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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-13
CAPTURE. OF VERA CRUZ

Our city was thrown into state of intense
but pleasurable excitement on Saturday, by the
receipt of the tidings informing US that The city
OF Vera Cruz and the Castle Of San Juan de Ui-
loa had been taken by our gallant Army and Ma
w, under The auspices OF Gen. Scott and Com.
Conner. All hooor 10 our brave soldiers and
their skilful commanders! The prudence, fore
sight and enlarged military science displayed BY
General Scott, throughout his entire operations
against Vera Cruz, will command the admra-
ton OF the whole country, and will serve 10
weave new and yet brighter chaPlel for the he
70 of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane.
The results Of this victory will be most impor-
tant II will undoubtedly spread terror among
the Mexican population upon The coast, if not
in The very heart OF the country. We sincerely
trust that the taking Of Vera Cruz may be follow
ed up by an energetic move upon The Interior.
Whilst we lament the unlimely fate Of many
innocent persons, IMexicans,l unavoidably kill.
ed during the bombardment, we must al the same
lime be permilled 10 express the qualification we
ieei al knowing that the result was accomplished
with SO small loss upon our side. Such victo-
ny, although il displayed fewer feas Of gallanlry
Than one where carnage signalized the contest, Is
calculated 10 confer more real glory upon the hui
name and well-skilled captain
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-13
FoR TIE ENQUIRER.

In the Enquirer OF April ID, are certain inter-
rogatores pfopounded 10 me by "A Democratic
Yo,er." Absence from home, and The exci!emen!
Of a political canvass, have prevented an earlier
reply
believe that discrimination" among our
friends, in reference 10 the existing war with
Mexico, "is unnecessary for the interests Of The
country, and highly prejudicial 10 The interest Of
the Democratic party"
believe that The war with Mexico ought To be
vigorously prosecuted, so that we may secure an
honorable and speedy peace, but see no reason
10 induce Democrats to distrust one another be-
cause OF difference OF opinion as 10 the bess
manner OF conducting the war.
do not consider that mere preference for
any individual tor The Presidency of The United
States who is with US altogether on The great
questions heretofore known as the tests Of Demo-
cratic faith can entitle those entertaining sneh
preference 10 the dstrus! Of the Democracy"
| do not desire TO "obtain decree. thai J. q.
Calhoun, and all and every one o. those who
will no, declare themselves hi, enemies, shall be
excluded from communion with the Democratic
parry" Respectfully, w. D. LEARE.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-13
VOLUME XLIII.-NUMBER 100.

MIR. A. here referred 10 the Convention and
The remarks made about turning cat the Cal
noun men. He wanted To know who pul
their assailanls into The church TO read them
out For one, he had not asked them TO lei
him come in, and he did not mean 10 be read
out by any such self Reconstructed assemblsge.-
what was that Convenient Why, parce
OF members of The Legislature advertise lba
tney Will meet, and they invite delegates fiom ths
country to meet; and Notwithstanding this invi
la'ion, ne found, in The first meeting OF the Con.
venIion, dispute abou, whether a respectable
Democrat, who had come here in accordance
win The invitation, should be received or not
This delegate was Mr.. Gaines, OF Dinwiddie
Calhoun man, A pretty sort OF invitation
ifulyl You invite men, and when they come
you are 10 choose whether they shall enter the
Convention or not Then, said he, they pass a
great string OF resolutions and send forth an ad.
dress to the people! He was not 10 be tried by
any such body, nor did he mean 10 be read ou
OF The parry by them.
The question being ON The resolution with re-
gard 10 the liberty OF The press, Mr.. Cox had
moved 10 amend its prhaseolosy, incorporating
with IL resolution previously read by Mr.. SCOTT
together with the declaration about the "liberty
of the press" and breathing "the spirit Of The Sc
dilion law
wi. AINbClcoAN SdlN, ~ NC ldH, VIC icSoio'
ton should include The Euiiors of The Washing
ton Times, who were excluded from The gallery
OF The Senate for cause similar 10 that for
which Mr.. Richie was expelled from the f0or.
You should not make fish OF one and fowl OF an.
other.
Mr. cox. Well, Sir, move such an amend
ment and lei US take the vote by ayes and noes.
MIR. ANDERSON. No, Sir, l shall do no
such hing, for mean TO rOte against your things
any Aa,o
Mr.. VOOLFOLK here said something not
audible where we sal. Mr.. ANDERSON said the
genlleman's wit was lost upon him; but he suppo-
sed he said something very smart, as he saw one
gentleman laugh and another clap.
The original resolutions now underwent some
alterations, on motions by Mr.. Cox. One very
important feature in which they were altered was,
that one OF the original resolutions which declared
a withdrawal Of confidence from MIR. Calhoun,
and other Senators acting with him, was mod.
fed, as will be found in The fourth resolution,
which is censure without the withdrawal Of
confidence.
Alter the series were gone through, Mr.. Cox
said he would now move The adoption OF the
resolutions moved as a substitute by The gentle
man from Wylhe (Mr. FLoYD) He asked il
that gentleman was in the Hall7 MIR. F. had,
however, retired. The resolutions were looked
up, and adopted without dissent. After trans
acting some unimportani business, and ordering
Central Committee 10 be appointed 10 prepare an
address TO the people, The Convention adjourned.
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FROM THE NEW JERSEY STATE GAZETTE.

TnE TRrE Glory or TuE NATIoS.-The plan Of Mr.
Clay that Congress should determine the objects for which
it would be right for the country to fight longer in this
and then direct that the should longer be carried
except these right Objects is denounced humiang and
inglorious. How can his be How it be inglorous
how can be other less than glorious for country
so powerful ours in the midst of with weak de-
eated and scattered foe stop short in her Of extra
ordinary victory consider carefully whether in the heat Of
quarrel she has ansgressed her enemy rights and,
So withdraw magnanimousy her armies from all terrific
es not hers by strict justice and generously restore to her
defeated foe all that honestly belongs to her
BY such a course we should country with two
fold honor-frs that military renown, bravely at
Monterey and Buena Vista, at Cero Gordo, Churubusco
Chapuepec and Mexico and secondly the raer, and in
deed the unexamped glory of raising fallen foe doing
her justice and restoring to her all her rights That
would be glory which other nation That would
be peerless jewel in the diadem of Columbia That would
be exhibition of magnanmy of consciousness of strength
Of lofty seespect, of the highest chvary, of the most per-
freedom from sefshnes Of devotion TO the rights of all
men, whether friends foes of true republcanism OF true
Christianity that would republican nst
and counrys history far above all comparison with
the blood annals of and conquest which make up
the renown Of all other nations.
Why should the passions which disgrace ennoble
nation To pursue his QUARREL right wrong, against
weaker neighbour and carry his violence till that neighbor
is utterly destroyed, makes infamous. Why should it
make a nation glorious
We would have country superior IN all true virtue and
all true gery every other country upon earth. We would
have her admiration OF all wise and good We would
have her exhibiting justice and mercy and magnanmy
degree hitherto the history of national contentious
We would have her burning and shining light luminat-
ing the pathway of mankind towards perfect civilization
leading the nations by her bright example from barbarian
violence perfect Christian yirtuepaised OF all and
| blessed Of God.
Is not this patriotism And what blindness is it
| 10 call il moral treason
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CHEESE CANNON SnoT.--The greatest ammunition that
have heard of lately used by the celebrated Commo
dore Coc Of the Moneydean navy who, engagement
with Admiral Brown OF the Bucnos Ayrean service fired
every shot from his lockers.
ssWhat shall do, sir ~ asked his first lieutenant.
"Weve not single shot aboard-rond, grape, canister,
and doube-headcd are all gone"
" Powder gone, ell :" asked Coe.
"No sir got lots Of that yeti
"We had darn'd hard checse-a round Dutch one, for
dessert dinner osy-do you remember ;" said Coo.
ought to- broke the carving knife in trying to cut i,
sir. !"
!" Are there any more aboard -
:" About two dozen. We took them from q dioger."
'Will they go into the lS-povnders ~
ttBy thunder Commodore, but that's the idea rllt try
'em, cried the first left
And in few minutes the fire Of the old Santa Marie (Coe's
ship which had nliey, reopened aud Admiral
Brow. found shot flying his head Directly Of
them struck his mainma and il did So shattered and
flew in every direction
What the devil is that which the enemy is firing !" asked
Brown, but nobody could tell.
Directly another in through port and killed two
who him, aud them striking the opposite bull
warks, burst into flinders.
y Jove, this is too much this is some new tangled nax-
han other don't like em all cried Brown aud then.
four five Of them slap through his sails, he
gave the orders TO Gil away, aud actually backed of the
fight, receiving parting broadside of Dutch cheeses.
This is actual facour informant the first eutcn-
ant Of Goes ship-Erchange pdber.
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FROM TIE LOUISVILLE Ckr.) JOURNAL.

SuEJuGAT1os AND ANNEXATION MExrco.-The fol-
lowing the Of article which the Washington Union
copies from the New Orleans Mercury with strong
dation
s'Let armies, then, begin Immediately radae from
the city of Mexico into all the Mexican States and the
there three thousand average in each Of
The Mexican States, from New Mexico to- the lsthmus Of
Tehuanepec the country may be considered conquered
Such our part would divide the forces Of the
Mexcans that they could do nothing We should have in
possession all their capitals and all their capital of every
description and if with all these in hands, could do
nothing then, and till then, would do to think OF retr
ing. But it libel national character to suppose
that could do nothing uxder such circumstances The
fact that Mexico would thus be completely conquered
any country wasconquered beyond the hope OF
cry. And then, finishing stroke Government should
gire freely Of the Merica domain many Of CHI
zens as could emigrate This would fill up the
try with armed Americans who would only complete the
subugaton but the civilization Of Mexico
"And then, a finishing stroke, Government should
gire freely u The Nericqn domain 10 many If c
Gems u,5uH emgrqte - OF this proposition
templates the permanent occupation Of the whole Mexican
Republic and its formal annexation TO the United States for
il not be supposed that Government after giving
freely Of the Mexican domain many of citizens
could be persuaded emgrae would make treaty peace
leaving those citizens subjects OF the Mexican Government
The proposition, repeat, conempates the annexation Of
all Mexico the United States and this proposition copied
and approved by the official organ Of the United States Gov
BY such indications the funconares Washington
very clearly show what hey dare openly and plainly
their intention Incorporating Mexico the American Union
We know Of words in the English language capable Of
adequately characterizng such inatua,on such
stupendous folly. II Mexico with such population
fills her borders, be brought into Unon the event
happen when Looocosm shall have reduced the Anne
rican people TO level with tie Mexcans themselves.
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consuon-who himself 10 defend that and the great
national ntendedto secure-and who condemns
every act ii the Executive which puts either in peril He
only does his duty his country who susans the Government
when acs right and does al in his power 70 restrain from
acting wrong and correct wrong action when once com
menccd Any other is moral treason TO the country
and whatever name may assume, the very opposite Of
PATRIOTISM
We know Of only exception 70 this. If the President,
by whatever act Of folly provoke and bring on con-
test with powerful nation, whose hostility threatened our
national existence, the law Of sepreseyaton would demand
Of every maintain the contest however needessy pro-
yokrd until could be safely ended This, however, Is not
the case in the present Mexico do us no injury
within our acknowledged limits She cannot defend herself
there is no Of necessity therefore, ovesule the law of
duty which binds to maintain justice and equity.
we believe the of the President by which the war
commenced 10 have been Of arocious wrong TO the
country In condemning that, and in advocating the adop
ton Of which may repair the wrong, we conceive
that we are oeyng the dictates Of the uest patriotism The
supporters the Administration demand that should stand
by Mr. Polk in upon the constitution stand by the
country and its constitution against the assaults Of usurpng
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SPIRIT OF THE FREE rREsS.
rRoN 80 ono cIRcLEy1LLE HERALp.

A FEARFUL DocTRINE.-Late developments lead
us 10 believe that there is now being organized III
this country party, numbering IN It's ranks some
of the leaders OF Locolocoism, who do not even ia
vor the conquest Of part, but the whole of Mex-
CO, and determined not to stop short OF the en-
tire subjugaton and incorporation into this Govern
ment of the whole Mexican race. This is no Sc
cret in Washington ; and indeed the Union, the go
vernment organ, has already thrown out teeIer on
the subject.
This does not astonsh us for we have believed,
since the first attempt at the acquisition OF Texas,
that such would eventually be the tendency OF those
who favored it, and that desperate effort would be
made to accomplish II.
No doctrine was ever advocated in those great
Republics that now live only on the page Of hlsto-
ry of more fearful import and none more certainly
ioretold their downfall; for in the same proportion
that foreign territory acquired, containing Tor
eign and rebellious population, III that proporuoh
were the Governments weakened.
Suppose we acquire the whole OF Mexico, con-
tanning, II does, population OF over eght mn
lion souls take that population with the territory
and must govern it. How Bycivl laws such as govern
the people OF the United States by standing army select
ed from its people No can govern by neither,
if we consult the history Of those republics that have persisted
the attempt. Did any foreign nation submit peaceaoy 70
the dctation OF Rome and other republics Not one Why
Because people willing to destroy their nation
atty and yield foreign dctaon. The thought Is too hu-
initiating and every fresde OF nation has been cheeruly
soated the blood of father, MOTHER and child willingly
mingled together and their bodies hen in pieces rather than
wear the yoke. Did the Holy City, the habiaton Of inc
chosen people God yield the republican generals OF Rome
until they had their offspring driven to the last eS-
tremity by famine
might lenghen the catalogue Of conquest and annexa
ton, but is unnecessary Enough instances have been
cited warning against Incorporating eight mil
lions of hacized, ungovernae, unrtH'nS people INTO
Enona people who love and despise labor, whose
Ignorance makes them brutal and who be satisfied
with honest enterprise Incorporate them into this Govern
nent and large standing army will be necessary in every
town. and immense support it. Mexico will not
come in willingly, and if, by of gross injustice, we
should force her, will fearful responsibility
Our country enough, and ages ages will roll
away before territory supplied with half the human be-
ngs capable Of supporting. When have peoped
and-that which is shall be rich enough TO
extend domnons by honest purchase and not take our
neighbours property without compensation, unwlngy yielded
1t the duty Of every lover OF justice, of honor of his
Try and her institutions his countrymen in time, that
such deathbowto freedom be avered by their united
voice.
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rRoN rnE sANE rApER.

We surprised to see in the Literary World, peri
odca Of the highest character in literature article in which
The conquest Of al Mexico spredicted and justified as
sumed that it the m1nifes, destiny of AngloSaxonism
oveun subdue and annhilate opposing Of
We think tha, the Literary World, in endor4ng any such
aocious doctrines insisted by the lowest, most
scrupuou and ignorant demagogues in the land, has
condecended from lis high estate should leave the pro-
mitigation Of all such Internal doctrines TO reckless demagogucs
and fanatic preachers who find in their ignorance
palliation Of their conduct.
The suest way 10 promote ouragcs neghborng nations
is continually TO pae about dcstiny-o be eyerlasingy
declaring that the AngoaHons have always been conquer
ing people, and will always continue be 50. There is
great deal Of such vile stuh We found the ococo papers
Of the day. The editors # these sheets display precisely
much acquaintance with the history Of The AngloSaxons
devotion the principles Of morality and religion These
editors in many instances both ignorant and abandoned
They should not find any n hcr errors in pc
rodcas in which the Poounde, historical works Of the day
are criticized.
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NOV raE coxNLcrlerr .nrn,xr.

70 SIAM ran Cor>rHr.-Th.s i the staple Of Loco
f,co electoneerng The Whg., or thir fmncss in de-
nouncng the present unnecessary expensive and apparently
iucminae war, begun by the usurpaon President Polk
arc acrued o constructive treason, and an Democrats
are mporcd stand BY The country This is already pro.
claimed the issue in this State. One wou suppose that
after TIE result IL the last election the Locoocos would he
sck Of such issues, Nevertheless, i i well disscc the
question once mnr, aud what il j. that required
DO.
Inc p2sHon = "r opponents then, il that every citizen
y bound . endoe Tie action 81 the President whether CON
shutonai ~ UNCONSTITUTIONAL whether wise or unwise II the
country a. state q" var tu the legislative power Of Con-
gress must also be exercised submission the will Of
me Executive - u' o var and that any attempt by Con
gres or by any q The people, correct wha, may seem %
them wrong ~ the Preaidcn.is conduct i ,,r1soo
Does any one believe this Can my onc seriously advance
such proposition Il goes Tie whole length II absolute
monarchy We have not learned our do,v d ,b ,,
the President infrnges upon c power q 10
corupy recklessy brings evil. tic nation-he and h.
only, be said to stand ~ Tie county Who stands H. ~
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BANKS OF MAssAcKUsETTs.-The Secretary of the Com
monwcath of Massachusetts, has just published report ex-
hibng the condition of the Banks Of Massachusetts, on the
4h Of September last From this document learn that the
dividends declared by hundred nine banks in Mas
sachuset since the LIST of p last amounted to O59 345
The dividends of banks in Boston, in April last averaged
fraction less than 44l00 per cent; average dividends of
banks out of Boston, in April last, fraction over 32l0O
per cent average dividends of all the banks in April last
fraction less than 30-l00 per cent.
Appended to the publication is the aggregate Of the
thrynine Savings Institutions the last Saturday of Sep
ber ls47 which is as follows Number ofdepoors S. 3l2
amount of deposes, 81 public funds So 3d.
300 SO loans public funds Sl4 900 bank stock 97s
95l 81 loans bank stock, s43 1905 d,postes in banks
bearing interest," $40, $40 06 railroad stock S44 3s3 90
loans railroad stock $780, $50 rs invested in real estate
S92, loans mortgage Of real estate 81 32, 66;
loans counties towns S947 094 Sc loans on personal
security, So 053, l.05 cash hand, $40, 70759 :;
amount of ordinary dividends for last year, S742
average annual per cent of dividends Of last five years.
fraction 81 per cent annual expenses of the institutions
S34, ago. IL.
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PURsUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFIcuITIEs.-The.
following is most remarkable and prasewohy instance of
what perseverance and industry rightly directed able
effect Among the graduating class at the commencement
last week. at Williams College, by the Con-
dit, from New Jersey. This gentleman is shoemaker is
married. and has family of four children. Six years ago.
becoming sensible of the blessings of educatsn com
mcnced learning the simple branches such taught in
primary schools One by one, he sat on his shoe
makers bench, he mastered grammar, arithmetic geography
&c, with occasional assistance from his fellow
At this time he determined TO obtain collegiate education
Without means, and with large family depending upon him
for support he commenced and learned Latin and Greek in
the evenings after his days labor over under the drec
ton of friend and after the lapse of year and half
prepared himself and entered the Sophomore Class of Viii
lams College He brought his bench and TOOLS as well as
his books with him. The students supplied him with work
the faculty assisted him and together with the fund for nd
gent Students and occasional assistance from other
sources he enabled through the college course and
at the time support his family He graduated week.
his birthday, aged hirywo He stood high in his class
and received part commencement, but declined At the
farewell meeting of the Glass; in consideration Of his persever
ance, talents and christian character they presented his wife
with elegant set Of silver spoons and table, each hand
somely engraved with an appropriate inscription
Mr. Condt will enter the Theological Seminary at
New York, and will doubt make faithful and popular
Republican.