Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-01

to an inquiry nom one OF his friend. IN r.r,h., -
the Housed sl'' think best express the prevsilin,
hrst impression. tie had had il befor. him I'm, n a.
and had only gwen il a general examination .pu,
| said he ait appears 10 mo now to be ro,h;, -
than Jaekscn's Government B,nk In i, ~, ,..'
have all been fighting against for many wears sill
! shall exan,ne ihoroushly, aud try to make IN,
best of il. Ii seems to lie capable Of sunnn, m,
wants OF the country, and can be made anv ,hnc ,I'
than union OF the Purse and Sword. / will .nn
port it," The FIRST two sentences are nearly hi,
exact wofus. The last are, in substance, thoust
pcrhsp, not verbally, his expressions of
and moderate disposition towards il.
As icthe Locotoeos, Benton's lead no Tins, !, car
ries nlcns the party IN Ohio illinois, MISSOURI Ar.
kansas, ana probably Louisiana. Walker, Of Mil.
sis.,np, sna hln: oil Alabama. lsuspec, to he ra,h
Icr Tytfsh' and they may DC marked doubtful ~
Tyler himself does not think that Calhoun will %
for il. Buchanan was last week prcpareJ IN ia
nounee 4, and IL ho had been favoeed with nm IN h.
portun'y then to declare himself, he would have
made a strong speech against il. Even TYLER had
given him up in DESPAIR. But Buchanan. has to-day
made remarks which imply n total change of feel.
ing the subject; do no, know that he has co n.
United himself in favor Of il; but there is u s,ron,
impess'on that no is turning. Doubtless powerful
inducements are working on him. Wright md
Woodbury. ave too much in Van Burcns personal
interest TO favor measure whose adoption by the
LoNiocos would he SO fatal to his prospects A
split IN theL'cooco purity. such us is thto tened
almost incredible TO those who know il, wen
spo's' OF Office for the next three years, and the
use oi them TO some exten, in the next Presidential
cimp'isn, has great weight with some of them
sui believe the tendency of the great mas, of
the Loco'oco p,riy to bc against the whole scheme
AMI should no: I've in the least surprised IN SEQ
them all (inclniing even Tyler's recent Virginia me-
Gnistnns) record their votes against i, at last The
party at present. is held together by such strong N,
tura mutual nthnities, and their continuance in uni
on Is so essential to the future security and import
ance OF their leaders, TIA, they will hardly d,,e IN
divide on THIS point. There may be few deserters:
but the great phnlhnx OF Locofocoism will rem, ain
unbrokcn. lrthcy once divide their front. and H.,
an enemy ride through their several ranks ihev are
routed inevitably, "and will never make head aa,i, y
They would "disbanj," upon such result. as com.
peie'y and finally ss the Fcdcralist party after
1916. f'''S "'''
So much for oil jain Tyler's efforts To conc;Ii,.
md unite the Loco Focos to himself, So much Tor
MS lnhored assimilation Of the "Excheauern TO In,
SUBJ Treasury! So much for al, his kind reten,ion
,, their most Jealous agents in the Federal offices,
w hat shameless in:rs,i,ude! Talk of John Tv
er's treachery to the Whiss7 This trencherv Of
The Loco Focos to John Tyler throws it into The
shade entirely.
. Thus, then, after all these connections, party
ines seem likely TO remain distinct pretty much ss
hey were. The great Wing party OF 1910 will
rem,in an undivided mass, an unwounded body.-
perhaps few members detached from il, like the
hsas c'mbed off from cats back,-but il will he
All the better and easier for the operation. Then
VIC go to the people with the great question of the
:urrenry settled. as far rs Congress can do il now
Anu u The scheme proves feeble, incomplete. in
,o"s!uous, or IN any way unsatisfnctory each
years expcr'eneo will enable the people to find IN.
means oil periectns It, at their pleasure.