The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-17
.ATESi INTELLIGENCE.
BY LAST EVENINGS MAIL.
Washington.


nation.
They have way in the Patent Office Of pnninQ
butterflies through their backs so as to exhibit COM
petely the structure and colors of the insects to the
curious observer. Just so, and just now, and with
the necessary delicacy in the operation, intend
TO transix Father Richie. Like great night-moth
he has plunged headlong into candle, and the
exhibition we shall make of HIM, will show that his
wings have been scorched some" The following
appears in the Union of last Saturday EVENING"
The Washington correspondent of the last New York
Hereid presents many whispers" and legends which
fagrantly and false upon their very
face as to make them unworthy of serious contradiction
Will it be believed, by any one who has not q taste
for the ridiculous that among these fables is the follow
It'll whispered among the quid that Col Polk
has funds invested in tho organ that his private sec.
rotary Mr. j. Knox Walker, clever and amiable young
man, IL stakeholder to a large amount and that Gen
Cameron OF Pennsy lvana. an original stakeholder
bought out by the jont-stock company Of he admins
must from the House printing of the securing Of
which not shadow Of doubt entertained in the
set But the friends of Blair and Rves, the friends Of
u'e Construction, and OF the Tylermen or young de-
mocracy OF the United States Journal are equally OBJ
noAiou 70 the claims and the prospects of the organ
hors du combat viii it be defeated3 Nous perrons-
God is merciul but We shall seen
Not one sy liable of all this about the President Mr.
Knox Walker, or Mr.. Senator Cameron is- true The
only stockholders Richie Heiss The scribblers
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the streets Of Washington, and work Tor their honest
bread instead Of prostutng their talents the fabrica.
ton OF such monstrous fables.
Father Richie is apprroxmating, or has past that
grand climacterlc Of the psalmist, of three score
years and ten, and yet, with all the lights of scrip
ture and experience before him, as to the primary
Importance preparing himself for his final account
will bet hat upon it, that when he read the ex-
tract which he has quoted from the Herald, he
tipped out round OATH violation OF article OF
the decaogue, and OF the Church Presbyterian. 1t
evidently raised his dander. Now, what sort Of
denial does he make ! At first glance direct, com.
prehensve, and unanswerable at the second, it is
mere evasion like his refutation Of the rumor of
compromise upon the 10th parallel.
We take Father Richie at his word, that the only
stock holders in the Union (on The books) Richie
and Helss But will Mr.. Richie have us lay our
finger upon the who furnished the quota of the
venerable editor! Will he have us designate speci-
hoderln the name of Mr.. Heiss, or something equi-
vdlent thereto, from his hold upon the establish
ment If he does, we shall bring him up to the 49h
parallel, and let him rest there with the admnstra-
non, IN all the glory OF his gossamer equivocatlons
But there is another point in Mr.. Ritchles COM
menary, worthy OF especial observation and rebuke,
cid as he Is, and respected as he should be for his
age. He says, &c The scribbers who originate these
streets OF Washington, and work for their honest
Bread &c. Now, there is in this lnsidlous little
sentence, covert, supercllious, arrogance of supe
periorlty in character and standing, which is mad
MISSILE and untenable. What does the old codger
mean 10 say! "Why, you poor, ptifu devils of
scrbblers, degraded as are the common, low, labor
ers upon the avenue, We have so far debased your
selves, that We deserve to be ranked IN the same
class" This, we think, is fair Interpretation. The
recommendation was designed as slur upon the
letter writers, and not compliment to the labor
ers on Sc the streets OF Washington" And despite
his democracy-in the face of his organshp of re-
publican administration, his inherent ideas OF the
vulgar and the " highly respectable are strong
that, in degrading the character OF the letter writers
49, Il. had
less thinks it, of the honest workmen good Is he,
upon the streets OF Washington"
The fact Is, there was radical error committed
in p;icing this old war-horse IN the shafts OF the
government organ He has no longer the strength
his back TO bear the weight OF the burden he VIII
be doomed to carry. He has kept old Virginia SO
long, and slumberingy to the principles of 9S and
80, that we find her now in improvements in enter
prise, IN education, agriculture, IN everything,
in her pride and poverty, still maintaining the
standard of 9S and 49, while her sister States around
her marching forward with the era of lS45 And
in this condition, Father Richie leaves Virginia
10 take care of the administration OF the whole
country. He leaves her, far behindhand himself
is he has left the State
Nor must the venerable editor presume too much
upon the dignity of his position the organ"
What is it compared with that OF the leterwriter
in the premises for the Ne,c York Herald! We have
4 carte blanche; we treat OF men, and OF measures,
# circumstances, and in our own Indicated I'M
prescribed, unmeasured sentiments. And we are
sufficiently well paid to make the work more COM
Portable than the poorly compensated laborer upon
the streets of Washington" How is It with Fa-
her Richie! He is the veriest jackall that ever
lid service to the lion. He has neither soul nor
body OF his own; fer, soul and body he has sold HIM
self to the Executive. He is courtler-h he is pl-
ot-ish-he is jackal he is a slave-a downright
slave-body and soul he is a slave. Never spaniel
bowed more obseguiously to his master than Father
Richie TO the administration, right or wrong
And shall slave presume TO arrogate superiority
over a man that is free 1t will not do, Father
X itchie; it will never do.
Walkers Mississippi difficulty, of Mr.. Buchanan,
and the 49th parallel, OF II. E. Riel, and the old
Democrat press he is about to establish here-shali
we not bring Father Richie to an account to-mor-
row Nous Verrons. And we have chapter IN
tore concerning Mr.. II. B. Wright, Mr.. r. j.
Walker and Mr. II. M. Saunders, which will abso-
utey astonish the natives, and show them how they
did the business at the Baltimore Convention.