Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-12-14

was IN ms hand writing. and this the cpniop Ut ohs,
VINO "a" the name tackled down tight OF he Ltsi
',a,scrr-rrey f8vpsfns cocYt. MUMMY
S Hs. = sS and .s a% si. sn'r, sSi; lSds
notsco'' the idea OF Mr.. Cockcs election Mr. Iopkin-
might not have nailed hi. name 70 the seat but il was evil
demy wfneh by him. had no idea tina, ne Would don,
vr ucmr' 10 deuy il; bur hh,ing done so AIN b,t nsI,i
f"'at 'p f'a''s the isse' ,s; s,.,rs. Yours. ,..
\. B.--sipse writing the nbo,p. have b..n ,.s'.,.d
that moro iha" On. member OF the House, WHO knou
SS tSR e. Fys P,s9Gnssd Rs s'Ssn the
Ncvcd BY ,hosS W6 @ III iSst he II NJ, se"s,oy DC
dcncc, had done n-.it was a .niSct OF much ;c.u,s
among the sostabsts; nd tho loads denial i. a mat,
ter ctln9 gfe sqrPsvehle ii, does me, .esnge the
opinion of any one ~hsr sal" how conspcuou-ly the
name wrreu, and how crscinly Hacked down.
only mentioned Joke, thinking that il would
i'siSh ha Tnu i' 1e EnsniIrr h'a and t,le esers4a
.s-isaiz An az 80. a.. s-isHs
Me,>r., Edor&r66 Rielnn5dd Enqnir,ff," 81 the s,h
instant IN noticing the Message 1T Gov. Mcdowell u--s
The ioll0Nviai language il't'Oll flyti1al|
"fhe most eloquent ami effective part OF the whole
Message, the noble pansgyre which he pronounccs upon
the Sncluy Of Iphll faith, aud The yrva, os which
the, Fax law OF The lsst s~son contributed 10 Shield the
credit Ut die Cs4nntohw ealtlt from NhAnon Ii il COM
plin.n u-uy due Z" the authors and supporters II @ law
OF the last SESSION. aid II hl&o virtually CONVEYS the nlot
dgnsd rsb1k,, which We ba,e eyer seem upon fac
tous spnt II hcs w igs, who raisod such camor nj IN,
last spns rl.etis, aud siIen,pcd dcfeu, the Repub
eau cn~bdaiss upon aHground What seahul rtb6uAd
Is produced upon the heads at the camoruus and aspiring
whiss.' uJIl&tfy s y
Now. ypp lavey fully ulpalc.l Gov.
from the change, here Than insinnated wishing To
convey rbuke upon the taeious spirit of ihoss why
who raised camor the last spring .leciions in yoar
Editorial srieG % Friday; in which You aye ap eStrac
ci his Message, affirming that there where $50 be
9nnJ ATTY body ct people wln Would not scofn'the Bgk
siur that should oyade, deny. any manner refuse to
carry mo tnll riieeii faith OF iho sas Bat this
not n-ior the Governor mot cy does Join in III. base
less ely raised ~ ti Epqpi,sr aud repeated hv every de-
mngOguc o the party during tic ii III, LEGISLATURE
eD$ T'sfy ,SSeGSd ~ ~ y EsneySss
the Whes Of vigin, with being Tepudiafors, but he on
the contrary aiiuns las 20 the pecuniny Obligations
State. lher re differences of par,iss nor persons
judgments amongst us." Who. would AK does this
"eoquent aud ecctirer message rebukel II can read
correctly, II rebukes those. who for psy parry purposes
would ix tho dark md ndelby dishonesty upon
one half ID Their own fellow citizens; ilse who in order
u clear their own skirts Ot guilt change upon olbes known
to he mnoeca the crimes u which they themselves
suspected.
The Enquirct in the aliovr Nuac Achnses the Win,
Of raising ealpor at the asi spring iS With lac.
nous spirit but not Roi9rou-and be prov.
ed 10y the speeches ut the Wing members OF the last ems
lare! hy ahths cotenlporansos publications oil the fay
aud by the actions II the nnRs held b. the Wings IN
the civ Cd Richmond sod cisewhets that oiy obisc
ton raised To- the bill passed last winter was the
inequality with which its burdens wera lsidl This the
Wings had pchtct ID Ia, si,d hey viii never DENY
but that they missed sl9moT and endesyoursdto defeat
the LocoiocO candidates upon tho ground oppressive bur
dens being laid BY their revenue bull upon class Of CT
tzens TO the comparative exclusion OF Tie other casscs
IL Is this inequality and this alone, that Wings object 10;
and strangely enous mo II Enotstr.ne il is what we
might expect inom hk good senseA Gov cDowel in this
same message, agrees with s Wings in the opinion that
taxes ialag nequslS aud particular in
tees and classes are anjast The following his re-
marks upon thi7 point: 90 '--. 90 'i-'i-- 'r''
Whether the present. Legislature vii continue the plan
oil taNlpoh adoPei oN me last one, pn ks obvious
that unless TIE hlhens q II ae distributed mach po.
sioe' moy MI iall with unequal and oppressive weight
upon particular interests aud classes ot property Thai
lbes Should he ~ distributed At all ios indeed
than Just anal no time perhaps could BE- TT than the
present iof converting this principle OF abstaei uttc ,o
rule OF established nciinn. A. the con,tibatfous winch
are made Tor GOvernnlenf and which are apped Ia H..
support ia the very best ~ them
ALL It results from the evident trut ct the proposition that
all should be routntos. Imf aToIlS OF eIpediency may
be applied 70 lh PnnepG and h made tqqpay IL, opera
hon hat hrfc are no pml.t,ons upon i'sjus"e. This
least ~ POSITIVE and undenabe." ... 1854.
Now, holding ~ thc Wings did What cAS a. clear T.,
every impartial mind rste sunbeann' noiday that the
bill OF the last session unequal in its burdens
and accordingly, oppressive upcn az the rcpnie and com
nerciai Interests Of the Ssts would nqire Is above
doctrine Of e COY ofor's dos fully Justify The Minis
"a large portion whom, are Merehani-) in raising Ga
NOR and endeavoring de|at die ocOco supporters of
the bill. IL false tErfor To sy lt Message convcys
digned rcbukr upon Ihe facIiaus spirit OF the Wings
Tor raising such elamos it, doctrines fully and un
equivocaly justify But suppose the readers OF the En-
qrer will never KNOW any better ey bound believe
what they read. ''----' '''''''' ''' ---''--"
But, Messs Editors permit ne TO inquire whether yoo
do not commit Nisel you fpeskof Governor Me
Nutt the father Of RepudiaOn and again when YOU saw
'Repudiauonis monster generated during the Jackson
era to which We are indebted for many other curses"
- lime since Gov McNus defence Of or reasons
Tor Rephdi,l, appened ind have not COT i,,Ai now by
me- hut II mistake nnL IN addition particular circurn
stances OF tie case as At existed IN Mississippi which he
commended amounted 10 and hr based the general doctrine
of Reputation npUniihis fundamental prineipc tina, ON,
generation OF iInea bRs no night lind afhe ~ hs IN,
earth belongs Ia @Iyg aud not to iha dead and there
fore the present generation r. bound paw thcotgA
lions Of the preceding. This is the grand principle upon
Which Reputation - founded, and IT admitted To be the
II must necessarily lead 20 at melancholy contamination
Now you will turn 10 page 81 II the 81 vol p the WI
ungs o Thomas Jefferson, you will fad that the Gtsai A.
posfie Of liberty labOurs through long letter dated from
Paris ~ l1S9 addressed James Madison TO pfoye This
position assumed nv Gov. McNt,t3 81 -c ot tsys
nc "on this ground which suppose abs Seie,ident that
uc ei@ 6!oHgs ~ HsajrEoi ~ the bring tar the d7,d
hn'e neither powors rights a." Again Ice -ays
suppose that the received opinion that the public debts of
one generation de,OSe the next haibceh suggested by
our seeing, abtunly, private life st he who Succeed,
10 lands ~ required pay the debts 0f his predecessor
without considering that tins requisiion Is municipal only
oEAI, flowing from the will of tue socie ~ which has
found cOrt een 10 Appropriate de lands of dsodnt on
the condition Ol payment o his debts sen
cioyand society generation and there no nIu
ncipal Obligation umpire but the law Of nAluc-And
men goes on 10 make, by reference the bills mCrtaity
calculation showing that al contracts and obligations must
become entirely cAtngucd in years; for says he iii
Ice enforced longer u Is of force and not f right"
And again, upon tbk, ;E vol, ID a. lstet TO Dr.
t"Iq MrIeleulng ~ io previous leIsr Ca Nc. Madison
,o the Pnpgsg correcting ms eqleglsong drawn trp lie
the period oi time for which generation can bind nno
ther exactly Is yeau and monIs I've comes 10 the fol
lowing conclnsonj Then, @ eoHrgcf constitutions and
laws Of such society become r6d IN nineteen yenrs
from their date" Whr conclusiOn H. e doctrine of re-
pudiaion, without the mitigating circumstance Of fraud ~
alleged by Gov. NcNuu. .... .....
Now, LEI notbtsiid tlInt hii- was vasht specuntion
Of bright msginntiontie dream o. aiheof,; lr,tlsit
be remembered that MI Jefferson urged upon Mr. Madison
ue propHey lproducing public consde ration and of
forcing into d,srpsomy Tbs dodRe ~ therefore Of
an snricf birth than the Jackson era and 4 deende fro
more noble father dian be of Mississippi Sony am int
ho author Of DIE Declatdpa ID AInthcsn Ind pendonce
should be H parent d such oiIsRrng; but being 40, il,
I Out ih mat he end hpo claiming 70 bo his pure lsci
pies should bear OIL tie OJium nrisiaf lboftfro THEY
may tndtavo io ret rid Of lac foul stigma Ly charging the
same I'm upon their Opponcts but they Cannot-it will cling
10 ihfm o. close as the shirt 81 Ne-sus UESRY
~ Mr. ssltslor Nsn.crbond, u dttahsa from, h.s
seat by indiep0siii0n..t it.t.r .... .t....,..s,
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