Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-11

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The anlicipations OF "A ruined treasury and an
insupporlable debt in which The Federal leaders
have so freely INDUCED, are shown 10 be wholly
al variance with the ascerlained condition OF The
public revenue, and the estimated demands Of the
public service"
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
We had designed submitting our views upon
this noble document, but we adopt the following
article from the Union. We are surprized that
any impartial reader, who shall carefully and
candidly peruse the clear and admirably arranged
historical narrative of the wrongs suffered at The
hands of Mexico, and Of The ceaseless efforts on
our part 10 ward of The dark hour OF war, should
hesitate for single moment TO clear the skirts oil
his own Government Of all blame, and throw The
odium where ii Justly belongs, upon the insoent
and infatuated Republic" Of Mexico. In spite
OF these irresistible truths, We see the Wing press
hurting lis anahemas upon the President Tor hav-
ing himself produced the war. We see Mr.. Web
syer al Philadelphia darky limiting, and al Boston
openly charging, that The act OF the President in
ordering the troops TO the Rio Grande, 10 defend
American territory, which Mr.. Webster himself
once declared to be the territory OF Texas, was an
"impeachabe offence"
II is evident that this Mexican war is 10 be the
ground upon which The Wigs mean 10 rally and
attack The Democratic administration, Already The
Wing leaders in Congress have opened The cam.
paign. MIR. Garrett Davis who has been push
ed forward as the head Of The Attack, threatens
uIleriur measures" evidently meaning an
impeachment of the Pfesident)-bul he was met
by Mr.. Douglass of Illinois, who manfully de-
fed The opposition 10 try the experiment, and to
commence The mpeachmcnt-that the President
was prepared for full and fair investigation oil
the whole subject and dreaded mol The issue.
Did we regard alone party success, we should
rejoice al the course pursued by the Wings We
have loo much confidence 10 The intelligence, pa
trioiism ard justice oil The people, TO doubt in the
least that they will sustain an Administrator
which has done it's duty in vindicatng The nation.
al rights and defending The country's soil. The
Wings have chosen the issue-lhey have raised
the war.cry against their own Govenmenl-tbe
facts are before the world-and We will cheerfuly
abide the result The Wings must be bold and
ingenious party. if they can Justify The course Of
Mexico, (for in condemning their own Govern
menr, they necessarily justify the o,her) and re-
sis, the moral force oflhe position occupied by The
Democratic party. But 10 the article from the
Unicn:
THE MESSAGE.-The second annual Mes
sage of The President Of the United States, which
we this day publish, will fully sustain the great
renown, both at home and abroad, which was
gained 10 our Government and our country by
the appearance of The annual executive commu-
nicalon TO Congress OF last year. The present
message, like the former one, exhibits throughout
spirit Of mistaken frmness, oil prudence, and
OF moderation. Touching upon al The great po
ilical topics of the day, the Tariff The Conslitu
iona Treasury, the Graduation OF the Public
Lands and the territorial government OF Oregon,
and reatfirmng upon all these points, the views
and principles sci forth in previous Executive
communications, and especially in the previous
annual msssage-lhe President, in this document,
discusses al length, and in form altogether and
irresistby conclusive, The whole course OF the
Administration in relation 10 The WAR WITH Mex
leo, from its commencement TO The present time.
Every aspect OF this great subject, which now SO
deeply interests the country, is fully and frankly
exhibited. The justice and The imperative me-
cessily Of The war is, in the first place, put abso-
ulely beyond The reach of doubt, by a narrative
of The facts extending through period Of fifteen
or twenty years, as they have successfully arisen
in our relations with Mexico, which impartial
and competent judges will not hesitate 10 pro-
nounce one OF the most luminous, condensed, and
impressive areumentaIve statements, upon a
great and complicated political question, which
has ever been put forth in any stale paper OF our
country. So far as unqueslionable facts and ar
eumenls susceptible OF no possible refulaIlon, can
effect such result, This Executive exposition Of
our case of 1car against Mexico, entirely sweeps
away the whole ground of the leaders OF The oppo
sition. upon this subject from under their feel
Il nobly vindicaes the righteousness oil our cause
and the wisdom Of the course which our govern
men, has pursued. Against this broad shield of
fact and OF argument, which the President thus
holds up in the name of The people, TO protect our
national character from undeseIved reproach all
the shafts which have been aimed al il by malg-
nifty abroad, and by facious opposition al home,
will fall blunled and harmless 10 the ground
Henceforh our government is fully vindicated in
this matter Of the Mexican war before the world.
II is now as clear as daylight that 10 have longer
DELAYED sell-redress by arms, would have been an
act at once VI wrong doing and oil national disho-
nor.
We cannot, Of course, attempt any synopsis OF
great argumentatve exposition like this, which
has already been presented in form as con-
densed as the extent OF The subject permits. But
there are three points discussed 10 The Presidents
analysis of this topic 10 which we invite especial
attention, because they have each of them been
made the raying points of an attack by The oppo-
siiion leaders, al once most fierce and unscrupu-
lous, and which this plain and faithful statement
OF The President proves 10 be utterly unsustained
and groundcss, To the extent even OF absolute RI
dcue. Henceiurlh these three slalking-horses
OF Federal camor and virulence most inevitably
become the laughing stocks 1.-THE country These
points are
Ist. The march of General Taylor's army 10
the Eastern bank Of the Rio Grande;
ID. The return OF Santa Anna 10 Mexico; and
Sd. The expenses OF the war
The march OF Gen. Taylor TO the Rio Grande,
under orders bearing date Of the 18th Of January,
1916, has been denounced repeatedly by The oppo-
s,ion press, and lately by Mr.. Webster, in his
speech al Philadelphia, as the commencement OF
the war, by an authorized '',nvasion of Msri6an
or neutral territory" This allegation is based
upon The assertion that The true Western toun-
Diary OF Texas is The river Nueces. In reply 10
this the Pre- sdent shows that the United States
have always claimed, by The unbroken tenor of
their diplomatic and legislative aclion-by trea.
ties and laws, and repeated official declarations,
extending from 1903 up 10 l6i6-lhe Rio Grande,
and no, the Nueces, as The true boundary OF Tex
as; that Texas herself, whether as province, as
a republic, or as Stale, has always held TO this
boundary, and TO none other; that even Mexico. by
her repeated and recent acts, has recognised
the territory between the Rio Grande and the
Neuces 10 be Texan territory, just as much as
The territory between the Nueces and the Sabine;
that The laws Of Texas and the laws Of The United
States covered this portion Of the Texan ter