Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-01-14

win the Wing members Of the Legislature rseeiys s,,hou,
oenee, the suggesons Of humble yet 1ealous Wing
relation to their policy in tho election TO be made on
Friday nexti
You in minority, aud there little prospee, of your
being able to elect Wing IL il proper Tor that reason
10 vote Tor Democrat Will you strike your ag hes
outnumbood by your snemiesf VIII YOU desert tho shin
because the storm bowls around youi Will you withhold
the manifestation OF respect from true and faithful
servant No-never
WILLIAM $. ARcuEK in times OF peril aud detection Ia.
remained firm and faithful fyou cannot for lack of now
reward his past service with election Won can at
least award to him, what ho richly merits at your hands
an unequ'oes expression Of appreciation past
and your confidence Tor the uste II he
because OF the aseendaney OF his political opponents let
him retire with the proud eenciousness that his fidelity
appreciated and his course approved by those whom he
has served. Let him have cause TO saw in
TO any Wing member OF the Legislature" Et tn. Bruc"
Is supposed that some Of the Wing members OF the
Legislature arc inclined their for Of
the Democratic nominees. May | Tor a moment reason
with Suehl Why should any thus votef Does principle
policy demand iti William Archer 10 worthy of yon,
sutirSges lie entitled that most highly valued reward
OF the public tho appreciation OF his
But will YOU that to for him, hopeless OF securing
his election, is to throw away your voter Not That
Is no vain act which accompshes any valuable pa pose
And what more valuable and conducive the per-
manencc and prosperity OF any party than the unshrnk
ing discharge OF duty by those inrusied with powcti And
what can more strongly ncito TO such discharge Of duty
than the conviction that will be appreciated and reward
cd by those for whom IL rendered. That they will ad-
h"rc % him he adhero them when OF m comet
GIVE tins assurance all future public men, sustainny
by your votes this faithful servant Nor i, the case
desperate that should be entirely hopeless of his re-
election. BE m, united in his support and is no, i'm.
possible that some OF the Democrats unable
election OF Of their wing "ths pdrfy may ore,
Ter him TO any Denocrat OF the other tsiRg.
But will You you ot the least objection.
able Democrat IN order defeat the election one more
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES you must choose between evils IL
not this suicidal policy Can be right shoat man
TO prevent the greater evil Of anothers hanging him m
must be poisoned, what matters 1t to YOU whether he
die by. arsenic prussc acid IL Democratic prncples
and measures prevail OF what interest is 1t TO the
wings or to the country whether the rash and violent
the smooihaeed and oilyongucd of that party sus
tam and carry them QUIT IL matters this and this only
that the more Thoroughbred the partisan the sooner the
people will open their and their senses And
Is II not wei To consider how TAR this policy defeats own
obecn The less evil chosen SUCH becomes ihe great
by that choice. Test BY the case undor con
deTaton Senator elected by Wing votes as choice
OF evils-Wha does that imply Simply that though
Democrat, he Is not so thorough going his competitor
that in your estimation he has leaning towards whsgery
At he il suspected by his party watched and denoun
ced he dares TO halt for an instant their full mad ca
reer II disposed TO be liberal and moderate he dare not
he compelled by the force OF the position which your
votes have placed him, 10 avouch his freedom the faint
OF Whiggery by sustaining his party IN its most extreme
measures. You choose him the less evil and by that
very choce compel him to become the greater The
tory OF this country for the last twenty wears is full of .
ampes verifying the truth Of these remarks
But perhaps you may say, that the Democrats will not be
able TO unite and unless the Wings for one of their
candidates no election can be made Not so necessarily
they cannot unite Democrat why may not enough
OF them unite with you to elect Wing Stranger things
have happened. But grant IL. What then Have Won
any thing do with composing the ses of the Democrn
tic party The Wings the minority; they canpo,
make an elecuon-no part Of the responsibility for failure
rests upon them. With the Democrats is the power-,vb
them the responsibility When the Wings could not unite
as between Mr.. Ryes aud Mr. Tyler did the Democrats
step in and heal the breach And upon whom fell ,b
odium OF not making a election
But IS there any choice between the candidates kov
TO be presented by the Democrat When commenced
writing intended discuss question; but this com,
munieauon Is already 50 extended that dismiss IT
very briefly
Messrs Smith, Jones, Hunter and Bayly will probabr
DC he ashSs OF the Democauc course Is there among
them any choice for true Wing speak OF their
private characters personal worth These shoud neysr
be the subject OF political newspaper discussion Bur "a
poucans The two last, whatever their moral quaica
ons are renegade Wings Sustained in their first otter
ing political footsteps by the Wing paTy-chershed sus
[ained honored and elevated by party and protesting
unoounded devotion To long they had any thing of
gam to hope from IT, they sooner able TO stand
alone, and et feared the declining strength of that par
~ 10 sustain them, than they abandoned They not only
orsook, but actually dsowned the mother who had nou
shed them, and seemed glory dscaimng all kinshp
inns should be enough 10 decide every Wing promptly 10
reject them, they would spurn the serpent that sting.
the bosom which him into life. Nor il there more
OF choice between the remaining While Mr. Smith |
must be acknowledged 10 be Democrat all over in The
most extreme sense OF the word in It's modern accepaton
he Is bold, open, uncompomsng. With not always
tempered by dissection, he lacks, occasons either
the power the will conceal the deiUmites of the eK
doctrines OF his party and shocks the moderate even
OF his own party by their naked exhibition. Mr. Jones
on the other hand, mild courteous, conciatory and pe
dent while he stops but Little it any short Mr. Smith m
his devotion TO the doctrines Of tho party, dresses them
fascinating garb commend them 10 the affec-
lions OF his own party, and to the liberation Of ours The
chief difference between them is that the one COATS the
pill with sugar, the other does not
Commenting these views hastily penned, the indul-
gent consideration Of tho Whg members Of the Leei.a
uFe the writer will conclude with appeal to
them 10 remain firm and united Wings, casting their
votes for Wing and a Wing only. As TO Democracy
and Democrats their should be touch not taste
NOT handle not the unclean thing" DELTA