Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-04-28
COMMUNICATION.
WIG PRINCIPLES

"'S o".y "niie our Government has been adj
ministered upon Wing principles that il has bs,n
truly prosperous-and We have all the certainty ,h,,
experience can afford that il can never prosper
under the ihiiaeuce OF other principles Eis tfue
'hat mat iatai measure of Gen. Jackson which
resulted In the destruction OF the best currencv
III me world, and the present most melancholy
and dcplor.ble situation of our country MAS Cnr =
time followed by an appearance of unexamnlcd
prosperity but as had been foreseen and foretoli
oy uo w higs, that appearance was only the iicti
nous and certain 'orerunner of the oyerwhelminr
DISASTERS which have foowcd--nnt tho Iens, oi
which Is a widespread deprivation of the moral
sense OF the community. hat our couotry ;s
no' now In course OF restoration 10 her once
uourishlng condition, under the benipn influences
oi wing measures, is alone attributable to tho
'eacherouS conduct Of that man whom fortune
has placed at the head of the nation. This
niiSeraoie man, IN whom the extremes of ambi-
iion, vanity and weakness mect-misled bv tho
lures and ilattery, as barefaced as thew were Je.
ceit'ui, OF that party who has so recently beon
huried from power by an injured and incensed
people, and Influenced by set of traitors To the
c"his cause-who uninindful Of the fate of the
iiog VINO would be as large as the ox-mistakino
their own pigny Dimensions, and emulatino the
suo',me proportions of the great Kentuckian.
sought 10 enlist from the two great existing mar
''es 'hird' OF ~hich they to be the leaders,
e"h'cieh'iy strong to suppant them both and
mus TO make Mr.. Tyler again, by choice. what he
is now by chance, the President of this great ma
lion. Thus operated upon, he was induced in an
nour iatai TO his own fair famc-fata to the best
interests OF his country, TO veto that Wing meas.
uio wnicn long experience has proved is neces
sary I" furnish us with good currency. and
winch must, therefore, lie at the foundation of
'he prosperity oil our country. This act, perpe.
trated in manner which showed that he was ac
| tuated by any other than conscientious ,notiyos
has been followed by the most rancorous hos,ili.
" towards those who elevated him 10 power and
by exuita'lon in the triumpbs of their opponents.
which he has had the cgregious vanity to believe
We're expressions OF appreciation of his conduct
Dut he Is about to be awakened from ,his plea
SAINT dream. Hated by that which they have be.
lrayod,and condemned by both the great parties of
The country, both Mr. Tyler and his peculiar
friends, Will receive reward well merited by
the baseness OF their course. Their fate is writ
ten IN characters too legiblc to be mistaken-In
Stead OF grasping the glittering prize at which
they almed-they are doomed at the expiration of
his 'erm-he TO AN ignominous retirement, snone
so poor as TO do him reverencc''-they to consti-
tuc an inch of eking TO the tail of the great loco
loco party. If this We're to be the only conse
quence OF their misdeeds the nation might ielici-
late Itself. But there is too much reason 10 be-
ieve that they will result in the a,rCrava1on and
protractioh OF the evils we suffering by the
eieVatlon again TO power Of that party under
whose misruie they originated. The ALMIGHTY
may have so decIeed it in just retrbuiion to wards
a si"'ui ana uhSrateiui people But | will not
despair OF the nation. can but believe that the
infinitely wise and gracious Ruler Of the Uni
verse; who has given us this great empire and
caused US TO grow and flourish beyond any exam
PIE on record, has marked out for us a hiuh desii-
ny; and that after having purified us i'm the fur
mace OF aflliction, He will again cause us to pros
per under the influence of wise and virtuous coun-
ellis. Let the Wings then, while they bow with
humble submission to the DEGREES of Heaven,
hoia last to their principles, and presenting an
unbroken from, to their opponents, resolve 20
"As vctors cxult, or in death be laid low
With their backs the field and their feet 70 tbc foo