Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-31

The Wings having attempted 10 gel w a"
alarm about the Presidents iste Hies'"s'
-caote the following jusiifcatory ailieie ma, :
<strone Wing journal, The Philadelphia " o'a'eS
Gazette:
In another pari of This mornings paper VIII pe
found The message Of the President lo The Senate,
in answer TO a resolution offered by Mr. Senator
Dayton. , -, az
Having, in yesterdays paper, repeated our or 11
ten made suggestion that the Navy OF sis y
States was mol Sufficiently large, and required aus
menta;ion by The addition Of vessels sHiteu " me
new circumstances Of the country, ana lne niou.
fcations Of navy warfare, we arc MOI, OF couise,
prepared to ccnsure the President for entsIalnln
and uitering the same opinion. II would have
been, as il has been, folly in this Government: u
Ire idea OF defence is really entertained, 10 81
ou;c::,y down with The naval force which VIC now
have. aMore or none" There should be some
Thing effective, not something merely rroVocatiSe
and hence the necessity Of more steamers, am
even mcrc sailing vessels.
Those who slarlle al the recommenda':on ~
the President, in this message, sho.'s 'e.ne'noN'
tia. he cnIv reelales The language CT me ~!
mer message, anu does not oo':uee ms .spss.-
ton. He waits until his opinion is asked .or
and then gives il with even less g wa!lke cifcnn-
stance and indication lnan were nc,ed IL Decein-
Der.
The whole language Of The message - pscinc
Every paragraph iI,inlales Wish, ana as isl
as the President is concerned, determination ioT
rcace. VIVA. he recommends now, Was more
earnestly urged before; ind his reiteras!on, We
repeat il, is nohing Blu; the almost necessary an
swer 10 a resolution Of the Senate. we nope
steamers will be built, and, II necessary, DINER
vessels of war; mol that We ,nina The message IS
war,ike, but because we think now, and We have
~ G. -
ditien 10 our Navy is required by proper regard
70 our sea-coass. the interest of oar merchants,
and our national honor.
At least We may say, that there IS nothing IN
the message which has not been publicly talked
Of; nothing TIA: The President has not ALREADY
stated the fact about the changes in Mexico ex-
cep,ed;) nothing, in short, which should make The
least difference in the calculations abou, war;
because there was nothing that was mol said before
with greater understanding ner.
Their IS one remark OF The President in the
Message, which carries with il the idea 10 some
persons that the additional force required is 10
mec. the contingency of war with Great Britain
We allude 10 the following. After mentioning
that our preparations can give no offence TO Great
Britain, the Message says
"Shoua collision between the two countries be
avoided rs sincerely trust il may be, The addi-
tional charge upon the treasury in making The
necessary Preparations will rot be lost; while,
in the event oil such collision, They would b in
dispen.ahle for the maintenance oil our naionai
rights, and national honor"
II will be perceived tha, the additional force IS
not regarded by The President as entirely co"iin-
gen! upon disputes win England. though The
mode otntrodacios lis remarks gives saat as Inc
principal motive.
'There is, without any regard TO the question
now at issue between this country and Great Bri-
tain, an absolute necessity for considerable add-
lion tc orr naval ;orce; ard itlhe Oregon Cues.
ton was settled Tomorrow, additional strength 10
our defences would he reQuired-and th@ orssl-
dent himself admits the same thing IN The closing
paragraph Of the Message. Tor example: he
aludes 10 The very troubled s.S:c {. Mexico, ana
includes her hostility as worthy OF On conside-
ration, and declares that demonstrators q
hostile character in Mexico, have rendered il ne
cessary 10 send f.ro-huGs OF our army 10 The bor-
ders of that country; aud he subsequently de-
c,ares that the situation Of Mexico, (and Eng
land,) renders it necessary 10 increase the naval
and military force at the present time.
lp regard to The Presidents Special Message.
,hiYNew York Courier expresses The hope that
the Wings will vote the money required 10 pnl
the country in state Of defence, and with alac-
rity too,-ior, in It's opinion, all The increase
which has ever been asked for, is required even
IN times Of the mos, profound peace, and II our
relations with all the world were OF The most paci-
fic character.