To De Confined.

From he Richmond Enquirer. PORTRAIT OF WHIGGERY
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Yesterdays Whig contains a letter from Willoughby Newton, Esq, member of the House of Representatives from the county of Weslmoreland, of most singular character He had been invited by the committee of in- yitation to attend " the whig convention about to assemble in Richmond, one of whose most important duties, you inform me, will be 10 embody and promulgate, in the form of an address to the people of Virginia, the politi- cal principles and measures of government policy, upon theirapproyal of which the whig party intend to place their hopes of success al the next spring and fall elections" Mir. N. declines the honor; and in place of attend- ing in person, sends on to the committee a letter of advice, which the Whig is pleased to publish ill its yesterdays number. Well might he preface it with the remark, that < the reader will be amply repaid by a perusal." Amply indeed will every democrat be repaid; for we have never seen more extraordinary revelation made, even in these extraordinary times-a document so rich in discovery, so well calculated to support the charges which the democrats made upon the Whigs of 1840, and to expose the devices of this motley null ttude to the whitening rebuke of an indignant country. Ne do not blame Mir Newton for writing such letter, but we leave 1t to him to reconcile his own past acts to his present professions. We esteem him as gentle man; but we know his entire Che will excuse us for saving this) rabid devotion to party whose federal principles he would have thor oughly scorned and repudiated in 1895 Our business is not, however, with its worthy author; nor is it with the committee, who have been pleased in their great discretion

 to publish an article which iastens such out rageous charges upon their own party But it is in the capacity of witness that we come forward to notice the revelations of Mr. New ton, and which we now tell him and them, for their own comfort, will do more to mmask the movements of their party, during the last campaign. than any other document which has lately seen the light of day Little did we dream that such a torrent of light was about to pour upon the country. We have been in search of their celebrated address of l840. We shall obtain a copy of 1t, and publish both the address of that convention (of lS40) and of this convention (of l844.) We shall let them speak for themselves to the ears of an enlightened people. We proposed 10 the Richmond Whig, the other day, if he would publish these two addresses, we would publish their last address of 1874; and indeed dispense altogether with his publication of our own But little did we anticipate such a commentary upon the address of lS40, in- anitely more important than itself, as has since suddenly hurst upon us in the follow ing piquant extracts from Mr. Newton's letter.

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 years, no impartial observer can fail to per ceiye, that the disasters which have belallen the wing party, and cast blight over the prosperity of the country, have resulted, in a great measure, from the want of candor and