Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-28

The Wing tornado, which has Just swept over the State
OF Tennessee, seems to have Frustrated this pesulent Dema-
goguc, beyond the power Of resurrection. We delight not
in hooking the fallen; wish not to add a pang to those which
ne inust already experien nee, when lac begins for the first
time to feel the vanity Of ambitions labors. But
there Is Il retnbuuye justice, in the Governors overthrow,
which marks 1t as a fit subject
To point 4 moral or adon n tale
When the patriot, animated by the love Of his Country.
meets with an overthrow in the career Of honorable ambi.
ION, he has that to console him which is far above the ex-
uialon Of success. lie Is conscious that his motives were
pure that no selfish considerations were mingled with his
desire u serve ms Country and that IT he has placed him-
self at any time IN the humiiaung condition of a candidate
for public favor, 1t has never been with a view to promote
his own interest, or advance O particular party at the cost
Of the nation. The position Of such a man, far from be.
ing one Of pam, Is, OF oil others, most enviable. He feels
proud Of his superiority to the temptations which assail and
mis'eaf little minds and rests secure in the returning justice
Of bis countymon.
But, the politician who has always lived upon the breath
Of the mob, securing his influence by tauering their pas.
sions and misleading their ignorance-whose head never
conceived OF heart entertained one thought Of patriotism
unmInslcd with the grossest and most selfish considerations
whose own advancement - the Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and end Of all hs thoughts-when such a pohi
ucian, find his acts no longer available to secure that tor
which HE whole life has been one continued scene Of snx.
iety and toll, great indeed must be the agony Of his spirit
lie cnes like Micah Of old to the Dantcs, eye have taken
away my gods which | made, and the priest, and We are
gone away; and what have ! more7"
Gov. Polk has been always one Of the most unscupu
lOu- of Demagogues. Never has he been known to take one
step for the honor Or interest OF his country. Never has he
dcigncd 10 consult anything but his individual sggrandize.
ment, Of the advancement Of his party. lie has been deaf
alike to the call Of patriotism aud the requsiuons of JUS
uce. Ills overthrow is a proof OF healthful action in the
body polite, which we regard as one Of the most nuspi.
cIous signs Of the times. The inyoute Of Gen. Jackson
ia his Own state, possessing every qualification which goes
to the constitution Of the Dcmagoguc, he has fallen before
the awakened intelligence Of d free people. mighty is
truth aud It shall prevail"
"Whcro said Juuius on o similar occnsion) shall this
wretched old man goY' Abroad, among those Vt his own
party, be- viii be met with the scon which never fails to
attend On an unsuccessful leader in a bad cause. Athomc,
he has continually before his Eyes, the painful memorials Of
his defeat II bee look TO the past, ho sees nothing TO con.
sole him for his defeat, If he cndeuvor to penetrate the thick
veil Of iutunty, he finds nothing but despair. Ref Of his
idol, Popularity, he Is doomed to live witIouthOpc. With.
out the memory Of one good deed, in his whole political
life, u cheer hs forced retirement, he IS destined TO chew
the bitter cudof disappointed hopes for the restof his days.
May Demagogucs Of his stamp always meet with such q
reward.