The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-15
The OuarreIs Ended.

| The Globe OF yesterday contained the final
! rejonder of Mr.. RIvEs in the luminous and 90
! luminous controversy which has 50 long been
going on between him and Mr.. RITcHIE. This
ends the warfare we believe, for the present.
| Mr. RICHIE retired from the field some days
ago, and promises not to return to it unless it
be '.to throw some additional light on the mys
terry Of the fifty thousand dollar deposite trans
| action" a matter which certainly requires en-
! PLANTATION. He has bound up in pamphlet form
and laid on the desks of the members of Con
gress all his articles against Mr.. RvEs; and
the latter promises to do the same in day or
two with his articles against Mr.. Richie.
Each party seems to be entirely satisfied with
his own part OF the performance
Another bitter quarrel in which Mr.. RITcHE
was concerned has also just come to conclu .
sion; notwithstanding the hard words that have
! passed on both sides, the correspondent \ of
the Baltimore S,up gives the finishing stroke in
! the following magnanimous paragraph:
"r see that some newspapers republishing
| my hasty remarks on Mr.. Richie, written under
great provocaton, Of which he himself was not the
cause,) with a view to prejudice his claims on Con
Ritches claims in that respect rest fortunately on
better basis than mere newspaper controversy
| " Fiat justitia, pdreat mundus. X"
! In so much Of the above extract as is in
Latin we heartily concur. We are rejoced
| that these disputes are terminated Believing
in the doctrine of the poet, that there are 10
| be found sermons in stones and good in every
thing" we have endeavored to pick out good
things even from the discussions on hitting
contracts. Running our eye over the articles
once more, we find that some things well wor-
| thy of extract have escaped us; and we there
fore take this opportunity to present them 10
our readers.
| One Of the productions which this printing
controversy has rescued from oblivion is aspeech
| delivered some years since by MIR. RvEs, be-
fore the Democratic Association in this city
Among other personal "reminiscences, it con
! ans two or three anecdotes of General JACK
SON which cannot fail to be read with the n-
erest which attaches to every thing that tends
to illustrate the character of that rema rkable
man Mr. RIvEs tells us that it was not only
his fortune to be ''patronized by ANDREW
| JAcKsoN,' but it was also his good luck to
| know more about his writings and dongs during
! The last thirteen years of his life than those
most near and dear TO him. After thus pre-
/ senting his credentials. he proceeds as follows;
! at ia 80 generally known that General Jackson
was man who, above all others, took 'responsi
! bihty' in peace in war that that word brings to
the minds of the people of this country bis al.
most certainly the letters which spcllit. But
il is so well known that he made others take it
/ in times Of profound peace. | know il well. He
! made mo take it, and that made me know him 80
we'll. The occasion for making me take it was, his
annual message got out from the offices of the Ma
iona Inteiligencer and the United States Telegraph
before it sent to Congress, soon after came
Into the Glote ofce-the st session of the twenty
third Congress, believe and afterwards, long
as he was President, he gave all his messages to INC
! 10 have printed with the admonition: Il will hold
you responsible sir If that message gets out be-
! - .--"s. ID ready to receive it. Don't let anJ
| ~ "B' "-N'net officcrs-have
! person-not one of my
n copy of II before send ii to Congress-
The printer prints from the rough draught ofthc
| Presidents message, aud often gets part of the
copy before the message is completed. invaria-
bly, went after the copy, and took the proofs back
TO the President myself, which gave me oppor-
unity OF knowing all about who wrote and who
were consulted about them. Ii has been said, and
is no doubt believed by many, that General Jack
son did not write his messages, Neither hc nor
any other President ever wrote those parts Of their
messages which showed the condition Of the several
departments, They are written by the heads of the
departments respectively. Nearly the whole of the
balance Of Cen Jackson's messages was in his
handwriting. The proclamation which was in
tended to carry out his memorable toast, "Tho
Union must be preserved which was uttered as
rcbukc TO notification, when il first showed its
front, at the celebration Of Mr. Jeffersons birth
day in w Washington, rewritten by Mr.. Liv
ingstou then Secretary of State. Mr.. Blair, who
raw the original paper, has frequently told his
friends that he thought 1t better than the finished
production and liable TO the objections to some
Of the principles advanced III the latter. II was
General Jacksons invsriabe practice 10 put down