Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-22

Petrol Gait Shaw are ho.1iDS possession ul 'iidi
place and strictly bockading il, excepting Inc ue-
pariure and arrival q, small vessels WIN plo''-
siQns and lrpis ior The use If The inhabhahls Oh
the town. In tae humanity III these "illceis-Who
have wen -! en- honor TOT lhemstsses-lheY du
nit provisions and fruits, or lhe lnnaoadals "oul"
.farve they we've much in want AZ maj dale
By The same We learn tha, Tobasco has declared
herself indecenden OF Mexico, and that Cam
naachy is t:shinc agalns, Merida, the capital CT
ty of Yucaian This province prctcnds 70 be neu-
tral in The war OF Mexico against The Y. SAFES.
SCRAPS FROM HISTORY.
We are not he first 10 have .aiian under The
proscr2ive ban OF he Senate. The same hand
hat has lifted The axe for om immoiaiion, was
"a iscd. it, 1885 aeans, one Of the pures aud best
men in tie land; hen The representative Of ms
COUNTY, al = .c.ciaa coat and always us orna-
men, !; nj pride. whether al home OF abroad. MOI
his cninen' Public services in The councils OF his
na,iy. S,,,r. ~! ~ the naion-nol MS unsu.lied
purity "a 4 patriot, nor MS distinguished powers
IS a statesman : not the excellence Of his pri-
ya,e life. nor The hriancy ot his pubic career
no, h,s consistent devotion IL the great truths oil
repub'icanism, nor hi, answering loyalty 10 the
Union-nor his regard for the rights Of The South
no, all combined, could exempt him from the
fiery ,cmpcs, oil luminosity and ambition. By
the fiat Qhe casting volc) of a single man-hal
man land we dssply leorei iO Tie same who has
assisted in tins patty crusade against ourselves
mis- patrio, was recalled from his foreign mis-.
son. and passion i.au.td Itself anew in the fact
tina, had lmpaled amt crncited an opponent
Little, hnwevnr did The senaori Il umpire sus-
pect lha! The mark OF his ,eneence, instead Of re-
snltine in the G.c:ruciion OF his victim, would
prove sure and speedy passport 10 popular Ia
.or. Little did The opponen, imagine that me
hated would so soon be elevated above ana oe-
yond hiu. La,e did The reflector dream that The
rejected would - soon become The corner stone oil
me building Little did The digger oi the phi anIci-
rate that he was himself To tall therein. Look
ing unlF to me immediate immoa,un OF vicllm,
such was The phreuzy Of The eSecniIoncr, maj nc
nc:sf o.ce paused 10 inquire whether il might
nur be his own neck hat sraced the BLOCK.
Another senatorial analhema, which ne sane
hand now raised against US helped he lhen Fed
erai leader 10 lauach, crowds into our reIein-
brauce Even the hero Il New Orleans who
had perilled his lie in defence OIL his country,
and who whether in vanGuishino foreign, or
detcct,ng a domestic enemy, was alike successful
did not escape il. Even against him-ihe tel
rhe in bar. and he wise in connCil-was the
h...d ina; has condescended 10 strike III Us, up.
lifted. He was pronounced, b. the deliberate
and I, coriet lldemen, vi The Senate, an nsurpr
aud rtaiu!oy ~ The constitution 81 ms eo1snfrs-
Mos, sho.;-sienlsa and impolenl persecution!
Where now, are the fruits Of that dissraccfui
drama SO overwhelming has been the relrlbd-
lien, ,la, he yery page which contains The sen
ience carries VII! tie recorded shame OF lis a-
hoys. In lines 6ack as The purposes which dictated
it, and rel as the fierce Indignation which expins-
ed il, i, sands on the aue-book-not an erased
picture 10 prove only lis own injustice, but PIC
lure sci in an UNIQUE and curious framework, Ina
the scandal OF me Inner may not be losI, but
rerpeiu?ed The history OF The world, perhaps,
furnishes 10 PARALLEL where the fierce passions Of
The heart have been 50 cfectualiy turned into en-
snes OF torture against the men that have nuised
them.
We derive some consolation, some encourage
men from these "reminiscences They prove
that The purposes OF disappointed ambition anf
awa;s sure, ia The end. 10 dc,ca; themselves, and
,ha. conscious integrity he's nothing 10 tear II
jackson AMI Wax bulea survived The pfoscfIl-
live ecilis OF The Senate snfe'y We havc No re'-
son to considc. ourselves dem ,li>hed
fWastingt0B Enion.