Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-09
SEARCHING REVIEW OF MIR. CAL.
HOUN'S SPEECH,

HUM
We are indebted for the following 10 a distin-
cuishel son CT one OF The extreme Southern States:
Have YOU lead Mr.. Calhouns speech Z"
mo-
You mast ssad ii by all means. Ii is exactly
Inc thing"
"Havc you read MIR. Cahoun's speechl''
"So"
Read i; anI i, will change all your notions
about the war"
"aave yn read MIR. Calhonn's speechl"
eyes"
"Wha, d. you think OF il 7"
aWhy, | hin'; that il any other man Than John
L. Calhoun Daniel Webster or Henry Clay hal
delivered it, il would for once al least, have uni
I'd Wings and Democrats"
"How 20 Z"
IN laughing /, 10 scorn" Certainly it is The
noorest speech he ever made; and iur The best Of
a. reasons, viz il is in support Of The poorest
pan thai he evcl devised. Fo1i!y ourselves from
iha Rio Grande to California, and proclaim TO
Mckee that We have closed The war Put five
regiments on that intermina'le line, and uisoand
The volunteers! Why, if Mexico is not the We
riss, TOOL and coward upon The lace OF The eauh
~, had better bind The five regiments, hand and
tonl and deliver them over TO her, upon condition
,hal she will IRE Al them no worse than she did the
, mia Fe execution. What is 10 hinder her from
Iasins her own time 10 organize, and equip and
din l,aups enough. 10 make simultaneous de-
.cemt upon every regiment, and cut tnem 10
,cces "Bu .hey cannot DO that" What not
hai obstinate ndomiable, unconquerable shoot
~ ,he Moorish hood, which Mr.. Calhoun himself
niis MS will noi te conquered win 3o,oOO Ame-
r,c..n soldiers in their capital, without Govern
mem II plan canPai2ns, or money 10 pay Inc eA-
oeuse. al beml This people, who can live up
Erlt ~
c,nnol wuh government 10 collect means, de-
v,>, mans md choose times vanquIsh h.e regi
,n-nts ,,isp,rsed as these vii! be, and lar away
nom .uccour They will war forever against
10000 ;,u,ious troops in The heart o! their coun-
,rv. Inn they will lei five handtuls remain in per-
feel .eenry ule oil from The heart oil The coun-
rrv, Bnl oul cnterprising counifymen will settle
mn he conn,rv." What, pass over the vast, unset
I'D western Texas and pop themselves down in
anencmy's country, 500 leagues l'om marEct, with
ia PROJECTION tut Ihese Itcops-Bay, TO project NE
,,oarsl Certainly The Toons could moi protect
,n.n unless hey all settled underline gnns Of The
tnu. "Rul il our troops go 10 Mexico they will
din. with The ycmilo" have not understood thai
lie ypmito i, common disease in Mexico, oil
il. coast. The city, have understood, is almost
= Paradise, Tor climate, soil and productions
"But il will be very expensive" True; and II
The nation will bear the disgrace Of retreat IRON
Inc enemys country, when we are in The midst oil
victory, la'her than bear the expenses OF bring
ing aa insoent foe to terms, why we had better
leave len he counlry entirely. Mr.. Calhoun.s plan
will Aol do iur such people as this. But we
| have attained all the objects OF The war" AND
pray how did we obtain lhal7 BY lonns'ns al
Corpus Christi BY standing on The Del Norie
and looking over al This precious obJecls heres
where lie sin besan-Mf. G. himself oeins IN 10
The Chair Active operations men. 50 lar as
(no 10 sal ilrs ttousand) when you bring The thing
10 ac,ual experiment, can whip, and have whipt
rb;,,een thousand of lnese anrine,biss, under The
s''onsrs, lorrifcations that could be made bul
nnsh The experiment little farther, and fifty lhou
Sand cannot whip two thousand of The same peo-
ME Bnl The compliment 10 this peoples bravery
IS really all stuff. There is mot more imbece,
law. cowardy, savage, brutal race OF beings on