Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-09
The Weakness of Yam Bur,n.

very elaborate and able article signed "Trip RopS,
exposing the weakness ol MIR. Van Buren,, and
the fallacy of the arguments of his adhercnts-
particularly two Of them; the one. which asserts
MIR. V. u. right To be restored, the ground that
"wc the Democrats should be righted through
whose sides wronged" and the other
that the election Of lsi0 carried by 'thc bril-
berry. the frauds and the mummeries of'the Wings"
and furnishes therefore no test Mr.. Van Buren's
strength. Ofthe first, (the Dirne rghf) RIP Raps
thus dscourses:
What then is this feeling which thus the Demo.
cTatsinSpng the desire beat the Wings with the Can.
didatc who bcatcnin 1907 l. it suggestion of right
Reason stmecy OF those emotions the heart
which however NATURAL fail To beay usnio weakness
and iolyl Will the identity of the Candidate give
additional sancuty Ia cause increased vitality
prncplcsl wall 1t enable achieve any higher
political philoOphylThese questions will an ex.
animation 1t is clear the Republican Principle will
be more perspcuOusy beautifully ustraicd-nor estab.
lished ON more solid foundation 1t may afford petty,
personal qualification his folowers-and the Candidate
himself may be furnished with n motive remove tina stg
supposed tn be incident defeat But merely
and purely persona-nnd knows and feels that
Is not consideration worthy influence inyol.
wing such momentous consequences All personal conside
ratons dsavowed and dscreded by the very motto of
the Enquirer And the Editor must IN canduur concedc
the personal qualification personal interests of Mr.. Van
Buren, would furnish to the Republican Party, motive
grossly Inadequate the decision of question involving
the triumph or overthrow of their principles.
Nor will this disposition .be rghed throrph whose
sides we were wronged" he found deensibe when
examined with reference bearing ON our adyers.rcs
Indeed thus analysed II degeneraes the barbaous
sentiment of revenge. Far from being received as arn
shng rule OF human conduct driven out from the
pale OF civilization, and preside over frantic trans
ports OF the savage, eNulng in the writings of
the stake We expressly forbidden by Divine man
date, TO indulge the spirit of In contempt of this
high injunction. 1t Is said sometimes furnish principle
| OF action to the softer
sweet Is Revense-espeeialy women"
bu, the noble author OF the severe sarcasm oscrbes far
noble men, when struggling mid the fury
and havoc OF
To determine ''bc righ,cd through whose sides we
were wTonged, tor the purpose Of securing petty
qualification the individual members of the Democratic
party, would be stl reprchensiblc Ii would be 10
sacrifice the OF the country the of the very
demon OF seLhshHeSS; and am persuaded that,
did the this desire 20 bo right
ed through whose sides wronged," il will he
demned and rejected by the Republican party inadequate
and acknowledgements and selfish.
As 10 the "bribery and mummeries" argument,
RIP RdpS" thus scatters it to the winds:.
Lot institute a candid aud cautious examination into
the OF the catastrophe OF 1910. What occasioned
that dire result With great Difference 10 the undoubted
sugacy OF Mr. Richie deem that he content ascrbc
10 causes utterly inadequate and unsatisfactory. That
somewhat may have been accomplished by fraudulent
practices OF adversaries by no means Incredible
few thousand suitrages may have been conroed but
To assert thu, one hundred and forty ue thousand
hundred aud serenity fire bought and sold is
TO ascribc to the People OF America degree Of corruption
and depTayty endangerng the liberties the country and
disgusting and revolving the moral OF the world
In yndcauon OF the moral character of my country de.
clare N the spirit Of eandour and sincerity do not believe
IT. Noohs ou disaster can marx The ioIy which would
We eotuu0' O' s'ea' Poinca party OF an assiinp
"oh 80 sI",gy erroneous ana dspaaens to the charao
Ter OF "ie american People
The writer then proceeds to Law bare the weak
ness Of Van, and by very ingenious and refined
process Of reasoning, shows that on his own per
sonal merits he only received 10 electoral votes
in lslO As this will make very suitable ,rei-
OidRHcf Tor the Democracy, when Van is entered,
as he will he next Sprino we nut # ON record fr
= Fs' " P - VII ''''" WI
iuture USE
Unless can be shown that there whole classes or
"1 PPosi sn S NJ R:p sn Bs;@
long, before they select him as their candidate Without
some strong assurances OF success we shall be false to our
10 10 our country aud false
to ourselves under the influence Of considerations gross.
nndeIuate-we STAKE tile sacred cause OF our country,
Oh ue fortunes Of champion under whom we have been
once Go'm'd 10 me most disasous-nos signal-most
compete ana minimizing overthrow known 10 the history
OF political parties
"a' en Is Tue lesson which we derive from the expert
eHe' oI lolu' It's painful retrospect; but and
PlHiD's we are bound To conts npae II with fairness South
aroma voted of MI Van Buren, but 1t wall be conceded
"a' eI vote was 't secured by the strength oi his per-
ON P5puaiy indeed II may be safely assumed iha,
e might nave been as readily induced to support other
man VINO hau sustained INC same policy and principles
eI No'e was purely one oil prnslpe not unattended with
he'y Shctcesoi ieehss' u she be excluded from the
computation, W. Van Buren, was beaten (llJ,1IJ) one
.''" ~" JO's J'e "'""SH"" SeteH "h"dfea ana SebfH-
~ rec r0iss'
m ms one" Hi"f, lac was beaten (l3,295) thirteen thou
S"nn t'0 hnH"Ieh ana HiHefg three r0tes
when We look Ia the list ol States find recorded for
nW. H. HtIfison' lnncicenJ ID
Tor h"fuh van buren,, (sevcnD
u we transfer our examination to the Electoral Colleges
we ma the whole number TO have consisted O two hundred
| ana hney."ut l2JiJ 81 which
/ VIM. II. HARRISON received two hundred tiir.
y-i"ur' 23i
hortin Van Buren, only Si1fy! 90
vi these sixty votes there were cast for Mr. Van Buren,
| by New Hampshire,
ILLINOIS,
| Missouri,
virginia, %
south Carolina, III
! Alabama,
Arkansas,
Let consider what proportion of these was secured by