Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-03-21

foe his countryhe ascr1be the preservation ana
praise Heaven and Him who there presdes guard pat
riots fate aud patriots charge!
Lives there he man. alas! unenvicdpar,
Dares love his country with honest heart
Finn to his aim, pursues her interest still
Through factions frantic rage and fortunes ILL.,
unsweved, undazzled, unbeguled- unpaid.
To subservient and OF aradi
More woes are his and worse than e'er bee
Her'eles on earth OF sisyphus in he'll:
Hate, envy, which nougla but death may
Suspicious friends, good deed. turned to shame:
Revenge remorsees~ such As hends might feel
or rcgues dotsetnd a. tt'y .naHite stoaL
Unmasksd deceit. and bahled malice
Liku angerrd scrpcnts which the foot might spurn;
Round him the blood hound hovi-eaeh blow accused
.finod CoEztry strikes his bosom srs"
Such gentlemen, has been my hard late IN public lie
II has been mine especially, owing peculiar task
Congress. "ln these fair days.
when patriot. push fer places, but to prove
They love their country as themselves they love
has been my dire duty hold up the the knaves,
lest they should haf forget their decrmy." cheat
their conscences and hope by cheating others
This has been enviahe part and could
give mortal offence those who could bear their
reflected images. And for showing them themselves,
they have exhaused all the powers and all the OF
temptation bride, intimidation, threat and SANDER upon
my frame and fame Knowing that where they cannot
buy, shake, shoot sentinel his post, their
rest plan of removing faithful guardian OF the counrys
camp Is TO raise suspicion against hun amidst freedoms
own host cause his warning be discejted. and then
they the citadel they aim all their blows is him.
but the country feels force al last The wounds thev
iniet, then, honorable thank them for ti= srars
wear, and point them with much PRIDE evidence
OF patriotism, did old MaIs Of Rome Old Hickory
Gentlemen there is need of faithful senne!s. The IA.
uon has that with which Republic has corrup-
ted and desuoyed-sold; treasury 10 be watched, and
you have been pleased add enconium that am
the untiTiRg Investigator Of Treasury frauds"
The Treasury is the stable which have been trying
cleanse IL would twelve abors each of twelve
Hercules These Treasury frauds" as you call them
properly, are not understood. They are looked on by
most our own friends even, individual only, of
neglect, or malfeasance corruption. But gentlemen
mey have broader character and scope They
merely the derelctOns of individuals, but contrary
are parts and parcels of grand system of party ambition
OF personal lust for party power conspng against pub
nc liberty and are natural and necessary results and effects
from Preconcered and conved causes which are now op
Grating, and have been operating yea and which must
be sradicaied before the effects the frauds themselves will
Their cause and effect and entire philosophy, are
beautifully illustrated, gentlemen in which
lately read called "Od Things and New or Ancient Fa
bes and Modern Men," written BY whom don't know
Inc pledge OF Mr. Van Buren,, that he would ''olow in
te footsteps oil ms lustrous predecessor forced
pledge; 1t was welcome his wishes conformity with his
own previous plans. This "NIcin prince the wizard
tribe" had the subte art To sway the will and tant the
yielding heart OF Gen. Jackson. In him united the
serpent aud the fox the OF the and the seght
OF the other He is passionless and heart guile
and face OF Establishment. He had quanum of
power belonging TO his native State which ne could WELD
win HIM, men are knaves FOOLS the his victims the
other his tools What bold would seek by force he
would gain by gold. To corrupt, with him. is safer than
to destroy He loves power but is brave; and ne
cannot seize upon II, he may undermine. He scos at
virtue honor for honors sake Potrey po,ry
the solid substance he pursues His theory is that the
same impulses which, every age, made saint or hero or
sage made yrants too; that occasion and chance give d.
Tecton alike TO the patriot and the knave; that no man
was ever good or great, except from policy the complex
ION OF the umes and doubt he ready to be a patriot
H. IN the public view, the virtue Of patriotism would gain
The most. But, IN days Of rank cOuupton-when tools
were ready 10 his hand-when crowds were eager 10 sell
themselves, their county their God for goEd-when
ehei'aln whose fame had outyed his wits seated on
the throne-when he behind throne and could turn
that chiealn's popularity his own use-when he could
explain the laws and bring the nations TO his feet
-dy should he be patrodrudge 10 DC sandered by ,
and miJudged by fools No!
" Let Clay be AoAe't, doomed o meet
HIS dire desert detuetion aud defeat.
mus ey h' weakne-, Il was BIZ To sal
The stream along, before The moving gale"
lie rosOrted the golden brbes"-be bopgbt the o-;.
win us own gold 1t was fair Transaction and he called
upon the laws and the safety fund 10 attest the deed H.
haered Jackson for the cheese Iustrious Chief -
second washington" =" Greatest and Best -" Hero
Of two Wars" -" Born to Command" -. Victor II the vic
tors OF waterloo" - Satc-man than Hero -
Equal IN all things, and in all :hngs Great' lie famed
ana s"oihed the on who, show be was hafo which
ne was praised, and TO display these varied taen mot ~
ing that Merlin pointed the way commenced 20 nnpop,
unheardoi doctrines To be great he must be ,yg,gaI
With rude hand he seized the wheels Of government
Now numbering yeioc. following ve,oe. roll;
Who shall restrain the action Of n-odinate powers n
these powers oppose, the Government must move zgzag
or stand still u all cOniusOn-hese clogs and cb.cE
and wheels He for one greut wheel Il, rive ,,ot,,
70 all the rest. These his PRINCIPLES he wa. ,t
ana mese ne thought were his own, all the
while that he was the tool Of deceit and the victim Of
smile Nothing but glory him. He assumed with
honest zenl, the nations for the un1s veal m
TOOK the TeSPoastbiify" and crushed Monster Of the
Law -aho the result was, that the Of chartered rght
main u be destroyed be Tan i5dfs his successor Eyr
eiom advanced and every power usurped became IN,
legitimate means Of more The startling creed which n
shocked % be heard, the accustomed car
though of proclaimed Jackson claimed tbst ~ vas AIS
"tO Judge the aw'-and the law perverted ep lin ,J
Does not Parzan squnnder the public money! the laws
allow II Tor the public good Is the Treasury piferedl It
slfnaHes!
and powers ofaH IN on, department bieut
Mean ius-io simplify che Government"
Thence from this awlcss lust for power tins fsla.hooi and
ha',e and from this license. these Trasuryfud,
and "all our wcc'
VINO psrPesie these irauds," that war No; If tbey
were now cOnylcu In the Peneutiary (which ,bs Pr
aeni recommends for hem)l would, had the power
Psfoon mem Until the system DESTROYED and IL r,of
founder-ihc Chief otendos-brougbt 4, ipstce Tic
umcs' may be- have acted upon the author Of this syste
but now, he and his system act In ti,i- 49,, ,..yii
upon ho tunes hold not the Snartwout. and Precs ,rd
HAIRLESS, and Boyds, and Inns and Spsncers and I'D ,
host OF deiauie, responsible; but do orraign AZ m lar
o. the country the Van Burens and Woodbury. and t.
Ceanders and Perennses Of the Palace who Invented i
system Of punder and spos !" who counteusnce and go
nve ai those who practise IT, creed and who profit by the
prolgacy they have engendercd and encouraged bv .,
official and Internal influence.
To show that hess frauds" do exist hos been my part
and '
Al have their part 10 For who would wish
To LEI such great occasion pass nwnv
Nof marx " with rcnownf Who does not hear
The voice u glory when HE country cais7"
heard her voice CRYING 90 moto ALTO wine off ,lo -
Of hor polluonto cleanse her from corruption which s
lies her honor and saps her hbcry-nnd obcyoJ the call
snpealcd 20 the Legislative DEPARTMENT. aas, Cnesar lad
anticipated that resistance; he had made good his own pro
phocy, hsi through the appointment Of members of Con
gess % Office corruption would become the order Of the
Day IN The Senate and House Of Representatives. But n
'pic Of the party" IN the first sitompt compelled the
rsni 20 advance his usurpaon FAR asinsoony deny
md RESIST the right 81 the fcopethe right Of their repre-
entatieeso inquire into the conduct Of Executive officers