Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-09-01
H ENQUIRER.
RIO MOND, VA.
Monday Morning, August 81, IslG.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS AND THE WHO'S.

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i%stration, because they must thereby be convinced
that The principles for which they have so long
and SO arduously struggled, must be in the ascen-
dant. So warped by prejudice islhe Wing press'
that they look Tor nothing but evil from The De-
mocratic party. Ii is not The intrinsic merits of
any measure that they examine-it is the source
whence it proceeds. Every Democratic measure
they denounce Observation-Disclosures it is
recommended by MIR. Polk, and not by MIR. Clay.
Let a stranger read The Wing journals, and he
will see the President described as a monster in
human form. A lavorile figure Of The Wing
press is to characterize Mr.. Polk as "Nero fd-
ding while Rome was burning" According
10 their distorted pictures, The President is
swayed by no virluous Or patriotic emotions
Called by his country from retirement, where
he discharged The duties Of a virluous and use
iul citizen, he no sooner reaches the Presiden-
tial Chair than, in Wing representation, ne plays
the Tyran. and revels w~antonly in the suflerings
which be has produced. Without regard for the
generous sympathies Of mankind, but wrapped
up in his own cold and heartless ambition, he re-
joices in The ruin" of his country and recklessly
pursues his desolating Experiments" Such is
the picture drawn BY the Wing press Of a Presi-
dent elected by a patriotic and enlightened Re-
public. lis monstroGs extrava sance is its Sc
verest condemnation in the eyes oil the people.
They are loo familiar with the desperate pollli-
cal game Of The Wing press, TO be deceived by
the indiscriminate assaults at The present time
They have been SO oNen deceived by The journals
Of that party, that they prefer themselves 10 test
the value of public measures, instead Of pinning
their faith upon the sleeves Of prejudiced politi-
cal opponents.
Have The Wing press done justice TO a single
acl Of the President? In throwing The protection
OF The Government around The new State Of
Texas, and sending an army 10 project our own
soil against foreign invasion, he is charged with
having usurped the war-making power. The
enemy is routed and driven across The frontier.
In The lapse oftime, and when our army has been
swollen in numbers and strength, the President is
induced 10 believe that Mexico may agree 10 a
negotiation, and in The flush of victory, magma
ninously tenders The olive branch. lie calls upon
Congress for an appropriation 10 settle all Difficult
ties; The bill is defeated by a parliamentary expe-
dient Of a Wing Senator, encouraged by his as
~sociates. The Wing press, that just before had
bewailed the horrors of war, sustain the defeat
OF the bill, because they shave no confidence in
the President, who might use The money in
bri6ins Paroles or Santa Anna" Not many
months before, they had voted him len millions
TO carry on the war-now, they have not conf
dence enough in him 10 allow him two millions 10
effect a peace! Here is Wing practice most
strongly contrasted with Wing professions of
peace
We shall not run through Inc whole catalogue
OF important measures adopted at the late session.
The financial measures Of The Administration
are all denounced by the Wing press, before a
single one Of them has gone into effect.
Bu, the new Tariff is The main point of attack.
The Wings say that il is to ruin the country, and
their simple assertion is TO be full demonstration.
Have they better means OF judging OF its effects
than The Democratic party, who demanded a
reform OF The Tariff, and who are resolved 10
give il a fair trial The new law is denounced
as The source of endless mischiet-and vel there
are three months TO pass of, before il will go into
operation. We are now under the full sway Of
the Tariff Of 1912. We surely can see no %latIeI-
ing reason 10 desire a continuance of the ''bIes-
sings" which that Tariff has given US. The great
agricultural interest was never more depressed,
and we are convinced that the new bill cannot
PROSTATE it lower Than il has been by the Tariff
of 1912. But, al all events, the country, in elect
ing Mr.. Polk, has demanded a change, and no
clamor Of the proleclionists can induce the peo-
pie prematuiely TO condemn a measure before
it has been tried.
But, say The Wings, it is a %ruinous 'experi-
men,," based upon false theories OF The Adam
Smith school, and utterly repudiated by facts
England. A few years ago, The Free Trade
movement, The repeal Of The corn-laws, had but
few advocates. As with our Tariff now, il was
stigmalized as visionary, revolutionary and de-
%structive. II commended against powerful obsla'
Giles. Sir Robert Peel, The Duke Of Wellington
and The landed arislocracy of England, resisted
the progress of free trade, Till il threatened 10
overwhelm them. But The principles Of popular
progress and intelligence could no, be kept down
Sir Robert Peel was brought to view the subject
with serious attention. Though al one time 4
most jealous advocate of The restrictive system,
a thorough study Of the question convinced him
of his error, and, with a political sagacity and
an honest and patriotic spirit, which do him
honor, he boldly avowed the truth, and car
ried the reform in triumph. He studied facts,
and proclaimed The great truth, that it was
proved by experience TO be Of vital import
ance to the public revenue, TO the comfort
and morals OF The people, and 10 The great cause
of humanity and civilization, that the spell of re.
~s,riclion should be broken. BY The aid of Rich.
ard Golden and The League" The public mind
was enlightened, and the greatest measure OF The
age was carried TO a glorious consummation.-
We quote a few eloquent passages from The
League, descriptive of The event:
awe have seen The great principles for which
we have struggled through seven years Of doubt
and difficulty brought to a triumphant issue, and
permanently established in The legislation Of The
empire. The records Of Parliament are the evil
dence OF our services; the freedom for which wise
men wrote. and coed men sighed, and brave men
struggled, has been won peacefully, honorably,
and completely. Laws devised BY a jealous, mo-
nopoIizing and ungralelul spirit to restrain the
bounties Of Providence, and felter The energies OF
an industrious, a brave, AMI a loyal people, have
been swept from the statute book, 10 lake their
place in the records of unhonored history. We
have extended The right hand OF fellowship to eve
nv nation upon the earth. and laid The foundation
Of a brotherhood which will unite the whole iami'
" Of man. Compared with such a victory the
triumphs of conquerors and The achievements OF
heroes sink into insignifcance. Our march has
been stained by no blood Our success is sullIed
"Convinced of the power Of intelligent OPT
MON, we sci ourselves to develope that intelligence
and 10 form ,ha. opinion. We toresaw that our
mission should be educational, and we accepted
its conditions. The League undertook TO instruct
The people, to reform the economic creed Of The
country, and to overthrow the ~fallacies devised
BY an ignorant selfshness, and supported by an
minimizing creduIily. We had no brides TO offer