Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-26
The merit United States Senate.

To the session Of the next Congress, the first
to be convened under the auspices OF the new adj
ministration, the public mind will be directed with
peculiar iaterust. The Cabinet will then be re-
quired to discover its policy. Then will it be
known, beyond dispute, what is TO be done with
the Tariff; whether the antiquities Of the lnau.
gural are to be construed favourably TO the views
of the partisans of Mr.. Calhoun, or with eye
TO secure the fidelity Of those, who erecting
the Polk Furnaces and Dallas Iron Works of Penn
sylvania and New York. We venture no predic-
lions as TO the result. With decided majority in
both Houses Of Congress, the disdm Aut-Ta.
riff Party ought to be able to repeal that ''abom
nable measure" But we trust these gentlemen
will allow us to warn them against the danger of
Family Jars, and TO suggest that while they are re-
lieved from the embarrassment of Wing interfer.
ence, there is perhaps possibility Of domestic d.
visions.
The Senate, though not the popular branch of
the government, is yet, from IFS imposing charac-
ter, and constituting the Treaty making power,
Of higher considerable than tine House. We
well recolieet that amidst the gloom and desolation
Of that dark November, which brought defeat upon
our leader and shame upon The country, when be.
came known that the Senate too would lie Demo
cratic,many ofthe Wing Party were inclined to look
upon it as the last sad blow their principles and
their hopes. We confess that we did not so con.
sder it, We thought il best that the great States.
Rights Republican, -Democratic-Ja cksonian--
Plaquemine party should have entire and undivided
rule that they should be suffered to tinker expo
mentally upon the political machine as their ca.
price dictated, and that, if ruin was unavoidable
and fuss lcds TO be kicked up, it were better to
have, for shor; time at least, what the Yankee
landlord called, "a ID fuss generally" Thi.
was and is still our conviction, trusting, as we do
20 the recuperative energies at the Wing Party,
which sixteen years of disaster have noI been able
TO repress, and that ultimate prevalence of ruth
which is to establish Institutions on a proper
basis and give them lasting strength AID pcrpetui.
~.
Within few years. the Senate has undergone
great change in its members, and lost much OF
the commanding talents that gave tone to its deli
berations and illustrated its journal. The visiter
in the gallery no longer the 'cast.ron' figure
OF the South Carolina Statesman, nor can he gaze
upon the striking lineaments of Claws immortal
taco. But few remain Of their contemporaries.
McDuffie is there, scarce d relic of his former
forth his finance aud his metaphysics
"who. deep for his hearcrs still went on refining.
Add thought Of convincing while they thought Of dining
These are all, or nearly all, Of the Democratic
side. Buchanan and Walker have been promo.
ted for their consiancy in the faith and their ser
vices during the Presidential campaign. But one
10 there, the compeer Of the proudest. who were
in the Senate when none but great men obtained
admission within its halls. Webster will bring
all the giant powers of his analytical mind 10 bear
upon the measures Of the Democracy, and Clay.
ton Of Delaware is a worthy associate. Reyerdy
johnson, Maryand's lawyer and Statesman, sue.
coeds the unlaithlul Merrick. And there will be
CSstenden 20 expose and rciuc error with all the
glow and animation Of his eloquence. With such
n representation IT is not possible that the Whip
cause can suffer in argument. Iet how much il
js 10 be regretted that are to lose the flc abb
ities OF Choate and our own Rivcs. William &.
Riyes we regard as one Of the first Of living men.
His enlarged vision, his practical Statesmanship.
his profound learning all conspire to point him out
M one Of those few men who signallzs the age in
which they live, and although he has been oslra
cised from the National Councils by the spirit Of
party, IL Is impossible that he can long remain in
private life. ''Such men," ~ Bolingbroks eN
presses 10, "can not pass unperceivcd. lfthoy re-.
tire fom the world, their spIcndor accompanic.
them and enlighteBs even the obscurity of their
retreat" Mr.. RVes is now where, we have rea
son 10 suppose, he would gladly pass the rest Of
bis days. IN the privacy Of domestic life, IN the