Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-02

~ III 8 l4sasas Tf6M q faHdsaic.
Our Whirigfg neighbor is certainly a candidate 70,
of the cells of the madhouse.-He is not contented
with wishing the President to be burnt up by aeeden
tnt spark-or flash Of lightning from Heaven-but in
the following article of Saturday, he disposed to
parayze every movement make for self dcfcncc
even against the murderous Semino!cs:
tSce Seminole War; informn
iion hulrc Com from the Executive No of the
Off, cause Of Which no na i. informed The part, in power
eagerly awaiting themselves Of the circumstances OF the imesc
outbreak in FoIa to increase the military force Of the coun
The navy ',nn": army md hen'ons TO 1eedme 7Iess"ry
and Sanct" ducks cries como cat inc ra me- " That
the resting pnru wms While in the rcnsury tho nation
will be alarmed w VARS and the of and made t" c
cvU that wol in at the River ebu. We shall never
have until the ohbcrs End have Pokre the fh
~ millions surplus"
The party in power eagerly avune itself of every
means 10 increase the army. and bleed the Trra-
sury Who believes il? Where is the proposition
yet made by the President to increase the standing
army: Why complain in BREATH that the Prcsi-
dent will not lay information before Congress- that he
docs not adr,se an increase of the army-and yet charge
HIM and his friends, in the next BREATH with wishing 10
increase our troops and waste the public monies Is the
Wing really so desperate that he would not bleed the
lrrasury-that is to say, would not pay the expenses
OF defending the people of Florida against the savages
Would he not repay the Common Councils Of Savannah
and Charleston the monies, which they have advanced
10 the Volunteers, upon the faith Of the public Treasury:
Either the treasury bleed, the people must bleed
beneath the tomahawks Of the Indians Docs the Wing
prefer 10 see the blood Of the and children flow
ing than the: the necessary funds shall be employed for
their defence: How any part of the 80 millions hc
better dbursed than in protecting the people of Florida
or ProOdinS arms Notifications, and navy, to protect
US from French cet-or, in peace, preparing for war
But the Wing must rail on-whether it has or not.
tits driven by violence of passion amounting TO
species Of ADMINISTRATION its end-abuse and misre.
presentation its means-The lunatic appeals to the Ee
ments Of destruction aid him. If Fire will not assist
him. he calls upon Wc:cr to promote his purposes-OEe
cay he prdys for The Lightning Of Hcaren to destroy the
Presdent-AnotheT day, he prays Heourn to sink our
thirty millions into the Rcd Sea! Who then would pay
fer 'hc defence Of the women and children of Florida
Who can trust such Politician Who can conidc LII
the patriotism or discretion Of man, who uers such
sentiments also 10 be found in the following article
from the last Charlottesville Jeffersnnian Republican?
For the Jefcrsoniqn Republican.
"THE RICHMOND WIG, IN 1894.
d" Mr.. Editor-Plcase call Mr. Rlchie's attention TO
the following extract. 1t fully susains my position as
to the opinions of the editor of the Wing expressed
in his paper. | doubt not by little search that many
CONSTITUENTS.
"Fear as we may-ubhorent as it all the
Citations and recolcc,ons Of the patriots heart-we may
well face The truth at once. THESE STATES ARE
NOT LONG DESTINED TO BE UNITED! The
Southern States the natural home of Democracy, will
not agree to be the sighted partners IN central dcSPo-
tism. The Union is great but Liberty is greater and
deaTcr - Wig Of March, 1854
says before the enlisted, the gallant Volun.
tecrs of s. Carolina, the Sparta OF the Conrderacy, will
unaided by tie Federal mercenares, have reduced the
poor, deludcd wreches-The Wing is HASTILY dccdin.,
question, without possessing the necessary information.
If the Volunteers subduc the Scninocs immediately,
why there is occasion Mcr account to add to the
Regulars. But suppose tho statement from Georgia be
correct that though the Indians may be driven from the
open country, they may retire 10 the swamps and ham,
mocks of Florida; and that it might take times the
Der 10 subdue them. what then Would it not be best
to raise few mounted Rangers, was done after the
Black Hawk war? would it not be better for the vclun-
tecrs: and cheaper for the U. States;
The Wing calls South Carolina the Sparta Of the Con.
fedcracy-Why confne the compliment 10 South Caro-.
lima: Nobly the czr of South Carolina have be-
haved the present occason with Generals !Iaync and
Hamilton at their head-yet not the civarous citi-
Of Augusta and Savannah in Georgin-and Of Tai
ahassce in Florida equally entitled 10 the gratitude of
their country?
That The WING may Georgian and Federal
merccnary officer may feel, refer him to the eloquent
address OF Col Lindsay and of Col. Cumming to the
luutccIs Of Augusta.