Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-27

strong citadel ot consiituionaiiy il would have
US desert. We hold on 10 all we bavc;-aay re-
treat is bnl preliminary TO surrender.
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.
The Wing OF yesterday says The Enquirer
expresses its appreciation Of he Missouri Csmpro-
mise, aud lis cningness 10 abide BY il under anv
and al circumstances" This is a mistake. We
did not express our appreciation of the Missouri
Compromise; and We did not express willing
ness 10 abide BY it under any and all circum-
stances. So far from this, our whole article was
based upon The idea thai Congress did not have
The power which ii claimed by enactng the Mis-.
souri, Compromise: and we asserted that the
rights OF the South in the territory beyond thirty
six and hall degrees Of north latitude had been
surrendered lcithoaa enqiralenl BY The mis-calle4
Missouri Compromise. But we said that as The
arrangement had been acquesced in by the
slavehoding and non.slaYeholding Slates-tke
parties ihereto-for more than a quarter Of
century, we did no. wish 10 disturb it riiie the
people Of The Noria respected 10. And we say now
that had we been in Congress at the time, VIC
would have voted against the concession OF
Southern rights made by that compromise. And
that ,l0io, We think The good faith OF The parties
thereto, demands that il should be Observed
yea, extended 10 whatever territory the United
States may acquire, even 10 The Pacific. But, a,
The same time, We say, that The good faith Of The
South is The only thing which makes US respect
it, and that when the North repudia.es it, either
for the territory al present in The Union, or tha,
10 be acquired hereafter we are thoroughly OPP
posed 10 each and all of its provisions relating to
the present territory, or that acquired hereafter
as the case may be. We hope that The Wing
will correct its statement. II X will again look
at our article il will find that it has fallen into
an error in this matter.
II The Times Of yesterday repeats its re.
marks Of Saturday, relative 10 General Taylor's
letter 10 Mr.. Delony. AS ii brings forward no
additional reasons for The view il take: Of that
production, and has moi even attempted TO an
swer the argument We presented on that subjec,
in our parer of Monday, We think i, unnecessary
10 do more than reileraie our conviction that
GENERAL TAYLOR IS NOT 4 WHO.
II We see that The Wing attacks our article
relative 10 Mr.. Brownson and the War. As il
says ii wi continue The subject We defer any re.
mark for the present. as we do not wish 10 take
Two bites al cherry"
Lieut. Miles, who was reported TO have been
drowned, by being thrown overheard from the
steamer Yazoo when she was snagged and her
wheel house torn of, is, we are glad TO learn,
alive and we'll. He was thrown overheard by
The accident, ami being unable 10 reach The boat
in The darkness OF The night, swan ashore, look
the Convoy, The first boat along, and beat the
fazoo Into port.
Having published the communication VI Mr.
Vail in retutaion Of The charge OF errors in lee-
graphic operations between Richmond and
Washington, we now, in justice 10 the Editors Of
the Republican, copy rom that paper OF yesterday
the following reply:
Alfred Van, "Supria'sndsH; At he VAST
ingion and .Nc,c orleans Telegraph Lane.
will be remembered, We said in opr article few
days since, that according 10 our views, the rtgn-
lar newspaper reporters al this end OF The line,
ought not 10 be held esponsibe for the numerous
false rumors which reach Washington by Te-
legraph from Richmond, in regard 10 Southern
news, since We knew that "no despatch was ever
made UP By the reporters prrysr that had not Tor
its data the contents Vi New Orleans papers"
The article referred 10, we published in sheer
Justice 10 The reporters, (and every word OF which
We now leiterale) who had been made 10 father
all the b.nniers OF ielesraPhing from this city.
Ii seems, however. in Thus defending The re-
por.ers, We tread on the toes ot "Al!red Vail"
- ~ To nj aTI in
snbioined communication; which, without In
tending 10 permit onrsell 10 enter into newspa-
per controversy with lis author, we pronounce as
eyasiye and false in every important particular.
There follows the communication as published
in Tuesdays Enquircr.I
As 10 The proof" This Mr.. Vail calls Tor, We
are ready 10 produce evidence at any moment
and lay il before The Directors OF The Company,
that their superintendent Of Washington and
N. 0. Telegraph Line" has furnished news,
and has been guilty OF other acts, not only in
violation OF his duties as operaiof, but in direct
opposition 10 what ought 10 be The duty oil one oc.
cupying The responsible post OF "Superinlendenl,"
&C.
We had supposed, alter what occurred between
This Mr.. Vail and ouTsef IN III presence OF Nrc.
raj gentlemen. that he would not put us under the
necessity Of repeating publicly" that which we
told him TO his face; and which he had neither the
courage or decency 10 resent. u.
appointment by The Goreraor Of Mississippi.
". Daniel. Jr., TO be commissioner in and
torlhe Stale OF Virginia, 10 administer oaIhs and
take dispositions and affidavils, TO be used in The
Stale Of Mississippi and, also, 10 take The ac-
acknowledgements of deeds or other instruments 10
be recorded in The State Of Mississippi.
THE ROTHSC HID ARRANGEMENT.
We find in our exchanges notice OF all al
raneemepl having been enteIe! i1to between the
Ro,hschilds and The United States Government,
By which specie is 10 be transferred 10 Mexico.
A correspondent Of the National lnseligencer
Thus explains The advantages OF such an arrange
ment, in case the war with Mexico continues
"a plan to the above effect would seem, al The
first glance, TO be perfectly feasible. In TACT,
most singular combination OF circumstances ex-
its with the three countries, which may not oc-
cnr AGAIN in a century, and we hope leyer will
take place. Treasury bills, as contemplated IN
,he above paragraph would, in effect, discharge
three debts. or make three transfers oil com with
out DISPLAYING any.
aThus. oierlco has coin destined Tor Europe,
which must 90 forward; Great BT'LniH IS inoeot-
Cd 10 the United Sales Tor grain, &c, which, al
existing rates must be paid for in coin; while
The United STATES require few million OF
coin col 10 distribute in Mexico. |, would seem,
therefore that these three wan can be
suppIied by one operation-a, least 10 the
amour, required BY our Goyernmen! for dis
I,hulion 10 Mexico. The export Of coin
,hrouph The custom house OF Mexico is estimated
a, eighteen millions annually, (see Waddy
Thompson's book,) while three 10 hVe millions
more are smuggled OUT, 10 avoid the export duty
OF sir per ce,h demanded BY The Mexican 60.
vernment. We may assume The annual export
at twenty-lour millions, or Two m''iiohs pei
NOV, ii we wan. four millions Of specie 10
Mexico. there ere European creditors in thai
'L .iI:na I, ,phn nnnsi be willing 10 take