Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-13
CopfasIon In the Camp.


tears to shed, we would certainly prepare to shed
them now. But to waste brine upon party which is
past the power Of salt to it, would be alike
less and ridiculous We confess, though, to being
somewhat in weeping mood. The Affections Of our
neighbors and feowbeings rarely fail to excite our
sympathcs to degree. And VIC would gladly con.
tribute mite to their relief il it were not as in
the present case that the victims of misfortune are
so blinded by obstnacy and perverseness not to
be in condition to appreciate our loving kindness
We nevertheless out of the abundance of our chart
ty, beg these distressed and dsconsoatc friends,
not to surrender themselves entirely the dominion
ola moody and desperate meancholy-to live in hope,
though, as is likely, they may be cruelty destined
to die in despair We earnestly beg them to address
themselves diligently to the consultations of phoso-
ply. Aye, would even have them to revert to the
their services in the of modern Democracy had
buntcd their sensibitics and ms-shaped their entire
natures. We would have them hunt up their mus,y
catcchi,ms and dngy bibles, upon which, we fear.
their wayward eyes have not rested for many long
years and there learn what fearful penalties arc de-
nounced against miserable sinners, and what precious
hopes and promises held out to returning prodi-
gals. Some of them have, we know, but, perhans,
all Of them have not yet sinncd beyond the reach Of
forgiveness. If not, is their accepted time
Now is the day Of their salvation. Depend upon il
gentlemen, yc Democratic editors in particular tho
door of the great Wing church will not ALWAYS bc
open to you-Whig mercy will not alwaysbc extended
to you-for there is point beyond which even
Christian forbcarance may cease TO be a virtue We
bescech you therefore, if you to paw anv REGARD
to your peace in this world or the next to give M
your wretched service to Locofocoism Repent mn
on sack-cloth and ashes, and begin to bubbcr like
thousand devils were after you and all NAV vet he
we'll Oh, how our heart doth yearn for the salvation
Of guilty Locofoco sinners What for Instance
would we not give or not endure to see our nerhbor
of the Enquirer, penent, and trembling and sobb:nr
aloud approaching the Wing altar humbly confess
ing its multitudnous transgressions and franticaly
imporng for peace aid pardon 10 its troubled shirt
Would not our soul be lifted up with more than an
earthly JOY at such scene And would we not
60 beside ourselves with delight, or swoon away. or
give up the ghost, when after much tribuation
and long agony, should hear the thrilling an
nouncement made to it,-"Arise 60 thy wav. and
sin no more ?" How refreshing the tbought va,
melancholy to relate, how overwhelmingly mprobn-
BILE All things are possible, however, this among
the rest We will never give up our neighbor for
lost while the light OF trdh is abroad in the world
or, at least, while it exhibits the uncommon spirit il
did in its leader of yesterday.
The article which appeared in the WASHINGTON
Union of the 10th, in which is asserted upon the
presumed authority of Mr.. Pierce himself that il is
rash to suppose shat because the President cannot
approve bill approprating land for purely cleo
mosynary purpose, he cannot approve one which
grants homestead to the hardy pioneer or one
which grants alternate sections of land for the con-
structon oil n railroad" has thrown some of our
staunchest DemocIa attic contemporaries the ENQUIRER
among the number into n state Of the utmost trep.
dation and confusion. Tortured with doubt and an.
prehension, they plaintively inquire "what is the
meaning OF this language" Of the Union? They are
utterly unable to comprehend it. They are in dread.
Z iul quandary. The thick fog that surrounds them
oostructs their VISION They can't anticipate what is
70 happen. They know not whittier they are tend
ing. They are bcwildercd, lost, at dead stand
All liz doubt, uncertainty and dsmay
Ihe Washington Sentinel considers the Vaio1's
article as "eminenty calculated to weaken the force
OF the veto message, and increase the feeling of nm
certainty and distrust which ailicts the Democratic
party. NO doubt OF 1t. Its own manifest if no
openly expressed convictions, now in rapid process
OF confirmation, that the President is Facilitating and
unsteady, afflicted with unstable ideas" and bent
on pursuing crooked course" is conclusive proof
OF the TACT. The Sentinel is forced to admit that the
union article conveys gentle and cautions init.
nation That the veto message does not commit ito
author as to any BILL except tliat which he returned
tne Senate or as to the principle of any of the Ia nd
schemes which are pending before Congress-" IL
consoles itsel however, By saying that as the Jro
mas made many blunlers' it trusts "or the s,ke or
enc Administration that It has made another. md
expresses the belief evidently not sustained bv ,he
calm convictions of its own judgment that the Pros
ident docs mot intend 10 mutilate the strony ar,u
ment ne presenter in his recent message or to shrink
from its Legitimate deductions and consequences -
Ihis faith in the President expressed more for effect
presume, than because it is really felt by our ah
contemporary Time will disclose however whether
Mr.. Pierce will be found to toe the marx or tn
Shrink"
inc Enquirer is, perhaps, more disturbed than
the Sentinel by the Unions missiye. II SAYS II sell,
be "read by the friends Of the Administrators ,i,t
unfeigned modification and regrct-that il il calru-
ted to inju-e the President and to "mpar tho conf
dencc OF the country in the strength of his convic
tins and the stability Of his purpo,c" # saws aso
that Mr.. Pierce was UNDERSTOOD in vetong the In.
matte Law bill, to lay dom principles which womb
apply with greater force to other anl more msciic.
vou' schemes for the disposition Of the public lnis
thai the "Domosrats saw, thought they saw. in
the message Of the Prc'i lent m nne1ryocaI plcI,s
that all mcaurcsin ooH'mi cuspwth the Lnnatic l,nI
BILL would he equally rcpugnant to his principle.
and wJul meet the same fite." The Enuuirer evi
IDENTITY feels n1w tina. the "Domycratc party" ,yrrc
egregiousy mistaken in their calculations For il Is
force t. confess, with m,st m ancholy face that
II took the suggestion Of the Wing press tina, there
was NTH ng in the Presidents message to rebut tho
! lea that he wou sanction the Homestead bill. az
the captous criticisms Of nm enemy bg, the ian
g1age from the Union would sen to Justify the
Suspicious Of the opposition press" Well done for
Tho Enquirc- II il ronirka5, thing ror that Jour
MI tn confess that the "suipcions Of the Wing press
are ever wrll'oundcL It will have occasion, wc
cdict, tn make many such confessions before the
Brgaders term is ou'
The s.raog'st and most wonderful thing, however
that has occurred for n century il tIe NJ milf a,