Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-09
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To Tic Editors Of lie Enquirer:
NELSON, SEPT lst., 1919
Ne,srs. Editors The warlike news from
/ Nc.;c, has not yet lad the elec, OF Frightening
from ,heir proprieiy" The hardy yeomaniy "i 'h's
motion Of oui Stale With here and there an
unimporlant exception, the people show d'er-
minalion 10 meet The crisis like worthy dcsfeh'-
ans OF The nob. spirits Of 10. The few who
s;le aoains, their ON country and appear as The
ano,oc,.,s OF Mexico, will be overwhelmed with
the resislless torrent Of popular indignation =
Tbev may exhaus. their eloqnence in explaining
mon The alleged violation, on Inc par oil NE
United States oil her ''pliShied iaiih 10 Mexico
they NAV quote Mexican journals, as some Of
them have done 10 prove that we have been gull
~ n an outrage on The rights, feelings and h0n0r
(Cod save the mark y Of a friendly po.er-bu
in vain. The great body of the people hnDr that
o,r Government has violated no en- a2emenl
either exp cSsed or implied, with that power =
Mexico herself. according 10 their understanding,
has virtually acknowledged HAT "e have been
oui,;y Of 10 Infringement q! h;r rights in neao-
,;at;n- with Tcxa>. a. an independent nation =
.Sic has .f:otca riai iic GVraNmcnt NJ Texas, and
core under linGir~ ri igaiion 10 acknowledge
lne independence {. that country. npo? ""nti.
lion affecting neither her own rcs'S mot nei M
7.or In Offering to rrlinqui>h, without money
ana without price" all claim 10 territory cara
lie Of Supporting len millions o: human beings,
docs she not give 10 the world The b.>i eFi!ence ot
her own conviction of the invali,lity and iHlus.
lice al The claim? Would nation properly alive
10 lis own rights, interests and honor, (as MeXi-
co always processes 10 be,) voluntarily offer 10
abandon 50 important portion OF lis "t'ehl".
territory" simply upon condition that the said
territory promise no; 10 unite iisei with reigh-
boring power, and lha, power friendly one 10
the party requiring the condition! Surely not
England France, and other nations o! Europe,
have Treated win Texas rs AT independent pow
er: .IErico has in ef,ct, Ganc liz same Ting; and
hcnccthe parl acted hy TIE United States, besides
leiny every way uucxccp'onable in Itself, i, tn-
~ justified BIZ examples, which, in this case, ale
entitled 10 considerable weight. Our Republic
has accepted proposal for annexation from
nation recognised as ,nd.ptndcnt b. The principal
powers Of Tie Garth. II, Tor This Mexico should
make hostile demonstration against Us, il would
be an asgrsssiou on her part, which we should
meet al once with The spirit and determination Of
;rcemen Such are The acts of the case, and the
conclusions drawn from them by The mountain
GERS Of The "Red Land District" They will not
suffer I0rpsm 10 iild within the range Of their
io,nence, resting rlace Tor the sole Of lis foot.
Does the English language contain words too
s,rnn. 10 apply 10 the article lately copied into
your columns (iar The purpose OF commenO from
lie New York Tribune? Is The man absolutely
crazy, or is he, at best dark, designing trail
TOR Z" | leave il tor yen, Messrs. Editors. 10
hang lin on The roht "horn OF this dilemma
Since the hostile reports from Mexico have
seen bu, one Wing paper-,he Lynchburg Viz
sinian-which, am pleased 10 see, takes de-
ciied stand in favor Of the country. The Editor
acknowledges The wisdom and justice Of the Ad
min,s.rali3n in sending 4 Formidable body OF
United STATES Troops II our Southwestern iron
Tier unon which HE enemy is expected 10 make
his fi,st de0lonSi,afioa Should war unfortunate
ly h. forced upon Us, Il should insist upon vi
corous prosecution Of it. !! would - unwlse and
imnolitc in US 10 adopt weak measures, On ac-
count OF the supposed ieebicncss OF our adVt'sa
~: for The old proverb, there is no hue enemy"
has some ruth in il, especially when applied 10
nations. The valiant captains now al me head
of affairs in Mexico will probably promise their
soldiers an easy conquest Of The United States
Almon,c and Herrera. are perhaps, ready TO
swear sin the name OF all The Coils al once" that
y in lev short months "Troy's proud walls shall
/ liz level with the ground" But, dropping the
t,r.famed Mexican heroes and their intended CT
I piols repeat the voice of the country IS lor
vigorous prosecution, and, consequently, speedy
+ termination al tHC Ndi, >uouiN ~ e'H'' - -
available" force be called ia:o service al the out
set and we NAV soon calculate upon an "honora-
| be peace"
perceiyc that he Wings are still complain
ina If Mr.. Folks removals from office, as though
nobody was ever turned out for politic" irasons,
by their own party. Yuu very properly call puo-
IL. attention TO the pruscriptive course OF the last
administration, so long as Wing counsels pfedo-
minated in il, Thousands OF removals were made,
on political grounds. in The brief space OF one
month. And, YET prescription Tor opinions
sake" is now characterized ny Whsse'y Dc
sin l,evond forgiveness! Among the late remo-
walls complained oil b. The Wing press, notice
that of Or. Mosby from The Post Office a, Louis.
Vile The Wing. as quoted by the FirgInian,
ascrihes The Doctors dismissa 10 his exalted per-
sonal worth and proverbial purify of character.
Wi:hont ever having heard the first syllable to
his nreindice as a gentleman, VIII say, II de-
fence Of the Administration, that have heard
ycIy different reason assigned Tor ms removal.
A change was strongly insisted upon by nn-
mcIous portion OF the citizens OF LOUISVILLE.
among whom were some perhaps, d Mui''y ai'''
as hieh-minded as DR.. Nj. himself. The Pfes-
dent accordingly caused the change 10 be made.
Thus il annears. that there are Two statements q
The case The Wing also passes high, anu
yeiy likely deserved, complmen! upon Dr.
Moshv,s numerous connections in Virginia. Are
we IL understand from the Wing, that those con-
nec,ions had tia,ms on Col. Polk which should
have availed something in behalf OF their friend
in Louisville? II so, there may possibly be TWO
statements of this case, too. Al me DOCTOR
connections Of whom The writer las heafa are
among The mos: lhoronsh-soins opponents oi NE
Democratic pariv in the State OF Virginia. One
of his very near relations was last year distin-
eu;shed W Mig orator in this reSiSr, :Hi u may
be said withou, exaggeratio1, HAT "cowarc, "sr-
cophanl" "loc!," and The "6cgencrdfs descendant 81
n tern orecs.rp" were about a mid epithels as he
va: in The habit Of applying 10 James n. Polk
Docs the Wing think lEat ne dresden! n'@n' 10
have retained Dr.. NJ, from re-Hec 10 Inc author
of the foregoing choice exirac! ne gentle
man here aliudcd 10, from his known inaeren-
tence IL expressing his sentiments, will. am
persuaded. be more pleased nan dsplcased "h
the liberty here taken with his electioneeriDs
speeches in the last campaign.
In ms lasl letter, written one month ago, |
gave very gloomy account oil The IOhacco anc
Corn crops in this part OF the state. That CON-
munication was scarcely mailed, before We were
blessed with fine showers, which continued from
day TO day throughout the month OF August
The effects of this long continuance o. growing
weather on The Corn crop, are very striking, and,
Of course highly gratifying Ia al who have 10
live "irom The fruit Of the ground" The rains
commenced too late in the season 10 benefit the
early planted corn 10 a very considerable extent
but So taras an opinion can be termed FROM pre-
sen, appearances in This county and Amherst, the
crop will nearly equal that oil las: year, which
was estimated at something like a third below
an average one for the ten years previous To-
bacco is growing rapidly, and il we should te
favored with late FALL The qaant,tp produced
this year will after all, be somewhat larger than
might he supposed from recent publications in the
newspapers. There is, however, smaller crop
in cultivation than usual and, in he event of
an uniavorcbe season for hors.ng and curing,
The mex, years inspections mus, necessarily lie
hight Most Of the crop will not be sufficiently
ripe 10 cut before the early pat Of October.
Respectfully, yours,
a DEMocRAr OF the MOUNTAINS.