Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-12-08
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER l. is,,.
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! The Enquirer has been laboring for months,
10 prove that the Wing party. in this State in la.
vor OF reputation. These charges, or insnua.
tons, are known by all men of any acquaintance
with the history of that party, only here, bu,
every where else, TO be utterly false, and by no
one better than the Editor himself Reputation
is monster OF Locofoco origin-it claims, and
can establish, no relationship to Whiggey-it
bears the marks OF its parcntagc its very front,
so distinctly that any man at glance may deter
mine TO wha, family il belongs. There is no State
under Wing government. which has ever made
the least approach to intimacy or even acquain.
lance with this hideous and detestable monster. 1t
is compelled to conne itself to its own kin. being
kicked out of all other company "saas ccre,nonie
e, sans culotte for il has clothing now TO hide
its deformties.
Governor Mcdowell, with party feelings fully
"a strong, has more generosity, more.regaId for
his own character, than TO countenance So gross a
fabrication Aluding 10 the necessity OF presery-
ing our faith untarnshcd, and tue resolution of all
men to stand by the Old Dominion in her day OF
trial, he saws:
The law in Is essential character is indeed no more
IN Gppsa the people support the legislature in its
eert. - preserve nNoate the honor and the duty Of the
STATE and IN this general aspect the sppSal has hear
uy sustained IL - true that Ia places pons
The structure % the law have prevailed consdera
Ct purpose bpt even in such places no exceptions 10
Gi purpose itself have been taken and there nor
where else there 20 be found any body Of people
who would the Legislature that should eyade DC
ny any refuse csr full cect the faith
VI the state. As % matters OF internal policy aud
As 10 what Is what due prosecution and sup.
port Interests and all the questions reye
and expenditure with which these connected, NC
always dler vi another, Ient our
pigments. But the pecunsr obi ssrot OF the Stse
~ nN law
sctcd b her agents and the pOceeds Of which have
gone her those, there differences
OF parties persons. judgments amongst but the
whole commonwealth Is thoroughly, cordially and indivisi
Div the in the which consecrates them rs
obligations Of honour and which, therefore, demands that
they shall he fulfilled and uls 10 the ut,e5mos Wherever
the iit OF the State has been pledged for the repayment Of
monies which have been received and applied under he d.
ec9u Of her laws, that fifth will De- followed % and re-
deemed, Inconvenience snd no matter I'M
der whose Svurses Tor what PuP7to Of government the
pledge Of j. was made. "
This certainly is true, OF the Wing portion of
this State. AT any rate, whatever it may be Of the
LocotocO, which We are not only willing, but anx.
iogs 10 believe, equally hostile to this odious and
dishonorabic praeticc. The all.corrupting influ.
ence of Jacksonism, which the Governor and the
Editor, each in his separate sphere. have con-
tribuied IN no small degree, to scatter like ii pes.
thence. the land, has not been able to reach
the hearts of our honest and straight forward peo-
PIE. No man has yet dared To tell them, as the |
people OF Mississippi have been repeatedly told. |
that the payment of just debt. il a species of
dshonesy-and that they themselves. the debtors |
who have enjoyed the benefits of the borrowed mo.
ney, the judges OF what debt should be paid. |
and what repudiated. But the Locofoco party in |
this State, has been hand and glove with that of |
Mississippi. When Gov. McNutt first issued his |
famous bulletin. multiplying the obligations of the
State which he presided, he chose the columns
of the Enquirer, as the place Tor HE defence Of
his conduct. He did not think of applying 10 a
Wing paper, 10 circulate his abominable argu.
ments, for he knew he would be received with a
shower Of scorn, which, hardened az he was. he
did not wish to encounter. He therefore, applied
to print OF congenial politics. the continual up
holder of the party which had rendered Mssissip. !
pi "a kissing and reproach," and whose Editor |
he very naturally concluded. was of the same way |
Of thinking with himself. We say this conclu |
sion was natural, because we have no doubt, that |
had the Enquirer been published at Jackson, in |
stead Of Richmond, its Editor would have embra /
ced every doctrine. advocated every measure and /
euiogised every man of the rcpudiating party |
But well az Gov. McNGtt knew the debasinn i'm. (
fuence Of Jacksonism, which had 50 long rode /
the State of Virginia, he vet knew little Of our
people, though TO the disgrace of the State) !
born among them, and much less Of the Editor OF
the Enquirer. That individual knew that whate
yer might be his own opinions, it was as much
a. his whole subscription list was worth, to
breach the dishonest expedients Of Mississippi in
this latitude. lie has since contented himself
with exuting IN tho triumph ofrepudation in Mis-.
sissiPPi, whenever the Locos carry the State,
though he knows its overthrow can only be effect
ed By iheir defeat. If this is not advocating the
doctrine, what isl
The Enquirer told US, a few weeks since, '.that
the machine TAX billy worked admirably!" The
Governor, on the contrary, says the necessary
amount IS not raised by one half! We have no
doubt this deficiency originated from the bunpling
manner in which the taxes aid,hy tho origina.
tor, Mr.. Thos. Jefferson Randolph, who numbers
among las constituents, large number Of a Ger.
tain class Of persons whom il twas his desire 10 pro-
iect from all amerceE.ent, Tor the public benefit
II those men had been taxed according to The va.
lue Of their salaries, they should have been,
there would have been no deficiency in the reve.
nue.. or it would have been, at oa't much smaller
than It is. The difference, then, between the re-.
ceips, and the Indebtedness Of The State, may b.
considered a. premium paid upon votes cast for
NIT. Randolph and his followers, by those persons
who were sbsolSed from taxation. Thank God
tho Dcmagogues' train missed hre for once
There is one point, however, on which the Co
vernon and the Editor seem to agree That is, that
tho late ,aS.law has contributed 10 the rise Of State
stock II is tule State stock has risen, but it has
only been pari pasu with other stocks. We sub.
join he following sta tement, taken from authentic
sources:
rdess NJ sto>s In Fhcsl Of stoet 10
1912 isl3.
Bank d virginla sis SO
Fsrnsr9 Do do 90 50
U..ta at. - In