Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-08
Wig responsibility for Locotoeo President!


| Wig responsibility for Locofoeo President!
The gross injustice Of holding the Wing party
responsible for the acts Of the existing Federal Ex
ecutive, is forciby exposed in the annexed article
| from the "Independsnt." The Wings take blame
to themselves for putting it in the power Of uccidcn,
to elevate him TO his present poston-but they beg
forgiveness Of the country for that. They did no,
expect and they did not design, that he should be
President OF the United States-and truth 10 saw.
they did not dream, il chance should impose him
upon us, that no could prove hmsc Il so wanting ms
he has done, in all the attributes of the Statesman
and the Patriot. They have not commended his
aets-on the contrary, they have opposed and de
nounced them. They have done all they could TO
redeem the promises they made to the country. and
they will steadfasty and truly persevere under
every encouragement But they ask candid men.
Of all parties, no. to do them the gross inius-
ticc OF considern, them identified with, and respon-
sible for, the acts Of MIR Tyler. Relieve them from
this modification.
To illustrate the injustice OF holding the Wbi,,
amenable for Mr. Tyler's conduct, take n sineI.
instance. The Wings, under lead Of MIR Wise. ne.
certancd and published to the world, tina, Ir B,,-
ker, Comptroller of the Treasury, under MIR Van
Buren,, was guilty Of palpable violation of law. and
culpable negec, Of duty-by which the Treasury
lost hundreds of thousands of dollars; and they in.
sisted that Mr. Van Buren, was as culpable ms RAJ.
ker, in retaining him ia office. But this individual
thus convicted, and who, on Gen. Harrison,s acces.
sion to the Presidency, was, in accordance with
the acquisitions of public sentiment and common
honesty, promptly displaced-has been re.ins,s,ed
by Mr. Tyler Is ii to be endured, that the Who,
are 10 be held responsible for this shameless net
in'ultng to them. it is revolving TO everv sen.
tment Of honour and honesty in the land7 Tbev
reprobate t-they denounce it-they protest agaips,
it-bu despite all they say or do, il is executed
This is but one of many similar cases, which
might be adduced, independent of the ayowed
treachery OF the President to Wing principes nm
tbs currency question-to show that the VIII, mar
ty cannot and ought not to be held Responsible f,r
the acts OF this Executive. They disc lain him and
his-they confess they have been betrayed-the
reforms they promised have been defeated bv
treachery, They are prepared again to buckle on
their armor and fight the battle over Relying upon
the business Of their cause, and confident that their
policy is the true policy for the honor and adyan
tngc OF the country-they ask only clear sky and
an open held.
From the Independent.
" 00'a 70 me G1obe, Enquirer, and their assoei-
died Presses.
These papers, perceivng the universal upnon,,.
larity OF the accidental Administration. which 70,
their sins, good but just Providence has nerm;,,sd
to afhict the American People-whose holy ewes S.
hum6iy trust will regard the national degradation
anu VIC accompanying calamtes which the People
are called upon TO endure, an expiration for M
uohal delinquency; these Presses, observing III
unprecedented circumstance that the Presiden, bn
no parry IN the country, and but the shadow of one
fErA E1I.l
pretending in public fealty which often in nriv,,s
even fhey dIsivow, and curse their fate for heinz
oollged 10 simulac-appear disposed 10 use the
Inet Tor the prosIrnion Of the great Wing parry
lney AFFECT 10 regard our chance Presdsnt ne a
Whfg-hls Cabinet as VMgs-the acts and me,
sufes oil the Administration Wing acts and JYhig
measurement 10 render the Whig parfv and ove
~ prominent Wing hateful. they are in the con
- n. naom OF reminding the public that this Ad.
mlnIsratlon was installed by the whigs-that Gao.
tam Tyler, It's Chief, was the Wing VIcg-thnt
Webster Is Wing, and Spencer, and Upshur. and
Inc whole batch of them.-There is Jus, truth
enough ~ tnls view OF the case, to mislead, gull,
and humbug that unreasoning mass which co5s,i
tutes the majority OF every community. IL is Tins
PLAIN that the Locofocos determined TO measure
Wing corn by Captain Tyler's bushel, and 10 sad
9'e upon 'he wing party as crimes, not only its
faults, II any they have committed, but its msfor
tunesl ~ ""''o'
There Is illiberality in this procedure: there ia
gross injustice in it. The Wings disown. and the !
Ca
his entire Corpora's guard Than him and IL
they do not regard themselves rs having nnv enc. |
mics more Insidous Ind more malicious-not onv
towards whom they themselves feel n mora unoI, |
ungul'haole enmlty. Differing in many or most
things from the Democratic party thew YET rosn..,
the great mass Of that party as honest honourabo
ana patuouc-proposing, the ugh by dfsren
means, the same great ends Of Liberty prosne,i,v
ana national glory, as themselves Is il possible
that the Wing party cherish such s,n,imen,s
towards tho unprincipled renogades and anos,o,,s
VINO nave, at the same moment, betrayed them and
the country, and with per6dy and political soc,;
ege YET wholly unplralelledin the annals Of The
human race, awaited themselves of the forms ~ III
Constitution TO PROSTATE the cause thew assnrno
vindicate, and the friends who elevated them snJ
relied upon them TO uphold and sustain IN c.
the Wings respect the dotestable ipgrate and lie
S'oIhet, VINO parlako Justly OF the odium in which
ne - held, by sharing his councils -Shen tb,v
Know and feel and see, that these men have sac;9
Geo all TO obtain Office, and are sacrificing nil IN "a
tain lt-proiessions alleged principles confluence
American cilizenS7 - ''V'VoV
We ask no favors fthe Globe and Foc,;,,,
we ask but SIMPLE justice and the Justice which The
body OF tho time manifestly denotes To loo Inc dnc
oI INC great wing party. This is no Administ,a
uon OF Ihers-Ihe men who hold the rcins. with
Two possible exception, nro trntors 10 them and IN
every Thing else but their own retention in OFF,
no wings have 70 sympathy with them-no A. /
hnity Tor them-no confidence in the,n-nnd ,go,,id
gladly see them hurled from their places TO morrow
~ Wn"upsoe'tr ihelf vacant slippers might be &C,
eupied. They would rejoice in this, both n, nun |
shent Tor the treaehery which has stifed bo voice
and subyoued the will Of the Amoricsn PeorIe. and
10 avert from their country the civil oomoions and
anarchy winch they lor many Of thcml believe 10 |
irnpond from the combination Of odium. treacbs,v
and imbeeiliiy, which now guides the helm Of The
ship Of State. v WIG
Let us Of such timo--ono Of extreme nation,;
darkness, which shrouds all men and ali parties
ehke, cave those only, who suck the pnps of the |
puDne1'e' ns, we say, at such time, bcspeak |
party hberalityan magnanimty mot for orysslr,s
bot bleeding country. Let US "bcar md forbesr"
Lev US unite, IN the first place, 10 ostrc,te ts un
happy countryside most misgoverncd that the sun