The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-02-08


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THE GLOBES TWISTING AND BACKING
OUT
Our readers will remember that we have, on
several occasions, called their attention to the
course Of the Globe in misrepresenting Governor
Davis, and to its insinuations against the purity
and honesty of the Democracy Of Illinois. We
then stated that these charges would create a
sensation which would react on the Globe; and
any reader Of that paper can not have failed TO
notice how it has been endeavoring, for the last
week, TO explain away, and back out Of, its first
position. We have sufficient evidence in the
Democratic papers we receive from Illinois, to
convince any one that this twisting of the Globe
is caused by the indignation which is felt and
expressed in that State at its reckless conduct
The burden of the article in the Globe was,
that the foreign bond holders of that State had
appointed Governor Davis, Wing candidate for
the Vice Presidency, their agent to go to Illinois,
with the design Of influencing the electors by
means of the money they would put under his
control. So soon as the copy of that paper con-
tanning this charge reached Illinois, Mr.. Ryan,
one Of the Democratic commissioners of that
State, wrote an answer contradicting every ma
terial allegation in the Globe, and showing that
Gov. Davis was not appointed agent by the for
eign bond holders, and that they did not even
know that he was appointed. Mr.. Wentworth
contradicted this charge Of the Globe on the
floor of Congress, and his speech was published
In that paper emasculated, however, of this
contradiction. Ii now appears from letter Of
Mr. Wentworth, published in the National Intel
lgencer of the 9Th instant, that he had sent the
reply of Mr.. Ryan to the Globe, with request
that ii should be published. Instead Of doing
this, the editor came out with another article on
the 29th January, commencing thus: 1--WE are
admonished from Illinois that the course of the
Globe is construed by some as hostile to the
mode proposed to extinguish the Illinois debt"
1t then continues, in the same article, to reterate
all its former charges against Governor Davis
and the foreign bond holders about corruption,
"the influence Of their purses" &c. Mr.. Har-
din, Of Illinois, then addressed the editor note,
enclosing Mr. Ryan's letter, couched in terms to
which he could not object, but he declined pub
fishing either.
The most charitable construction which could
be put upon the articles of the Globe. was, that
it was misnformed or unacquanted with the
manner in which Governor Davis was selected.
But even this fimsy covering is Withdrawn by
the letter of Mr.. Wentworth. He states and
the Globe Of the 9th, in republishing his letter,
admits, that its editor had seen Mr.. Ryan's state
ment before the article of The Goth January was
published. In that article, as before stated, the
Globe re-asserts that Governor Davis was Sc
lected by the foreign bond holders of illinois for
the purpose OF controlling the elections with the
money of foreigners; yet, at the time he made
this assertion, he had the most satisfactory evil
dence from its own political friends, that NOT one
Of its material assertions ,ods true! What epi-
dence could be more Conclusive TO PROVE that the
Globe rras Knowingly and designedly misrepre-
senfing the facts in this case? If the Locofoco
party see proper to uphold press which is thus
known to have disregarded the evidence of its
own political friends, and which even yet refuses
TO correct its gross misrepresentation, it must
be considered as an admission by them that
truth is not to be regarded, if falsehood and mis-
representation will answer better political
purpose
The Globe, in its attempts to escape from the
dilemma in which it now finds ITSELF is equally
unfortunate as in its first charges. Referring to
Mr.. Hardin and Mr.. Ryan, it says. /" Both in
effect admit that it would have been improper
in the British creditors to put their demands on
State. and the newly-profered loans for grea
national work, under the management of a man
electioneering for the chief magistracy Of the
country" In this, the allusion is made again TO