Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-21

bnat NO ~ kcss oiaCk knlu nc mas ptot
painted. ve s,ill hold it our business, in the public
function which No exercise. to mark distinctly ou
general adherence Of his denoRiac per,on. Will,
We approve the particular act. in which he has de-
waited from his customary character.
The worst principles that human iniquity evel
adopted into a system become, to certain extent
good. IL uniform. They have, thus far, one of the
strong characteristics Of Virtue itself They are
consistent, they are sincere. They seek to do o.
penly the i'll which they propose to them selves as
good. They can, therefore, be eombaued in the
fair field, in manly fight. Should the good who
have the courage to resist 10 everthrown. they
know what to expect, and can, when submission i,
unavoidable, hslfdisirm the open wrong, by avoid
ing that in which lis particular injustice lies. In
every thing therefore, tina, belongs to social life or
to politics, is III Principles that arc dangerous
but the having none ut all. There arc, in truth,
homes, rascals, and most dishonest ones. Colonel
Benton, Robert Owen, Fanny Wright and others
who hardly preach Evil for Good, are examples Of
the former sort; Mr. Tyler, Mr. Spencer. Mr. Web
s,er, MIR Gushing, Tom Richie and that crew are
| rich instances Of the latter.
What are such as these last ft for, but TO betray
the good and Ill alike, TO substitute their own
wretehed aud disgraeeiu personal successes for thu
prevalence Of every thing broader and bo,der, and
In iod tho entire struggle Of society TO be such rs
tie strong and sincere public will would have it
either one thing or another ei;hsr boldly ord high.
y right, or so desperately wrong that the errcr it.
self will be its own promPtes, and completes; cure
II therc be any thiag IN Pubc Affairs more per
n.ccus than all the rest the body f such men
Tr1c to no good principle, even while they are a.
vailing themselves Of IL; and fslscT than lla bad
because rot even faithful TO rHEn they are de.ii
tu;c Of even that bad morslity which links villains
together The "honor among thieves" incapable
Of sc,us for the benefit ct others. either good or
bldi and, in short. the pirates and the swindlers OF
public IT., who belcns 10 no cause or nation, but
hOs, all AAss alike to conceal their tue character
and pass f,om County TO Country only to rob all.
OF ,his sort, the Missourian IS not. lie stands
up boldly for the wrong eady TO assert it in arms,
a farce and strong adversary clad in steel, and
~islding the weapons OF manly fight. You know
where 10 hnd him; for he keeps his part OF the field
with standard in the air, ard all tie martial din you
could desire. Show him your face, and there's no
danger OF his striking you in The back. be lays
on, like man, with downright blows. If they
pierce you, 1t can only be because your panoply is
not Of that good sort in which patriotism and hsnor
sheath themselves. Should he--as Heaven doesn't
help the good cause at s:.Ey turn Of the battle
strike you down, why you have only 10 surrender
like prisoner Of war, I'LL rescue comes or cartel
Ia word, he'll fight you fairly-bsat up your
quarters, now and then-surprise you, If you'll let
him, and practice every s,rutsgem that War allows
But he Won't pretend TO join, in order TO destroy
you; nor take the Militia Oath, in order to pull
down the Colours under which 1t was sworn; nor
receive the bocny- money. that he may get chance
10 ride the Military Chest. He won't send the
le~des, and blsesi men that can be raked from a
camp TO phlase every exposed place in your coun.
try Ii is, with him, battle not stealing and assas
sosiiOn ard poisoning, directed, unfortunately
against all the brave who stand in your cowsrdy
way of fraud and cupidiiy.
The Colonel, and for the mos, part those manly
people oiihe G.ts, have been almost the only par,
Of the Democracy who have, from the beginning.
given themselves but little pains conceal the dis
dan with which they look upon the author OF tina,
series OF political crimes, by which they have of late
proh,ed la the Senate, during the las, session, il
is well known that, in regard to many of Mr. Ty-
ler's shameful nominations, he frequently EXPRESSED
himself with the manifest contempt Of the conduct
and evident purposes Ct an Executive determined
apparently, that what is respectable in neither Of
the great parties that divide the country shall pre-
vail, and that imbecty and pton shall D, all
IN oil. OF our friend of the "Od Curiosity Shop
we have several times mentioned how he talks. and
what compliments he pays him.
Aspeech Of Col. Benton required some prepsrs.
ton; and hence the preface with which we have
thought 1t necessary TO introduce tie following 10
our readers. We draw it from the Baltimore Pa.
tro,
COL. BENTON AND TIE TYLER EX
his recent pilgrimage 10 Nilsson
~, Mr. Benton was invited by SONS OF his friends TO
partake OF dinner, which he declined ia a letter
couched IN his usual Bombastc5 style. In the Gloss
Of the !eter which extract as a specimen of The
whole, It will be seen that he denouness MIR Tylets
Exehtqler scheme, which. according TO COL Ben.
ton, Mr. Tyler received from his friend Nicholas
BJdlc, and which Benton killed at the last session
10 singe speech But 10, the Colonel speak for
himself. He taYsi-
Turning 10 our own noble State, VIC gee the De
moeraey IN full power and ready for action. A
base currency AFFECTS tbs State and u is for tho an
pfoaehnE general assembly TO apply the relief
Small note, deprecated paper spurious BANKING
UNAUTHORIZED issue OF paper trash agloss CORPORA.
tons, and The introduction Of base paper from Other
States, have been the curse Of Missouri for som,
time past and IS the only eurse that now OH cts
her. IL Is no longer time for theorzng about
the evil-Te see the Lbuses Vi the paper system:
and leaving theoretical disquison TO meta physical
pollticiIns, u 10 our business to proceed against
these evils, and these abuses and 10 ersdieate
them, while the iedefhsts seek to psfpetuats them
IA ofder 10 drive the people to what their late
Grace (Mr. Webgef) now calls an obsolete
idea that's National Bank. 1 began tho war
ngains. tbs bank, almost solitary and alone, twelve
years ago, TOR | had bot lev blckcrs but among
them JACKSON and VAN BUREN, and have
lived to zee The institution IN dust and inny and ils
foremost Champion contemporary referring to Il a.
on Obsolete idea' But he has a new idea, yeelpt
bEehequsr system, vhch he got from Nicholas BID
die 10 November 1871, when tho gteat Banker
visited Washington e,y Tor that purpose ! and hIcb
idea the chsmpi0n gave to Mr. 4 yler who presented
/ u TO COngfess, and where KILLED TIN ONE
SPbbCI. IL - 70 be- brought 10 life and presented
to us again. THIS Exchequsr system IS tho pfogc.
/ ny OF Biddio ard the subs,ius lOr the defunct Ma.
4 lionai Bank, and the new eontnvance 10 put the
credit aud revenues Of the United States IN the hand
/ OF The men and Of tie party who plunderCd widow,
orphans, men citizens, foreigners, nations, states
railroads, canals nnd local banks Of about one hun
dfed millions Of dollars; and which hundred mil
lijns they would have piundrsd from the Govern
ment and People Of the United States had Il no
been Tor J1cksDn's Vetoes md removal Of the de
Posies-Van Bulen's incorporating hostility u
a National Bank
Respectfully, gentlemen,
your friend and fellow eitiz.n.
THOMAS n. BENTON
messr', WIN. Shields, ID Blair,
! Committee, &c.
FROM THE SEAT OF WARS
Though tho Senior Editor Of tho Uaion (oo,
IN WaahinPtonl dsca,.a th.t III 4. oo;o1 a., H..