Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-23
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81, Is4,.
90 S,GrstSaec.
THE GUARD. >.

comac boosted, i'm public letter OVERLOOKING with
vituper,ton of the Wings and praise OF himself
and his mighty corps, that the entire Guard had
been assaed with the lures of Office and had with
stood them all, with the triumphant strength ofthe
oitiest, the prest, the most seli.denyng virtue
/ This was then considered AZ n very dubious kind
/ of avowal, both for the Guard and for him whom
| its vaour defends if its rejection of temptation
was splendidly virtuos, of course the offer
must have been signally dishonest 1t mag
niing the Guards integrity at the expense ofhim
whom the Guard supported. Ii clear that the
services earning such an offer must have been rem
dcred during the Extra-SesSion. but little while
before terminated for it was notorious that Gen'l
/ Harrison had not attempted TO debauch the virgin
! innocence OF these tender political maidens and
it was certain that the selection of this precise
knot ofpersonsior special rewards could only have
been due to peculiar services to the iempcr, who
obviously, therefore, looked them either cor
rlptible, or already corrupt, and was necessarily
n puhli' subomer himself If the honour Of the
/ Guard had heen assaulted.
/ IL i not pleasant, however, in age of enthu-
siasm for public virtue, To have TO admire and be
cnrapturcd by guess and upon faith. The public,
therefore, would have been glad to know little
more If
The who and the how, and the where and the when
Wna' orc the particular icats of patriotism, that
are" down 'e~c acknowledgements, when and
mere Perormeu-wh none hut those oithc Guard
performed thcm-how it came that the exploits ,,s,
OF could be paid for in etfice-how the President
chanc0 TO imagine that the Guard was accessible
TO cora 1tion-why, after being thus tempted. they
still remained, as before. the sole friends of tho
tempeT-and finally, what was the size of the boit
they re :scd to bite at! This las, migbt in tho
public mind, he most pregnant do.bt-the vi,,ue
being after all, not entirely marvellolr If tb, &C
flee refused was nconsderable
At last, however, Time, the great unravcller of
Mysteries, has given little solution of what
the candid member from Accomac Stunned to dis
close Weary with "hope deferred three of the
immortal seven rated to Locoocoism. The
amaDle every lnch," Ex- Gov Gilmer. ever yer.
Saue in his politics, soon lost every inch of his W.
lersn as before of his Whiggcry DIR. Mallory
found that there was 'nO balm in the Giead' OF
IyIerism-"no physician there's" and even the
ETHEREAL Mr.. Hunter, though able to live like a
chameleon, on distractions, found the hopes of
Iyicrism too thin diet for him. Wise, Cushing
PrOtt and Irwin alone were left out of that terri
bic phaanx.
What sort of offices the seven refused. we can
now with some probability infer: apparently such
as were less profitable than Congressional pay: for
Some of the missions lately conferred but little ey
Gee that in emolument, and are taken under
strong likelihood of not being so permanent as 4
two-years seat in Congress. At any rate. the
Wanted virtue of the survivors of the Guard gave
way. Saints they are, they will not figure in
lnna dc Nt.ifb fh.,e. H.. 4
after temptation, and rose superior TO them ALL
Modification they could not stand; they had no ap
petit" Tor fasting; sack.coh they liked not half so
well IN the shape Of shirts rs of wel.flcd meal
bags; and at least they chose not to be left .hc bag
to hold" So Gas we have said) part rated. and
/ part pOcketcd the bribes they had before scorncd
either because their virtue was excessive or ms
Sibly because the places offered were not very en-
/ ticlng. But since these new FraricilIses and Ga
os ola sudden grew venal, either their hopes of
! reward had undergone some decline, or Use some
thing had raised the market for their sort of inte
gritty Possibly the desertion of three seventbs of
Mr. Iyler's Congressional followers raised the va
lue OF the rest. When such proportion of
commodity however wOrhess) is taken suddenly
I ont OF the market, the stock on hand must rise
especially as every body knows las in this easel
| that no more OF II will ever be grown Orperhaps
The President, alarmed by the deserton of all but
four OF biz faithful licgcs, thought it necessary TO
check the Injection Of disoyoIty, by at once giving
them "pcncc-a-p piece" to such a tune as would
secure their wayerng fidelity. Az all events, he
came down finally with the thirty pieces of silver.
without which these JuuIases would moi sell their
Saviour. Mr.. Wise was nominatedt to a first rate
embassy III a country Of whose language he hard.
y knew enough to translate challenge. Mr..
Cushing was sent in for the Sccrctaryshp of the
Treasury. Mr. Irwin got an inferior mission to
some land, where he will hardly know how to ask
fora drink Of brandy: and Mr.. ProlIitt, now that
his ends arc attained, laughing openly at public
vr.Ue, and asking in Washington, "Wherc are
the honest men, and what have they gotP'-Mr.
Prolific goes to Brazil, 10 add one more to or list
Of ENJOYS, who must be a. silent abroad as they
have been noisy at home.
Thus the member from Accomac, though sorcy
against hi. will, is left alone
Like brotherlcs. Hermit the l,s, Of his race
or ike Mprs sitting on the ruins of Carthage, or
like
Tho ld rore Of summer. len blooming alone"
No Embassy, no Secrctaryship for him; en-.
yious Fee" and the Senate forbade. Never shall
he see the land of Fricassees: never 20 to renew,
Enthusiastically, the story Of Nong tong paw.
The Senate had heard that song. lie had bred
nothing but disturbance at home; be was likely TO
do nothing better abroad. Brawling, in short,
seemed not the sole qualification for diplomacy;