Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-26

RICHMOND, VA
Monday Morning, January IS. ls47.

| VOlcu against making dppTUpIlduoho ioi uc Soi-
dieTs who are volunteering for The service in Mex
| leo. This is not surprising. A party who sop
port the President in appointing Santa Anna 10
| lead the Mexican forces against us, cannot DC
expected 10 vote for supplies TO Gen. Taylor,
whose duty ii is 10 meet and conquer Santa An
na. These things will be remembered"
The above is taken from letter OF "Brutus,"
the correspondent Of The Wing. He charged US,
not long, since, with want of fairness Let US
see how his own course comports with candor
and propriety. 1t is true, as he says, that the De.
mocratic members of The New York Legislature
did vote against such resolulion-but he eau
Iiousy suppresses the fact that they did so be-
cause of he Mexican preamble, which DECLARED
thai the President of the United States has inyolv-
ed this Republic in a war with Mexico. This
statement, SO abhorrenl to the truth and 10 the
plain duty Of American patriots in period oil
war, influenced their vote, though we think The De-
mocras erred in not vo!lng The appropriation
| They nigh. we'll have acted as the Democrats OF
the North Carolina Legislature towards SINH
lar proposition-v voted the money, and denounced
and protested against The "hiexican' preamble.
So much for the ".air" representations OF "Bru-
tus."
! Let US look lille further into The motives OF
this Ant-American preamble. Il was moved by
4 Mr.. BIoss OF Rochester, an Out and ouI Wing
Abolionst, oil The Giddings "slripe." His ayow.
ell object was that they should adop, such pre-.
amble as would be Justification 10 the members
in The eyes Of their several constituencies, "lor
voting money not asked for, for purposes OF the
General Government" Cannot the mos, casual
observer see the plain drift Cf the preamble pass
ed BY The Wings, which is 10 excupale Mexico
from all b,ame and TO FIX upon The Adminislra-
lion The stigma OF having provoked by unjust acts
The war with that nation 7
The New York Globe unfolds The history This
Mr.. Bloss, and exposes The inconsistency OF his
conduct. On The 9Th OF May last, al a meeting
OF the citizens OF Rochester ITO snaa,n The Ad-
minlstraton in us prosecution Of The erisf'ng irar,
| (,his is the language OF the Wing organ OF Ro-
chesier,) MIR. Blcss made flaming war speech,
| in which he said nothing OF the President having
"invoved US in the war;" as his preamble now
falsely safes A series Of res buttons was unani-
mously aud BY reclamation adopted. After dwell
ling upon the blessings OF peace, which cannot be
loo highly priced or loo strongly cherished, the
resolutions proceed as follows. We quote this ex-
preston OF opinion b, Wing city al length, be-
cause i, shows how The question was regarded
before the mist Of party had elouded the political
horizon and perverted the vision Of politicians
Then il was 1lerieO, who had covered US with IN
suit and injury, aud tramped upon American
soil and rights Now, in the opinion OF these same
Wings, il is The American Government tina, has
been guilty OF every species Of aggression and
"invored us III war;
"Therc is a foini with nations as well as with
individuals, beyurd which ".o'bcarance no, only
ceases 10 be Virtue" but becomes positively is
opposite; and We believe The American people
| have now reached that point in their "iorbear-
ance" with the wrongs AMI ou;rages committed
upon them BY the iai,hltss government OF Mexi-
CO: She has plundeged our commerce robbed and
imprisoned our citizens, and committed agrees
sons and cruellies thai would not for moment
have been tolerated or lef! unavenged had they
been rerCelraled by a power claiming equality
| with our own but in spirit Of iorbcaance and
| liberation that would have been dishonnrabe and
pusarmous in any but powerful and mighty
nation towards weak and puerile one, The Anne
| rican government has sought redress by peaceful
and conclliatofy negotiations. while Mexico has
met our Grains lot ana our OveftursS
0, Cancellation, with false promises and sill more
lai,hless performances She has treated our min
sters sen, thiiheI with messages ot peace and
| compromise, with contempt ard insul.-and,
Gaay alter agreeing but recently 10 receive our
envoy 10 negotiate settlement OF our difficulties,
she again fasifed her pledges, refused him an
audience, and compelled him to demand his pass
ports ard DEPART and al las, 10 cap The cl,mar she
has sent her bandni and soldiers upon american
n N
gems"
"Resolrcd, tiea That the war ,rhieh Mesico
has thus wnntoniy commenced, ought 10 be prose-
cued with visor and ceaseless energy, by This
Government, c9snsyeiy as we'll as deensivry
until the Mexican hUrdes are not only driven
from our soil, but il need be, until The Mexican 60
vefnmenl shall be compelled 10 sue for peace be-
meath The STAR spangcd banner as II waves in
triumph over the vaun,ed Halls OF The Monte
zumas."
One Of the present eiilors Of The Wing Albany
Evening Journal offered a resolution approving
the action already taken by Congress, THE EI-
Ecrrivs AND MS coUssELLoRs, to prosecute The
war and maintain the assailed dignity Of the ma
lion." This, 100, was unanimously adopted
Need we stronger comment than this brief his
tory upon The Inconsistent and party character Of
the "Mexican" movements Of the Wings in the
New York Legislaturel Such is a fair specimen
Of Inc Wing leaders every where. When Gen.
Taylor marched his army 10 The Rio Grande, not
a nur;nur Of dsapprubaicn was heard. No
thing was then said OF our aggression" upon
Mexican soil-no voice was raised 10 deprecate
tie movement, as inevitably leading to war.-
When, however, Mexico forced US into the war,
in spite Of the remarkable forbearance shown by
US, the Wings raised the slogan Of party, charged
the President with having produced the war by
sending Gen. Taylor TO The Rio Granje, which,
If he had not done, these same censora would
have taken the other side and held him up as
Justly amenable 10 impeachment! Such is The
consistency the justice Of the Wing leaders
Contrary TO the fal,sring anticipatons excited
by the vote on engrossment, the bill providing for
The prosecution OF The James river and kanawha
Canal was defeated in he House Of Delegates on
Saturday by three votes only, 60 10 63. We re-
grel The result, for we have regarded this as State
work, erninenlly calculated 10 unite The people
Of the East and West in the bonds of interest
and good feeling. This work was warmly