Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-27

Wing press, III ,he following !"ie"e
.When III. President came 10 iakc me oa.n .,
Office, these pcslenl Wings, acq'iiesc,ns "in Nv, ,ne
docili;y and promptinde OF 2ooti e,i@ehs :" ~.
constitutional accession OF Mr.. foik 10 ne
s;dcncy and making every allowance ter The no.
ycl,,. ~ ,lal eenl,emans position, and his want
II ,scen, Familiarity with The course oil our To-
reisn relations, were disposed 10 treat him WIN
all the courtesy aid forbeaIance when generous
men and oen,la know how Ia extend IN certain
circumstances even 10 their enemies nc sd'ie
tenderness was extended 10 the Presidents lnau-
gur.l Address as was sho1n towards him per-
sonalIy. Il was not closely scanned, nor dissect-
Cd. By the press, as official papers usually are
and as his Messages 10 Congress undoubtedly
will be- because il was not regarded as an oliiG'di
paper, but, like the Inaugural ADDRESS Oh me iile
lainened Harrison. as the offspring OF ms inu't'-
dual mind, expressing sentiments snch a. ne
might freely utter before taking the oath of once
for which no other person than himself was 10 te
held accountable, and by no means 10 ne taken
as deciding or foreclosing the action OF me com,
ing Administration, when the President should
be better informed Of The actual state OF our 10,
reign intercourse, ami have had the benehI OF
consultation with official advisers then not YET
appointed. Such was undoubtedly the general
understanding hero Of the Inaugural Address
Why then, did these same generous men and
gentle" when lhc echo OF The British writer's and
orators came back from England, change their
whole understanding" Of the lnauenral7 Why
did they then, for the Airs, time, see in The luausu-
raj an insul, 10 Great Britain and sign OF war!
Why open The batteries of party, and assail lhe
ra>hness and folly Of the President, which they
lad not suspected I'LL they heard from England'
Justice would have called Tor an exercise oil the
same Courtesy and forbearance" after as before
the foreign Interpretation. But il was not ex-
tended BY designing demagosues," 1--WE apply 10
some of the Wing prints The language OF Ike In
telisenccr, intended for the Democrals,) "who.
giving 10 Mr.. Folks language construction no,
his own, but that of the British ministers, al
tempted" 10 shake the confidence Of the people in
the administrator and 10 overthrow the E1ecu-
i've whom they represented 10 be rash and vio-
lent. and regardless oflhe peace OF the Union
The whole extract from The Picayune, a neutral
paper, though edited by Wings, is full OF interest,
as developing The conduct Of many OF the Wing
prints We commend it 10 our readers, for lis
true tone and manly patriotism:
at would, indeed, surprise MS il an English
man and journalist did not contend earnestly for
the supremacy and rights, real or imaginary, Of
his own country; bu OBJECTIONS OF this SOFT in the
American press occur SO frequently as 10 excite
no special wonder. We do know OF journals that
are recognized leaders in political circles thai
have never vel, since We were old enough Ia re-
ga I'd such things, AIKEN Ike part Of The American
Government in any quarrel has mad with foreign
oncs-lournas that made il their business Ia -
sail our Government in lis controversy with
France in lis troubles with England, in lis dill
cules with Mexico, on the right OF search ques.
lion, on boundaries. and even condemned The
chasiSemenls that were inflicted upon baybarous
and cannihal islanders, who massacred our MGR
chant sailors in distant seas. These are ,nelan-
choly truths II is not possible that the United
States can always be in the wrong; but according
10 those journalists we are never right. Our
real rights are treated hy them as imaginary, and
imaginary ones are scofrd al. We are not OBJ
jeclingto legitimate differences OF opinion in re-
specl 10 The acquisition of territory or the conduct
OF our foreign relations; we allude to bona 6dc
quarrels-such a seems likely 10 arise in regard
TO Oregon, such as took place in the Schlosser af
fair, such as threatened war in regard to the ma
vigaiion of The African seas, such as the chasise-
ment of the canni5alS OF Quallah Ba;too such as
The coercion OF the French indemnify, such as
arose cut al Neopolilan spoliaiions such as
come upon us on account of The seizure and
liberation Of our slaves bv the inhabitants Of
Nassau and other British West India depenieu-
cies, such as spring up in The exercise OF the
right of search such as threatened us in the
triple conspiracy OF England, Mexico and
France (as is now supposed touching Annexa-
lion, such. in fact, as arise out Of any possible
aggression Of England, and conceivable assunp-
lion o; Europe. or any imaginable conlnc, Of
Christian, Pagan, civilized or savage nalions-
We are persuaded thai Inc TroPic has sympa-
ihized win our modification, inanv times, in no
ticing The dcrelr;ons Of which we speak and
nor especially mast our friends lament with us,
that so many oi cur contemporaries never saw
The siighles! objection 10 the aluson in Mr..
po,k's Inaugural TO the Oregon question, that all
this dus, is raised about, until they got the cue
from the British press"