Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-10
RICH MON d, VA.
Friday Morning, August 10, ls49.
WaIG HONESTY AND CANDOR.


journals Of this city, prepared by them with I'M
most elaborate care, and, as they suPPoseo' VIII
the most whitening and annih'laling enec' uPoi
the Democratic parry. We do 50 again, ant
nuhli,h entire the following article from Mon
day'. Wing, in preference TO that OF Tuesday
hitch is common place, stale and habby:
~ mr.ccoroco,sM II any one thing is more anu
4 s;ne ,han arolher, in that strange compound 0
nasson, folly and imposure, which Will live il
bi.,ory under The above designation, il is The uni
yarsa howl OF real pain and affected moral in
&nation with which il fills The land, al tht
Ebolrsome process OF reform now in progress
Rnder the auspices Of the new administration =
THE whole kennc OF Locotoco newspapers anc
barry poiIicians-tf6 :e holders and seekers
Ea,rioi:, grateful for iavors 10 come, and eve
ready 10 serve their country for "cons Iteration,
who have Tor near quarter OF century, II
this free land OF ours, as The demagogues OF tht
worst days OF Athens, made OF Politics trade
and OF the Commonwealth spoil-is in an mp
roar. from The Big Dogs who do The growing o
the Union, down 10 the TRAY. Blanche anc
Sweetheart" OF the village Press-from The Dives
OF the political Board, TO The Lazarus who bees
the crumbs from his table. All iswo, and lam
enlatiou and virtuous wrath, and outraged mo-
raj teeIing Injured for a generation TO con-
slider the public offices as their lawfu! possession
visiting with ruthless prescription and exclusion
from all The boDors and emoluments OF the , ate,
as total as Helot,sm itself could entail, ell NO
did not hail 10 their banded self-seekine, Inc no.
liest efforts OF patriotic dcvo'ion-lhere Is some
Thing neflably comic in the mingled surprise,
race and terror with which they find themselves
;ust fitte choked of from their bold upon The
Pcblic Treasury. The shrieks OF the tabled
Mandrake, when nightly torn from The ground
were faint image Of their agonizing clamors
Never. indeed, in any OF lis past phases has The
iPauy' (meanins thereby The amabe association
above described) exhibited a more palpaole self
conviction OF the vice which the ablest OF them,
with a brief felicity n0t even surpassed by the
Roman historian in his porlraiture OF The Great
ConspiIator, has described as The very principle
of lie within it-"hed together by the cohesive
power Of the love OF The public plumber"
"Auimus audax, suodolus, yarius, cuJus rel
lib:t. simulator &C dissimu!aior, alleni appeers.
sui profusus, ardens in cupdita,ibus sails loquen'
q sapiendo parum
nNone neeo worder then, at the scurrility with
which The venerable patriot al The head OF Co.
vernment Is assailed Tor The judicious and steady
correction OF pubic abuses, by those who have
no long had an interest 10 maintaining them
from the discarded Commissioner oil Patents iu'o
the Union, 10 the learned IhebGn in The Enquirer,
who whimsically denounces the same act-"1hs
prescription OF JOHN Lynch" as being at one and
the same ,ime, one oil "Pslty tyranny and cold
b0oded 6nteasry," (>iel-a scuIr'li!y so gross and
80 dishonoriog 10 the nation, that u any inlell.
gent and nnprejndiced foreigner could regard ii
as fit reading-as fiji mental pc6u!am OF the
twenty millions of lreemen stretched over our
vallies and our hills, he would not hesitate 10
place us back in civilization whole centuries
from where we certainly deserve TO stand. So
potent indeed, Is The weapon deemed by those who
weld i, that we head il said by ono oil the iaiih
full that Gen. TAYLOR would Dot dare 20 Turn
Burke out OF the Pa,en, OiEce, fn fsa, # the
pigor Of his pm
H'No enemies 10 punish quo,ha7 Are Moore
and Collins, ct I'd genu, onnnc, any more The enc
mics of Gen Taylor, Than they are the euemes
OF every honest lover OF his connry2 Is The un-
divialing and systematic exclusion Tor years, Ct
one hal; al Least, OF all the talent, energy and
moral tco III Of tie nation. from the hope even u
entering The career of honorable am6uion in The
public service. persisted in for years-and that
exclusion pfo!sssediy based upon the false and
Insulting ground OF imputed hostility 10 the pIin-
cpes OF Tree goyeInmenI-in So much, that, 10
have il said in the lang uage Of the lae immacn-
lale incumbent OF the Treasury "You are, and
always have been Whig," afhxe1 brand Of
ou,aw ry as ineffaceable as The mark Of CANA
sysem. TOO, KEEP, up by the cunning cevce Of par.
~ discipline which represses every sentiment OF
freedom in thought or action, and substitutes the
will Of an e!ie" JUNO, for The unbiased suttIaees
OF Freemen-is This system of corrupt terrorism
SO great blessing as that this people shall rise
in arms against its correction by the gentle and
moderate applications Of the JefiersUnian "Pio
cedure7" We ,row not. We tell these patriots TO
cease The ouicries, with which they make day and
night hideous, al an inAicnon Of justice which is
demanded BY The highest interests Of The nation.
Were The policy, however, OF the Cabinet 10 re.
gard 10 the removals precisely what il is not
proscriptve, in the most extreme sense OIL the
ierm-were the .'poisonei chalice" which they
have SO often commended 10 olher lips, returned
TO their own, until they had drained tito The dregs
their own conduct would rob Them OF all sympa-
thy, as their present unmauly wailings deprive
them OF all respect. The mass cares nothing for
them. No, these The arts which shall unseal from
their hearts The glorious old chief, who shall be
held 10 honor for The service he has done the State,
when they, his revilers, shall, in their insienih-
canoe, be forgotten; whom, when oblivion shall
have overwhelmed, RECORDED houors shall gath
er Tonnd his monument, and ihicEen ever /; "a
solid fabric, il will support the laures that acorn
it,
SIT were not an improbable taskto review The
crimes Of the parry" Tor which they are nov
suffering the penalties Of jusiice-pai;loulariy
in this very matter OF prescription. Il received
usage 10 sentencing great criminals, coun'enan
ces a review OF The causes aud motives which
led to their guilt, as pr, f!able TO the ccnvc! as
leading 10 repentance, aud 10 Witnesses as les
son and warning. Something like this, We pre-
pose 10 do In regard TO the party now on the eve
OF dissolution, the great bar OF political opin-
ion"
We wish, most sincerely, the whole country
could witness and comprehend The lone Of feeling
which characterizcs the Wing party, and under.
stand thoroughly The springs and impulses which
move them to action. Whenever an article ap-
pears in The Wing journals calculated, in our
opinion, 10 effec, this object, We will most glad
~ make room for the precious essay.
We give them credit a, least, Tor sincerity,
when they tell US how "amused" they are at The
cal pain" which they think the Democracy e1.
perience, because Of their eviction from cffce
and The course pursued towards them b; Gene
ral Taylor aud his Cabinet. A generous bosom
would ieel commisseralion, If no, certainly indif-
ference, towards The sutferngs and dislresses o.
fallen enemy. l. is left for Wing decency
and Wing msgnanimi,y 10 scoffa,, 10 dsride anc
20 goat over the misery and distress of a large
number OF unofending, worthy, upright men
Who, with their wives and cnildren, have beer
turned out TO poverty and wan, because ,heiI
opinions differed from the opinions OF Genera
Taylor.
There is a black malignity in the sentiment
purely devilish, and this side Of Pandemon ium
has resting place only in the Wing heart-no
the heart of The Wing masses-but in the tester
Ing tubercle, which engenders roueDness ans
stencil 10 the bosoms OF their leaders and their IT,
minarIes, which they dignity with the appella'ior
of heart They cannot understand how The in
disna,iou OF people should be excited, al seeing
the pledges Of man, deliberately given, as deli
bera,ely viola,ed-at witnessing the promises O.
4 candidate earnestly and solema'y made, a.
cooily and uuhesi,atiugly talsi6ed. They 60 far