Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-29
THE GAME OF BRAG.

The Whir Of yesterday commences one OF its
bosspy articles under this caption, and to hide its
own game charges the Democracy with making the
velkin ring with the cry that they are going to
elect their ticket. 1t says:
"rhs locoiocracy of this City seem to think that
ALI they hsv, to do to elect their candidates for the
| Legislature 3 to brag high.
| Now if thsre ever was party who ought to hang
their heads nth shame for vain boastngs, and e1
slted bragg never realized, it is the party to which
the Uhig bsones aud Of all the boosters that ever
did boa,t rampant and high, the Wig is certainly
the chief.
Wa have the evidence Of our friend Syme, when
he edited the Petersburg lntelissaeer, who, after
tbs Presidential election last fall sad
"Ridgwsy, after bis aborious campaign in Big
Richmond intends TO recreate himself in the Tour.
namant bsre to-day. Poor fellow, he needs recrea.
ron. H. set up ali the night of Tuesday counting
rho 100 zoo maiority cast for the American candi-
dates in Big Richmond.
"The young Lochlnrar rode out from the West,
In ali the wide borders his Hesd pds the beH."
And vs have the evidence Of the Wig itself on
Tho 9Th Of November lest, the day after the election
ben oysrpowered by the utter failure of of bis pro
nbeoys and boasiings he wept bitterly thus:
"WHYi
"Why art thou cast down oh my soul, and why
art thou dipquieted within mel because the Gl-
braltsr has proved itself hmmoug ana nuisance
Down With the Gibraltar! VoTE EARLY"
We rsmember-our readers cannot fail to remem.
bar how dsy by day he thundered from his sancum
thst the Wings and Americans intended to sweep
every thing before them in Virginia and the Unlon'
and how he screamed with ecstasy, like very pea
eoek. at the thought Of trampng the Democratic
,srtv in the dust in this Gibraltar and then, the
,vfal reverse which took place when his predictions
xors fas6sd, and the result proved that all his thun
der;nos and hi, soreams were but brsggadoco Alas,
,e can hear him now, at this late day, singing the
,tapza which he sang after the election;
"Brosd is tho road that leads to DEATH
And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shows o narrow pain.
With here and there a traveller.
Hear him excIsim
uOnr niou.ly inclined Buchanan and Fillmore
e.nd. will please make thej application of the fore
Going ljnes-we have done 80 win tears IN our
eyes"
We remember-it delights us to recal-the epeasan-
tries the Wig psrpetrsted after hs rampant boast
inu. Everybody remembers his column of para.
orsnbs when be was mounted on his high horse,
and when standing on the saddle he fourisbed his
shin and cried out in his enthusiastc vationaton,
"yorr EARLY" And everybody remembers how,
when bis yatciustons proved fallscous and bis vain
bosst;nus became absolutely ridiculous even to him
self he inserted this paragraph
VOTE EARLY.
"We .uepest to the Fillmore men OF Richmond to
v,r, r. RLY in the Presidential election Of 1861. -
W. sd vi,e tbem if they wish to make respectable
,,m, 70 start now. Respectfully, theirs, &C."
Talk 10 us OF the game Of brag. There H not an
editor in the State that bold candle to the Wig
IN nl,yipc that game. Let the thousands who have
stood by looking at the editor while be was png up
ri. ,,,ke. upon weak hand, and who were induced
n on bis halves upon bis political brags, and when
h. would see bis adversary, and 20 him thousand
ba,t.r and who, too often, have rued the day when
thew st.ked their pile his judgment, testify whe,
tber he can brsg high not. Let them say whether
be could not keep his couutensnoe and coolly stake
all, when there was not ghost Of chance for Ell
tbsr one of bis candidates say whether he is not an
.dept a, least at high brag. When he Dragged for
tbousands and had not hundreds it indeed ludi-
orous, Hear him, after the election last November
uTbe result of the election in this city yesterday is
perfsctly ridiculous. We doubt whether more
auehabls occurrence hss taken place in any quarter
of the globe for the last half century, We, TOR one,
have been cschinsting for the past ten or Twelve