Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-05-02
RICHMOND DAILY WHlG. !
FRIDAY MOANING. NAY =. is,s
rHE .sPHYNx RlpDLE--MR. GARLANp,s
INTER

THE -SPHYNx RtDDLE~-MR. GARLAND'S
.- LETTER. ra ,-o.r
We never imagined Cor q iastant ~ some Of our
Democratic ftieads did that in proposing wipe old
party lines and creating parties crisis which
he deemed sppsoschine and 'ly srosad The eompro
miscs Of tho Constitution, Mr.. Garland cniert,ineJ sny
thought Of compromising much le> II reiinqsishing, any
principle which he had heretofore suppsed his hos.
~ any OF the principles maintained By The Wings.
all Of which he had denousecd from HI. the
political STAGE with severity only equailed By HE
ssancy, aud fshal n sspeuy. The whigs have
appreciated hi. aud his views land frm obvious
cAuses) truly than hs party aud their liberal
construction onghi compensate him for The slight
having listen those Curtain Lectures which
forctold him in store for him: We have read
those Lectures" with attention and curiosity, and
6nd had doubt would be the that the Of
fence given by him is in suggesting any modification Of
party which would diminish Democratic spois by admit
ting Wing partner any share in the booty -
Not in his having proposed thing IN enienuation oi
Wing sin and ~ckcdness in dergs,ion OF Democratic
sancuy and holiness. The Lion had mind To permit
any portion Of the prey he rcndng with much
Of birds wing be snstched from his jaws,
and gro~lcd at the very thought.
But Mr.. Garland is very clearly and ably vindicated by
others of his pauy-by" Keith" and BY "a Republi-
not oi n School"-and proceed 10 complete
the which his remarkable letter suggested
minds; and shall class what have say under
the several heads Of Tariff Bank. Distribution and 7srss.
l. Mr.. q. thinks the Tariff 'tolerably well agreed
upon, and that "cousutes subject OF party division
Il be rc.adjus,ed he thinks that
be guided and controlled by the single consideration
Of understand him) Of raising the
now falling below the wants Of Government
When that is manifest. IL is rather apprehension
than reality. with Mr. g. that the Tariff
be rcadjusted with view enlarge It's produce
tvcness, tor in direct there other reliance
a, m.
would not adjss it, we glad To hear to indulge the
bigoted and ignorant prciuJccs Of fragment OF his
party. yet accommodate South Carolina uanscen-
dentalsm! lie thinks with Mr. Polk, with the wise
and moderate OF Mr.. Gsrlands own immediate school,
and with the universal Wing party that the yriaeies OF
the existing Tariff fixed wise and
foundation and should not be disturbed except only for
necessary purposes. He recognizes, have
question, this point, the wisdom Of cardinal Wing
MAXIM that stability Of high import in the department
OF National industry, and that bad system of
with stability, is better than good necessarily nucius
ing and the citizen in OF what
In all this most heartily agree, and, ihs
oil, would gladly witness party millennium.
Hoe Mr.. C. would proceed touch the Tariff in orde
produce more revenue from it, whether by general
reduction general increase Of du,e- he does
plain and imagine he had rather be excused from
planning At this time
?. The Bank. We coincide again with Mr.. G that
from all that appears above the Horizon the Bank is
adjourned question. lie may perhaps be surprised far
Their hear the admission from that Bank
while his Democratic friends remain power. We had
Their dispense with that II wisely devised and honestly
Quoted, sautary o public security and pros
perry the framing OF such hands the
Democracy the last Congress. 1--WE hope the
will be superior) That II might be made engine vi
oppression and overthrow Of popular rights f framed with
view strengthen the hands Of government,
doubted and that the reckless spirit Of the last House OF
Representative would have framed aid perpeIuatng
poncal power in the party hands then holding IT, have
no DOUBT We quarrel about the Adjournment the
Bank question We the motion until the W higs
return TO power But will upon prophecy to
Mr. Garland, namely that II nvoly cd in a with
Ensland that SIX months will have elapsed before the
necessity OF Bank will be obvious ALL and ITS establish
d-manJcJ by the voice Of tho nation Constitutional
scruples will be packered. and controlling public
sity rs it did before compel Congress pay more
attention the wisdom OF the past and sense.
than hssphtnng and distractions. The People will
feel then through their pockets the folly OF modern
Rulers ptesuming 10 be wiser than Washington. Hamilton
Gaatin, Madison, Monroe, Clay Crawford and Lowndes
3 Disrrbu,ion, hereafter be OF high consequence
when many millions be disbu ted, is OF very hulo
consequence now when there htie nothing accuing
from the public lands.
These are the Wing Of 1874. and the begin.
ming Of that year. and until they were overshs-
dowed ny another sprung upon the country part with
ncendsry siews part with views Of personal cupdiy
in part work the hopeful scheme Of making Mr..
John Tyler President second time. the great pruct
cal questions Of the day. IN their aggregate and
their separate importance, unworthy constitute tie
basis Of party struggle great Republic, which ever
have parties struggling for upon basis anorh
er Ia the first and by far the greatest Mr. e. admits that
Wings automatically right: in the last he seems
think very little principle involved either way. lie
then IN sentiment aud principle Only divided from the
Wings upon the old issues, the single question Of n
Bank Of the a. States. And let tell himnay he knows
better than do. ta if his party poled through
the Union large majority would he found both for
the Tariff, the Bank and Distribution How men role
who have been long banded by party ties and
have their party action controlled by leaders and by
catch words, is thing how those think and
ush 10 their hours at private communion with their own
minds and Judgments, by their quiet he ars aud before
their party passions stirred and la a linc by the
arlu appeal Of the unprncplcd Dcmagoguc intent only
upon his schemes Of advancement deaf and dead 10
his countrys good aud goyihst is another and very
different thing.
II there any reliance to be placed upon the tried CT
peence Of the pasi there Just cause for distrus,
when every attempt 10 set aside hs experience has enn
nled in disastrous fuure there any confidence TO be
eposed the wisdom Of those ssges who dscoy
cred and established publican mode-moro mild tbsn
Soons energetic except for conquest than that Ly-
cuigu- Notwithstanding " the e.ceeneics ii
all without the particular defects Of any one and superad
ding the peculiar, the umsnzng aud eevsiing tendencies
good, which Christianity brought into the wordhen
THE WINGS WERE RIGHT in all their issues But
what made that party right than these and far
above these and ~ ihs they have resisted from the
beginning, violent either hand. They have re-
peed eneroaehments upon the Constitution: they have
maintained order and the laws They have refused through
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