Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-22
Friday Morning, May 2", 1876.
THE COURSE OF THE WINGS.

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in,t and unwarranab!e. we nave "'o",1 -
onin;on that such state OF things was "ei' "a :
.cuaed 10 cool The patriotism OF The volunteers "'''
thereby throw embarrassment IN the way = d =
aurous ami speedy prosecution OF wa ,n''
,vbicb we nave been forced by Mexico. :"
~. ,o,cb less spiri, would our citizen soldiers
rally 10 the field, if they are inauced' uP'" w
assertions OF The Wing press, 10 believe ''"' '"'
President is selfish and reckless usurpeI' ul"
,hs;, country is in The wrong, (and when cia inc
Wings ever say that their country was :" 90
,,.v in is difficulties with foreign powers !.
,na ,ha, the war in which they are engaged
minis, and unrigh;ecus in itself, ana mat 'he5
therefore incur The vengeance Oh iiedSe",
no, ,uch feelings unnervc the arm OF inc s'os'
e, soldier and cause his spirit 10 cover ht
consciousness Of light on his countfys sue :
,be s,ronses, incentive Of Republican chalpPi'
on. The Wings would, by their party denuhc'-
,,;ons Of The Government, strike away ms ihceh'
III. "a ,,sal,en the moral force Of our Republl-
can army 7,
W. do not speak AT random, and IN PROOF o.
onr no,i,ion. we shall group together various e.
tracts from Wing journals
The Charles!own (Va) Free Press says
.But the rights and power OF Mexico nav
heen uniformly despised IN our whore Pioee ~
ngs. and war has been prccipitated, without w. ,
;S,h,oY;,v ~ Congress and without the shadow OF
necessity"
fE,rom nc PfertGcneC Jon77at
We are already engaged in warn an un.
necessary and unrighieoas war-unoer'aheh ioi
an unlusiifabe object, and mol necessary even -
accomplish the object Tor winch II was u'lu ,.,
ken. Every step in this Texas ini4uily nas =. 80
,aken eouay in disregard OF all The principieS u
,nS,;ce and ri robt. and in defiance OF all the dc
pales Of prudence, discretion and common sense.
lEyom tie Ne,c York Ni6ancI
Ten day. ago, if a Baltimore clipper had over,
taken Mexican trading ship al sea, captured
AMI plundered her, il would have Ceen piracy by
All law and The perpetrators must have swung lor
II Nov that same act would be pronounced Tau.
dable nv our Courts, andth Mexican vessel and
CARGO lawful prize 10 the caplors. But can any
man imaqibe that the distinction made by our
conrts is respected in the Chancery oil t1eaveh'
NJ never, Abhorred be this war, lis auhofs
and abetors 20 my sonl, come not thou INTO
,ber secrets-unlo their assembly, mine honor, lie
not tt0n united!
IEyom the Philadelphia L. S. Gazette.
lie The puUllC Ill dill tiIuSS HV'u ''S oa"A'~
,ration responsible for the position we are now
in. and let Mr.. Polk and his ministry have The
blame of all the disgrace are suffering, and all
The occurrences Of war which they have cause
le.sly brought upon the country. There was not
The least necessity for The trouble in which The
nation now is-not the least
IELo,e The Cincinnaf, con Gazette
There is no language. in our opinion, foo trt'c
10 be applied 10 The conduct al the administration
in The management OF our Mexican affairs.
A war with Mexico cannot but 10 rs injury
where we would have our name reSrecled-de-
gyade ne national reputation in The woIlds est
nation which might otherwise have been honor
ed and respected. II is vain 10 deceive ourselves
Ii is all idle and wrong through passion 10 blind
the public 10 The disgrace which must follow our
comparatively, divided 10 the verge o. civil var,
no man, no people, looking on upon the contest
can HEIR sumpatt'-tng ruth nc broken p",rr' Q,
lfe1tco and unit4.g ~ RHcrtns utter coHdemnd-
ton against onr Government.
What The President could have been dreaming
about in ordering the army 70 me posin"h u no"
occupies. we are at a loss 10 conceive. was
,here any danger Of invasion from Mexico =
That IS not pretended Did we intend 10 invade
her territory This is expressly denied. Why,
then. put our soldery and plant our cannon, IN
The face OF one of her cities, and upon aer o'ra
territorv3 There is but one explanation 10 be
given Of this conduct, and that is, that mad poll
iic,ans in power had resolved, and gentlemen
Isaiers out 81 office and employment, had united
with them, 10 ;porOkc war at all hazards.
American arms must be brandishea upon DIS
pued territory, ana The Mexican defed on his
own soil. And now the treasure and blood OF the
nation are 10 be spent and split 10 make good THIS
reckless, this nhnman action For both, The Pre-
,ident OF these United States and The men in au-
thorily under him, are responsible torthe Dlooo
already shed-lor the murders OF the gallant
Cross, Porter and Thornton, and their brave COM
rades literally brought about through this direct
instrumentalitv, ttcp mW ne hetd responsible 6cforc
(i0i and man
'Tis no idle matter or indifferent theme this
Texan Mexican trouble. For annexation, the
whole country has been driven 10 suffer and 10 do
what never would have been suffered 81 DONE u
he people had not been made mad by party, and
then BETRAYED by those whom they had elevated
into power Heretofore the nation, as nation
was clear Of Soin" lis hands with slavery. bu
by ,ha, act she cluIched hold OF II 10 defend, cx'
tend and perpetuate il. And soon, IN addition
there will come up, besides this granting eStraor-
dinary political power 10 Texas, making enc CHI
-cn there north some isU do-cR free term Oa'oans,
demands for millions upon millions to pay her
leb,s 10 torilv her coast and 10 feed the sodiery
NJ present in her borders. As il this was not
enough, and n,orc than ought 10 be tolerated, the
possession OF strip OF disputed territory IS 10 oe
made cause OF war, and the tlcodgales OF iiee-
booling spirit thrown wide open, that politicians
nav thrive. and loafers parade in epauetes, OF
have chance 10 plumber, while the labor, indus
try and character Of the country shall be heavily
taxed TO support Them.
From The Washington Correspondent ~ me v. }
Commercial idrert,scr.
After some five years clamor tor war; war
for The sake OF war; after making war the theme
of every Grafton in Congress or on The stump
and The main issue Al every election, the De
mocracy have, al last, stumbled upon the obJe.
of all their wishes.
The imbeciliiy OF their administration has done
for them more than they could have e1Pectedir
the energy OF any other. :,
We have got into wSt, Though Mr.. Polk
from which Caesar or a BonapaIie would have
shrunk-an offensive war with Mexico and al
The powers OF the world sympahising with her
and upon an issue made by Mr. Polk himseli-a
war for acquisition OF seizure Of portion q
Mexican territory
fFfoa, he Ncr York ErwcSsl
This mean miserable and contemplate admin
istration,-we mean inst what we SAYS as i'm
beetle in vindicaing American honor and Anne
rican arms, as il is braggart in mounting ovel
Them Ii bullies England orders fleets off Mexi
co, then proposes 10 razee the navy, and sencs
handful OF twenty-five hundred gallant men inlo
The heart OF a Mexican population, 10 fog The
whole Mexican nation.
We have, We trust, given extracts enough tc
show The gross injustice Of the Wing presses II
denouncins their own Government and the free
and intelligent people of their own country. AL
that the Administration has aimed al has beer
TO protect American territory, 10 take possession
of what has become our own and BY as clear a
title as that of Mexico 1t had the right 10 do so
and for this simple ACT our citizens have been
murdered on our own territory.
The Boston Pos, rebukes these fac,ious print,
with just severity, when says:
"With a certain party and class our country is
always in the wrong in the right. Ii was
wrong when il renowned the British allegiance
81 ITS; wrong when il acquired Louisiana
wrong when il commended for The freedom OF The
seas in 1914; wrong when il took possession OF