Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-08

WILMINGTON, August 4, lsi3.
Ny Dear SIR: In tho present poetic reign, theatric
hourshes OF greatly and have scarcely go,
through the Of tragedy, when farce succeeds To
convulsc with laughter Thus hardly the unafect-
ed dsspaed with which we heard OF the late nar.
escape OF Secretary Wicklite, when all set
agrnnng at the udcTous piece OF scvi that fol-
lowed What think you AN ingenious body OF Officials
here did, upon the occasion Why, body OF Pos, Mas.
te, here upon each his individual alarm impending re-
moval, suors for grace, were affected with
tender for the endangered person of their
chief that-unabc to subject their sociudc the
dness and uncertainty OF seani-thcy FASTENED, in
sympahising delegation, Baltimore to offer loyal Ad.
dress OF coincidence and fccitaton! The Post Masters
OF New York and Boston doth here headed believe)
this vonvc dcpuiaiion. In what garb expressive
OF Gret and Joy, they waited upon him, how they
managed TO mould their plastic countenances To what
Sculpture and Painting said to find diicult-,hc
manifestation OF mixed and opposite emotionswe have
not learned. But probably they distributed themselves
into two Siysons: they whose faces OF lugubri.
Gus cut. or who knew themselves be in special dan
ger, went FIRST IN mournul gu,sc clad in black and with
streaming eyes, watering the they passed up
Barnum's Hotel Arrived there, and led after much
uluaton IN the antichambcr 10 his presence, they OF
enacted the part Of pious children parent
restored TO them from the grave, who scarcely their
finding HIM alive, and whohave deeply
moved that they still weep the loss which they had so
between smiles and The other company of course
in with transports OF Joy. completely beside them
selves and drunk with the ouipourngs OF their oxuaon
and sang and danced and through thousand antics
OF eSuberaut, uncomfortable delight
Such the arts, such the miserable tricks more ludi
crousy and grotesquey despicabc the lackeysp of
the sere Court that has been seen in Europe for
centuries. by which present, in this fee county, favour
and office secured. Even the pretenee of Patriotism
the thought of honorable service the public is nearly
lost The love OF wee distinction the reward of pub
lac honous or station merely the seal by the gener
al approval upon ability and integrity eSerted in public
trusts-these Even that inferior that limited
fidelity, which has served party we'll if not the country is
no longer recognized We have sunk below even that cor
rup aud partial standard of merit which Jacksonism intro
duced. lie who would thrive now mus, be equally ready
To- betray Wings Democrats. Personal service or eyo
ton or ae to those IN power Is become openly the only
access to advancement Ii is reign of Favour and of
Favour only where the pleasure OF the Chief Magistrate
and facility embrace his personal interests are notor
ousy the only motives upon which official trust is con-
feHed. This every body and knows this shame
full this arbitrary appropriation Of all that the pubcs
Only the personal and behoo Of those power this
countryboastul it is of hberty-has fallen And yet
all this is Witnessed with public wrath no storm of
outraged freedom Numbering voice OF indignant and
nsued and honour is heard and the country looks as
cOoy these shocking corruptions and their rapid
spread If they the iics and the safest things DOS
sible, betkening nothing which be alarmed or con-
cerued or incen>ed.
But what need of lamentations or why despond at this
ignoble condition OF the public sentiment What mat.
degenepcy, when great glorious people,
What man can't we fling away freedom, more viz
tue more than all other people have did have
and yet have surprising quantity left great deal more
than have any OF for fig for government
If it won'tkecp itself straight! Must be looking after
all the time Why, where's the Constitution Where
the "chccks and balances" Arnt they TO keep the
thing right Must have sense and virtue as people
into the Bargain Come that's asking little too much
At least We have one great consolation have you not
lett, OF late certain wayerngs, certain tossings certain
vecrngs OF the Ship Of State Painurs had lost his
skill, nodded his helm And did you not from all
this divine that mighty Pilot John Jones' no longer
held the steengoa his ever-vgan eyes fixed on Boote.
or the Bears golden eye Yes John, worn with the
OF the wehl has for time been resting his
Albanian shoulders from their load watering place
Who is that has upheld The political sphere his absence
know but tit is certainly who has lust sense
enough 10 be ten times dull as John The latter COM
petcs that great condition in letters which prescrbes that
nothing is fit be read but either the extremely good or
supremacy bad. Johns folly is infinitely dyerng
than any thing short OF the matchloss wit lie has
Just arrived and at the negative, the imperfect kind
Of dimness which itself around from the Madsonian
has tckencd obscure intense that he who could
would eclipse the great Hunt for ever and make a vast
fortune OF Patent Backing.
Besides the revelations which Major Noah has of late
given, there unwrten Ones Public Printing
in New York, which iii be hoped he may get produce
now that he has mounted the confessional.
You will perceive that Mr.. Calhoun unable TO stand the
terrible rking fire from the Intcgoncer which the late
publication by his friends of his speeches expurraed of
their most unpopular doctrines has exposed him. has come
out and (by way Of Jusuying hmseD that he him
self directed the compilations Of i0hich the object ras 10
put he county clear possession Of has political opin
ions! Keeping Of view large body OF his most re.
markabe Speeches rather extraordinary way Of
doing that, would say.
The FIXED. Consuiionul.Fac at last off to China
That "lasi Of tie Romans" the Ultimate Guard Mr. Prof.
it, still fingers, posing himself and weighing his pinons
before he takes MS flight To- Brazil The COnstantnopc
Titan embassy has attracted gentle eyes, well those Of
Judge Noah. Virgnln Vi the Monticello race now in
the Baltimore Custom House, lately pressing for it,
He is Of much personal WORTH but sadly dcmocraiicpur-
haps too much Tyerize sufficiently Mr.. Barrow is
no doubt about quit the Portuguese embassy aho no Off
cal resignation had been received, few days since.
Yours, &c, j.