Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-15
RICHMOND WHIG.
MORNING. JUNE
Justice 10 The Wig pariu.

The Lynehburg Republican, Taper of respec-
table slang whsneing capacities, copies an article
from an Ohio Wing paper, published during the
canvass Of ls40-in which the country was pro
missed better times, with Vim. Henry Harrison a,
President and John Tyler as Vice President.
The Republican assumes that this promise has
not been fulfilled, and 1t thereupon expatiates in
very fitting terms upon what i, chooses to consider
the falsty Of Wing professions. In making out It's
case, It overlooks, conceals, in a manner not cred
table TO man of candor-the important fact that
the promise was given under the ationa hope, ;ha
Gen. HARRISON would continue President for Cou
years. No calculation was made upon his decense
within the first month Of his term, and the subse
quent perhdy OF his successor. Had the Wig
President lived, it is our settled conviction. that
every promise OF reform and retrenchment, which
was made by the Wing party, would have been
faithfully redeemed. We may point to the indelat.
gable exerons of Congress in the work Of re,rench
ment 10 indicate what would have been done. if
every Department Of the Government had been
Wing. IL has retTeuched its own expenditures more
than hundred thousand dollars a session, and are
in fair way to reduce the Army and Navy appro.
prOtions to the economical limit Of MIR Adams add
ministrntion. Moreover, it has exposed the means
by which the Government has heretofore been plum.
dered, and suggested means by which the system Of
rceuery, introduced into the public service, during
the ever memorable reign of the pure Democracy
may be arrested for the future. Without the CO..
operation of the Executive, it cannot, except by
very slow steps, explore the various Departments,
and determine what officers are paid too much, and
what may be dispensed with altogether. This is
more properly Executive duty-and which i,
would have been the delight of Gen. Harrison 10
have performed TO the hands Of a Wing Congress.
But fate interposed and deprived us of his import
ant and invaluable assistance; and not content with
that, it must visit with curse in the accidental
successor. All the world knows, that John Ty.
Ter has, so far as he could, betrayed the Wing
party, which elected him-he has never given them
a cordial co.opera,on-he has repudistcd oil their
cardinal principles. Instead OF aiding them in re.
forming the Government, aboshing snecures-
Furnishing abuses, retrenching expenses and curtail
ing Executive patronage and power-he has oppos-
ell them in every pariicular-He has sought TO mul.
tipy and conceal abuses, and augment the patron.
age OF his station, which he has most shamefully
prostituted to eleclioneering purposes, with view
TO his e-electon-dIrecty in the teeth OF funda
mental and dearly cherished Wing principle again
and again boisterous.y nvowed and strenuously
supported by himself In word, he has been
much more of Locofoco President than a Whe
We might say, he has been altogether Locofocs
but we have too much respect for tina. party
to stigmatize them with full communion and fellow.
ship with the Executive incumbent, whom Heaven,
IN its wrath for our sins, has visited upon US.
Under these circumstances, we ask the Editor oil
the Republican, a man Of candor-is it Just and
fair TO hold the Wing Party responsible for the con.
duct Of this Funconary-fOr their failure 70 restore
the country TO its promised prosperity, occasionod
by his proAigacy, imbecIlity and treachcry7 We
are content to bear the blame, which Justly attaches
10 us for our fundamentally in saddIing him upon
the country. IL was nnocently done. IL was our
misfortune to put conditional trust IN creature who
has proven himself unworthy Of all trust. We
did this, never dreaming for a momen that the con.
tngency would occur, by which he would have il in
his power to plague us-and truth to say, although
We had had some warnings, We did not suspect hu-
man nature capable Of the perhdy VIC have since
witnessed. Our offence has this eHteot-no more
And we feel that we have a right to appeal to the
men Of maenanimiiy and sincerity, among our op.
ponents, to uequit the Wings Of all censure, beyond
that which pertains to the misfortune which We
have Just confessed-tha Of innocon ~ trusting an
individual, who was unworthy OF trust. We have
suffered enough, already, Tor this mi,hap-the like
Of which moy befal any party. We have suffered
in common with the whole country from the mis-
chievous results Of his weak, vacilloting and dsbo
nest acts-end we have had the additional IN etlon
not less bitter 10 the generous bosom Of knowing
that a generous confidence has been basely be.
rayed.
Let tie Democrats, then, or Republicans, or .oco
Fooos, or Whatever else they may term themselves
! cease to reproaoh the Wings Dr failures, which Nd
human sagacty could have forese,n or prevented
This is but sheer justice. The curse - upon us
and We must re, nd Of II, and labor to mitigate ia
infections IN the best way We can. Let the Demo
crats, them iorbear TO urge this ungonerous advant
age, and LEI them emulate the Wings 10 their manly
efforts 10 restore honesty and efficiency to the pub
lic service and rs-esiabish the public liberty upor
stable foundations.
, irTs The late publication Of Mr. Ewiag has
D caused q considerable twisting add turning among
tho Tyerites. The Madsonian. after promising Z,
demolish the retired Cabinet and nlimatiog thai
the Captain would appear in person-which Il nos