Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-06
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
wednesday Morning, August 4, Is47.

Under The head of "a Strange Story, Tue
Times publishes the particulars OF statement
lha, an cmissary had been sen! from Havana 10
Mexico, with dispatches providing Tor Inc eur
ployment OF the So 900 900 entIusiedlo MI fo'N
BY Congress- Tor the purPose oil e0'r"Pi'ns "'
most influential men in MeXico-vZ: Atis'a'
Ampudia, Almonte, Canalizo and Relon, III VI
der 10 obtain peace. Though the New orleans
Times and Bee riiicue This story as "a 'al'aso
OF mprobabili,ies, and unwholly worthy OF con,
fidence," and though The Times Is mot pfepa'e'
TO give il credence, upon The fimsy evidence pro-
duced in its support" yet the latter paper goes IN,
to an argument TO show that the poiicy imputed
10 The PIrsiden, is rot one (which he may not be
susncc,ed OF counlenancing." Any man may DC
suspected OF any crime, however TevolIins-ou'
no man ought 10 &c judged harshy, unless upon
rho cle,rcst evidence. The Times argument 10
;ns,;fy lis suspicion is not sustained by iacls.-
We give il, TO show TO what slraishls The wing
n,ess are forced 10 resort TO assa The President:
nNo,hins less than an intention 10 purchase
Santa Annals Influence in favor OF peace, was
openly charged upon The administration in Con-
o,ess when the three millions was asked and il
i no violent s,re,ch OF probability 10 suppose that
since The scheme OF securing The friendly oiilces
Of Santa Anna has esresiously failed, |, may be
attempted to furnish similar inducements 10 The
minor Generals OF Mexico. |! has been The &C.
neral impression that This sum OF three mIlllons
was designed 10 he given 10 The Mexicah Gov
ernmen, which should assengto the terms deman-
ded By the UniIed States; and II has never been
suggested lha; il would he our business 10 see how
il was afterwards appropriated. Now III cetaull
OF the present governments conserving 10 lTea-
~ of peace. have we not some ground 10 believe
that MIR. Polk would like 10 sci up government
dc toeto. and treat with that? And will il not be
in keeping with The same line OF policy, TO pay
The three millions TO this dc jacto government Tor
the valuable consideration Of peace2 And is il
very violent presumption that The terms OF The
treaty, and the amount Of the consideration, would
be understood before The new government was
sci in motion? Ii matters very lille we ina
cine, in Mr.. Folks estimation, whether Santa An
ma, or Arista and company are 10 receive the
three millions, 50 The great object OF conquering
peace be secured"
Here is nothing but string of speculatons
and probabilities" 10 establish mere Suspicion
Now, when it is remembered, that these SO ,0OO,-
900 are not 10 be used as "secret service money"
money, and that, by The act of Congress, not
dollar is 10 be appropriated ill treaty be rati-
fed il will be al once perceived, how the whole
cdifice ofsnpicion even must tumble 10 the ground
There is no justification for suspecting Presi-
den. OF The United States of the high crime OF
bribery and corruption, save upon the strongest
grounds. In This case, there does not seem 10 be
a shadow oil evidence.
The New Orleans Times we'll remarks or this
subject:
idle rumors, such as The above, can never AZ
feet a President Of The United States. Nothing
would authorize the slightest suspicion that he
would sloop 10 any such d;scredabe means 10
hasten an event SO ardenlly desired by every
friend of humanity, yiz-Peace. No; on the
contrary, we fear that our intractabe neighbor
will require applications OF kind OF metal dill
ierenl from gold or silver, 10 bring her 10 her SEN
sas--applicalons through which she has, BY her
own slcer perversiIy, already so lamen'ably SUI
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