Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-11-03

Taylor where he then was, lha il pgoS b.liered he
,cogM not Re rescued. The Macan government
counted upon him as Their ceifta piey, From THIS
CIRCUMSTANCE"
Upon which The New Havef Register well rc-
marks:
1.-THE Wings had better not Jed any more tears
over the poor Mexicans alileGa' Palo Alto, az
il seems they were induced b cross The Rio
Grande and allacl, Gen Taylr, from what they
read in The Wing newspapers They supposed
our brave lille army would m, be rescued be-
cause The Wings were abusinshe President! and
they counted confidently on alalhcr Alamo mas
sacrc of our lille army Terc is Iite doubt
bu, such would have been the ssut had Taylor
been defeated. III was well Understood IN Mexl-
CO. that The Wings were oppose 10 he war, and
that they would not rrscuc hin Who then IS
responsible for the lives Of ihot Mcxicans who,
like many others, have been .cceivei by Wing
pancs and promises? and whalshould BE- thought
Of members OF Congress, who, with The belief
that Gen. Taylor would be debated, refused to
vote supplies, ard would have IN their brave
counlrymen 10 The fate Of Crockcl. aud FannIn
In all onr difficulties with foreign governments,
This same faclious spirit has hnieId negotiation,
weakened The influence OF our Government abroad
and encouraged The enemy"
But our past history sheds inch light upon
this point. The yirluous Madisn was deDoun-
ced in The same way by the Fedenl press for hav
ing caused The war Of 1912, as so for its mis-
management As a specimen, sc give the fol-
lowing language Of the Worccser Mass. Spy,
OF 1911:
awe hope, and believe, The people will soon be
ced that Mr.. Madison is !daUy incompetent
10 hold The reins of government
"1his wanlon waste of properly This perverse
neglect OF duty. is sullicien, to band any admin
is.raiiun with cierna! iafamy"
What remarkable parallel between this
language and what We daily in The Wing
press II Mr.. Madison could na escape such
denuncialicns of his opponents, forpary eect,
is il 10 lie expected thar Mr.. Polk should, in The
discharge OF his responsible duties pass The or
deal untouched, when similar gam Of party is
10 lie PLAYED
We 10 not doubt lhe patriotic u'Iivrs Of The
Rcpuhican-bul We contend that ht course pur-
sued BY il and The affiliated Wing prt,s, is calcu-
lated 10 encourage the enemy AM prounS The
war And TO show how such proceedings were
viewed during the last war, We q,o;e from the
National lnlelligencer Of hal day. Then il fear
lessly and honorably sustained the war and the
Government. Nom, for I parry )5ject, il de-
nouDccs The Administration as "weak and wick
ed" sncefs atthe present war as "rarne, and our
officers and soldiers, fighting our ba les as 'law-
less men" See hove lis ethics Of AZ earlier day
contrast with its present course, and bow concu-
syely il answers itself. On the 18th Of Angus,
1912, il employed The following language, which
i. now quoted with strong effect, BY tho Union:
~. is impossible 10 read the fsderai papers at,he
presen, criss-we mean the most al them, and
particularly some in New Ensland-wihout rs
constituent al the falsehood the malice and The fol-
" which their polluted columns are daily dis
gorsing. II the declaration vi war dill 40, Pro-
duce an nnison Of opinion IN all HE States il was al
least 10 be expected, that sore dcccacy ard s0me
Jounds would have been observed in 4 candid
and constitutional opposition 10 il. But when
portion Of our own citizens are seen openly 10
enlist IN active and a wicked zeal in tic calsc O(
HE public euemH no, merely Shading lief its enoJ-
wlkits b4llaaking Il oa 10 DC The best, and al The
nation srnh hLeis and abuse. III 4 spirit Sill more
vencefI acrid and turbulent, II is calculated 10
excite in The bosoms Of the sound and patriotic
millions OIL lDe Country, "Ho dic aouiucu W VIZ
mess ,uch baseness sensations Of The strongest nj
mos, unqualified HORROR, mixed with the
deepes, LOATHINGS OF DlSGUSTw
:. "These are The pure, the select, the
self-madc, bloaled patriots, who can bawl on
from The highways and The housc-:ops tyranny
tyranny 'proscfiplion!' proscIip!un' 'feitcIei
tongues, teuered presses While their own Ian
guage and their own acls are marked bY an an-
dae,fv in false assertion, pilns nj in black, stu
pendous heap, SANDER upon dan6cr, one basc m
reniion upon another base perrcrsion; here mis-
representation and there lie; one day false ~
MR. the next taiss charge; always mixing The
deadlies gall with the iunasl defamation. These
are the men who sec sperWiing ,lgM in lie co,-
duct n Tie enemy and everything mt simply "rong
int airoe,Onsly picied in nc measures n Msv arm
eount,v These ale The men who, in their most
deliberate resolves, brand with the epiihets Of
madmrn and fools, all those rita lesijn'ote'y hold
Mc powcrs of Me nation, and who under The most
arjulrapOns,bilitus, and at The hazard Of all the
dearest stakes, have csilmacly exercised them =
These are the men who, from sanclifie, lips, cant
obom rigls; who invoke The lar and Tie oonstitn.
tiou; who have al last fixed il in their own BELIEF
thai they are all Gen. Washinslon's own sons,
Sc, sc.
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