The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-16
The War stln Raging.

Our announcement that the war between Mr.
RITcHIE and Mr. RIvEs had ended turns out
to have been premature. What we took for a
peace was nothing but an armistice. Hosull-
ties have been renewed. Mr.. RITCHIE came
out yesterday with four columns of his heaviest
artillery, and not only threw light on '.the
| fifty thousand dollar transaction" but poured
hot shot into the ranks of Mr.. Rves OF
| course the latter will return the fire, and we
| shall soon see the war raging as fercey as
| ever.
As we have given Mr. RIvEs's version of
the g fifty thousand dollar story" we are
bound, in justice to Mr.. Richie, to state the
substance Of his reply. That part of it which
relates entirely to himself we give in his own
words:
$50 far ourself concerned, we do most
| soemnly aver that the assertion of John c. Rvea
that bought the Globe, to be paid for out Of pub
| lie money, depositedin the Bank of Mddletown, or
elsewhere, to be furnished directly indirectly
| by those who had the use of the public money thus
deposited is, from the first word to the last, base
and unmitgated falsehood We never knew or
heard of such deposite until Mr.. Rves disclosed it,
| and made the allcga ton; and now most conf
IDENTITY declare that believe such assertion ia a
! groundless fabrication"
Mr.. RITcHIE then produces letter from
| Mr. TYLER declaring that he never made, or
authorized to be made, to MIR. Polk, any over
ture of any description preliminary to
Withdrawing from the Presidential canvass;
nor had the slightest knowledge of Mr.. Polk s
| intentions on the subject of an official organ;
that he never exchanged word with Mr..
CAMERON on the subject Of the purchase of the
Globe newspaper, and has not the slightest
recollection of the deposte of $4,000 at the
Middletown bank, although he doubts not it
was made, for reasons entirely satisfactory to
the Secretary Of the Treasury.
! Mr. RIrcHIE then makes statement, on
the authority of Mr.. WALKER, to the effect
that the latter deposited no part of this money
| in the Middletown bank, and that he retained it
there no longer than authorized by law; and
that he has no knowledge, or even conjecture,
as to the sources from which the money was
obtained for the purchase of the Globe, nor was
he counseled with by any one in regard to
that purchase.
Mr. Richie also brings forward letter
|
| CAMERON go We never received one dollar
from him as loan, nor did he advance one
dollar towards the purchase Of the Globe news
paper"
All these statements and denials are salts
factory 50 far as they go; but there is still a
mystery to be cleared up. How came Mr..
CAMERON to be Boosting, about the time that
negotiations for the purchase of the Globe were
going on, that he had $4,000 to set up a
newspaper" How did it happen that at about
the same time the very sum of $4,000 was
deposited in Mr.. CAMERoN's bank2 How
came Mr.. CAMERON afterwards to testify that
he advanced money TO purchase the Globe?
| Why is not Mr.. CAMERON produced as wit
ness? Lastly, if the money was not raised in
the mode described by Mr.. RryEs, why are we
not informed where it came irom}