Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-22

| -nNiabic light.
The famous whig measure Of a loan was one o
ne most wicked and disastrous which the mind a
man could have devised. Il was he admitted
inc OF pressure; but loan, 81 Tar from teieyn,
The public distress, could have no other effect tina,
- uNe'th e gold and silver IN the country from IL
natural ano proper channel and prostitute 10 o,he
purposes Had Treasury no;e h,ll bern The,
proposed IN ats place, was there a single man nov
w'ih'n heaing of his voice dull Of understandin,
nnu 50 restricted IN knowledge rs to suppose the
,teasury notes to the amount of twelve millions q
dollars could possibly have been set alo,t withou
renewing immeasurably the embarrassment of IN,
country No. The wings themselves elearI,
saw H. Out they were pledged against the measure
I "u my uru ie'hSr sacrifice any thing, even III,
honor anu interest OF their country than admit A
system which had been recommended A nd inttnd,.-
cd 10y Democratic administration Aeco,dir ,I,
they had perseverei in their own course and dis,s
tiers, thick aud fatal, had fallen upon them Nj IL
| regretted tho prcdichment into which ,h.,, 4 "a
! plunged the country. How mOrtrying wns !, 10 eos
| the bonds of the Government hnwkeJ ni,nn, -
sroesr's shops-troars of laushterl-he meant Ia
say brok1S' shops, II was likely enough that thev
would get INTO the srocerS' shops az last-and Tho
country standing in the attitude Of a bes.ar hum, =
oly waiting Tor supply OF money 10 meet the
wants OF the Treasury Where were our Whis
statesmen that they had rot noticed the T,ct1-
Where was now the gentleman who had drcltrrd
I IN that House, At former session that he would
as soon look for Jewel IN swine's soout as for
economy in the Democratic party or n Democratic
Administration = They had now lound economy,
and the Government securities were bnXked nbon,
the streets al ninety five cents IN dol ar
They row proposed the issue of Treasury mole,
when the cTcdt, of tie Government was bank,unt
| Was u not sol And he would venture to predict
'ha', inc issue was midc, unless fund was at the
same uine provided Tor the redemption of the notes
they would fall To depreciation of ten nrr con,
Bnt tho House had determined that no such fund
should tie provided, and Congress was now
aoont 10 make one OF The mos, cursed wing
euirencieS hat ever afflicted the nation Wa. not
sof Could the notes be sustained1 He thouc IN
they could not. But he went ia -iher aud he womb
'cfc declare that never. while he had the houo, f "A
seat in that Hall, would d. agree To nptbor;zo \
uoVe,nnoni loan without providing the means for
rs fedcmpuon-Ihs was the true dictti,r aod
whoever swCrved from II would find that mo Coz
Vas at nded With tho most disastrous consecuer..
why not provide he means To keep the c,eJt of ,bc
/ "oVethmsnt sooif Would this be against Wing
principles II was, IL was against the mu,t .,
tarv princ'p'cs known to thu. Government
MIR ID sad that ii had not been his nten,io,
When he arose 10 address tho House. to march into
me heiI oi our general political concerns but he
uund that he could not discharge his ,utv vitbc,,
remnrkins one or two of tho measures ,ybi,h b,
been pursued ny The ruling whis party When
they had achieved what they consider red ,,cat
triumph and had brought into office poor. weak
mrecile, speckled Cabinet and Executive !, -
easy 10 iorsee the disasters which had since come
upon them. Their first measure was wi,bou, an,
cause To call for an extra session OF Consress ~
provide, as they said, Tor the restoration of ,Lo
currency wei, they had no sooner assembled
nan 'terc was at once one general cry about the
bankruptcy of tho Government Yes and Tho 80,
presS'o"s USED AZ that ume by Mir D. himself had
'een tortured INTO an admission that the Govern
"ent was bankrupt Certain retail editors had &c
tnaNY represented him having denounced tho
Government rs bankrupt. Il was the Mbi,svhn
d'd this. and then what was iheir ti-sinc To
thrust Their hands deep into 4 Treasury which ,brv
u"e ared TO hc empty, and take out twenty five
thonSan1 collars, that they might besow it on a 10.
htic1 iavoute. This hnd been their fri ,ct A,5
the second was like unto IL II was , hin IA J.n,;
me Government Of the whole avails of the pnbli,
ands, and this 81 the very time when they were cc.
corng that the Treasury was bsnkrupt already
.'n'y i"poed 'he Government Of one Of the richest
Jewels IN Us possession. Yes, at ohe fell swoon
they swept out ol the public Golfers a f,r,rnc
amounting To not less than hundred millions The
pubic lands had averaged Tor ten wears seye, mi
Mons year. and he had no doubt that fur fly
Years Ia come, they would have brought into m.
treasury from three To FIVE millions And wb,le
thcy mus robbed the Government of whot ;usiy
belonged 10 y, at the very same time part passi
(Shouts oi morrimont,) they introduced bif to bor
TO" Twelve miiohs. What wisdom was here D
Let nm individual DO as tho Win Govcrr,ncrt al
done, and, If lie lived IN Ohio they would send HIM,
10 the IunUie asylum; ~ France. he would be ,ent
10 me SalicYs; and IN Russia or Prussia, no wnpld
tie doomed to the mnes-lLaush,crI Yet tbev
were 10 be edihed by the profound wisdom Of tho
ID nD
parallel tn but the history Of the old foul cnrrunt
rotten, Infamous United States Bunk That b,nk
some years since, presented TO Nicholas B,dd'e tb
greatest hnonccr then alive, service Of plate worth
SZouuO. AndIust so had the Why AdmInistr,-
ton al the last session made present TO the States
ct pubic property worth hundred million Of dol
lars. MIR ID. should run the parallel further
than TO say that, the United States Bank had n,
length met its reward, 50 The Wing party was now
receiving theirs tGrcht laughter.I Asa nary
they had done all the evil they could Thank Goa
their day OF power seemed now to be short "a
voice, Are you sure Of that7l believe th.t am.
Wei, having unconsiitionnlly taken twenty five /
thousand dollars out of the Treasury to beslow II on
a pohucal fvoute, and revenue of thrse mil. /
lions annually from the public lands besides LARGE
amount from nost office dues which ought 10 have
gone into the hands OF the Governmenf, and finally
hroughtruin and bankruptcy upon the country, this
Wing party was looking eagerly round
Tor ways and means 10 pay of the hungry. starving
credliofswho were knockinga at its door. Where was
now tho economy o. which the gentleman had spo .
ken 50 eioquen,iy, and which he never expected 10
mad m n democratic Administration
But how much soever he might delight in tLe dis
lsters and destruction OF wicked and corrupt par.
", which had abused rover the moment i, came
into their hands. vet he must s, feel for his roun.
-ry: Whenever her interests and honor were At
stake, there was he 10 be found in the breach I
Loud and continued laughter1 l. matterod NOT In
hun what thunts and ieers might he henped on .
um irOm thousand voices around him GeutIc- ]
men could not but remember the fiery, the firlous
nnd vndicive onset which, n the commencement
oi The late session, was made upon him, not only bv
memoers on TINT floor, but 10y oil the miscrsbl de-
spcable gang oi letter writing sandercrs who loung
cd around this Han They, too, poured out tie
walls OF Their fury upon him. Did he complain. Ms
some gentlemen here hid very justly done, Of the
abuse OF tits low and Infamous corps2 No, his
breast vas ,nvulnerable. A voice: Did you say
your heac2l
These wfttche,' hearts were as black as dc,tb.
ana ther tongues were set IN FIRE Of hell, (Roirs
"i lauGh'er) Let them go; they passed by him as
the IDLE wind which he regarded not.
Mr. ID. bad not troubled the House much There
were some in that House FAR more able ,ban him
sell, who he hoped would take up these subjects
and 20 INTO them more extensively.
But he had SAID th't he rcjocei in the disasters !
eoI destruction OF the Wing party. lie did rejoice |
N " from MS very foul. When party came into |
power with PROFESSIONS Of honesty ard patriotism
on their tongue and then prlctiscd The very reverse
OF what they had promised, all honest true hearted
men, must rcipce NJ their disasters. They had |
been gr 1ty edited nt the Inst session by tho elo-
qnence Of gentleman from Kentucky who told
them Tint tho monster, the Offspring Of dissipation
and corfuniion, WIS still "llvo and kicking" lie
could nov inform that gentleman, in return. 'hat
the great Wing infant, for IL had only reached the
beginning OF rs days, was now defuncL It's head
was cut II and ~ BODY md limbs presented moth ny
boho'd'rs Yet, shorn Of The power 10 10 wrong
TO others Il now turned, I'D Ser like, ~ feast upon
part NJ ~ own bidv, "A voice: "Wi,h It's head
of" Much augntcrI
who had been ~ vohc monuy denounced ne the
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