Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-17

The Wings will doubtless he profoundly CRATE
ful Ia the Richmond Enquirer for the acknowledge
meuts made in 1.-THE suhjoined paragraph. Hereto
fore, they were esteemed too contemplate 10 en-
gage a moments consideration from the universal
L.ocofoco party! They were few in numbers, and
insignificant on the score of talents, wealth and
responsibility This was the cry, when the cam
| paign opened in 1910. Gen. Harrison was a poor
, old man. whom a small pension TO supply him with
a Log Cabin and hard cider would content; and
this same Enquirer ridiculed the idea of such an
imbecilc ciecting the mighty Van Buren,, and ac-
tuallv proclaimed, that it would 80 to sleep until AT
ter the e~lectionsl Since the death of the good old
man. and the t~rcachcry of his successor, we have
been told that the Wings were all FUSED up or
the few that were left were only worthy To he de-
Spisedl
Mr.. Richie, however, is graciouSly pleased TO
pronounce this n very great iallaCy. and to admit.
that the Wings 'dre not too freak 10 be deSpiScd'-
rather ambiguously worded for such a crack gram
marian D-are "NiH Formidable" The Wings
will put off their hats to the old gentleman Tor so
much Observation-Disclosures his compliments
are intcrspcrSed with numerous dislardgIng impu-
tations-such rs "tricRS." "pipc-hEgns, "deSpe-
rate purposes DC. These are phrases, which
the veteran Editor has So long employed, in speak
ing of the Wings. that it would be impossible for
him to forbear The use OF them. The d%rubbing h.
got in 40 has made him somewha, monomaniac
on these points and "the mummeries. the mum.
bugs, the frauds" &c. of the Wings, constitute
the most important part of his existence. The
Wings understand this, and they make allowances
for it. They know he means nothing 10y it; that
1t is a mere habit with hIn-not a very good one.
perhaps. but like chewing tobacco or using opium,
not very easily gotten rid of. They will take the
compliments. and let the drawbacks pass UNDECIDED.
They are tolmidoblei They have been used
up" annihilated, eXtinguished! but they ''dre still
toTmifdbie-"strong in numbers, in talents, in
in the influence of the towns and corpora
lions, armed with tricks, deXterous in pipe-lay-
ing, and desperate in their purposes!!" That's
the admission The Wing must, indeed. he a
caititf, who, after this testimony to the proves
OF his party, does not pluck up courage. and
as indomitable as Julius Cesar did when
haranguing the timid pilot ''Strong in num-
bers'-(good, very good, sin talents'-(bet.
"in wealth"-(better still, .fn the influence
Of corporations and towns'-(a very tower of
And then the arms-defensive and
offensive, with which they arc nvested-what
power can resist them! "Armed rih tricks :"
don't you feel omnipotentl '.TrickS ~
why, they are better than a steel panoplv for de-
ence. and viii prove more terrible to the adver-
than an army of elephants ! Wings, remem-
that! "Dexucrous in pipc-laying''-a very
useful quality,-certainly, in unburrowing the
S"5terranoans Observation-Disclosures in their
Durposes'-This is the climax. When the cool
necessary to successful trickery, and the dex.
.erity requisite for pipe-laying, are combined with
Inc strength which madness and desperation us,I-
impart, resistance is vain-trimnph is inevita-
1t is a combination OF the subilety of the
Athenian, the valour of the Spartan, and the Prov
of the Roman.
Not the least singular feature, in the paragraph
quote, is the confessed probability of the great
Democracy being "shamefuuy beaten.' The prI-
dencc Of Nestor has here surely degenerated into
the cowardice Of Thersites. Such an event can
not be within the range of possibility. Beaten,
they may be but shdmefidly is an explanatory
c1pletive, which we had never supposed would be
applied to the pure and Immaculate Democracy.
We presume we are indebted for these confess
sions, Of Locoioco weakness, and Wing strength.
to the returns from Tennessee. But whatever the
cause, they are not the less valuable and worthy of
commcmoration.
From the Fn1uirer