Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-28
CORRESPONDENCE or rRg WING.

See letter OF cur correspondent
CORRESPONDENCE or rRE VINO.
wAsuseroN, July eSrd. Isl2.
| since my last, events have received decided
sh'rs. Fate has somewhat whipped up her pos,
horses and we seem likely TO run the next stage
with some spirit and speed.
Not, however, but that might have chosen an.
other vehicle and travelling Of very different sort.
as my illustration OF tho progress Of the ielon con
Germ, whose imaginary trumphal march is fast as
suming the air and the attendance Of one OF those
professions, Of which the hero is deeked as the 6na
ceremony, in nieht-cap and arope. You. who
have seen, with resentment, MIR Tyler noun, so
upon tho ladder of preferment, did not oresec how
like thief, he might DC turned of from its top, at
last. His neck verse will be sung before long
Soon will no have TO make that last speech, the on
ly one which any man OF taste could hear from him
with pleasure. With what delight shall see him
lifted ON high, rs bishop. ofthe Acids. and dspen
sing eenediciions with his heels, as he bangles,
You will perhaps smile at my bitterness Yet,
but for the enieebled the nerveless state of the nub
lie mind, debAuched by familiarity with every sor,
of public crime, and grown inscnsblo in the long
vc'Ssude Of public couup,ious, how could the
facts, upon which we have looked for near twelve
month, have failed TO kndle up, in every honest
mans breast, hame OF indignation and vengeance.
such as burns at my hesd1 tell you the country
has grown cold to the sacred feelings, insensi
bic to oil the greater and more legitimate passions
that events involving our political fate should stir
We have become nation, not of freemen, but 20
liuea hucksiers. This is no government, bu;
mere election machine. We 60 into the strife of
freedom, not ike warriors, carrying little into the
field but their weapons, and bringing little out Of
1t except blows CALAMITY taken; but like suffers
and camp women, noisy unutmed, and gathering
safely, IN the rear, the spoil of the brave who have
fallen.
So stale have all those sounds become, which
could once wake up answering noto in every DO.
som, that people arc affected no longer by the cry
OF public suffering, the call public danger. They
have been mouIhed, by csnters and brawlers, Ill
men will listen to them no longer. Happy were IL,
1t the danger could thus be averied, by inseusibil
ty. The lying shepherd boy of 4Esop, who cried
"woli! wolff" when there was none, was wretch
Ell knave: but they who imagined there was no
danger because there had been false alarms, were
certainly deplorable Goos.
Quitting, however, this favoured land Of liberty.
where men are free, in their own dcspite-w Without
virtue. without vaour, without sense, and without
the sshcs, Of tn, public safety-( result OF
the mex, election being all they think abouO let us
consider, for one moment, how i, would have Jared
with royal or ministerial authority IN either Of the
great European MOnarchies it such a course OF Ex
ecuIive insrulo and dishonor had occurred, IN En-.
gland or France, politics have been doomed
TO exhibit, since last summer Suppose tina, royalty
had been found not merely eXer,ing, without stint,
against the urgent call OF public necessity and Cpl
mon, On arbitrary poWer,-but seeondng that OBJ
noxious prerosative wiki every low resort Of the
most Algnnt and shallow knavory and falSehood (:
| Would England or France have endured TO sec her
King stain himself with the shameless treachery TO
his own supporters the foul dupIieity the ncetsant
prevaricaton, which notorious and so clear of
Mr. Tyler's course, ct and since the Extra Session 2
Never The King who should there so disgrace
hm'eliand cheat his Minis,ry,hs Legislature and the
People, would have been dragsed Ivy the heels from
that seat OF authority which he dshonored, to the
block or cast forth, amid the Kisses of public exc
Grafton, vagabond tyran, never again to be named
by his people, but with curses and jeers.
need no, follow up the miserable history of his
subsequent INSTRUMENTATION, and the folies that
have shed still grosser and holder turpitade upon
its brninless wickedno.s. Never before, certainly.
did public affairs present such plabls incapacity of
even the mischief which has been designed. Never
before was people strangely saved from every
thing that ruler might effect of perncious, by the
fact that he is a still profounder fool than knave-
We should Greet affairs TO stupidity all over the coun.
try; for 1t Is she alone that has preserved us, thus
lar. IL is, to be sure, degrading to see ourselves
for several years to come, at the mercy Of block
head; but when one remembers how much his pow
ers Of mischief would lie enlarged, by any addition
TO his wit, is bound TO thank Cop that he's such
Il numskull.
BE assured that Mo John Tyler has received de.
gree OF credit for his conduct in the Don insurrec-
ton, TO which he only entitled as to his earlier
steps. He had hardly taken these, before he was,
as usual, seized with an irresistible desire or he
traying those he pretended to support. Ills firs,
step, afterwards, to try to induce the Governor
and Legislature TO refer the question Of the validity
OF their own authority to the Governors ofhe neigh
bourins States. The clever and spirited people with
whom he was dealing answered that the question was
not one fanny arbitration; and that, If il were,
majority Of those whom he wished to make umpir,s
were well known to tho Locofocos Tbrouehout
all the other stages Of the question, he did nothing
but shuttle Till all their agents and representatives
grew utterly Disguised and convinced that no was
waiting to which side would prove the stronger.
Finally, ut tho time Of DORIS last attempt, when il
seemed almost certain that the State would have
the whole ragamuilinry Of New York upon il, Co
vernon King and the Legislature sent on deputa
ton here represent tho state Of the fncts and TO
say that Rhode Island could deal with all the do
nestle insurgents easily, but that she claimed the
Federal interference, to keep oil this foreign inva-
SION; and that tho State would otherwise probably
be over'un. The President replied "that he could
not interfere I'LL she was: let them do IT, and he
would then send assistance" But answered they
for there never were moro clesr,headed or rcso
Lutte people, the moment they overrun ne, they'll
set up their government; and they will be in pos
session. you'l have to recognize theirs as the law
fol, the de Caeio government The President snid
che had not though, Of that: but they would have
10 fight them" every well, answered they, we
hgh, them, then It we boat them, VIC shanr wont
help: II thoy beat ne. you will recognize them as tho
true govsrnmsni that's the amount Of il. Good
day, SIR Wen look to you no further" so they
went home, and told their people there WIS no hope,
but in their own patriotism and courage. or these
(thank GoD) little Rholn has large allowances