as
sumo nothing as Proved prudence rendered most
praisewOrhy by certain rofutatiOns since, OF tbs
Outrageous falsshoods contained in that Manifesto
gives credit for all his remarks, and allegations IA
the geptemsn who endorsed such publication
These same gentlemen pretended TO represent n ma
jofiiy Of the "Whig" members Of COngfess-they
represented bat thirteen, and they tho most violent
the least credible, Of the party They made ns.
sertons, not only In direct contradiction Of facts
but in defiance Of morsl probability"
MIR SIEscEE's only fault, then, was that he re-
hashed and published long and bitter TRADE OIL
abuse against The Presiden', which was originally
uttered In d,liaHes ~ moral pJoJabanyl" vi,
are called upon 10 excuse him on the ground that h,
could no. detect on sbsurdity. But the MsiisoHiaT
goes on;
"Thty (ths Manifesto wbies) violated, wi.hou
the least sname that useful provision Of law vhcl
requires no man to s,uliify himselfi-nnd, nfle
having written htmseivss down asses, they hoped {,
| render the people foolsi"
| And they viols,ed smother usefol provision Of lb
law Of good fellowship nj least, which forbids
man to practise mischief on HE friends-they no
| only stuluhcd thom'elvcs. but Mr. Spencer too an,
though they surely failed Of fJolng the people, thol
succeeded bot too we'll with tho future Secretary
War. Again The Wrdisonian ssysi
"If the distinguished soefstary has changed hi
opinion u the Veto power, we give him credit 10
honestly and msnness in pefceiving and eorrec'inl
his erroneous impfessions. We are willing 10 &C
knowledge, that 10 tho Syraeufe call, the Veto
Idsnonninsted . Kiogly power--that in the recen
Letter OF Mo Spencer u 10 more justly termed "th
sgspensive md couective power OF the Constitution.
There m,y bs a d fFsrecee between The two drhn,
,ions-snd Il 90. the change has been produced upo
he seere'ary's minJ, we doubt no., BY his deep