Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-25
The BEGINNING of irouh. ,


MIR Van Buren has len his retreat n, Kin1erh.oL
and Is now in the city of New York. 1. i, repot,.
cd, that he is about to visit Washington and the
Hermitage With view to force himself again upon
ms Party. lfho can obtain the endorseme nj of the
Old Chief he feels that no eau defy all the combi-
nations against him. Ba, he may be disappont.
ed; Messrs. Buchanan, Calhoun, C ass, Stewart and
Johnson. all conceive that there is no fairness in
giving the little Magician another chance. lie has
had his turn. He had the empire in his hand, and
he lost 1t. There is no equity in requiring other
aspiran,s to yield to him again-And there is very
| '''ue reason IN asking them to defer to one, who
mas been SO badly beaten, and can give no guaran-
lee that he will not be beaten az ain as badly as
before. IL IS an uphill business to rally n mar.
ty around fallen Chief. You cannot awaken en-.
thusasm in behalf of such a one-particularlv
when he never enjoyed the love or confidence OF
the country.
The signs denote tina, wo are not mistaken in
'n's' Already have the Democracy $50 called) in
various parts OF the Confederacy proceeded to no
inmate other candida,es-clearly acting under the
idea, that Swan is used up man." The flag of
Commodore Stewart has been hoisted in the North
-Mt Buchanan is said to be the favori,e of Penn
syivana-and his friends therc have nominated
HIM and declared their determination to niber, IN
nm through good and evil report. Old Tecums,b
-vu'gary called Dick johnson, has been fo,m,ll,
presented as candidate by the Loco Focos Of the
kentucky Legislature. Gov. Cass' pretensons
too, are not without supporters. And MIR Calhoun
who never believed that he would not be elected.
until the votes were counted in the Senate. for III,
last IG years-has he no friend1 Are there nono
so poor to do him reverence What has become
OF all the ehivalry' What has become Of Ri,chc,s
pledge to support MIR Calhoun, if he would supno,,
MIR Van Buren, in 1907 We cannot, and will no,
suppose that the Jun,o will prove false 10 This
solemn pledge, although we thought. when v.
hrst heard Of 1t, that it was merely de,isned 10
bubble the "Honest Nul.ificr." Possibly. !, may
1e the design TO get rid of the pledge by reCcrr,,
the matter to ven;ion-where the fate which
awaits MIR Calhoun is known in advance 10 alI Oh.
world.
letter from Washington in yesterdays Enoui.
rer gives colour to this idea
"a meeting in Mississippi has rnnde ro,,;,.
ton OF MIR Van Buren, and Il VI Johnson. ne prS
sident and Vice President. This is looked NM,
by all hero, rs premature, inexpedient and xrnne
"All here are prepared to 90 cordially ard be,ts
ny Tor The nominee OF a free and full Convention
In discussing these subjects amongst ourselve, 40.
look 10 you 10 discourage these premature nou;r,
tons, in way, as little offensive as possibIe-hn,
still hfmly 10 discourage them. ANY obstinate
advocacy on the part of the press, in favor If nn
particular individual at this time, would but cmbar
rNss our cause and endanger its success. The d.
moeraey here, arc IN glorious spirits. All the f,.
ture looks bright and cheering" ~
But If these several gentlemen are disposed of to
their own satisfaction, what is to be done with
Capt. TyleR II patronage, corruptly EMPLOYED
has any influence tand this is the frs, and onlv
time we ever wished it might have inauenc-> h.
wi" Ue an ugly customer. We wish the Locos
Joy OF their new ally.