Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-06-17
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE IL. is4,.
NAY OR NOVEMBER,

This grave and important question about to be deter
mined against Mr.. Van Buren,. All the elements Of OPP
poston;-Calhounism, Johnsonism, Cassism, Se.-have
combined to produce this result The consequence Of this
preliminary defeatths driving in Of the pickets and
posts may foreshadow the fate Of the day. The hos
tile elements here found united may continue in uni
son. even TO the utter prostitution of the sage Of Linden
wald This hope is evidently INDUCED by many Of the OPP
ponents OF MIR. Van Buren,. The Chivalry particularly,
who claim all the honor and expect reap all the advan
ages OF this defeat consider this sksh decisive of the
battle Theyare Growing Justify everywhere the strength
Of il.
Tho Of their exultaton is wofod. In the first
place. they delighted in having had their wny-a
pleasure well children. In the second
place, they have succeeded in putting their rivals upon a
before the country, several important subjects They
have commended that Mr.. Van Buren, is reliable the
Tariff and they require that he shall prove himself be-
fore nomination is m ade. They implicitly charge tina, if
he is the accepted Candidate of the Party before the
Congress meets that he and his friends will be false their
Free Trade pledges The Chi vary therefore, insist that
they shall undergo obation, much probably with the
view of notifying and humbng them of testing their
sincerity.
The Van Burenites be superior the infties Of
nature if they digest with compacency the insult inn
piled in this mputa upon their integrity; and they
have less of old Adam about them than would imagine
il they quietly permit themselves TO be auaigned cuprs
put upon their trial before the country and that by
who few past stgnatzed them "Rogues and
Roysss II they submit this indgny, their patience
and good be ilmtable But then the question
How they help themselves The Chvay have
them upon the hip The Chva that they shall prove
the truth Of their professions by their works. before they
shall be trusted II they rebel against the CALLING dicaon
and reseniihe still more calling insult will be said that the
suspicious respecting their sincerity confirmed, and the
harmony othe great Democratic family will be end.
As the only hope of Mr.. Van Buren, based the union
of the party-he has alternative but submit all the
degrading eXactons Of his Southern allies We would adj.
the Chivaly make the of their present seeming
triumph. Enjoy themselves the while they can:
Vans will neat BY yielding to all their naughty
demands, he does willingly without Object
He expects thereby acquire the of avengiug the
indgnites heaped upon him. and will be well with the
chyay they do the day. that they provoked
.booded wrath The least punishment that Van
will iniic upon them will be o roast them alive.
But the question of the Tarf-whch the Cal.
hounes demand shall be first settled before nomination
made. Are understand that unless Mr. Van Bu-
ens friends for repeal of the existing tar-or the
adoption Of which both Mr. Siias Wright and Mr. Bucha.
vo;ed)-and for Free Trade, that Mr. Calhoun and
his friends will repudihe Mr. Van Buren, and refuse
abide the decision Of COnventon1 We have observed
disposition the part of the Enquirer put this question
to the Chvay, and fear OF consequences which
ed it, We therefore, 10 aid contemporary, the more
willingly PROFOUND the nteuogatory If the Convention is
postponed will Mr. Calhoun abide its decision without any
ifs ands Will he Van if his friends stick to the
Tariff, will he break up the great Democracy That's
the question which the "Od Hunkers are especially an.
have answered. If the chiyalrous inhabitants of
Little Gascogny value their salvation they had better be
word to the wise