Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-10-03


Tho Van Busen papers 81 the oona,fy arc semina with
accounts OF Mr. Van Buens increasing popularity and tho
certainty Of his in tho next presidential election
AL these inflated paragraphs from the Of men who
have been hcang their and abuses upon the Wing
party for the which the last campaign conduct
cd They charge the Wings with rcsong every spe-
cies OF humbug and practising all Of deception
upon the peops-and that their in $780,
butable to the they made OF coon SKINS log cabins
hard cider" &c.
Now, do these men mean TO charge upon the people,
whom they trying, by in their power,
seducc aud win over to the support Of Mr. Van buren,
whom they address sensible men, such stupidity and
want at Judgment and acumcu be deuded by this
sort OF pugoaniyi The people will thank them for this
high compliment which they pay their understandings
they will hcw them in the election, that il they
been thus guided and deceived that the have yet
fallen from their and that this homeopathic system of
curing political discases vs hunbug by hbug has pro
we'd them unavsing-but that they are now, they
in 1910, in favor of the principles which the Wing
party then advocated.
Ii does require much acuencss 10 discover
men, many OF them doubt well paid. promised to be
well paid for their dirty work. using humbug and de-
cepton in representing the prospects OF Mr. Van Buren,
favorably. What, ask, has Mr. Van Buren, done since
1910, TO wipe out the mark Of ondemnaon which the
people placed upon himl Nothing. What he do
Nothing. indelibe that stamped upon the fore
head of Cain, by the hand of omnipoence. Mr.. Van Blu
with a his power and patronage, (Which he used
doubt very irsey and he had possession
which, it is said, is thine points OF the law beaten
by the largest majority given in this country, for any
President
The idea that the election in $780, carried by
of eOOn skins log cabins, and hard cider" is ridiculous
the least Of IL; and OF sense attribute TO
this cause, If indeed any do, feel heartily ashamed Of
themselves for it, because they know that the argument
false and that when they they guilty OF tho very
hu
buggiag the people"
The victory Of 1910 n triumph of principle. The
people had Tried MIR. Van Buren, fairly and iuy-he
weighed in the balance and found wanting. The people
then aborng under the effect of the Of his
and has predecessors ANDREW Jackson)
they knew and felt tha the Country had been reduced the
very OF ruin by the Of policy which they had
pursued and other relief but repudaie them and
their measures-and this they did in such
the idea that Mr. Van Buren, If he a man of
sensbiy, would have contcned himself in the
which the Of his counrymen had consigned him.
But such, however, is the Notwithstanding the
rebuke the people gave him them Mr.. Van Buen presents
himself again candidate the sufIrages of the Amer
can People, and he and his mniOns moving heaven and
earth secure his election. Do these men suppose that
they can again asien this Country the who
flung with oathng and disgust, from the high place that
cunning and sycophancy secured for him DO they think
that the people have forgotten the odous Of which
OF ms Oicc the bAses
OF purposeshs entire forgetiuness of his Country and
Its happness his efforts promote his private ends
nd TO secure his personal andizemeni They
rest assured this is and they persist
the people will again visit his head the punishment
which his former iniquiteS aud prescn, presumption merit
Ii is pity and n shame for Mr.. Van Buren's friends
thus TO subject him to the disgrace and modification of
second defeat Let those who their attach
ment him avail themselves of the WISE just humane
provision OF law "that shall be twice tried
for the offence, and in this way preserve the charac
ter OF their champion from any further bemsh and him from
a second punishment Mr. Van Buren, was urraisned in
$40 upon multiplicity of chages-tried and convicted
OF them all by his Country, upon whom he had put himself
for his a-he people decreed that he should be banshcd
Let him then be dragged from his retirement again
put upon his Trial and subjected punishment when the
plea Of tOrmer eonrietOn may be successfully made
Mr. Van Buren, does enjoy greater popularity than
he did in 1916 IT, indeed. he does great-he and his
measures held in as low, if lower, estimation
as they were then-he people neither and they
not be packed them. His presses may exaggerate
much they please the character of the meetings his
fnds and the numbers that attend them they did the
last Great Van BUreH Meeting held in Netc York!!O
1t will all avail them and their favoe, notng-the verdict
of the Country has been rendered against him. and rea
son can be shewn why it should be disturbed.
a YOUNG COON
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