Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-01
TO THE PUBLIC.

l.st.a TO THE PUBLIC.
The change thus announced in the ownership
Of the Richmond Wing will cause no change in
the principles which that paper has always sup.
ported
In federal politics Il -vill continue - nat il has
Deen tor 30 years, the friend ofthe Union the ad.
vocste Of the Constitution it is written its
promises Of sectional interests and poti. al power
its checks and balances, and its plain and simple
Interpretation, steering equally clear OF too loose
and too refined constructions, each equally dam
gerous, the one from stimulating too much the GEN.
triPetal, the other the centrifugal tendency, proper
ties of confederaci.s not less than Of matter.
To Wing principles one and all we are attach
ed, from thorough conviction of their re cttude,
AZ well as from that trait OF human nature which
imPels us to love what We have long supported and
defended. We need scarcely say that on this
subject as heretofore we have known no variable
mess or shadow ofturning, so we are not likely to
undergo any future mutations. Dear at all times
10 our affections, the Wing cause is all the dearer
for its misfortunes. Adversely in our eyes, has
clothed il with hoer claims upon our affections
and we trust the affections of all true Wings
They are not ofthe bnsc herd of whom il is sung
"The tickle crowd with fortune and goes,
Wealth still finds followers and misfortunes foes"
Frequent and rapid fluctuations in this country,
il condition Gifts great extent, its Heterogeneous
population and the unbounded liberty Of the Press,
the tongue and Of thought. In the fickleness and
caprice fthe multitude, the sovereign power, eve.
ry class of political opinions has chance of be.
coming the fashion and ofacquiring the ascendant,
the falsest and most pernicous well as The JUS
test and wsest. Present defeat is often the guar
antie Of future success, the possession ofpolti-
cal power in this country inevitably brings its pcs
SCISSORS into odium unless exercised i'm a manner to
dazzle the imaginstions and CRAFTY the bad pas.
sions ofthat great floating mass ofignorance, pre-
judice and vice which in so many of the States
controuls the issues Of all elections. Perhaps the
most formidable obstacle TO the triumph of the
Wing party is the very excellence ofits principles
which combines against il all who hate what is
good and love what bears a more near resemblance
to themselves.
"Good scarce, the jus, are thinly sown
They thrive but i'll, nor they last when grown"
The ultimate success of the Wing party is Ger
tain If it remains embodied and continues inHexi.
bic in the support of its old principles, known to
have many secret advocates in the ranks of its adj
yersaries.
As to State affairs our course already sufficient
iy Defined will undergo no change. Deeply and
sorrowfully impressed with the decline of our ma.
tive State, ours shall be the welcome task to as
sist every enterPrize which promises TO contribute
any thing to the recovery of her lost superiority.
With this end in view as our Polar Star, we shall,
with whatever energy we possess, support a sys-
tenn Of Internal Improvement adequate at least to
develope the native Of Virginia and fur
nish all her people outlet to market: and above
even these, and with our whole soul, endeavor 10
advance universal education TO that point, at
which the popular mind may not only be prepared
TO dscide for upon questions of public policy,
and thus in measure escape the pernicious
sway Of the Demagogue, but at which acquiring
taste for letters it will be carried on to lay up
those treasures of knowledge the best antidote TO
vice aud safeguards virtue. and an uniailing
source which adds to the happiness ofthe prosper
ons, and disarms the shafts Of malevolent fortune.
With these principles and sentiments we place
ourselves before the Public, desiring patronage
which we are not thought to deserve, and to be
estimated only by the correctness Of our opinions,
the energy with which we may support them, and
the information we may contribute 10 the public
mind. JOHN II. PLEASANTS.
'7 RO. II. GALLAHER.