Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-14

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son of the war, and terrible was .he lesPon''o'''
ty of The President growing oul oil lnls ac'. -.
He knew that the Senate had condemned 'he
mode ofannexaliun which he carried ou, anu
condemned it, as a cause OF war, ana yel anea
all This, he persisted in line OF PohGy SUI SUD-
n war bnt measures growing out OF it did,
So the marching OF our troops 10 Inc MO
Grande wasa cause of war. This ACT was III
advised reckless and clearly against the spith
of The Constitution. The war making power
was invested in Congress. Congress was III
session. WHY was moi il consuted2 Congress,
every man knows. would not have ordered inc
advance of our troops 10 the Rio Gfande; Inns
was an &C, Of war, and the cause OF p'oooshee.
The President and he only, Is ,he CAUSE Va vi: vi
war and upon his hands Iesis the blood when
has crimsoned SO many battle fields. The treSi'
dent would feel thai no glory could accrue 10 h'nl'
tor he had caused The blooi which had been SPILL
and The treasure which had been expended. ne
CIV of The widow and The orphan would reach
him in his retirement, and lni!lcl a Pang 'ha'
would make the glory o! our arms as ho'hips u
him.
Mr.. Johnson here, "a quarter 10 o'c'ocS, SAID
he had become quite exhausted Mr.. Feaice
moved an adjournment for his colleague, "hicH
was readily granted by the SENATE.
The Mirror, The Free Trade Taylor organ IN
New York, discusses the question OF The proper
candidate 10 be run for Vice President on the TICK
ct of Gen. Taylor, of when it says, with Inc
same confidence that Mr.. Bolts referred 10 MI.
Gays portrait in The Club House here, lyon see
your Presid nj before you" Daniel Webster
has been spoken OF for Vice Pfesident-but The
Mirror in.ima.es ha, he is "loo deeply commit
ted to The doctrine OF protection to bsneh Gen.
Taylof;" ''too much OF a parllzan and TOO great
a pariizan Tor The Office" and 'too ultra Wing"
t. be placed on the "no party" ticket. The Milf
ror thinks it "due 10 the great Democratic party
,ha, from their ranks Vice President should be
selected" But, as if The ghost OF "Tylerism' fit
led before lis vision it suddenly checks itself and
! adds
"Perhaps il NAV be advisable to take a Vice
| President as independent ot party as Urn. Tay-
/ Tor himself In thai point OF view we know no
man SO eligible as VIM. G. Rives, OF Virginia"
This is the best joke OF the season! WIN. c.
Rives. "ro parry" man! We should like IL
know hos many Democrats in Virginia This "no
party" candidate for Vice President would Sc
cure TO the Taylor ticket. BY all means let Mr.
Rives be run for Vice President!
Having thus presented 10 The Southern Wings
! the views OF nolhern Taylor organ, ii becomes
/ our du;y also to lay before them he speaking pic
| ture of themselves drawn by he same artist oittc
| n. Y. Mirror lis most truthful "counertci
| presenlmeni," the authenticity OF which canno! be
! denied By The Wing Taylor party. On the Mex
lean question, the Wings have pursued a most
suicidal course, which must call down The ridi-
cu,e Of The whole country The Mirrors views
in every respect confirm the structures we ycs,cr-
/ day threw OUT Let i: be reccllecied, thai the
Mirror is leading Taylor organ:
! a Parry WITHOUT PRINcIPLs.-The Wings,
although generally men oi principle, DO not in The
cong lomcrate, form parry with principles, and
The reason OF this seeming paradox doubtless is,
that they have in their party 50 many principals.
Every man among The Wings wants 10 he his
own leader, and as a matter OF course, where all
are leaders, none can be followers. The Wings
can aC with great unahi:nv, and consequently
strength in opposition 10 The other paiy, but the
nomenl they get into power, ihcy loll TO pieces
inevitably. While they remained in a minority
in the Slate and nation, the, were opposed 10 the
war. but 10 sooner d, taea tHd Llems.rc5 1T p,rsr
10 PIT IN end TO tie wQr, han II turns 0 thai ttsy
are m tauvr Of prosecuting u. Their actions in
regard 10 This important matter haze been As fat
ly contradictory As They can be. To begin, they
sponled and Toarei;, and wrote with all their
might and ina in against annexation and lis con-
sequences; they declared that the war had been
unconsliluiicnaiiy, wickediy and unnecessarily
commenced by Tie President, and then quietly
eat heir own oaths, swofe that it was commenced
By the Mexicans, and yo;ed supplies Tor carryng
il on. new Congress was then elected; The
Whig~ got the power iuto lheir own hands, and
one OF ne patty who probably belongs 10 The
awkward squad called conscience Wings" Tor
j. appeaIs that one division Il the party has nick
ma med the o'her conscience Wings" thereby
taci;ly admitting that The majority OF them have
no conscences, politically, offered resolution
ins,ruc,ing The President 10 Withdrawn our army
from The o!her side OF The Rio Grande and make
peace win Mexico
The proposition received but very slender sup
port from The Wing; they refused 10 BRING q scar
10 q cioss 1cijch Gey had time and AGAIN pronounced
unconstitutional; and unJuS. Bul their recent &C.
ton in Congress on the resolution OF Mir. Ash
num- declaring the war 10 be unnecessary, and
the work Of The President directly after refusing
10 conclude il, and voting that 1t existed by The
&C! OF Mexico, surpasses all the Legislative lrlin2
and inconsistency that has ever been Witnessed
in q constitutional government. The iuth IS
that the WhGs can never accomplish any thins
when they are IN majority, because lhey nave
no common principles 10 guide them IN their ac-
tons rs Individuals, their power is great
They have properly, position and learning; but
in legislation the Individual is nohinS-pafty is
everything With clear majority in me House
of Representatives, the Wings would have been
in the AWKWARD prcficament o! having an oPpo-
si,on Sneaker, but for the kindness oil member
OF The opposite pa;ty.
A. the only question OF moment be.o'e Con
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,rrss is lha, OF Inc difficulties with MeXi0, Ii Is
:ery evident, from what the Wings have already
done that they mast break % pieces as party VI
continue 10 act in the same contradictory manucr
which they already have done Some OF The pro
mjpent wings have proposcl 10 do nothing but
wha, The Pres ideni may request them to DO IN re-
patd To Tie war, that The blame may all rest with
The Executive but it is mol probable thai the "ccn'
c, fence n hissn will consent 10 such an injurious
nvljcy as this. The remarks which follow are
from a correspondent; they so nearly embody
wha we would have said, that we append them as
the conclusion Of our own article:
"MR. AsuMUN's AMgNDMsNr.-Th Wings
are certainly the very worst politicians IN the
world; no mater how intelligent ard honest their
members o. Congress are Individually, in body
they manage 10 psrpelrae the most shocking
| blnnders. OF these an instance is presented in
the amendment which heads this article "The
,car res unccnSi,tutIonaliy jegun, and anne
ccssor,iy carried on by The Pradent." Do the
Wings mean to say that the President began The
war; II Sc; also unconsiiuiionaly why has he
not been impeachea? Why did not the Wings
VOC for reinorceinenis 10 secure Gen. TavIor
only? Do they mean to s,ulity themselves e
! why have lhey agreed N every measure Tor he
increase Of the army? Why have they not made
some signal demonstration oil The resentment Of
! great parry AT that hiehes, moral lT,ison an un-
! constitutional patton Of power By the Pfesi.
den,2 Above all why have they lacked such an
! amendment 10 resolution Of thanks 10 gal
liant officer and his commando Do they think
General TAILOR will be sra:ihed at q compliment
10 him which censures his commanderin.ch'eL,
/ ant acc1ses the first Executive officer o: his
country. There never has been in III way Of
party meanue sa more contemplate example OF