Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-04-07
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To the wings OF the MctropoIitnu
Congressional District.


-CIuzKNs;-The present eti.i. in on, p,ron,l
affairs uil OF difficulty. painful uncertainty and an
anxious soleiIude Pervade tho public mind The national
crisis Is well calculated 20 excite apprehension There
indications, not be of S.ros. TROUBLE
The trouble OF the present time, though great is. fear
rSifilSS IN eoNrAKisoN WITH winch Is To CONE
foi'ehtous clouds are gathering upon the Political horizon
No hnmsn sasaev can predict how big with national
disaster they may prove 10 be-
Fellow citizens! Is this time for apathy Is this
time Tor the sennes upon the watch Of the Re.
public TO sleep at their postsf Arc they not asleep p
Then why do hear their warning voice WHY M,
not tho people awake the Wing party have confidence
in ,hemsevesf they believe that cosnses are wiser
than those OF the party in powct aud their lust
as honest surely they should cndeaycr in this important
csisis To get the Government their hands When
Government is badly administered, prudence demands
change m It's administration. An administration that in
wolves the nation over which pteSidcs tou-
ees, Is unworthy Of the national confidence Can it bo
denied that the Polk administration is responsible for the
present condition Ut the country Junius remarks that
the rum OF prosperity OF State depends much upon
the administration Of its government that to be
with the nerit OF ministry need only observe the
condition OF the people, This remark may be
To" au'ndinous but 1t will be altogether
To assume that the administration OF country is praa
Jaeie responsible Tor its condition. and should be held re-
sPonsibe unless hce be clear strong evidence to the
contrary. AS that any such evidence has
been addueed, be- shall consider 1t reasonable and
just to hold the administration OF Mr. Polk responsible for
the present condition OF tho county. And let us now con-
slider what that condition is.
We engaged war. of which there il reaaon IN
believe We have but beginning The blood
and treasure OF the nation have begun flow. But God
only knows when they will flow. Already has
some OF the most generous and valiant blood nation
been split upon foreign soi-not in war of national de-
ienee, but war OF national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT aud foreign
conquest The blood OF Ringgod and Clay have
soned the soil OF Mexico Nst do know how soon tho
nation may be called TO the loss of Tayor-a
WotIh-ot Scott. Forty thousand mon have lett their
homes and marched To the Rio Grandc-many 10 die by
the sword aud many by pescnee. But forty thousand
moro will not supply the probable demands Of the Govern
menL debt OF thirty millions has been occasioned by
hundred pFOba
by he incurred before the Is ended. WuSN ARE WI
% SEE TIA ENO on THIS WAR How II ENDED p
WHAT Terms SHALL INSIST on, OF A PEACE
These are important questions, and full OF difficulty IL Is
purpose much consider questions rs 10
consider what may be regarded the settled policy OF the
Administration IN relation them. That policy we have
been admOnehcd Is to conquer peace" In this mode
does this administration propose end the We shall
then the end OF this war, when shall have con-
such conqucror- generally OF the conquered But
We cannot be mistaken IN regarding the of
the Administration 10 make OF those terms conces-
sion Of land 10y Mexico. Significant mods aud Of the
Administration Organi indlcae that Mr. Polk has hi,
eye upon Calornia. " q iAe ansUins"! The nation is
be a oed with another territory Iarpe and
unmeanng slices DO added tracts of waste
land That capital which this country much needs
be expended order procure which there IL
already great redundancy The blood and treasure o,
the nation be wasted IN effort toobaln what we
do and what VyIil inevitably prove II acquired
fatal aclusuon-a disturbance OF national concord
that may he assimaIcd to that fatal acquisition which
spread discussion the Gods Three millions Of na-
uona have been unblushngy asked Tor by this
Administration, aud may confidently expect will be
applied, inr the purpose ct buying tins national curse
Yes, irlluw-ciu2cus, tn he again gnTged with
L,udslhoush capacious hroats have already taken
more iau digest aud more than enough to
Eut appetite, that - dangerously morbid IL il
enough that have been gcrged with Texas aud
Oregon But before the juice of Government has
had the slightest effect upon these mouhiuls
be- compelled To swallow the whole California
and other MEXICAN Provinces RIO Grande To the
Pacific. Il this enormous dose folly that the Admin
Sirsuon connecting Tor with the precious blood and
treasure o the nation IL - Tor the Of tins
upendous folly, that ths Mexican bc prosecuted
IL II Ia the Wild spirit m which thus folly originates that the
Ia great measure be attributed This stupcnd-
Gus and amazing folly be persisted although must
inevitably convulsc this nation with Teul and
bring into imminent peril that UNION, which every Anne
mean has been taught to revere Is II that the
conservative o all parties should in opposition 10
this alarming iOyl is It time that every sober minded
patriot should rally upon the Rio Grandc, the proper
boundary OF the Republic, and this wid and insane
spirit" Thus far shalt thou 60, and no larher''7
METROPOLITAN.