Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-04
Friday Morning, June 4, ls47.
THE CONSISTENCY OF THE WING
PARTY

SOltoiO
PARTY.
The great string upon which Southern wing
perry barps. is an obstinate refusal 10 lake any
territory from Mexico, b. way oil compensation
for The wrongs and injuries received al her hands
They all united last Winter upon Inc no'ao's
plan proposed BY Senator Berrien, 10 declare 10
the world and 10 Mexico ,ha, We had no design 10
seek any addition TO our erritory-in o'nei
words, that, as any hope OF obtaining co'hpehsa
ton in money, was acknowledged oy all 10 DC un'
founded we would not touch an acre OF her iano,
Blu, were carving the war into her country, anu
sacrificing our own treasure and Ticn olooo mere
10 10 show how well we could fight, and TO gam
little "slory" Tor the American name. Does
the Wing scheme admit OF any other CONCLUSIONS
Garry on, their plan. and will 20, all our Vicso'ies
amount TO an empty uinmph7 When Congress
by an almost unanimous vote, year SINCE
sanctioned The war, and placed money and men
at the disposal Of The President, was mere
whisper oil objection heard on The part OF any one
10 an invasion of Mexico, in order 10 punish her
wanlou insults and injuries, and TO secure some
compensation for them? If the Wings designed
to oppose all acquisitions OF Mexican territory 10
the way OF just indemnify, why did they not ar
res, General Taylor on the banks OF The Rio
Grande and protest against his further advances
Why did they qnietly, and without murmur,
see him and his gallan, army march on against
vastly superior numbers, and, though crowned
With glorious victories, uselessly sacrifice The best
blood of America? 1.-THE Wings al that day held
their present sentiments on The subject OF acquir-
ing Mexican territory, were They moi highly crlmi'
nal in not raising their voices against so Wanlon
a shedding of American blood and treasure, lor
no earthly practical purpose2 And, even now,
why do they not Join in with their clustering Ohio
Senator, Corwin, and demand The instant recall
OF every officer and man on The West side oil The
Rio Grande2 II We are not 10 lake an acre Vi
Mexican territory, as The Wings contend, we have
already sacrificed suffcien, number OF brave
spirits, and wanionly poured out money enough
and common sense, and humanity and prudence,
would mperatvely demand that we should cease
so silly and wicked game. and al once with
draw our whole army within our frontiers, aban-
doning the advantages which we have won by
yalor and hardship. The proposition OF MIR. Ber-
rien has already encouraged Mexico 10 resist all
negotiations OF peace. II assured her that ian
entire party" in this country had design, IN any
event, 10 strip Ter Of her Territory, and that, how
ever nsolen,ly and madly she might continue
hostililes, she could lose nothing in the end, ol
i, was proclaimed by high authority that every
inch of her territory was 10 be left unouched.-
, Could she desire war upon better terms, than tt
see her own wishes for The integrity OF her terrific
~ endorsed by an "enlire pany2'
, The absurdand mischievous policy ofthe Whis
noli,icians can never meet with The sanction
! The American people, and We refer TO II, now, Il
expose The arrant Inconsistency and deception
OF the Wits leaders, who, while they resist TIT
ACQUISITION Of an acre of Mexican SOIL profess Il
/ give cordi,l support for the Presidency to Gen
OF an en5imsel an advocate OF the acquisition
We invite attention 10 the following tmpha;it
passage in his lannon's letter 10 Gen Gaines, la
!, ted al Monterey, Mexico, Nov 9, 1916
at seems ID me, the most judicious course Il
be pursued on our part 7rould be In take poss.ssi0,
al oce of The line rould accept By negotiation
extending from The Gull Of Mexico 10 ih- Pacific
:, and occupy the same, or keep what We already
have possession Of, and that, with Tampco
: t-hirii nope 10 rake in The course oil the mex
month, or as soon as can gel The means OF trans
porlalion,) will give us all on this side OF the ST
ezra Madre, and, as soon as ! occupy Salillo
will include six or seven States or Provinces
thus holding Tampico, Victoria, Monterey, Sal.
lilo, Moncloya, Chihuahua, (Which, presume
Gen. Wool has possession Of by this iime,) San
la Fe and The CALIFORNIA;, and say 10 Mexico
| tnrivs iha ~ har
the responsibility and expense Of carrying on an
offensive war-at the same time closely blocka-
ding all her ports on the Pacific and the Gulf A
course Of this kind, il persevered in or short
time, would soon bring her TO her proper senses,
and compel her to sue for peace"
We ADOPT The following excellent comments OF
The Pennsylvania as in great degree applicable
10 the Wing politicians in this region:
"Here is "a voice potential and double as
Dukes indeed! Here is proposition before
which all that has been dreamed by the North
American, in its widest visions about poor dis
membered MEXICO, The Poland OF America, is
but the chimeTa Of moment-the bubble that
fades into thin air. The administration has never
dared 10 60 so far as this nor within lhon-
sand miles of il. The good General, with no fear
OF the denuncatons OF the North American before
his eyes-forsetiing lis pathetic appeals against
\ SSsbSihS - i"sSSt P'oNHS h4SAiIduS III
Congress- annexing more slave lerriory-with his
slou! claymore slices of six or seven States a.
cooly as The hungry wood-chopper cuts of
slice of bread all around The loaf We could
imagine, if we had The fancy Of The North
American or even The half Of it, how many
mahogany faced Legislators these six or
seven States would send to our Congress.
Or how many slaves would be made in this
wide extent Of territory! Or what war Of pro.
pagandism there would be between rival races
and rival religions But we leave all this 10 our
contemporary, in The hope that he will not be too
hard on The General. He differs no, only with
you, but he gives word Of advice Ina is even
los, upon his Southern friend, The Senator from
Georgia. But it is no, only in this aspect that The
opinion of Gen Taylor is 10 be considered The
issue made By The North American is not only
met and overhrown by the General al the head
Of our army but by The candidate for The Presi-
dency whose name now foals al the head OF most
OF the Federal papers, and whose claims have
been advocated in the North American with The
utmost eloquence and zeal. VIVA, spectacle is
this! How full OF evidence OF the reeklessness
and desperation OF an unprincped party! What
commentary upon The anli-slavery fury of The
opposition We leave the subject in The hasds
OF our readers and our contemporary of the North
American"
NEWS FROM THE ARMY.
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