Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-29

cordial r sinecrc-it certainly was mol ehhus'as'
tic The manifest Indifference, ere1g 'raefs oppn-
rent, among the erea. body OF our people, n.y.,
we acknowledge, was Of a cooler character 'iau
We had anticipated, and, in consideration OF Inc
dignity due The Presidential office, had hopeo iul
CA apathy lie more marked when cohraslec WIN
the unresirainei enthusiasm and popular ae
monslra.ions OF JOY that, in other days. were wont
10 greet some Of Mr.. Folks predecessors, Wneh
they honored New York with their presence.
Now, we shall Ieule The naIrow.minced ca
ril,ings Of these gentlemen, BY the evidence, no.
OF "l.ocoloco," but Of as genuine wing as
themselves. The Commercial Advertiser says:
1--WE had now time 10 look around, and Il was
gratifying 10 find SO large company oil all poll
cal creeis, OF almost every profession and COM
mercial pursuit, mol ttceTtdly oaly, 6ni enfhus.as
.,eaRy j5iaiug III 1reic0niing ts Chef ONeer
Of Ills Lnion-buryins all distinctions and dil-
ierences of opinion, that the oitcs and the man
holding i, By the SURFACES OF his fclow'citizens
might receive due honor"
Tie Washington correspondent OF The AdSeI-
tise. ;ns;nua.cg, in defaZee Of Dir. Folks explicit
statements 70 he ccnaa;y, Ia! lie President has
in view iu,n. his iripl.is o~n continued po!i.i-
cal elevation ard tic w:i'ci adds "ile IS ac'
comPaneJ b Personal and political '''ends' VINO
can efficiently aid in scouting 70. him COMMA
;icn Tor the Presidency"
Thee unscnerous imruialioas we shall also
;u:a orc7 % The after Il The Advertise! 10 seal
l., . lie ~:.is TIC ceascle:s charges and as
SAUL: 81 nc WING pres ugcn nc President are
al >L.ce9,iS.c u ,cfutatioD III: We take recu-
liar pleasure in dllu",pe Wing 10 destroy the
carefully coacuric, theories and iabrcaons OF his
brother Wings. There is keen elegance oil re-
bike in tic following, which is worthy OF par
ticular remark.
AT the very outset we feel ourselves bound 10
call in question the unqualified assumption that
The tourney Of the President has political mo.
i've and has been undertaken with view to re-
election. We can see no reason for making THIS
assumption; none for believing and declaring as
a matter oi course, that The President has all
. along been merely playing TICKS upon Tue couh'
try when ne avowed, as he has done repeatedly
his desire and intention 10 occupy The uneasy top
round Of ambitions ladder ol one Term only
The President is a genleman-so We have a.
WAYS undcrsood-aEd il is not courteous or cuS-
roriary, in tic ordinary intercourse OF society, TO
suppose, as matter 81 course, that when gen
LEHMAN makes an observation lie is telling VII
/ tul lie and does not expect 10 be believed. Nor Is
il SO very difficult 10 imagine that The President
has found his high station productive q Too much
care, TOO much anxiety and bitterness, TO leave
| room Tor anv co1eting Q; continuance IN us &C.
! cupancy.
The desire Of The President to make this Jour
ney, altogether apart irom political views or in
LEMONS, is not SO extraordinary that We must be
driven 10 Them for solution. He has never seen
The Northern and Eastern portion Of The Union;
and i, is not an excess Of vanity in the inha 81
tant, Of that portion 10 suppose iha, lEeIe is
something about j, worthy al eas, OF the passing
no,icr al a statesman and 4 ruler. But then i
may BE- suggested that The President might wall
until after The expiration oil his lelm--thai, be-
cause he comes a, President, with ali The parade
and circumstance Of Executive ligni!y, his Oh
iect must be 10 use The ysi! for political adyan.
laee.
Under favor, We conceive ha there is another
aspec, to This par! OF the su' jec also. A visil
from The Chief Magistrate OF he ndon IS spe-
cies OF compliment 10 the region visited by no
means unaraceiul either in the hesowing or ac-
cepline. The great and wealthy Stale of n. York
might give iille heed TO The presence o! The irdi-
ydral. Mir. Polk; but when the President The Oh
fetal head Of The nation, j: seen within h.r Dor
ders, she both can and with propriely may look
upon The occasion as an acknowledgment u her
position in The conlederacy, neither unsTaIiiylns
nor unworthy OF notice.
X seems 10 us that such view ot The whole
subject may fairly be taken without dispaTage'
menl 10 The mist patriotic Whggsm.