The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-24

til evidently the opinion of the sole
organ, that the American people have
done very foolish thing in making Gen
eral TAYLOR their President, instead of
Mr.. RITcHIE's candidate. Nothing will
account for it but the idea that the people
have been humbugged." When Bob
Acres, in the play, was explaining to his
friend how badly he had been treated by
a young lady who had been disposed of
to another gentleman, Sir Lucus O'Trig-
ger observes to him rival in the
case, is there and you think he has sup
planted you unfairlyp' To which the
gallant Acres replies" Lnjaiylyl to be
sure he has. lie nerer could haze done 1t
fairly" Mr.. AcREs thought the girl was
humbugged. So Mr.. Richie thinks of
the American people.
| If the Union is right, it is clear enough
that the people would have done much
better thing if they had made Mr.. Richie
himself President. Then they would have
had every thing right; now they have
every thing wrong, if we can credit the
ex-official organ. The Union tells the
people, every day, in effect, that they
have stultified themselves by making a
Chief Magistrate of man who has not a
single qualification for his position. He
has not made a movement which the sole
organ has not condemned-telling the
people that they could not expect any
thing but blunders, when they made a
President of such an "imbecile." If he
makes speech, Mr.. Richie tells us that
it is very bad speech, with the implica-
ton that the critic could make much
better speech himself. If he writes let
ter, we have Old MENTOR at him again
leaving us to infer, how much better a
letter he could have written. Mr.. Richie
would not have agreed to the capitulation
at Monterey-not he it was great mill
tary blunder Mr.. Richie would not
have put the war-steamer United States
under bonds-not he it was a great po-
litical blunder! Mr.. Richie would not
have recommended a fast, nor issued a
procla-r-,ie- a neutralisy--aot he he
would have done something or other a
great deal better than either, though he
does not know exactly what. So with the
Florida war-he would have managed that
ten thousand times better than this "biun-
dering, incompetent, and imbecile" Pres
ident In the same way is il with the
affair of M. PoUssN-if Mr.. RICHIE had
only had the management of it, this thing
would have gone off uery differently. As
often as M. PoUssIN wrote a note, using
offensive language, he would have sent for
him, and politely requested him to with
draw it Wonderful old mani Not only
"old man eloquent" but old man wise,
old man military, old man grammatical,
moral, political, literary, diplomatic old
man every thing
Clearly enough, the author Of the Shockoe
resolutions-the assassin of "that sweet
little fellow, Martin Van Buren," the or
gan Of the Sweat-house, the ex-printer Of
Virginia, the ex-orgsn of the ex admins
tration-is laboring under sort Of mono
mania He is disguised with the people,
because they took man for President who
"knows nothing of politics." and passed
by man like himself, who, for sixty
years, has done nothing under heaven
but-peg away, peg away on matters po-
litical, till he is convinced nothing can go
right unless il goes precisely according TO
his say-so. IL the people only appreciated
Mr.. RITcHIE's capacities, his accomplish
ments, and his deserts, to the same extent
that he does himself, il is obvious that
they would call in committee of the
whole on "Old ZACH" and request him
to resign in his favor. Then things would
be conducted son the square," then the
Richmond elite would flourish, to be sure
with Mason in the Navy, OSBORNE in the
Treasury, DENLY in the War Department,
STEVENSON Attorney General, and all the
midshipmen's warrants and all the clerk
ships in the hands Of Virginians as ardent
as southern sun could make them then
what fine fun we would have with Cuba!
Then there would be cakes and ale, and
nuts to crack for your Round Island boysl
Then should French minister write what
he might please to a Secretary of State
provided he had gone in for 54' 40 in the
time Of it, though Mr. Polk was glad
enough TO settle on 49,. Then the iron
masters might look out; and if they made
any wry fsces-whack should the duties
60 down to nothing, TO punish them We
shall never have political millennium till
there is a restoration Of the pecnlating
BoURBoNs
M PoUssm is an ardent republican in his SEN
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