The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-05-09
"By ST. George, the work goes bravely on"
mischief thou art a-foot'

"By St. George, the work goes bravely on"
Mischief, thou art a-foot"
These two patriots, F. P. Blair and Thomas
Richie, who have heretofore labored together
like loving brothers, to retain power, and thereby
fill their pockets with the "spois !" and who, SO
long as prosperity and bright hopes shone upon
them, were the best natured men towards each
other imaginable; now that the skies are lower
ing, the tempest of public Indignation begins to
rise, and they see their bark going to pieces, are
beginning to lose the sweet serenity of their
amiable dispositions, to become petulent, captous
ill-natured, contradictory, and FESTIVE.
The Globe mir. Blair) first reads the Enquirer
(Mr. Rtchie) lecture, and intmates to him,
indirectly, that he is getting old and losing his
sagacity, is easily duped and led astray by cum
ming and designing men, and gently admonshes
him of his duty, and to beware of committing the
folly and error of entering into an intrigue to
overthrow Mr.. Van Buren, and promote Mr.. Cal
houns prospects Whereat, the old gentleman
of the Enquirer takes fire, and flares up" right
smartly." We must cay the venerable octogena-
rian exhibits much of the spirit of youth in his
reply to the Globe; enough, at least, to show
what sort of stuff he is made of, and the spunk he
must have possessed in the pamy days of his
manhood, before the pitcher was broken
And his big manly voice.
''Iuming again toward childish treble piped
"And whistled in its sound.
We copy from the Richmond Enquirer of
Tuesday Mr.. Ritche's reply to his friend and
brother, F. P Blair which our readers will find
highly interesting.
The Globe of Tuesday evening does not rejon,
but has long, deprecatory jeremiad, written
doubtless, by Blair himself, as it has all the cha
racteristics of the mind and spirit of sick man.
owe assure Mr.. Blair we mean no unfeeling al
fusion to his illness, and that we heartily sympa-
thise with him in his sckness.) We doubt not
that as Mr. Richie is kind-hearted man, he will
be Modified by this sicky tone, SO different from
the usual, high, dictatorial, imperous, command
ing, gasconading tone of the Globe, and that his
heart will instantly melt within, and his eye glis
ten with the tear drop of compassion, upon read
ing it. Nous verrons, as he is wont to express
himself
The Globe has been pleased and polite enough
to say, that Mr.. Richie and others have become
dupes" TO an intrigue which it says has been 60
ing on at Washington during the present session.
The first plan, according to the Globe, was to get
up meeting and denounce Mr.. Van Buren,.
The next was, to "get members to sign paper
against him." The last scheme "was that of
individual remuneration of Mr.. Van Buren-at-
tempts to work upon the States and delegates to
the Convention, by the eternal concerted and
cuckoo cry, He can't be electedp This is the
last manGuvre, and we grieve to see that Mr..
Richie and others have become its dupes The
resolutions adopted at the Shockoe meeting i'm
Richmond was the fruit of this intrigue; and, if
acted upon in that State the Democratic par,v
there is dsbanded." The Globe is also pleased
to compare this effort to John Bells plot to foist
Judge White upon the nation as the Republican
candidate. 1t concludes by saying, that "the
great body of the party is not the dupe, nor the
instrument of this second edition of the Judge
White intrigue, and will not be governed by it.
Mr.. Rtchie may rely on this ~
With all our disposition to sacrifice every thing
upon the altar of our party, and to unite with the
Glope IN act and in spirit for the promotion of the
hepubican cause, we must frankly tell the Globe,
that there Is no press in this country which is able
to dictate to us. We have generally heard the
voice OF the Globe with respect we have al
ways desired the good wishes OF its editor-but
Mr.. Blair may reply upon il, that we will never
so far lose our self-respect as to bow tn lie
dctation.
We have sympathsed with him in his sickness,
but we regret TO see the first evidence Of his
convaescence in this singular effort to cast slur
not only upon ourselves, but upon some of the
most distinguished Republicans in Virginia. We