Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-28
From tie Richmond Whig.

Yours very truly.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
From tie Richmond VVtig.
THE "ORGAN" AND THE "SPOiLS."--
The 5 ! no ot the Enl,i er stDmlv prot SITS
against has connect IN with the Governme. II
Organ at Washington % ing regarded as In an
manner violative Of former and oft-repoatcd
Professions OF lofty disintrestcdness. or as in
d iced by an affection Tor pap! He labors
earnestly and ing,niously to impress this view
upon his readers, SAYING among other things,
that Gin moving 10 Washington to edit q paper
h is still in the line OF business and duty that
she does not violate any rule hitherto laid
d )wn,' and that sin Washington, as in Rich
mond, he will hold no Office and receive no
slip NJ"
DOES not the Senior Editor of the Enquirer,
thea, expect to be made public Printer to one
or both Houses OF Congress, as well as 10 the
Executive, and is not the former at least an
OUtce. legally and technically as well as sub
stantially? Or can the EQuirer man, what
would certainly be a subttrluge unworthy of lit;
that the Office is to b. hsld in dnother's name
while the Government Editor received the
profits? That, for example, Mr.. Hiss is TO
be the Printer to Congress, and not Richie and
H-iss!
The apparent object of Mr.. Ritchi,, in the
remarks we have quoted from the Enquirer, Is
to impress the readers OF that paper with the
idea that he goes to Washington with no view
OF receiving federal "pap,." but simply 10 better
his condition By means OF the circulation and
business OF the Globe itself, and we dare say
fhe has many readers soft enough 10 receive
lthe impression Tor he is blessed as an editor
with a class OF readers whose ductility ii inn
bibimg error is only exceeded by the inllexible
%tenacity with which they adhere TO il, once
imbibed! But this impression will scarcely
go down with the Pablo at large!
Let us state i'll the form OF Interrogatories
what we understand is lhe state of facts:
L. Does the circulation of the Globe much
exceed 1000? We confess we were astonish-
ed to hear this staten mt, imagining its SUBJ
scribers to be not less than S00O.l
2. Is no the Globe Itself conducted, and
has n always been conducted, AT a dead
and heavy loss, not much if fanny thing short OF
3. Would Mr.. Ritchie unen 80 to Washing
ton TO buy the Globe, in the hope OF making
money by its circulation and advertising, or
could he expect even with his reputation and
experience, so much 10 surpass Francis z.
Blair in ability, as to render tn Globe, now
conducted at so immense a loss, profitable?
4. Does he not know Lf he does not, we
andall eliiorsYhe-Laye tried il dol that no
I NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Washington, with
III Govd4nm:ntaidl unless a capitalist took
the fancy of seeihs how much ofhis capital he
could siI$ in a given umeD
D. Ara not the nett profits OF the Public
Printing tome thin ,iik 2 5000 per a. aud
Is IT not tflese Profits which have
enriched Messrs Blair and Rives in despite of
the heavy loss annually incurred in conduct
ing the Giobvi
b. Does not Mr.. Rithie in reality expect to
succeed Hessrs. Blair and Rives in the profits
as well a5the losses at the Treasury as well
as the compter Of the Globe Offices!
We cannot bat think the fact is so, as we
certainly wish it may be for The sake OF those
who are to com after him. Nothing recon
Giles us TO the loss-of our venerable contom-
porary but the persuasion that he is going to
do well! But why shoul1hs be so coy III the
matter? So anxious to impress the idea that
he Is not going TO receive an Officer And pro-
vided the pap flows, what matters it whcth-
er he takes cDsce or not7 The 'Tpap" is the
substance, tae Office but the shadow i'm this
case. His protestations ofentire disintertstcd
ness her ,%toiore, were addressed Of course 10
the e0iotureht and not To- The bdublr Office.
z He volats S themquite as substantially indeed
more 50 by taking Federal money without Of
fice as with it!
H is right, we think to pocket his consist
ency In this case; but then he ought to sac
knowledge the corn" and above all, he ought
to study charitableness towards others. What
a fuss would he have made, had ace in the
event OF Clay's election, taken post at Wash
ington as Public Printers! A wolf, (says
Plutarch,) peeping into a shepherds hut, OBJ
served the shepherd ~feasting ON lamb! What
a clamor, said he, would that good man have
made, had he caught me dining on lamb Had
we CHANGED To have fallen heir To- this luck, our
heighooI had doubtless represented il as a
most ne1dTIous transsctIon-as a regular case
OF bargain sdle-asa AN instance Of most shock
ing and revolving corruption establishing be-
You'd controversy that all our support of MIR.
Clay had been prompted by an exp ,cted 'con-
sidsratlon! And lDs %Teaecrs, no question,
would have believed so too.
We shall b. more liberal, and express. as
we feel, the conviction tllat he was fairly at
liberty to take the place, and the wish that it
may prove as profitable as he anticipates: But
we do think uat ~ ought candidly 20 admit,
that lac Is NOT only going TO take office, but
The most lucrative ONCE in the Union!
THE HORSE SPLCTRE.-A Correspond.
ent Of the Albany Cultiyator saws:
i love a good horse; i'm fact, ! love them that
love hors 5. once TOie fifty miles on horse
back to sec a br, ken down racer, aud was am
ply repaid Tor ny labor. Indeed he was q r.
mdTkdblc animal on many accounts; and al
though Thorough bred witha pedigree Of the
greatest purity, h. was as heavy as miny a
wagon horse. His color was a deep chestnut.
bordering on black wi h eyes of light brown.
that seemed 20 be planted in the check, about
midway between The nos and cars. giving him
an appearance quite unearthly. his action also
qulck and hurried, and of the most eccentric
character. was calculsted TO inspire a sort af
terror IN The beholdcK lesding bin to be cara
lul how he ventured into the enclosure wilgref
he was coniined.-And yet. withal. ne ~
perfectly gentle and manageable and of
most generous disposition. At the TIM
which J write he was la possession o