Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-05-21
Ano,her rirai for tie OrgdnsAip,
The New York Herald which has been first
rate authority with the Enquirer, contains tn,

The New York Herald which has been first
rate authority with the Enquirer, contains the
following paragraph
ave know on tho best au thoriy authority as reliable
as even that OF the union-thai the project OF sending Mr..
Calhoun to England has been before Mr.. Polk-has beeu
the subject Of delbefaton-and will be acted upon in due
time"
~But this is not all. We have every reason to believe
that the "ogsn" aud part Of the cabinet may be in favor oT
a statesman tor the English mission other Than Mr.. Calhoun.
The last Richmond Enquirer, which may be considered the
"younger organ" expresses = strong desire that Mr.. Van
Buren, should be appointed on that important special mis-
sion, and va have some reason 10 guess that the Union is
also in favor Of such u selection. in preference 10 that of
Mr.. Calhoun. Is not this the motive which prompts the
Union Ia try the correction IL doesi Now. we are free u
admit that MIR. Van Buren,. in talent and patriotism, 10 fully
equal 10 such ordinary missions-but in tho present crisis
OF our foreign relations, We contend that MIR. Calhoun, from
position, character and talents altogether, would be much
preferable and more successful. A portion Of the cabinet
and the Union may be opposed to the selection OF Mr.. Cal.
houD, arising from various personal and political motives;
but We do not believe that Mr.. Polk has yet made up his
mind conclusiveiy against such a selection, and that he 10
open TO the wishes and desires OF the county. II may be
the policy of the Union, for ulIerior purposes, to unite with
the Wing papers, tho Courier and Enquirer, for instance
but such is not that of the President, ar the people who sup.
port him and his administration.
"If the Washington Union wants to prescribe Mr.. Cal.
houn, is IL not more manly to do it openly and abovc board,
than BY indirctonI MIR. Richie as n private gentemsn.
is manly, open and honorable-why not be 30 in his poIit.
cal character. a. editor of the Government orgsni'
What credit is to be attached to these revela-
tons, it is not for us to decide. The Herald is
not q paper, on which we have been acc ustomcd
TO rely, either as respects its facts or its morals.
But not so those, whose authority it now srraigns,
and whose secrets, it affects to know. They, in
times past, regarded il with high favor, and en-
dorsed its veracity and responsibility.
We give its statement for what il may be worth
of which the reader must Judge for himself
There is some plausibility in tho idea, that a por.
ton of the Cabinet proper is opposed to showing
any favor 10 MIR. Calhoun and there may he u
clique about the White House, who are resolved
that he never shall receive any substantial honors
at the hands of this administration Old grudges
may influence some of these but il is highly pro.
bable, that to make provision Tor their own par
ticular friends is tho ruling consideration with
most of them.
Bennet's designation of the Richmond Enqui.
rr as the "founger Organ" provokes a fiat con.
tradiction from that paper. Benner's notion was,
to say the least of it, a very natural one-and
which other people may very innocently have tn.
ken up. 1t was in this way, that some persons
gave Mr. Polk credit for extra sagacity in the
selection Of his official editor. BY removing the
senior to Washington, il was thought, he could
through him, not only WELD the Organ at the Me.
tropolis, but muzzle the Enquirer at Richmond
thus killing two birds with one stone!