Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-28
HICH MOND:
MONDAY MORNING FEnaUARY as.
The Dog Hgli,

The Deg Sgh!
NO thsnee-we merely use the expressive term,
employed by the Enquirer to characterize n comics,
between its own friends in Madison. Richie and
f"k are fairly by the ears. We had no intention
" provoking such dabolieal war rs is raging We
Nno" The worthless differed, and we were conscious
W "e narrow minded Jealousy OF the Emo uircr to
"a'us any assistance in the shape OF another Do
'n0e'sne paper hsrsi-bat We supposed, that being
members oil tho same loving family, they would
qrauel in brotheriy way.
The Enquirer pronounees Fisk,s account of IN.
Convention falls, in the general and the de,ai-.nd
IS p'o'use IN dsparagng mputatons II intimate,
that he "docs not understand the principles of Viz
ginia"-and takes i, in high dudgeon, tina, he pre.
sumes to watch and eTiticse the maneuvre, of tho
Jun'o. ltelosc',by expressing a wish to 90, rid
OF Mr. Fisk altogether, and to throw him into the
Wing ranks. 1t says: "we advise him TO desert
Oe'o'ehand-for, we will try TO defeat tic Wings
wiihou. him, or against him."
Fisk replies with great bitterness. lie calls the
Enqurers article "a base anl INSCRIPTIONS personal
attack, ""malgnant"-"highly tingcd with the base.
ieelnsso OF our nature;" and charges the ENQUIRER
with being ''the purchased organ Of the Banks. {,
why The asks) should we be thus rudslv and
unjus;ihably attacked ~ the Editor of the Enoui,
erin manner unbeeoming any one who las the
Ieas' pretenson TO the character OF a gentleman ?
nave we betrayed our party by supporting n
prominent traitor IN his treaehery 10 the cause of
oemocraey' Have we by opposing a leading
measure oil the Republican party betrayed the
sh'e OF Virginia into Wing misru'c1 ITousb
quesionsI No. Our whole offence hath this
ek'ent-we dared to doubt tho solvency Of the
Bank OF Va. IL is for this that We have been so
grossly asSHed by this retainer Of that role, cor-
poraiion- for this, we have been sneered q, aud
v'led by the venerable bond slave of the B,nk,
We take leave TO say that, Of all men now Iv;o,
Mr. Richie is the very last one to open hi, lin. 81,
way OF dsnunciation. No man has ever lived who
mas 'nhcted deeper Injuries upon the cause of DE.
moefaey'" MIR Fisk proceeds in his ndietmen,
against MIR Richie, and fairly reads him GU, of the
Democratic church, as he had been read GU, before
We hope both OF them will not be thrown upon the
Wing par,y-either would be more than !, could
bear
ihese gentle passes are said to be only the he.
ginning OF the hght-We will note il as i, pro
crosses.
various reasons are assigned for this intestine
'eui' An uncharIabe gentleman, the other dav
gave this solution; One has borrowed orthe Banks
anu the other cant-which makes all the difference
In the world. One is IN favor of the 'old accom-
modauons"-of which II may be said, as wa, aid
oil Abolition in the District Of Columbia-"Toucb
not Saguntum." The other is for wiping on, tho
"o.d aceommodations"-cost what it may. Bu,tbi,
IS the very essence OF Observation-Disclosures We rather
asefoe the ieud, m part 10 professional rvalry and
IN part to radical difference Of opinion in regard
to the banks, &c. The Enquirer has always. with
oil its proiessed hostility to the banks been found
IN practice TO be their hes, friend Il was extrem.Iv
anxious to make the banks toe the m,rk-bu,
always six months ahead! In this wav. i, ba,
amused and dubbed its Locofo.o adherents Fisk
on the other hand, is the essence of Locoroeoism
boiled down. lie is opposed to the Bsnks-he is
tired OF what he calls, the hypocrisy Of the Demo.
cratic bank papers. He knows a majority of hi,
party are opposed TO the B,nks-he wishes tb.i,
views carried out, and he is Cor bringing matters 10
an issue forthwith. He blinks no questionable
breaches openly ,hetrue doctrines of Locor,eoi,m-
and he wishes the people either to 20 for them or
against them. Whatever may be slid Of his
doctrines, his candour and chvalry are. a, leas,
entitled 10 communication.