Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-10
Letter from Country Correspondent OF the E Tito
of the Whis.

Hotels, &c &C., rsi page Of daily paper.
Letter from Country Corre,ponien, OF the E Tito
of the Wing:
The acting EIitor ofthe Wing observes: ''Ths
Country has certainly not yet suffered, however
the sharpest cllamites through whi:h q nation can
pass. Unmolesied without and free within
we have, in the main, Hourishe,; and if not now
prosperous or happy, it would be difficult to say
why, unless because We have not chosen to bes,ow
upon ourselves, Ivy good conduct as Individuals and
patriotism as c.tzsns, the blessings which were in
our power. II any has not thriven il is either
OF his own devsing, as private citizen, or OF that
of the Government which he himself in part di.
reefs"
Verify, the acting Editor has knack a, admin
istering comfort He reminds one OF The m .,hod
taken by Don ouiXoie TO console Sancho for one OF
his numerous drubbings, by assuring him that his
back must certainly ache so badly from having re
celved the larger share of the Carriers blows :
Where did the acting Editor Of the whis learn tn,
Phlosophy OF besto~ins relief, 10y Informing the
sufferer that his mistorunes were OF his own cres>
ton? II Is the greatest possible aggrava,on OF mis-
fortune OF any kind, the consciousness that il sell
inflicted and he who studies to essuage the pais
OF calamity, personal or national will forbear 10 re
proach the victim with having been the chief aeen,
IN producing his own suffering. Why tell the PEG
pie of Virginia. at this period Of deep and universal
gloom, "had you worked somewhat harder, or prac.
Used more parsimony, or watched your Govern
meni more vigllaniY," your misioriunes would not
have ove'taken youl The informa,ion even were
il true. will not pay their debts, or aver, beggary
ard the runous sacrifices OF property which are
every where occurring or impending. Neither is IL
necessary as moral lesson for the instruction OF the
future; for II IS not true that the people OF Virginia
have either specialized wildly, or INDUCED them
selves beyond their circumstance Some indiyidu
ais IN towns may have done 50; out since the year
1884, when the frs; effects Of Jackson's experiments
nesan 10 be iet through the currency, the people Of
Virgins have studied economy much more than was
their won't IN prosperous TINES. Nor is IL true that
they are greatly in debt. Perhaps they are less So
lar less than at many former periods Of their history
1T sSor THE AMOUNT OF THEIR DEBTS that rem
GERS ther situation so deplorebe, BUT THE SEARCH
TT OF MONEY. In many parts of the State il is
almost literally true that there is currency. Men
IN sfnuent circumstances, and of unencumbered
properly, find II extremely difficult 10 procure small
sums Tor the most indispensable occasions. Conf
dence between man and man, such as formerly ex
Ised, there IS mono. What must be the consequences
H. OF such time legislative henevolence does not
interpose 10 arrest the SheriF's hammer? What
car u be but ruin 10 many whose property, IN or
binary times, would be of four times the value in
money II will now communicative have been &c
cusIomed 10 regard themselves rs independent, and
nave reared their families in that eIpectAtiOn-to
make the rich richer and The poor pooror-to gorge
the S1ylocks oil the day with the plumber OF
the industrious who have sunk under tho wave Of
mIsrule or Of the good man whose kindness NJ
o.
Trend or neghbof7 These must he the conseuuen-
ces to terrible cGient-snd shall il be said that no
reiei must b. extended, for fear forsooth it may
ie'd 10 an undue relaxation Of public morals The
reason Is not merely insufficient; it is insulting be.
sides. IL IS plseing the People in an Inferior the
Legislature in superior position, and constituting
the aztec the dry nurses Of their masters the peo-
pie.
Bu. with what propricty and justice, can tho
People Of Virginia be charged with being the au-
I nj fhair II.
that their own want Of economy, or their own Ia
zness has placed them in their present csndition7
Is this uuef IL Is not, hnd f II were, il comes
with a bad grace from a Wing Editor, the
whole putty for the last eight years having as
/ increasingly, as truly, aserbsd the embarrass
monts Of the business Of the country 10 that
rash ond unskful series Of fiscal eIps,imen,s
winch the Administrations OF Presidents jackson
and Van Buren, commenced in revenge, and prose.
eutsJ IN ignorance and domagogism. The people
OF virginia could not help themselves. IL is IN vain
that bounliful nature has richly rewarded the tolls
| Of the Husbondmln. SO she does in Turkey. IL
Is easily practicable for bod government to counter.
net the lbeTality u Providence and the iris Of
human indusiryi and bavs no hesitation in avor
ring my belief, that since 1882 we have been af.
ncted so tar 40 the fiscal concerns OF the country
were involved, with not only tho unwisest but the
/ most cruel Government on the face Of tho Earth
IL has no. been contened 10 do nothing for the SUP
port Of trade ond business but its measures have
~
nvoWed warlsro upon commerce, credit, and tho
industrial classes. Thego know 10 lie the private.
individual opinions Of the Acting Editor OF the
| Wing; opinions which he has ably maintained in
public and must regard il somewhat ungra b.
eious 10 him Hots, and for an accidental purpose,
virtually 70 disclom them, and os ungouerously as
enormously 10 point Of foe, 10 twt the people OF
/ Virginia with having brought their mlsfyTtunes pom
/ Themselves
! ], IS true he partially comedies in the extract
above, bad government as one cause Of the gene
raj proslrallon; but in doing The merit Of the con.
cession IS weakened by the rsprosch which accom-
panes u. The Wings al least, are guiltless Of
participation IN any Of tho destructive measures oil
the Federal Government Tor the last 10 years, add
hefo Is no poetic jusiice IN their spnrng the rori-
buuoni and u IL equally true, no doubt, that thei,
opponents were innocent Of oil intention in tho sup
port they e1lended 10 Gen Jackson, Of snbvertios
the prosperity and happiness Of their country
Still this has been the result. General PROSPERITY
Is no more. Distress is universal. And the ques
! ton should be with the Patriot. not 0hat nort,
OF man or eause produced Il, but how il can b.
mitIgated or relieved. The claim Of tho nso
pie for Legislative assistance 10 in no Wis
invalidated by tho Circumstances Of their bav
ing been either directly or r,mstely, the ins,ru
y ments Of their own sudofngs. The countf
J Is theirs, and the laws and no power saye Ihe So
V prtne, ean cay 10 them, "yOu have deserved vbs
you now suhsr-you have been The s,ehi,s.,s
y your own ruin, and you shall have no rejef| Tn
might be said and enforced at 81 Pe,ersbu,g or N
Sublime Porte, but there are none 20 say IL hare
70 80 Tar as Virginia is concerned, tie People
large have had no fundamentally except tho ver