Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-22
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New Yor, Morning News. We can ada ho'hns
10 its fore. There is one POM, ho"e','' -
which ". will say "a word. The Express a"e'',
with dee, melancholy upon The case OF poo'
James. Who was hurried, hearl-SsrlcEeh 10 NJ
grave" anil now we have i. upon as good au'no
r;,y as ,haol the Express, alliances was restored
10 oicc, and ouc morta al!ef his res'o'" '.'' -
vas a,iacsed bv disease and carlicd o'i' :
10: then lie Wig press grossly cnIfaoe IN a.
crihip, H. ;eath 10 The "hearless cruelty Of Inc
Administration!
We woul further recall lcthe llee'ins '"e'no'
OF The Express single slanza OF lre '''''''o'''
verses" which were upon the clips oil every rue
and faithful Whig,' prior 10 The ei'c''on' =
shows in beautiful and CLASSICAL ians''se ""a
The Wings ro,.d have done had they beaten 'ne
'tyran," Polk. The sentiments came from ''''
very heart Of Whisgery, and spoke lheif rea
sentiments a; TIA. time
s.Anl when ,vr gel our Harry ny!
Wen tl,-,,i liie face Q, d y :
Thcn.h they be-, and Fray NV" '"'"'
Erfry r,an shall rdik ne eh'i'.
Eur. Ia Inc remarks cf lie Morning News:
ATh,sc pcli,:cal phi'ippics Of the Express are
usually Ike bad punc,-very hot and very Weah'
Ii is mistaken if il considers The former s;ltslac
tory aton.men, for the latter Nor does HE innl'
tplication OF Tie quantity reconcile 10 me cilal-
acier Of lie quality. The more oil sncn sun .
nan has 10 drink, the worse il is. And yel me
Express has marvellous gift OF abundance 10
this, lis own peculiar style. There IS no ehu 10
lis editorials after The above fashion. stephens
telS US oi onf respected fellow citizens oil SANTA
Fe estimating v,eiy thin. ~ luIiS i1s"''ie ~
their commercial dealings. Such arpcafsio he
The i.xJrcss's lest OF editorial merit. IL teceives
iiseli, however, in considering iiaeniy ioicc, laG
lrnll. biilancr. Di!ci:-wilei, also, as we'll a. a
ialribe Q. The Express, both fc'hs al: lows
There is IA cIca, strength in ci;hcr OF lic:i, ROM
ever mack OF dirt in both
""ell Is it ior the Express tia; Mr.. Clay was
not elected i'll place Of this wicked Jas Is. FOX
Ii The single month Of llarrsons administration
CIT far broader >walhc of prescription, IN spile
Of all thalamiabe Old senllcman's pfoiestalons
before his eleciion--ii MIR. Granger moved down
seventeen hundred poslmascrs within few
weeks. aid boosted that, if the scyihc had been
leii liu!c while longer in his hands, three thou
sand mo:C should also have bit the du>t-ii Mr..
Clay himself, III oren Senate, declared The whole
body OF he Democratic incumhcnls.oi Office 4
sci .! con,-mEe and sentenced icidns, already
battered All in The cart Ia be carried oil 10 execu-
ton, al WON, il one should be Ie!,, il woud be
10 stand asa monument OF The clrmcncr Of VIC
toriunS Wliggcfy-ii these were The ;hinsS done
in 1911, ai these tic proof, of what would have
been done had the POWER been but equal Ia The
will WhaHcenes would not he country nuw ..ave
wincsscd,had MIR. Clay succs-.:-:i ia slaspine
iu.,y anu nrIy The long coveted lruachron oi
power? What would no, have been The distress
the syuraiy-ihe eloquent Indignation and
grief wiihwhich he would have been denounced
By the Enress? Nay, have we not sufficient
evidence, in lis columns Of 1911, OF what they
would hae been in 1887 Snatcbing its penny
trumpet, T,w would it, in pathetic Strains OF sym
pathy wit The ''rolaici have
'roufritrous!, the mellow horn its pcnsvr soni.'
and nov. fred with a nublcr rage ii would
have bo,n
ia ha-t "a loud m. dread
''W,Tnr'rr prophetic .:und - u ii Wac.
"Who oub,, wlla. would haze been the a>ncct
and COLON. Of The matter 10 The vision of Ir f;x-
press, il nS'cad Of Democratic saul slayins
lis THOUSANDS. il hal been the DaYii oil WlIi.sc.
~ lavin. az his len, OF thousands
"One wGd as . he ocio.enaians. The case
ot John NcLco;.,' we are not acquainted with.
In that oirui. IIebb, we are assured that the in
cumhrnt yas totally supeTannuaie, ed-ri,.en
and helpless, he was wholly incompetent 10 per-
torn any ,u,y. or take any care nfihe public pro-
perry. Al proper kindness and srn!lcness were
used in hi case, nor was the change, which pub
! lie duty Commanded, made in sudden or olitn.
sive malacr
as 10 lie eases OF hereditary right 10 perpe-
tual tcmrc Of Office clcd by Inc Express, The
principuul which i; hus appeals, however ma!u-
-al 10 III: papers po!ilicai tendencies, i Cnc
which, hppilY iJr OR country, ii is not ycl ne
ccSeafy % argue about. Suns and >ons-iaaw-
nr;hcws al, :.raad ncphew> -non,en>r
'1Lr iai.. s!innt The "i,i.s al mih"iiiicS' III
contraction wna The relnovai 81 "unc hundred and
twenty nine CLERKS" in Washington, is an uiIhap-
ny combination. ltappear. 10 have long been the
leading idea al Washington that no others han
minorlics have aay rights there 1t was n0o!i-
ousihroush Mr.. Van Burnstime, that iull tree
| lourths Of the officials in lie departments we're
Wings. II there have been anything like i49
removals, ii would still leave the balance Of p,w-
cr tar, very far from The equilibium; and We are
told that there arc Still whole bureaus where no
step Of s,ray Democrat ever p!oiancs the harao.
mons unanuiiv of Whiggism prevailing thee.
| Nonsense again.
"a then (ihc EXPRESSES lhir! ana last spec
ficationl rs for The "ruilians, leions, and bnies
| put in" in lBs city, under the present adminisra-
lion. We deny that il is 10 be held responsible.
for the appointments made here By any office:
whom il has itself removed. The late Collec,o
undoubtedly did all that was leii necessary 10 b.
done 10 complete the disgrace Of that establish
| lnent in this respect But he was Mr.. Tyler
| Collector, as Mr.. Curtis was Wcbsters; and Mr.
Tyler was the EXPRESSES own selected and elec,
cd. We WISH our hands clean Of the whole con
Germ. When the Express can name single ap
poniment made by any The plesen, incumbent
of the higher federal Offices in this CITY. at al
resembling those bad ones which were 80 irequen
under Collector whom the Express did is hes
10 continue in Office, and OF whom il crcn became
a sort Of sem!-quasi "organ," il willlhen be :in'
10 notice This charge further. Till then We dis
miss il, as Tie mos, nonsensical nonsense Of all
"AnA now that VIC have rendered The E1pIcs
Justice in one way We will 10 the same thing il
another; and therefore we mast say, that ii,
charges of rcity or grand larceny, which half III
papers Of the country are pouring upon IL on &c
count Of n set oil letters not yet half worth tn
candle of the game appear 10 us wholly un!oun
ed. |; has published but fr0 OF the eight or lei
which have appeared in the Mirror. The first o
these il declares that il published for the purpos
OF bringing lis evening rival for the sales in Tn
streets 10 n more even start in the hour OF issue
AMI has always said, that i, never intended 10 copl
any more after the hrs, civil rcmonstrarce OF III
Mirror. The second it published, b. way ofshow
ins Inp what i calls that papers pTeicnrc oil ha"
ingroryIich'ed il. II The cnpyrishtns was real
il was dciying and insiilins proceeding, no
likely 10 create any spirit Of very courteous for
bcatanrc in return. Ii il was a sham, as lh
EXPRESS says, il was treated Just right. In ncithe
ca.c is there any rhyme or reason in the uproa
made about il, and the Express has right L
claim credcDce for lis own declarations OF lis mo
lives and meaning. Give even the Express
It's due"
Justice TO ourselves and 10 The administration
required that We should devote so much space Il
this matter. We shall now drop The subject, b.
refer ring 10 he anli-American position assumed
by The Express Of Thursday morning, on ih'
Mexican question. In direct opposition 10 TN
sentiments Of nearly the whole nation, il pro
nounccs 4 war forced upon us ~ Mexico as, III
lis otisin, disg7anetui 10 uo" II further charge
The President with using the 'iyraht's plea, ne
c'ssity, and with "usurping powers rot warranted
by the Constitution" in sending troops 10 deicnc
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