Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-18
X CHI M o ND {:
TUESDAY monNINo. JANuAny =.
LeeeGeeo Prospects.

Whilst our Loeofoeo friends ate chuckling over
the dissensions OF the Whi:s, and congIatul,tiny
themselves theieupon II may bc arniss to remind
them Of some indie itons in their own ranks. which
oode them no good. 1.-THE WING party have been
oa'ked by treason, and defeated in their efforts to
redeem the promises which they made To the coun.
l"y-and II apathy and distraction have been the
'o"sequence-t Is by no means certain, that our
eSu'uns odversaties will reap the Lene6, Of our
ana me coun'rys discontinue. Fortune is tickle
"' ''p'cous-"nd altho' to day she may be smil
"s ""a SEDUCTIVE TO morrow she may play prank
upon her ctcdulous vo,aries, which will remind
them Tor years of the leading traits in her cber,c
ter. The Locos may now feel confident thu, hv
and through the aid OF the trcachorv of Inn, ~ Lon,
accicnt placed n, the head OF the Whiy Marty ,h.,,
will succeed. They may even to so no ex,cn, ,,o.
ht 10y the treason willis, they despise tie traitor
but they not out of the reach of adverse CONT,
senccs. They have not yet satisfied the people or
the States that the destruction Of their mos, impor
'nnt institutions, will promote their welfare and in
crease their wealth and responsibility -rhev have
no. yet convinced the country that hard for
the Government aud rags for the people is n sound.
Just and wholesome policy;-or thu, the people Of
this commercial country and in this commercial NJ,
can submit to be ground into dust by the opcro;on
o' tho hard money system. when they have nc.
compished these Hcrculran labors-new ,l cul,;es
will still arise. Where aud who is the lea who
can unite their forces and bc,r nloit their banner il;
triumph Will thew rally around the man wbo
las, year was expelled from the helm of Govern
ment by nineteen of the &c S:n,cs, and hv twelve
hundred thousand yo,crs1 Will the million be in
suited Ivy having this mans pretensions again utgcd
upon ihcm' VIII tho Hspirants for the same hsh
post again submit "a have their claims deferred Cor
one who II had his turn-who once had and lost
IN empiro' VIII they not he ,xcusablc for refusing
10 en'rust their cause to one whose soli>hncss or
weakness, or both combined has brought Jis,s,c,s
nnon them ALP 1.-The. for these or Cor other re,sops
he rcrudiacd, on whom can this cohesive Marty
rally With any better prospects of success? Uron
MIR Calhoun Mir Bcn,onl Mr. Buchanan MIR
Cas-? Mr. Webster MIR Tycr7 Which Of all
these will bend tho knee to the oihcr2 MIR Ty'er
may claim prcccdcuce-os he has the spos-the
mos substantial capita in the concern-but who
will allow his claim longer than for the currcn, four
years. Mr. Calhoun considers himself pre- emf
ncntly entitled TO the honor-and nothing can mr..
'undc him, that he will not receive it, until the oec
TOR" votes are counted MIR Benton regards him
sell me true Representative of the Democracy md
erc no doubt, but that he has trar serrahlc
I ntt
will the "Hones, Nuier," whom lie once snc,rod
at as never having invented So much as n humbuc-
give him his support Will the gen,lemanlv and
courteous Buchanan And what chance has Mr.
Buchanan What States can he carry with his slow
wages" speech and his anti-democra,ic blood7
We repeat if the Wings have their troubles. n.
present, the Locos threatened with equally :,
rious ones in future-at n time, too, when dissen
| Sin ,xp,1I la Ill
we should not be surprised, If, in the course or
events, many OF those now acting against the
Wings, should he found the most active md ro,v
etu auSiliaries IN tho fight for the restoration of
Wing ascendancy. Knowing the bad traits of those.
win whom they have been acting, and becoming
convinced that Wing principles are essential to m.
preservation Of the Republic and the happiness and
prosperity of the people, they will rally to the
Wing standard with zeal and determination. which
no opposition withstand
The correspondent of the u. s. Gazette ndvcrts ,o
the storm, which is brewing in Loco Focoisn,.
WAsHIsGToN, Jan. O. 1912.
Chandler, Esq.-Situatcd as the grea, VIII, |
party is and has been for some months n,st-
thrown INTO IT'S unfortunate position 10y causes which
all understand, and which IL is therefore only neres
sary to advert to,it is not at all surprisnO I'm,
they should become ls,less and Respondent, Bin,
they should take care and carry this feeling ot
100 lar. All - not lost that
ger; and victory has often crowned those whose |
cause was far more hopeless than that of the Wins
at the present time. There is one circumstance |
which should inspire them with hope and rouse |
them, ut proper time To action namely if we have
difficulties, the Iocos also have theirs and lbev
are thickening upon them. Ii, with the Wings one
is for Paul and anaher for Apolas so il IS with
their Antagonists. Mr. Van Buren, has no ldc, Of
beng laid on the shelf till he has served out an her
four years. MIR Calhoun has long had his eve uron
the Presidential charlse long indeed thnt ne must
now seize or forever yield the prize. MIR Buchanan
too, puts IN hs claim, and has no thought of defer
ring 10 any other ciaman'; while the "NliSsouriinu
will roar like the bulls Of Bashnn, il his friend Van
buren,, or himself is not rendered u nomination. OF
all those named, MIR Van Buren,. think stands the
iaiFcst chance OF being nominated. for the reason I
that heis better manager than either of tn. oilers
has tho most skiiliul potcd, tncicitns attached
to his cause. and will, 1t is probable be supported
by The Globe. AT the same time, Mr. Van Buren,
Is less ike by the leaders of the party generally
than any at the individuals named, except him of
Nissnur. "Alr Van Buren," sly they-and 90
not give imaginary rematks-"ls good mana
ger for himself bur made some gross mistakes, Ivy
which the party was defeated, aud is, moreover.
cold and selfish. lie is also unpopular with the
people.
"Mr Benton wants that polish and courtesy of
manners which the occupant OF the White House
shoI'd possess The first Magistrate of tho notion
should he the first gcntlemnn OF the nation. But
his manners aside, he wants Iberaty and expand
ed views; his preudlccs and cnmltlcs too strong
and he would be surrounded by set OF dem1gogucs,
AgrnrIans Jewellers and ultra Democrats.
"As to MIR Calhoun, were he nominated, we could
count on no State certain for him except South
Carolina. His notification and violent hostility n
the tariff laws, killed him politically NJ the North
mud he has strength at the West-nOr would
the South un,e on him.
"As to MIR Buchanan, he is a gentleman and
Statesman of unmpoachable private character; and
were It not for his former ultra Federalism ard his
most unfortunate low wages speech. we might make
n strong candidate OF him; perhaps uf.er all he
would be tho best man we could unite upon. these
objections to him to the contrary Notwithstanding"
Such, IN substance, the remarks which fell
from few OF the prominent members OF that party,
| IN n casual conversation which took place in this
city during the last week. mention it to show,
what before remarked, that II the Wings nro sur
rounded 10y difficulties their opponents have obstG-
ces To encounter too IN regard to the selection OF
their candidate for the Presidency
PrOeeedingsia .Nto York in relation 10 The Bank
rupt net
! Tho sutjoined notice Of the proceedings in New
York will ares, The attention Of tho Southern pub
lie. All political parties there, themselves in
/ favor of n Bunkrupt Inw-but whit is most impori