Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-21
RICHMOND WING.
SATURDAY MORNING.. MAY
WING PROSPECTS.

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| There have always been some good wings, who
could not be persuaded to take cheerful view of
things. They see difficulties and have doub;s about
every thing. This the case during the last
canvass. When, 10 the more sanguine it was per.
feetly manifest, rhat GEM Harrison would be elect
3D. notwithstanding the weight he carried still there
were some good nstured eroakers. who saw Ger
tain and overwhelming defeat These gentlemen
have recovered from the surprise into which they
were thrown by the wings sweeping 10 States. and
We hear their dcsful notes again sounding. MIR
Clay, they say, can't be elected, they fear they
] prefer him TO all the worj-but he can't get the
votes-hs is too great and good man. too honest
and bold to be appreciated by this degenerate age.
Now all we ask OF these gentlemen, if they cannot
! be persuaded to look upon the bright side OF the
picture, is TO keep their mouths Shut until they
Sstounded again 10y another isI0 victory-ior vic
torious We shall he, so sure as ~ comes round.
The people Of this country cannot submit forever
be governed by knavcs or fools-Thoy proved this
in io-when they rose in their majesty and ex-
PEELED the Van Buren, dynasty from power. De-
feaied in their Just expectations Of the glorious
suits OF tina. great struggle by death and treachery,
they will rally again, ard make work next time.
lie, the eroakcrs give dependency to the winds.
We have a great and noble contest ahead, ono At
10 warm the blood and rouse the energies Of patriots
We have the whole chapter of accidents, in our ia
YOUR, and boundless field OF hope before us. The
adversary for the first time is disraeied-We put
him to rout when united; can do il much more ca
silly when weakened Ivy division. Trey may say
what they will, but they annotunite and harmonic.
They have too many great men Second rate)
among ihem,-whose pretentions are about equal,
and neither will therefore yield to the other. Mr.
Calhoun towers above them all in in,eect-but
this advantage is more than neu,ralized by his
want Of popularity among the mass.
We, on the 9th er hand, have but single leader,
on whom all Wing hearts arc fixed, and to whose
success every stout whig arm in the land will be
oheerfully dedicated. He ranks all his rivals in
abilities, and in important services rendered his
country. The history of the Republic for the last
80 years IS his history, and every grea, and bench
cent measure OF that period is impressed with his
genius and Craftsmanship. But little of good have
the people derived from public acts, which cannot
be traced TO him; and his friends can proudly boast
tina, OF the evil which has al cied the land, but
small portion indeed, if any, be laid at his door.
Ca'anlites have come, in despite OF his exeriions,
and by departing from tile line OF safety, which his
wisdom marked out.
II, in public services, and in all the attributes OF
the Statesman and the Orator, he surpasses any of
his co;emporares;-in the remuneration he has re.
ceived, he has fallen far behind them all. No man
Of this or any other age has been vifed and tra-
dueed so much. He has run the gauntlet of dela.
nation since his entrance on the public stnge-anj
for the last sixteen years. every species of vtupe
ration, which the vocabulary OF billinssgate could
supply; every mode and degree of SANDER, however
e'uel, which malice could invent, have been lavshed
upon him. He has survived them all-proud, erect
unseathed and unscaiheab'e. 1t is time now for the
public feeling 10 undergo a change. Il is time for
people 70 be wsaried with being unjust to their best
friend and greatest benefac;or. They have had the
satisfaction OF prosecuting him and seeing him wrthe
under the torture ons that for the sake Of vare
~, II net Of humanity, they should releut lit:le
ana try for the substitution Of praises for
curses. Relying upon the patriotism and the sense
Of justice Of the American people, We look forward
eoIhdenty to a popular reaction in favour of this
great and persecuied PATRIor. The undeserved
anaihemas, which have been heaped upon him, will
eventually be Transmitted into blessings. People
may be transported for a season with passion, and
inhamed violently against their benefactors-but,
with the bulk, there is malice the bottom; and
with the return OF reason comes the aba,emen, Of
resentment, and disposition to repair the injury
which has been done. Even envenomed cilumnie-
tors cannot forever succeed in poisoning the fountain
Of truth. The tooth Of de,racton-tho' hard IS ada
man'-like Rrche's-canno, last always;-from
eonstan, airiiion against the fs of truth, it must
wear away to the quick-and every effort to bite
vii. impari keener pang 20 the bitter Than the bit.
Henry Cay, and through him his country, will
profit by this law Of our moral and physical ma
turs.