New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-03
Mr.. Richie Of THE Union

Mr.. Richie Of the Uniop.'
During the late absence from his post Of the res
ponsiblc Editor Of the Tribune, his Assistant IN
charge Of the Political department, spoke Of ." The
old Fed>val,sna Of I'h0mas Riciie, The appointed
organ Of the party Mr.. Richie rePels the nnpnta
ton in the following tcrrns-Pcrhaps OVERRIDING Inc
business, perhaps not
And now wha will friends IN yifginis-nsy, through
"orgsnsv The dilemma IL before him and M Oreeiey
cannot escape from H. He either asserts "hat ~ sIo
Be false u shanefly careless In asserting w'a - ot.
10 have known 10 false "Thomas Richie iecesh-'
sman who has been devoted % the cause oi Virginia
- r,,f,ra Testament Mai.ons celebrated resolutions Of "a
and 80; who las beea rdcuied of ns ,iIgiua
ions and devoted To thu same school win Jehe'so' 'p
Ger, Rosne, p. l.. Barbour, &c. kc ,,.. u,
1--WE beg here most respectfully, 20 tel the Wings 81
NewYork, that me Sesyicrs Tribune sl.s be
their quality ant # IDS extinct he lar spe.ien !" ~
Tribune honest can ocntde ~ 1er "u'h VI 10
their justice"
Directly over tine paragraph Of which Mr. hi''ho
complains 10 bitterly the ntiols OF the Edii"
Of The Tribune whose name be here inv0kes appehp
ed to letter from Boston showing beyond question
that Mr. Greeley could not have been the author 0
the bunder in question. And although our Assi--
tant was very naturally led into his mistake by con
founding Jacksonism with Democracy or anti FEEDER
slisn we beg leave to Mr.. X. that that mis-
take could not have been made by Mr. Greeley by
any possibility. He knows well that Mr.. Richie
has always squared his politics by the most rgd
quiremenis Of party Democracy, and has IFobably
appealed 10 the Resolutions Of ~ as The touch
stone Of Political Orthodoxy at least ten thousand
times. Whoever shall take away his character ior
unspotted Democracy would leave him poor indeed
We rcrsc, therefore the imputation Of our mistaken
Assistant, and pronounce Mr.. Richie the model the
paragon. the Chcvalicr Bayard Of Democracy
When it was Democratic 10 assai Gen jackson az
utterly unfit for Civil or Political trust, no man as
sailed him more fercely than Thomas Richie bu'
when, a few years thereafter it became Democratic
10 commend Gen Jackson as the paragon OF states
manship and trustworthincss man laid on thicker
than Thomas Richie, In 1923 J, was Democratic
10 advocate One Term only for President and Mr.
Richie was very earnest for that. In -32 and $40
twas Democratic to support President for Second
serm and Mr. Richie did his utmost on mat side
In '29 80 il was Democratic 10 advocate the Nuliy
Ing doctrines Of Calhoun and Hayne, and declare
them the very counterpart Of the Resolutions Of
'ss," and Mr.. Richie did this very thoroughly. In
1893 il was Democratic To coadcma Modification
as utterly inconsistent with orthodox Democracy
and Mr. Richie did his quite effectively. In 1884,
il was Democratic TO praise the Pet Bank system
and nobody did il heartily than Mr. Richie
In 1888, il had become Democratic To 20 the whole
Hog for the SubTrcasury and dcnouncc the Pet
Banks; and though this the hardest dose he had
had yet Mr. Richie gulpcd it down for Democracy
sake. Nobody was more ardent than Mr.. X IN sup
,r lilo 4n.,nncracx smiled al
him; nobody did more To crush Mr.. '. b. when
Southern Democracy turned against him Nay
more our paragon of Democrats can be on boil
sides of vital question at the same time when the
interests of Democracy require n-can advocate
Dorrism for the North and stand fast by Slavery III
the South--can sympaihizc with the victims OF al
gcrnc tyranny in Rhode Island but breathe NOT
whisper Of dissatisfaction at the Constitution OF hs
own Virginia which mol ON y denies any vote at al
10 Door white man while il allows his rich neigh
Dor dozen but actually vests the Political Power OF
the State in ahou, onc-third of ,s Legal Voters We
insist then, that our contemporary is the 6eD"
ideal Of the swindlc which passes for Dcmocracy-
His case irresstibly reminds us Of an anccdo'c IN
friend Porter new volume The Big Bear of Ar
kansas &c where Jim threatening to tell how lc
put 'Chunkey asleep ina panther nest, is asked
WAS you not appfebeiisive they would Nil him
'Applc-hell. No, II they'd commenced bin' Cmnkey.
they'd been looed that's game Chuley 'ntented q
We are 10, quite sure that Democracy Is a game
that Mr. Ritchic invented but we are coniidcn, that
the inventor have been relative, who has
taught Mr. r. To play il most adroltly and entirely
withou, scrupe.
is not our amendc TO Mr. II. as thorough as
need be