Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-28

:, Mr. Van Buren, in which Mr.. P fuliy shateo
tho ,bns- which they heaped upon "''' al
Buren's administration. a., d, ,.usr
We give the closing extract OF MI s. 'e' cue
wv go rcd 10 think lha, The letter was
as he says, very hurredly wrl''e" n.n '"I '';,h
he eiVes for the shot haste" III "h'c" 'n' WV"
drawal OF our army should DC 'naue. anu VIZ
blupder he commits in proposing d S'anu'"s a'my
H. Lille tho ,.detepcc Of The line-noI Inc line
- d.,.rcsn-umipbt be certain OF remaining un'
s,,as,.d tor twenty years, and for ever with snch
90 ,,;cht be taken at little cost. -
,,S ...,,,,e tho opinion that there would be Ie"
fo,nd who are ready to support inc views o' WI
po;nseu as all would agree that we "ou'. d..
more wisely 10 press our force upon MeA'co ""''
rnrce nor into just peace and then withdraw an''
dsband our large army, than 10 give up INC "o''
~. now have on Mexico and dot our army aions
mbs defence of The line" with the vague nope
that Mexico would not fight US "ior twenty ye".'
and "perbaps for ever" yet there "oulu' dS WI
p. admits be- cause OF fear suthcieh' 10 MANI 70
keen up standing army on "the defence Vi '"e
line" although it might be twenty years ne'oi'
.ho line ,roud be attacked by Mexico and per-
haps forever. ..,r ,nv
We do not suppose that the BOOKS snow Aay
thing like The views set forth by MI ro'nse''' ~"
army Of invasion, forced into The heart 'i 'e e''e'
mv's country, 10 redress wrongs from Inc enemy
mar, ,,;evons Than all the causes oil the wars III
rr,ors within the last half century, Is 10 W
Withdrawn from its position, by whicn II eau Wv
tate peace, TO one in which II IS 10 lake ue'e"
sive position, and keep up standing army 'o'e-
naI The enemy whenever, ain twenty years. VI
.loreyer." he may feel strong enough 70 MAKE d"
auack We would not only he su5lsced 10 Inc
expcnse Of large standing army, o'' We "ou,u
all the lime be in war.like aui'uue 'o~a.u'
NeY;co which would cut of all commercial H.
,ercourse with her, and thus deprive our planters
and manufacturers Of the benefit they would de-
rive from having that market open 10 their pro-
duc,ions And here we cannot but point 10 Inc
inconsistency of The Wing press, which, IN io4o'
raised such clamor against Mr.. rs o'ahu-
ing Army" in The organization oil our Ih'l't.a-
and now lauds TO the skies his real "Stanuihs
Army"-to be kept up ior nrenlg years.
Mr. Poinseu pretty broadly hints, mat We
had better "cul out" from Mexico, before 'lne
siehtes. reverse or "a threat OF foreign ln'erVeh
lion might render such an acl difficult II mol I'M
practicable" We cannot suppose that any are 10
be- found so imid as 10 desire that we should fall
back ION the line of defence" from any fear OF
"reyerse" or "loreien intervention either"
From the tornado. manner in which our glo-
rious army swept away, as chat before the wind,
The doletul iorebodnss Of MIR. Ponscl!s first lei
Ter. we expected that he would, in his next
ESSAY, have Tried TO have written something which
would, in some degree, have covered up The re-
collection of his splendid miscacuatOns in his
first letter; but we think the reality OF The first now
has as much weight as will be claimed for his
views in his last. Perhaps as he wrc'e under a
promise, and did so in hurry, the letter was not
as we'll gotten up as it might have been, ii ne
had not written in such haste.
Gen. Scott wrote hasty letter, or letter over
ia hasy plate Of soup" AMI many OF his wing
friends were hasiy in riliculing his has!y Letter.
The next move the gallant old General made, he
determined should not be SO hasty-and The result
is that he has almost electrified the whole world
by hi. brilliant and never.fading achievements in
Mexico One has now 10 lax his mind almost
TO bring 10 his recollection the fac that the great
est captain of the age ever wrote hasly letter, or
a letter over "hasly plate Of soup" But 10 The
extrac, from Mir. Punscit's letter:
have given you my opinions very huIIedly'
for appears TO me there is little lime TO lose IN
settling the course 10 be pursued. We can al
this period Withdraw our forces without dlsnonor;
nav, such an act would elevate w. IN Inc eS,ifna-
lion OF be world. The slightest reversal lhreal
OF foreign intervention night render such an ac'
difficult, II not imnraclicahIe. Heiore our troops
cvacuatc the Mexican icr.i"r: that ""2'c o"Sh'
IN be told what We intend 20 do. 1t is barely pos
sibie that they might be disposed 10 peace upon
Witnessing such movement.
With regard to The details OF the defence OF the
linc-no, The line OF delence-they can be deter
mined very easily and | think we might be GER
tain Of remaining unmolesled for twenty years,
and forever with such precautions as might be
taken al little cost.
With great respec, and regard, | am, my dear
sir, Yours, truly, }. K. PolNoc l.
Hon. A. P. BUTLER U. S. Senate, Washington