Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-16
For The Enquirer.
70 WILI.OuGHBY NEWTON ESQ, AND HIS
LIEUTENANT aTHEMIST0CLES."

70 WILLOUCHBY NEWTON ESQ, AND HIS
LIEUTENANT "THEMsToCLEs."
had for The sake of my county tondly hoped,
that had not correctly understood Mr.. Newton,
in his views relative 10 the Mexican war, but il
his Lieutenant ;sThemistocles" who figures in The
Wing Of The 9Th instant, is rightly Understood by
me- and is true expoundef oi your opinions, Mr..
Newton, was but right believe II was The
Grecian Themistocles who is reported TO have
declared thai il never should be charged 10 him,
that when sitting 10 administer The law, his
friends should find no more favor than his enc
mics; sentiment which, although wrong, is much
more honorable, Just and righteous, Than those
entertained and expressed by Captain Newton aud
Lieutenant Themis,ocles, the champions OF Me1l-
co, who, in The face oflIuh and the wrongs ofiheir
own country are endeavoring 10 palliate the con-
duct of our sworn foes, and 10 condemn their own
Government, and all this, just 10 enable The Cap
tan to secure seat in Congress. How is it, my
worthy sirs, that whilst You are loudly ard camor-
oasly condemning the war, as being nnholy, IN
just and 1nrighteous, you are equally loud and
ciamorous in your praises Of General Taylor,
who is SO nobly and successfully conducting III
Ii the war is so nnhoty, by what rule OF logic,
reason, justice, or common sense, can you. or
either OF you. applaud the hero thereoll Has
not General Tavlc7 in his matter acted D0lnntG
rly md of his o1un free piH7 Was there
any thing TO compel him 10 engage in This war
If he, like you, good Sirs, looked upon The war
as you 60, Why did he mt resign} Aye, gentle
men, you have, like his snakeship, mentioned By
Lieutenant Thems,ocles, entered into This matter
tail foremost, and will find thai you will be worse
OF in The sequel Whilst large majority Of
The citizens OF The U. S. rejoicing al the sue
cess OF our army we find Mr.. Newton and his
Lieutenant busy engaged upon the hastings,
and in the papers endeavoring 10 concenn
their own country. SHANE SHAME '! SHAME!
thrice three times, II had time, ! would say
great deal more, but il is needless. | wonder how
many Calhoun birds, Mr.. Newton has turned 10
frogs, As "Themstocles" has told an anecdote
about snake, and presume he thinks It COCO
one and apnlies we'll 10 The subject. will also, Tor
his and his c. plains benefit, relate lillle circum-
stance about snake and frog, that came under
nv own observation. Some few years age, whilst
travelling through the county OF King William,
| saw a snake lying across The road apparently
dead. On approaching H. SO as 10 satisfy myself
as 10 The true state OF the case, discovered tha!
il was unusually large about its middle. gave
i, very slight Jap, when frog lea2ed out oil lis
mouth, and moved CT in double quick lime, nor
sackened It's pace until il had wijened the dis
lance between his frogship and his snakeship
so as 10 be out Of danger. The moral OF ms
tale is this il Mr.. Newton should strip any Cal
houn bird OF lis plumage, and Turn il 10 frog,
and swallow il, he will find il hard 10 digest; and
if some Democrat shall give him Gas ! hope Mr.
Beale will do) slight tap, The Calhoun man
will, like The frog, be glad 10 diseDgage himself
from him, nor sacken his pace, until he is out Of
danger OF Mexican Whigism. A word or so
more, and am done. "Themisioces" has taken
up the idea that l have charged MIR. Newton with
being The author OF the annexation OF Texas
mol 50 fast, my good Lieutenanl Read again.
self was really true, then by his own showing il
was So. but am sure lha, no body else has ey-
er said SO, and "Themis,ocles" emphalically con-
tradicis il, and leave j! with Captain Newton
and his Lieutenant Themistocles, 10 adjust and
senle This question OF veracily II it is true, as
"Thems,oeles" states, the Democrats were viii
ling 10 buy up his Captain, think, in a polis-
cal poin. Of view, they would have made bad