Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-01
RICHMOND WHO.
MONDAY MORNING. AUG. 4.


Office to eonsummate the treaty with Eng land. Ills
private inclinations-,hc Contempt he must have
entertained for the accidental President, urged him
to reure-but they were made to yield TO a sense
OF public duty. To accomplish so much for his
country as to settle honorably all our differences
with England, he thought was worth perilling
all his political hopes and his good name. lie
ie't as keeny as any friend could for him, the 70
proaches to which he was exposed-and, without
explanation, justly exposed for retaining Office under
the circumstances. Blu, the greater the sacrifices Of
feeling and OF reputation. the greater and more
glorious would be his final triumph.
This Is the mode in which MIR wcbster's CHAIR
table friends have sought to excuse or justify his
conduct. They were more charitable thaa We were.
We were 10th to surrender the good opinion we
had conceived OF him. But after writing his memo
rable let,er-statins that he saw no cause for the
lato Cabinet to resign-when he knew that MIR.
Tyler had acted with duplicty towards them-to
sit down quiet, and contentcd With an association
with Tyler, and lend tho authority of his name to
the abuse Of men, and Of principles, which he had
zealously supportsd-iorced upon us the very
worst suspicious Of his political integrity. live
Judged him too hastily and too har hy, we shall
not sorrow at an opportunity to couec, an erroneous
judgement, But the exposition TO vindicate his
innocence and justify the grievious wrongs he has
done to the Wing party-musi be clear as a sun
beam;-and il would be nothing more than fair to
require that he make effort to mitigate the evils o.
which he has been the author. He alone has given
any weight to this Administration, or any trouble to
the Wings. Had he retired, when the other mem.
bers OF the Cabinet did, Tyler would have sunk at
once to the embraces OF Loeofoeoism, openly and
without disguise, and the Wing party would have
been rid OF the reproach of having any connexion
with him, and free from all responsibility for his
acts. As i. was, his remaining gave colour to tho
bierest taunt the Locos could throw into our teeth
that Tyler was whig for none but whig
they said) would permit Daniel Webster to lie
Secretary of State. MIR Webster mus, do W ha, he
can to repair the mischief have sustained through
him, from this CALLING impu,ation.
When MIR Webster retires, the Administration
will become avowedy, what it has long been in
realiiy-thoroughly Locofoeo-a circumstance to
inspire every true Wing with joy. On wha, terms
MIR w. will leave his Excellency, We are not ad
vised. He may affect respect, but he will find it
difficult TO persuade the world that he feels any,
We are indebted TO friend in Washington for
the following letter:
Correspondence OF The Wig.
WAsHNoroE, july %, 1912.
II you think that an occasional sketch of the in
cidents which are passing at the National Metro
polls, drawn by an unpractised pencil, and few
random coniec,urcs to men and measures, by one
who lays no claim to extraordinary sagacity, would
be interesting to your readers, am willing now
and then to spend an hour during my necessary So
journ in Washington, to contribute as far as can
to their entertainment.
This letter will be devoted 10 the treaty with
Great Britain, and to MIR Webster. Tho treaty has
been concluded and will be sent into the Senate on
Saturday or Monday, and there seems to he bu,
little doubt that it will meet the sanction of tina,
body. There are good many very amusing things
said about the OF the President in REGARD TO
l.. IL IS alleged that after Lord Ashburton and MIR
Webster had agreed upon the terms, and the Com.
missoners from Maine ard Massachusetts, had
agreed upon them, Mr. Tyler was still hesi,ating
on the subject, and continued in state Of uncer-
talnty until MIR Adams had mado some remarks in
the House oil Representatives rather adverse to IT,
when 10 and behold an extra slip from the Mad.
sonian was issued in hour or two afterwards.
giving the information that the President had agreed
to it, The precise terms Of the treaty have not
yet been made known TO the public, but have rea-
son to believe they will be perfectly honorable and
satisfactory 70 all parties concerned. Lord Ashbur-
ton has said that he would greatly prefer making
no treaty. to one which was not acceptable to our
Government, for such adjustment would only
tend to create instead OF aay i'll blood between the
two nations.
Important as this treaty is il derives additional
consequence from its connection with the future
movements Of MIR Webster. You know il has been
said by his friends for many months past, that he
was decidedly opposed TO the measures Of MIR ~
Ter, and that he induced to remain in the Cali;
net only by the critical condition Of our Foroien
Relations, and that as soon they assumed more
favorable aspect no would resign All our Difficult
ties having now, through his agency, been amicaby
settled, the public have naturally begun 10 look 10
his future course with deep interest. Nothing Ger
tain has ye, trnnspired TO what il will be, but
venture to hazard the prediction that he will rein
quish the Office OF Secretary OF State in less than
two weeks. Rumour says he has already sent his
cards to all the Senators except Mr. Cnthbert OIL
Georgia, and Mr. Allen Of Ohio; and this is con-
s,ruod preliminary ceremonial to the severance
OF the official relations between him and the Sen.
ate.
Many OF Mr. Webster's friends havo remarked,
OF ote, t1t MS spirits are much better, and that he
looks and talks and seems TO feel more as he was
wont TO do, than since tho death Of Gen. Harrison.
They attribute the change TO the knowledge, that
the time was fast approaching when he could re.
lease himself from the thraldom OF his connection
/ with Mr. Tyler, and stand before the country re
lieved from the odium which has rested upon bis
name for yeBr past. do not set myself Up as the
defender Of Mr. Webster. There ore many things
| in his course which I cannot approve (; but still
| think nc has been too harshly condemned. His
position has been one Of extreme dclicacy and
difficulty; and he was Untitled 10 soma charity nj
the hands Of his old associates. fIe knew on the
| one hand, that his wisdom and prudence, and pro
found knowledge Of the subjects in dispute, were
necessary in the Executive councils TO save us from
| war; and on the other, he mus, have seen that bv
holding his place in the Cabinet after his colleagues
had retirod he subjected himself 10 thousand iniu
rious suspicious He was TOO sagacous too, not
TO SEQ that he had not the confidence and good will
either Of the nominal or the ACTUAL Pfesidont
This was painful dilemma. lie was between
ScYlla and Charybdis On tho oue side, was the
sacrifice Of the best interests Of the counlry-on Inc
other, dssrust and obloquy, which, 10 a proud miod
must have been almost ntolofabe. These things
were well calculated 70 produce that appearance Of
detection, which exhibited itself TO the mos, casual
observer. But as the hour Of bis doliverance 40
proachod, no seems 70 have frightened up-bis
eountenance wears new nspecl-his step is lighter
his face 10 occasionally iliunined bv ebeer1ul
smiles, and his friends are ready TO ezellim, "Rieh
ard 10 himself again." | presume no will pubiisi,
Il | an exposition az his motives and nurpo,.. - 4