Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-07-21
.rnE TYLER GRIPPE.

"THE TYLER GRIPPE"
" the late Administration Impoverished our pockets. h,
enriched our language; for TO IL we are indebted for what
many thought could no longer be invented new crime
and a new word-"SrartteoGfiRg!" Like our obligations
10 tare the Kindred ones which the present dynasty Is con-
tering. lthas furnished to nosology a new disease;-ihat
now prevailing North and South. aud in this ciy-Snd
which they call the "Isier Grippe" or Influenza. Com.
mon people. not understanding the Italian name, call IL "the
Influence" and say the Tyler influence il spreading fast
The disease seems to be n kind OF office seekers cpl.
demic, and produces a great secretory activity ID the glands
OF the head. Some weep very ~plenifuly. as Mr.. Tyler
did ut Harrisburg; Others have n very copious salivary dis.
charge, 50 that their mouths water ut the thought OF an am
pie salary; while others again have a terrible running at the
nose-which organ, indeed, appears to have been the origi-
nal seat OF the affection. Ii first broke out Jus every body
knows) ut Boston; where the Yankees, who had never seen
such a nose as Mr.. Tyler's, Involuntary. at coming before
him. elsPped their fingers upon their smcllers. Just by the
same law of sympathy which made all that collected to gaze
Trip Van Winkle,rub their chins, as they viewed tho enor-
nous growth of his beard. The universal blowing Of noses
that ensued, led naturally to the supposiuon that a very bad
Influenza was raging; and as the partition, which separates
fancy from fact is very thin, that which was only imagina.
ton speedily became reality. The President was of course
rather granied at the demonstration; it was a reference to
the member in which all his superiority lies. Besides the
blowing OF noses isl compliment which has always been
paid to his cloquenee in public bodies.
This is the true philosophy of the Tgier Grippe-which
is admirably named, whether regard be had to its origin or
its effects. Its a disease the least sympathetic. the most
relaxing, the most contemplate. and the most harassing,
which, without being dangerous, ever afflicted a communi.
~; thus occupying in physic the same position which Ty-
lerism does in politics. lfithad been called the Cholera or
Yellow Fever, it would, in many cases, have been attended
with fatal results; but being denominated after the Acciden.
tai Calamity, it eNcites a mingled feeling Of contempt and
rdieulc with those who escape it; which feeling exerts its
beneficial influence m the moor victims who wfithe he.
meath its disgusting fortunes.
The author OF the following letter knew what he was
writing about:
From the National Intenlgsneer.
LA GRIPPE IN RICHMOND.
Extract Of a letter from a Gentleman in Richmond 10 a
Lady IN Washington, dated July Is. lsl3.
AS the .Home Department OF the National Intelligencer
has not advised distant readers of the appearance OF the in
tuenZn, OF grippe, among you, | presume You hardly know
what it is. | have got il in some perfection, and will try TO
give you an idea Of it. | feel as IL had been beaten all
over. The beauties of the epidemic are cold. cough, snee.
zing, and running at the eyes and parts adjacent; fever,
with a very hot dry skin: acute pains from front TO rear,
across the body, and diagonaly: indeed, il does not seem
particular where II hurts. The whole articular arrange
ments are in a state OF arrangement. Though IA is a hot
day am buiIoned 10 the throat, and slept under two blank
cts last night; aud what with pain, nervousness, and fever,
and slecplessness, | was fam to say this morning, with ClaT.
oncc, OH have passed Il miserable night" From deple.
ton and medicine for thirtysiS hours | have hardly energy
or strength to hold my pen. Shakespeare comforts me, as
he has often done before:
"Thcrc is some soul OF good in things evil,
"Would men obseryingly distil it out"
And | wait to see what practical benefit will accurc. | am
writing because | am tired Of lying down and Of sitting up
of trying to read aud trying to sleep.
presume that in only a few extreme cases is there any
danger in La Grippe; but it is assuredly a highly disagreea.
bic companion, and no sympathy. WHATS the maiterr asks
a friend, seeing my lank Jaws and iunamed eyes. Grippe
Ain. and he walks eli laughing. To avoid inficting nv
woes on my ac@haintances here give you the full benef,
Of my interestin the subject; 50 | don't deserve any credit
Tor this letter, rs II gives me relief by diverting my attention
my suierings. | amiree 10 confess thatl should choose
tiad Prince Hassan's fairy carpet just now to drop down
on you aud listen to your chat all the morning at your work,
while | reclined quietly, seduced from consciousness OF my
pains.
1.-THE SUBTERRANEAN"is the title of anew Weekly
paper in New York, edited by the somewhat famous Mike
Its name is expressive of its pnnciples-being de-
rived from the most radical portion of the New York DE.
living for the most part in cellars, and the
cavcrns of the eaTti-like the anticnt Troglodytes-are cal |
SgbteTTdneans. Mikes great object is to subvert the
existing order of things. He is said to be a good.naturcd
person-everp prompt to do a kind service; but unfortunately,
his brain has been turned by political distractions. For
one man to be richer than another, Is to his mind an mex
departure from the great principles OF URirersai
Equality and Equal Rights, and deserves to be visited
with the shaTpest punishment, which the Largest Liberty
Boys can inflict. A few years since his Suh.teuaneans
wont TO carry out their principles by breaAing open
Flour Stores and dividing out the contents. But vi late,
have enlarged their views, and while they abstain from
lItNy uelItudAlOuesl Hty ut lhoOuIlAg, III conjunction WIN /
their political allies, to plumber on a larger scale and
10 make an equal distribution OF all the property in
country. They are mighty men at Ward Elections,
in a manner, control the political destinies of the COM
mercial Emponum-and through it, of the Empire State.
They, therefore, instead OF being " in hiding " of the law,
Us formerly, are in great request. And as their women are
endowed with more than the fecundity Of the rabbit, and
the potency Of the Subienancans' shilalahs at the ballot
suffer no diminution;-the probability is, that they, asa
class, will grow daily in public estimation. The proIni.
nent Democratic aspirunts for political promotion are nlrea-
dy wOoing them with great assiduity, and will, to obtain
their invaluable support, pledge themselves to administer
the Government according to their great fundamental prin-
ciples.
Mikes experiment Of editing a paper for their edifcation
amusement, is one of the boldesi innovations Of the
Heretofore they held reading and writing in quite as
great adherence, as did Jack Cade's men,.
We shall utthe 'Subterranean" on our exchange list,
and watch with no little interest the result Of letters upon
the intellccts Of Mikes Troglodytes.
High prices for To5aeeo-Od Flu hard 10 beat.
Sold lately, by DibreIl, Holcombc 81 Co., the following
crops from Fluvanna;
To PoitauN RobiusOn-JOhn Blacks crop, . hhds, 50