Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-26
FW me enquirer.
TO WIELOUGHBY NEWTON, ESQ.

lhave something yet 10 say 10 you in addition
10 what have already said. In canvassing, you
have, in open and plain terms, charged upon The
Administration the high offence of causing the
war with Mexico; and you have said, in SUBJ
stance, that you were opposed 10 the commence.
meni and 10 the continuation thereof 1 think
can clearly convict you OF being in The wrong
md in order Ia in so, will simply and briefly
STATE the facts Of the case, and then introduce a
witness Ito whom you at least can make no oh.
eclion) to sustain me in reiullng your charge
When the subject OF annexiDg Texas was
before Congress, the Mexican Minister said,
that, il il was done, il wonld be considered
BY Mexico not cause oil war; bur decla-
ration OF war, on our part against her. Is
Ms so? Am i right IN his statement Ivau
/ am. Then this is neither MIR. Folks war,
nor the war OF any one else, save your honora-
bic self Il is indeed and in truth Utuonghby
.Neri0p's tca,, because you have boasted over
and over again, 10 print and orally, that, but for
you, Texas could not have been annexed; that il
was owing entirely 10 your mighty and weishly
influence that the measure succeeded. Then
sir, YOU are The witness introduce, and by whom
| have shown, that if you have stated The truth,
land do not choose 10 contradict ii,) then you
are The real and sole author of this Mexican war,
which now, for party purposes, you So loudly
condemn; and having plunged your country into
what you now say is an unholy and unjust war,
you would, in order TO catch stray birds, have
the Administration recall her valiant and vclo-
rious soldiers from Mexico, and shut them up
in forts in region OF country Inhabited mostly
by bears panhers and poisonous reptiles, 10 die
ingloriously; and all this that you may have The
poor privilege Of spending the mex. Winter in
Washington, at The price OF eight dollars per day,
and to assist your brother Wings 10 establish ano.
her Monster Bank, Protective Tariff, and such
other and further things, as 10 you and them may
seem best, whereby Henry Clay, The thrice rtjsct-
cd, may occupy The While House. How very
chaste, TOO, is your language, when speaking Of
the Adm Neutrality-suspicious. SO when you
would emphasize and say, "hc mcanea actot Ibis
n.ean Administrator But, all OF sudden, you
have become half in love with Mir Calhoun, and
seem 10 be upon counting expedition. Why
This sudden cbange2 Why this billing and COO
ing with The Calhoun men2 EuJeeause you really
entertain any klnd Of lone (p0lticnii) jm The taier
and you have spread your net, and bai,ed i;
with seeming honied words. The pill IS giided;
il contains nothing really pleasant 10 The TASTE
Your promises and predictions in 1910 and 1913
were OF the like character and those who then
unwilliney swallowed them, will now be care
tul 10 examine them well. am ncGyly done, sU.
A few questions and will bid you adieu. Are
you willing that, in alter days, when your chill
dren and children's children shall ask at the
hands Of the people Of your or some other district
some office within their gift, that they shall be
told, your sire, o, gyandsrc, toOk part nga'nN lbs
orn country IN he Mexican 1ear and, therefore,
IRE cannot grant The bOoa you ash? Can you ex-
pect 10 receive The hearty support Of such
Wings as Col. Fleet, DR.. Beverly Roy, DIR.
Lewis, John Dew, Esq, and many other
worthy Wings Of King & Queen, whom might
name, when you thus assail your own coun-
try and Try 10 put her i the wrong. Can
you sn? Al sir, il IS a poor business, indeed.
'Ys, ills. Your Bank and Tariff notions as OBJ
noYious as they are, sink into insignifcance
wh,n compared with your opposition to war,
either brought on BY YOURSELF or forced upon US by
the Mexicans for whom you express SO much
sympathy.
.'oh, that you could SEQ as others see you"
You would shrink from the picture. Stick 10
your old motto, "honesty is The best policy" ga
lher up your net, spread TO catch some unwary
Calhoun bird, and fall back upon your old hob
by Of Bank and Tariff, and then, il defeated,
YOU can retire 10 private life without remorse.
ARISTIDES