Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-03-08
Proser iption Of VI. nIshL.

Ii is in vain or the Enquirer deny that the removal Of
this sNccpuonabc officer aud cstmable man was mn re-,
OF party prescription The contradctcd by eve
~ fact IN the only that few Democrats voted
for MT Wightecntlemen who could overcome their
honest CONVICTIONS that having discharged his duties faith
fully and ably Mr. Wight entitled TO the suppor, of nil
who governed their votes by the good OF the country and
the requisiton OF right aud Justice That few such men
voted for him. is the exception which proves the rule IL
proves only this; that Mr.. Nights claims so irresistible
more conscientious of the Locoocos refused to con-
cur in the sentence Of his proscrpon-escd to sanction
his being martycd-and proves nothing more Even some
OF these, and among them Mr.. Edmunds Of Halifax and
Mt Lcako, OF Abcmarle after display OF beraty by
voting Tor him. ultimately and at the 'pinch of the hill" yo
ted for Mr. Spots This looks like wish 10 ACQUIRE the
reputation OF bcraliy without the inclination 20 render the
equivalent OF sacrifice for -a holding with the hare and
running with the hounds which only always centep
ub!e but always nugatory. These gentlemen had been
thought quite liberal and uncacuaing il they had at first
s;ood up the rack They evidently proposed to MUNICH
FODDER out OF both racks
That Mr. Wight has been prescribed in the most odious
of that word, odious all Republican earsha he
has been deprived OF office which he filled without the
slightest complaint from any quarter-with universal &C
Acknowledgement OF his good conduct his competency his
neutrality-suspicious. (or justice rather awarded him rs
fully and freely by the very who voted against him.
A. by all others-is demonstrabe from the following con-
sidcrntions.
l. NO cause - assigned Tor turning HIM
pretended to be assigned Was his mode OF conducting
the business complained OF No Was his department as
public Agent complained o; No-His courtesy in Office
10 all, is circumstance known the whole Virginia Pub
lie who have had transactions with his Department Was
there any discrepancy in his accounts None whatever
pretended Was there the slightest the remotest i'm,
putaton OF any kind that he not not merely unexeep
onabc a aud officer, but emncntly worthy in
both characters None whatever His very executoners
his praises while they had the bascnes to deprive him
OF the office he held, and thus constucyey to hold him
up To his country as man who, by misconduct had
deserved expulsion from the public service! Than such
conduct-than such return for official integrity and the
exercise OF the virtues which elevate men, we can
imagine nothing viler nothing inrinsicay odous
nothing which more emphacaly demands the reprobaon
Of the generous which calculated TO subyer the
institutions OF this counuyto take away nducement 10
good conduct and make public officers the sycopants and
parasites which but many OF them already inclined
TO be.
= Why, 1t was not party prescription did the whole
Loco Foco party, with few exceptions vote for Mr. SPOTS
Loco Foco, and inexperienced man, against Mr. WIGHT
an experienced officer to whom objection whatever was
raised
But why need argue point which too plain for ar
gurnent' II the Enquirer really doubts that Mr. wiphs
removal was case of party prescription we will venture
to tina, nobody else doesnot person of either
party.
downs in this particular Office short narrative will ex
plain the circumstances. Mr. Moneue died in the recess
OF the Legislature and Mr.. Tazcwei, then the Wig Co
vernon OF Virginia. induced by the powerful tesmo
mails, appointed Mr. Wight The succeeding Legislature
turned Mr. Wight for fault whatever and put in Mr.
Lane OF Allegheny. This appointment was deemed by
the Richmond public ndeensibe that it refused to deal
with the Penentay Store-Mr Lane lost money and re-
signed-Mr Watson then appointed by the Legisla-
tue, Loco Foco) in opposition Mr. Wight. Last win
ter by the aid Of the Democratic party Mr. Watson was
displaced, and Mr.. wigh, restored.
The object OF the Enquirer intimate Mr. Watson
had been sacrificed Mr.. Wight If So why was not Mr.
Watson restored Monday II he had been prescribed
by party spirit, why nc not renstaied by his party
friends Thus therefore, the pretence for most un-
justiablc tub to the whale.
Il was Mr. Wight who first proscribed-proscribed
only for having been first put IN office by Wing Governor
Mr. Tazewe now. however and for several years past of
opposite politics. Ii the object Of the Legislature was to
render poetic justice, Mr. Wight ought beer re-
tanedor he the first and the uneGceptionable occu
pant Of the office. lie put by violence TO make
for one having peculiar, and certainly no equal
claims 10 his So that it is absolutely in fact tha
Mr. Wight came into the office by prescription lie was
himself prescribed first ms he has been last
II Characteristic Mr.. Hopkins, Of Pow
haan, leading oil in this prescription Of faithful Wing
Officer. lie, himself ! monument of Wing magma
nimy and cenency, and he had not been faithful to him
self unless he had proved now he did in case Of Mr.
Gregory, thathe unworthy Of the beraly which had
saved him.
No man could have beaten Mr.. Wight even In n Demo
cratic Legislature, but member Of Assembly This we
know to be Democratic opinion. 50 high and unex
ceptOnablc his claims that assert 1t without the
fear Of contradiction, that IN Virginia, men,
Der Of the Legislature could have beaten him Let this
fact be challenged, II any choose question il.
And the people struck and alarmed by such a
fac2 Is not OF the gravest import Does ayoush
intrigue, and the inerposition and agency Of iegimate
mutvesl
Let US suppose oasc--one will say Of supposuon
merely member Of Assembly fixes his eye upon an Of
flee which desirable him To procure by the aid Of
his fcow.members he cutyaies them all, assiduousy
lo appeals the sPr du corps lie solicits their
IN person, having the opportunity 10 do so which mere
citizen have he bcsieges them night md day he ex
pledges unsuspicous hours; he may adapt his
votes Representative Of the people u recommend him
self the body aud promote his mcrcenary views.
This i. purely imaginary But docs not every
tmay happen: nay, that 1t must happen IL mem.
beers Of Assembly eligible to Offices within their own
disposall Its iueyiiable-itis human nature.
Therefore from tins day forward, faces like
flint, against the Legislature appointing own members 10
Offices Of pccuniary profit We will strike high md
strike low and strike al the time Cor IT, and nsque even
another Convention, fyoscri5e principle, which be.
hove subycrvc Of legislative Independence, end fruugbt
whh corruption.
Aud how have the Legislature promoted the State good
10 any way by this most apparent and unbshng proscp
toni Think they that this community will after this aef
palroni,c the Ponitcniay soroi They mistaken The
People here u know lhom vii. pay little for the
same goods any other place.
4 Proposifi0H 10 tie Enquirer.
We commence the Address Of the Wing Convention to-
day Able tink II, above oil ts compccrs. The coun
try We are sure will read IL without any invitation ,f our