Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-12-23
DpROUD AND CALM ATTITUDE.

PROUD AND CALM" ATTITUDE.
| The Boston Times sketches The following eie
CANT and lus. picture OF President PoiS IL y
true 10 Nature, az all will say, who have asso
ciaiei with him in private, or have fon-e'e" q
they should, upon The sound slalcsmanike an'
/, patriotic sentiments o. his Message;
"You can trace. beneath the caimness OF M
| tone AMI manner iudomitaoe reserve a''1 81
His posiiinn Is CLEARLY definea-nei'her ifiehd no
to. can dou5; where anu how he stands. lh'
principles H.. mas 50 Oxen declared, are mere en-
phalicsIiy f-.aliifintd Tie rises ADORE an sec
ional pfe,ut!icts. ami looks abroad lf"m lt'
high sa,i,,p 10 which ne has heen elevated oy
fee people whose preference MS marliness ha'
justified wilh ne ey- 81 nc pal'i"l and ha'io'id
Executive We :rcogniz. ~ hIn tfe-'ceh
every way worthy Il iii The slaron-ouce occu
pied ami eraced by Thomas Jefferson ana an
drew Jackson"
Senator Mansum, as reported BY The Nallona
Inteliiscncer employed The following language
in The exciting dcbs,e on General Cass' resoiu
lions.
II regard him (thc Presidenr) rs a gentleman
Of personal honor, and God iogpid 'l'd' ! H''o"''
withhold from him his just need OF persona
pra ise; though differing as 10 ~ poIca SEMI,
lnemi, vel believing in his personal lniegrI'y,
would have h;in 10 te the responsible agent ~
this matter de Knows the stale o! me question
and i! war is 10 come, lei him justly II ~ lhe
fac OF The world. Lei him make his Josi ffcpo,
sions, ami laey will meet win support Oh al
sides"
And vel Ills is the !nan whom The New YORK
Express and pa pers Of lhs! iik, have loaded WIN
,..L...o a. a, nncp uooan.aDjried and "
rannical. During The last Summer ne was
charged with having caused the death Of fellow
creature, by cruelty turning him GU OF ONCE
though il was well known lha, this same oihce-
holder had been again employed, and had inser-
ed under sickness, pccuiario The season, f0' one
month cfer has restoration. In every variety OF
form did the Wing press assail the PfesiGehi.
The religious feelings ola congregation were ap'
pc aed 70, 10 arouse the ana!hemas Of the Church,
because the Presiden. had mercilessiy thrown
upon he world several members Of their own de-
nomination His character was portrayed IN as
dark cclors as those Of Ca!igula or Nero. Hls
every movement was ascrlbed 10 an nndeTcunen
OF personal and selfish ambition. His manage
men, Of the Oregon question, aimed only, as The
WI es said, 10 "a second ,erm"-art, 10 crafty
his ino.dinate ambition, he would break the
peace Of the world, and wrap he country in the
horrors OF a bloody war.
Mr.. Polk STOOD "calm and proud in IL" midst
OF he stormy elements He was conscious that
he was doing every thing for the honor, peace
and welfare oi Ike country. Like faithful
seward, he has laid before The peoples repre-
sen,alives true and full account OF his transac-
lions, and il has been received by them and The
country with signal favor. Even two leading
gentlemen oil the opposite parry nave stepped ior-
ward 10 justly his management ci the drlica'e
aud critical question OF Oregon. His feelings
Of pride and pleasure must, indeed, b. envia5'e
Having received from the people an endorse
ment OF his corducI IS good and faithful ew-
ard" he may well continue 10 defy The petty as
saus OF Inc violent Wings. who, through him,
aim 10 strike al The Constitution and Al he pTin-
cpes which alone can proec, our blessed Union
against foreign intrigue and hostility.