Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-27
From the Philadelphia Fpuau
"W ATCIINlAN! WHAT OF TIE MIGHTY

From every part OF the country, we hear the most
cheering dlnes The spirit of 1870 viii hn ear,1d in
TO the campaign of ISL aud the result will be elel
triumph for the people. II the nation despscd the dan
gerons doctrines ct Van Buren,, how much tho llore
will they deest the hypocrisy and battle against the Wis
onary schemes fjoha Tyler. The New Bedford MIR
curry. undecrcd by the said revrrses which have piyen
temporary asccndancy 10 l.ocoDcosn in old Nlnssa
chusets, thus gives the history of the causes Of dcn
and shows the spirit which animacs the Nhp cause for
the future. II says-"lhe successes which crowned
the Wing in 1910; have been succeeded nv serie.
OF defeats more or less disaS,rous-bu as yet nothing
dccisrc has been determined After the mighty sirup
gle which placed the gallant Harrison in the Chair Of
State, the victorious army naturally sought resps,;
they became iagurd with vctniy and were con
tent II take of their and dsband their forces,
Yet they slept upon Their anus, and if their gallant lea
der lad lived, would clcorluy have resumed them and
sustained ms administrator as riumpAanlly they had
created H. But when he, The gIurqus old farmer sudler
removed To the great camping ground on hIrh the
noble army ich drove the Cloths from the Capitol be
came dishrIod-a panif came upon them, and like
sheep having no shepherd they scattered abroad
The sagaclty OF public sentiment ouun iniurlly John
Tyler dstrusted before he assumed the relons
ri gnyenm eut--a felt that he was not the man to be-
entrusted with power-all knew that he was veal, and
vaclailng-all wondered why he was ever nominated
w reicfed mistake. miserable want Of forecast To Sc
ect such man Tor an office which might control the
destlncs Of the country Bat who ever dreamed Of the
Vice Presidency office OF any moment who ever
Dag ined that the peoples choice would die alas the
folly beevn. that the voice Of the people the voice
of God
MIR. Iyers policy seemed especially calculated to de
sroy the Wing party-had he openly declared his hos
ulIty To the party which elected hm-,ad he express
cd his determination to thwan their favorite measures
and prove false To oil his professions ,he bow would
have lost half its force But he concealed his real sen
tments, and would doubtless have concealed them to
this day had the slightest prospect Of re election been
held out 10 him by the Wings. He retained the Csb
net which General Harrison had appointed, and gave ou
no ntmaon Of that dire hatred which he has since man
es,ed against the party which now reaps the jus, re
" the lreachery ofiyler subtle and nsle1us
Hundreds Of minds were gradually poisoned aud thous
ands were disguised to such degree that they abandon
ed all concern with politics. The Office holders also
were worked up into 1ylermen, and held their places
solely by that tenure. "Saure qi peut' became the
waichword anon. the merconary AND a,l,-s ss,ng
there upon tho Cushngs, the Spencers the Profits tho
Malloys, aud all that Of place hunters left the camp
and stood guard around the White House.
The Wings thus lab0ring under every Disadvantage
abused, betrayedaud persecuedhad become the time
dishearened. The elections do show an increase in
the lucooco strength, but only dminuon Of Wing
votes. In New York, the En- pire State, for instance
Mr.. Bo9ck WAS elfGlsd BY ~ 900 m,jony. and YET had
not 80 many votes were cast fo- him in $780, when
Gov Seward was elected by about 6 600 maoity The
Wing strength then, is not materially iinpalrcd--the
party sno dead, but seepe. II is night time with us
cmmeian darkness eDyelops us-bu in the distance
lee the glimmerlng ofan suspicious day. Watchmsn !,
swha OF the night hen wi the morning break q