Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-13

IA in'ehiiuG 10 plumber frr presently which ,ra
lolnea 10 'he Ting, were exactly fit 10 make En-.
s'ahu iecf all that The anncxaiiuniss frs, ,yn,d
a. nc' secret purpose. Il was blow, soon 10
roye ia'al one, at Mexico, rich dependency
~ nei commercial empire. In both countries
raa d. ohcc ana California presently it was
~ Ing iof as an nTinciblc vantage-ground in
,nc ulsPu'e Tor Oregon. II at once gave us
'a.sei command o1he Gulf OF Mexico, and was
sure 10 lead 10 our possession Of an ,ba, coast.
"h.ch inipl>es, again, the expulsion of all other
nations lIom the West Indies. Is IL possibc INT
6rua'n can orer'cok all this, when she hears nro.
ciaitncd The doctrine that we will have all this
continent! Is peace 10 beexpected Of bold and
sds"c,oos nation Under such circumstances of
.MHeHf'fe tn1nry and medUaied doaiiiiu? And is
~ 'neh, any thing short oflhe rem extreme Of in
geft.Hy 10 proceed a. this Government insists on
uo'l.9, anu aeat rains without either armies or
navies."
Now, We put il 10 the conscience OF every man.
be he Wing or be he Democrat, who is governed
oy me true spirit Of an American, 10 say, whc-
ther such sentiments ought not TO be denounced
from one end OF the Union 10 the other AT a
moment OF deep interest 10 the American people
When foreign nation has dared 10 NEEDLE with
our aflars-when her ministry have sent de-
lance TO us across The Ailanlic-when peace
can be preserved only b. firm and unbroken
union on our part--showing that we are 100 se.
nerous 10 take unfair advantages. and 100 brave
to yield single inca Of our right and honor 10
loTelSn ambition and arrosance-in this every
crisis Of oufioriunes j IS surely enough 10 aronse
The blood of every American. 10 see one of orr
own citizens virtually assuming in a leading
Wing parer, the side Of foreign ration. Can
any one read the above, and not be satisfied Of
the correctness Of our poSi,ion1 Does not The
writer dcnonnce our constituted authorities in inc
erossesl manner, charging them with Grand,
ia!sehood, universal land rapiEe," and with hay-
ing. by their "rapacious schemes and insulting
conduct given 10 Great Britain ample prctcx,
for carrying uuf her hostile desionsl While thus
jDaIiyinS the course Of Great Britain towards
this country, does he rot moreover attempt to ey-
pose the very extreme Of imbecility' Of our Co
vernment, It's want al "eher armies or navies',-
and thereby iarHe That graspins power 10 wage
war upon weak Government, utterly destitute
Of means Of defence, and cut of, moreover, from
the confidence aud The hearts OF the people?
But ii is far from our design 70 include The
whole or even a large portion OF the Wing par
ty, in the anii-Amcrican position OF the Inleli-
gencers -" We are proud 10 see many lead
Ing Wing presses Stepping forward to do JUS
lice il not 10 the administration, al least TO their
own conn!y-and, among such, We seize this oc-
casion 10 make honorable mention OF the Nash
vile Wing. The Philadelphia North American
mad said
ITO The press, in great measure, is 10 be at.
tribucd The present unsettled and anxious state Of
the public mind. il tue press would preach
peace and denounce war and lis advocates. there
would nc no doubt that speedy and amcable
adjustment could ne effected 81 every point on
which England and the United States are at is
sue
The Nashville WING "dissen,s from The course
which the North American and some other equal
Is respectable and influential Wing prints u, the
North have pursued. ana are yet pursuing, in re-
a,ion 10 The difficulties That have arisen between
The United States and Great Britain, on The sub.
cc, Of The Oregon question" So far from agree
ing with a., ;ha; our Government, by lis ''fag-
ious" policy and "insuins conduct" has just-
fed the course Of Great Britain. The y. Wig
says:
"Bu, war may be torccd upon nation, As il
has in all ages Of the world been forced on many
nations. II was forced upon our fathers in the
days OF The Revolution. II snoy be forced upon
Us again hv The same Pow :"
"The y. Wing then examines The question
"Wha, is The proper course in such crisis?" as
may lead 10 an amcablc adjustment OF The exist
ing difficulties, with duo regard 10 The national
honor II lays down the following as the proper
course which should be adopted By the public
press OF all parties:
"We answer, by calmly, firmly. decidedly and
unnatniorsl1 announcing 10 Great Britain and
The world
al. That 'hat Power has claimed, and persists in
claiming, t,71'o1p-wc say mol how much, bur
itTriioyy-vhich the people of tho United States
never can and acrer EHl ar7cnder
~ That, though deprecaung war, yet, il come
il mus,, the people OF The United States, North
and South, East and West, will he united as one
man in an energetic and perseverins prosecution
OF il.
";llch language as This, going mp from the
whole public press the United States. we main
lain, would have gone further 10 preserve peace,
bv moderaling the preensions oi Great Britain,
or by at least giving her distinctly to understand
what she must expect unless she lowered her
tone-arrorani, insulting and ins0leH as IL is az
he highest dcgrcc-and abated somewhat of her
nretensions-in their whole extent perfectly IN
lenable and uul Of the Gueslion-suCh language
as this, we say, from the public press Of the United
States without respect 10 party Wonld have con-
tribuled more 10 the preservation OF peace, than
all the coarse clustering of our Democratic press
on the one hand, or The constant dcpreralions OF
war and dcnuncialions OF lis advocates by a
norton of our Northern Wing Press on the
other hand Instead OF a course like this what
have we seen? Why, portion ofthe Wing press
at The North. constantly deprecans war, and cry
ing peace, peace, peace-which they might well
have done, il they had accompanied these cries
and deprecaionS with nofe n dcaonce 10 Gre0t
B,Hain. If sic persisted IN claiming 7rb0t r0S tnal
mrs nnd a rcsoiuic assurance M0L IN casc NJ w'1
sic ,rould ind rs n aNjted 1copic! We see on
,hc other hani the Democratic press for the low
est party purposes, catching al these attempts
honest bu, iiI-iudsed, We think, on the part Of
the Northern Wing preSs--tu preserve The peace
OF The two counties, and pointing 10 them, proof
conclusive, and virtually saying 10 Great Britain,
that there was large party ~ he Unlled States
al heart favorable 10 her prciensionS, and which
had no regard Tor the honor and interests of l'ciI
country Such course as this, on both sides
d: our parry press, is calculated, We maintain, 10
bring on a collision between the iWo countries
Far he il from us 10 initiate ourselves or 10 de
sire any portion olihc Wing press 10 initiate he
ridiculous blus'crineor unseemlv gasconade either
of The British press or Of the Democratic press
\, home. What We want from The whole puolc
press OF this country, The present nomentous
crisis, without respect 10 party, ishetrnm tpigand
frmIy snolen. We, a, least shall endeavor thus
10 speak i, needless OF any charges of timduy
by The Democratic journals on the one hand or O
advocating of warby Wing papers on the other
hand
With The exception Of the imputa,ion Of i'm.
proper motives 10 the Democratic Journals, whose
course We are satisfied, has been dictated By a
sincere desire TO maintain peace ard at tie samt
lime our national rights and honor, We like the
spiri, OF the whole article from the Nashville
Wing. Il signally rebukes the factions course
OF such partizans as a. who not only grossl,
assault, their own Government, but justify the