The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-16

tiers of slaves, who are not slaves themselves In
such people, the haughtiness Of dominion COM
bines with the spirit Of freedom, fort6es it, and
renders it lnvncible.' We say, be it so !; for we
know no other spirit which will enable us to hold
with safety, and to dispense with courage and hu.
manity, the duties of that perilous and responsible
trust, over the lives and personal freedom OF
others,which God, in his inscrutbe dispensations,
has been pleased to place in our hands,"
THE GLOBES BRAGGERS-" WHO BACKS
OUTi"
| We told the fiscality' of the Globe some
days ago, when speaking Of his brags, to be eau
tous, that :" the way of the transgressor is hard"
but we did not expect so soon to see him suffer
SO severely, in being driven to the wall, and
| backed out at his own game We can hardly sup
pose now that the six hundred dollars staked by
Blair will have the effect contemplated resus-
citation from the collapse produced on his friends
| by the Louisiana election; if it does, we shall
consider the money well spent. But there are
some who are disposed to make the Globe bragg
gers pay the full value for all they get-that is,
| if they can. We published, day or two ago,
| the proposition of Bushrod Taylor, Esq, of Win
chester, Va, upon the following nineteen States
Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode ISL
and, M Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Della
ware, Vermont, Maryland, North Carolina, Lou-
siana, Illinois, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Con-
necticut, Kentucky, and Indiana, and the offer to
bet from 800 to $500 on each voting for Henry
Clay; and, also, will bet from $1,000 to $4,000
on the general result in favor of the Wing can
didate. Or, if the Locos will be better accom-
modated, bet Of $4,000 to $4,000 will be made
on the general result-the money to be deposit
ed in either of the Baltimore banks designated by
the parties accepting the proposition. We have
heard it said that this bet could not be got /; to
any one disposed to make the trial, we will put
up forfeit Of 800 that Mr.. Taylor redeems
every word in the above propositon---a sufficient
take it.
But there is gentleman in Baltimore 1--WE
learn from the Patriot,) who would also like to
have clip at his fscality." Here is his pro-
position:
Mr.. Editor The announcement that the bets
proposed by the Fiscal partner of the Globe on
Monday last had been, as the Editor says, taken,
and those proposed by Mr.. Palmer of Prince
Georges county, been withdrawn, under an ac-
acknowledgement that he was "excted" at The time
he had the temerity - propose them, has caused
some disappointment in this city, where there
are many who were DESTROYS to cover them it is
thought that perhaps the fiscal editor of the Globe.
or his "bragger, WHO turns out, according to
the Washington Standard, to be no less person.
age than The political editor of that paper-would
like to have chance of repeating his bets. You
will, therefore, Mr.. Editor, oblige a Whig,-who
thinks that bet is Of use to stop boaster's
mouth, if for nothing ese,-,hat he should like TO
repeat the fiscal partners bet, and that we will
pay premium of fifty dollars for similar one.
| EXCHEQUER.
P.S Whilst our hand is in, we should like to
propose some bets on the Maryland elections ;
the money to be staked in the District of Colum-
bia. These offers are not made under "excite.
| ment," so no backing out need be apprehended
| It is proposed to bet $1,000 to 500 that Col
Pratt will beat Mr.. Carroll for Governor of Ma
ryland.
800 upon each county in the State and the
city of Baltimore that Col. Pratt will beat Mr..
Carroll.
5000 upon each Congressional District in the
State that COL Pratt will beat Mr.. Carroll.
And $500 10 5000 that Henry Clay and The
odore Frenghuysen will receive the electoral
vote of Maryland.
$1,000 as follows: $500 that Henry Clay will
be elected President of the United States, and
$500 that Henry Clay will receive the electoral
vote Of Louisiana. rsaU
Applicants can be accommodated with the five
| above proposed bets, or any one OF them, and
"NO MISTAKE"
But this is not all gentleman in Petersburg,
through the editor of the Petersburg Intelgencer,
would also take clip if he is afforded the oppor-
tunity the following is his proposto
They (tbe Whigs) will bet that Mr.. Clay
will--if he lives--be elected President-and if
the Fiscal Partner of the Globe" wishes his
fsc to be relieved of some of its contents, he can
get bets on the general result of from one hum
dred to ten thousand dollars-money slakeG and
| deposited in any bank the parties may name,