Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-30
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triumph oi onr aims in The contest with Mexico,
| have paid some attention 10 !l''' progress ol
events. and viewed with alternate feelings Of
pride and modification The etiulI al friends On the
one side and III opponents on The olher, To advance
ar relard the success oi the undertaking. When
lhr country has foreign enemy to contend with;
when for the first time, since we became a nation,
il has become necessary Ia prosecute war OF in
yasion, il is truly unfortunate that The subject OF
politics should ever have been introduced. ii
when The country calls, and The bngle sounds 10
arms there is man within her limits who Iushcs
10 the rescue, that HYDRA question should never br
asked, is he a Wing Or Democrat II ma
lion, as last resort has 10 appeal 10 arms to vim
dicaie the rights OF portion of her citizens, or 10
hold up and sustain her national character, show
me the man who leaves The peace and qnietude oi
private lie, cutting asnnder al The lies which bind
him Ia his freside and home, 10 share The priva-
lion and dangers OF the tented field, and there
amid scenes of carnage and death, press onward
10 the charge-shoW me, | say, such man as
this and will show you one who earns for HIM
sell reputation and a name tar more noble Than
lha, attached TO any political party And here
permit me 10 ask, while our troops are thousands
OF miles distant winning for themselves and
country, by their proves in arms, uniading lau-
res, what clamor is this we hear like that Of
beef OF revolutionary memory 10 disturb The
general Joy and silence The acclamations OF VIC
iory7" They are The notes ol party press,
conceived and designed for party effect.
Doe. any one for moment believe thai, il
| Wing President was in The Chair OF Stale, we
should have sounded in our ears from day 10 day
this TRADE oi abuse against The war, us authors
and suppoIlersl Does any one for moment be-
lieve that il Mr.. Clay was our President, and any
good Wing his Secretary Of War, who in re-
plying 10 The dispatches from Monterey bad said
that he regretted the Commanding General did
! not continue 10 demand an unconditional Sufren-
der, would il have been The signal Tor the whole
| Wing press, from Maine 10 Texas, 10 level lheiy
shafts al his devoted head, because Of The mighty
attempt thus To sacrifice Wing Generall II is
true, thai portion OF The Wing press have been
more liberal than anOlher but | hazard nothing
| in saying that there is not solitary one in the
| United States that has taken high, bold and man
| iy ground in favor OF The war
| To have done this would be 10 say, "lhe coun-
try is involved in war-we think imprudenlly,
perhaps unjuslly but such being The case, We
| have no idle questions 10 ask, III nally feelings
10 indulge in, no senseless caInoI 10 distract The
public course-come, boys, 10 the rescue Your
shoulders 10 the wheel, and when we shall have
| brought the war 10 speedy and successful close,
then will we hold its authors 10 The most rigid
account" Has such been The course al single
Wing press throughout The land} IT 80, am
vel 10 learn H.
"Unied we stand, divided we fall" is an old
but true saying-and had the public men and
press of the country presented bold and united
front, before this hour an insolent and hraggan
foe would have been brought 10 their senses--a
treaty OF peace, guaranteeing The benefits Of Tcli-
sion, learning and commerce, secured, and The
Two Republics again on The high road To prospe
rly and happiness. Who then, should lie held
responsible for the blood and treasure expended,
but those whose course tends 10 clog The wheels
ofGnyernmcni, and encourage The enemy 10 pro-
tract a tedious though hopeless contest With.
draw your troops, say soTe, 10 The eastern side
OF the Rio Grande, and there await The enemy's
advance. As much as deest national debt
and its attendant train Of evils, before would
see our flag torn from Monterey's heights reared
as il was al the cost OF blood as rich as was ever
shed in ballle, ! would willingly sec The Govern.
ment incur debt of a hundred millions. But
would The Withdrawing ut our troops have The de-
sired effect Would il lessen the expense or Ter
inmate the war; Exactly The opposite Of this
would be the result OF such policy. II lo-mor-
row line ot demarcalion was drawn, and we
should say to our army, $50 far shalt thou 60 and
no farther" il would he 10 curse The country with
border war o perhaps twenty Years duration.
The true nolcy IS 10 prosecute The war with all
possible vieor, and in order 10 do So il necessary,
Congress should not have hesilaIed 10 levy duiv
on tea and coffee The few Democra,ic mem.
bers, il any, who were unwilling 10 vote for The
recommendations Of The President, ale sadly mis-
taken, when they imagine the rates asked tor
would be unpopular with The masses. As ge-
neral rule, know il is the policy Of the parry 10
tax lightly the necessafies OF lie but when the
crisis demands it, The poorest peasant in The land
would not complain.
A case in point came under The observation OF
the wfiIer but lew weeks since. A poor man, a
very poor man. from the Sashes OF Hanover,
called in store, making The usual inquiry, "Has
sugar falen1" He was told that The article had
slightly declined, but that The Locofoco party in
Congress would in Short time levy an addition
al duty, which would be The means Of considera-
bly, advancing the price again. The old gentle
man, refeciing Tor moment, with knowing
wink replied, that such was not the true doctrine
that he had been taught particularly during The
last Presidential election, that the higher The dl-
ly the cheaper the article. This sudden and unex-
pected onslaught having cffectually spiked the
merchants gun, afforded an opportunity 10 by
stander TO ask if, in consequence of the Mexican