Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-09-12
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
TUESDAY MORNING, sErrEMDER ~. isis
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mocracy were bribed To vote against him AT the
last election, To have found wonderful favor
with portion of the Loco Foco press. 1t is re-
iteratcd by every print determined 10 force him
uponihe country once more from the Globe and
Enquirer to the smallest ten by four of that clique.
! The venerable "SencN' makes no difficulty of as
sertlng that there are hundreds of thousands of
retreating Wings, and adds that there were spuri-
o'iS votes enough given in New York. Pcnnsylya-
vania. Michigan, Maine, Missouri and Louisiana
/ To have elected Mr.. Van Buren,. The spurious
votes, were OF course. all given side: there
were none for the Loco Foco Ticket. Every
thing that comes into the Van Buren, net, is fish,
Is not man, whose garrulity bctrats the cxtre-
nifty of age. ashamed to employ the little time
left him 10 prepare for another world ashamed of
attempting 10 propagate Such glaring falSehoods
Is he not ashamed To make such public acl>nowl-
edgmcnt of the contempt in which ne holds the
undo rS;andngS of those to whom his articles are
addressed namely the old world readers Of the
Enquirer
The tone of the Calhoun press, much To its
credit is very far different. That press in the
overwhelming defeat of Van Buren, sign. which
it is disposed neither To disregard nor 10 mock
1t does not affect the same open contempt for the
expression Of public opinion manifested 10y the
other wing of the Democracy-it is disposed to
bow before the majesty of the people. In this
particular, it acts with true wisdom, as well as
with strict Democratic propuety. Ii can recog-
nize the virtue and intelligence OF the people.
though their award may not happen TO coincide
with us party views. We trust we shall not be
accused Of an attemp; to corrupt this portion of
the Democracy. when we thus give them what we
consider fairly. their due.
This charge of corruption is the most infamous
over made 10y the American Press. The Dick
ems, and Hulls, and Trollopcs. and other pension
ed scriblers, who have been among us. ..spving
on; the nokedncsS of the land" can now point in
triumph TO the authority of our own countrymen
for the confirmation of their own vile SANDERS
They say 10 the friends OF Human Liberty, in
the old world, ''beholithc result oithe boosted cx
pertinent Of man TO govern himsclil" Behold. a
whole nation operated on as one man by the gross.
est bribery, the most infamous corruption. II so
Young Nation is so utterly corrupt already. what
may we expect of her in the progress of centu.
~! 1t has turned ont exactly as we predicted.
1t has verified the assertion made by us, that man
Is not capable Of governing himself; for what is a
Government OF bribery and corruption, but dcs-
potsm Of the very worst specie>l
Such i the language sure to be held by the
tools of power, in another hemisphere. As Amc.
rlcans, we feel for the honor OF our country. Its
reputation abroad mex, 10 its successful operation
AT home, is the thing, of all Others most ardentlv
desired by all true Americans. What must be the
Indignation then. of the American, in a foreign
land, who sees these infamous ISLANDERS going the
l. -
Peaed in triumph by the enemies Of Freedom, as
proof Of the moral degradation Of his country
mem
1t Is by such means that the followers of Martin
Van Buren,. they who vowed. right or wrong. to
sink with him in his late venture. have chosen to
press his claims upon the frecman of this coun
try II is by insulting the integrity of his coun
trymen, and calling upon them, in the tone Of au
thority, to come forward and confess their sins.
and be forgiven, that they design to annul the po
pular verdict Of 1910. If there is one spark of
pride. or honor, left among the people Of this ma
ton, they will spurn the vile Sandcrcrs from their
course, as they would reptile robbed of his teeth
but vet possessing all the Disgusting attributes of
the serpent without his power to inurc
Are not these men, vino thus openly insult the
morality Of their coun,rvrnen. ashamed tn assume,
the name Of Democrats Can they be Rcpubl,
cans! If the sovereign power be lodged in any
body, people king, aud that body is not only
liable to corruption, but has been actually and
manlicstly corrupted, should il not be- stripped of
its power There Will we presume, be no dissent.
ing voice to 50 plain proposition. If, then, the
people Of these States have been bribcd to vote il,
a particular way, il is time 10 change the form Of
Government. The great problem ofscf Govern.
ment has been solved, and the result is most dis
astrous TO the friends of Rcpublicanlsn throughout
the world. We, for our parts know the assertion
to be false; but the asscrtors Of contrary promo.
,tion must either acknowledge that they are no
longer Republicans, come out and confess that
they have pcrpctrated a vile and unfoundcd Sian.
der upon the majority Of their countrymen.
Formation Of PoIHicm Parties IN sUpporf HE in
tresis Of Panicuiar ciasscs of Sociciy.
The Philadelphia Independent, a staunch Wing
journal, has an excellent article upon this subject,
which we propose to insert at some future day.
The organization Of such parties is radically
aud necessarily destructive. The very principle,
which lies at their ioundaion-thc supposed Sc.
narration of inforo-t i ti,p "a r;n,,s ,otIin,,. f 49,