Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-01-23
A SHORT cHAPrER or PRopHEclEs.


On several occasions it has been fortune foreiol
coming Not detail every prophecy which has
been fulfilled the letter, will only advert to one
made last winter in depreciation OF the of policy
then proposed be pursued towards the Banks and the
people. From article published in Wing at that time
extract:
opinion always been eieeal
giving refo the people
Institutions real and substantial niugeneeoniy imposing
eoni.onsas will soveny-and the country would by
crops be eveatcd frnm enhauassunen-
The given by now before the Ierisa-
relief all TAs Bast from
Pr4yc pe paye Of tsry taaage
thor Ssb,s-.-sAs ia people II hwsiyer
would postpone present Bank day-spend
penalties Bank during pleasure tic Lesila
authorize the emission Small Notes redeenable where
issued But have Surrendered question the
Loeoand they the responsibility Of the consequence
We have nothing TO say.
The superior wisdom OF LocOocoism hooted at this pre-
dcton the idle rayns Of bank-bOught slave Make
the banks resume-requro them collect their dobt-
the cry of the LocoocOs. Their counsel aio.'- AID
the result in the ycricuton the very -ur
predictions. The people have been ground dus, under
bank curss and the contraction Of the currency. The on
y wonder is that there should have been opinions to
the effects Of that specie paying policy.
But illustrating the forecast of the illuminated Demo
cracy should be borne mind that tho very cause which
they predicted would give general relief has tended directly
aud with suPendous force aggayate the dsresses Of the
ed all the measures of the Locos in State and Federal
cerns is we'll that the country should habor some dis
of the business OF their premises and the wisdom
their conclusions Abortion has been the fate Of all their
boosted for the ameoaton of the condition ofthe
people. Since their advent TO power in 30 the whole
country has been ia convusionsuuder the operation Of
their Langrado experiments. The body polite was them
in a sound and hcaihiu condition; but their hotwater
and boodleng have wrought melancholy reyVlu-
ton. II is painful dwell upon the change they have pro.
ducedhe intense distress which their quackery has spread
around every Preside the Union. 1t is our settled con-
voton that while they bear sway there rsonal hope
Of amendment in the condition Of Individuals the Govern
But not to extend specusons beyond our own State
and the Democratic Legislature session: We heard
much when il elected Of the boosted blessings it
would bring upon the people 1t curta the public
expensesit 10 relieve the peope-it shorten the
Scssions-and enact useful legislation in month
the Wings had done in hundred days We had Uurdoubts
the time the realization 4 glorious promises
enough u the end form pretty fair
lecture Of the result SereH weeks Of the session have
passed, and Affirm, that our annals cannot
produce weeks consumed by Virginia Legislature
!tte profit. In vain may you ask, what has been
done And Il we are not greatly cut OF reckoning
the same inquiry may be made with like result ui the
close Of the session. As 10 shortening the session. that
has seriously entered into the mind Of the dominant
party. The Democratic Convention does take place be-
fore the 9Th Of March, and of adjournment pm
that day, hos been resolved against Congress- too
has only been instructed one little mauer;-and IL
would be everlasting shame for Virginia Legislature to
adjourn without giving the National Legislature thebenr
fits Of ia wsdom, touching and things in genern
and particularly the Bank the Tariff and the Resolutions
and Report of SO and 80.
We predict that they will 81 Gl near the middle Of
March, and do nothing nrcsi be instruct Congrsss
refuse The Land moHsy, and raise The fqrss.