Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-03-24
MOND, VA.
aEr;dav Warning, March "a, ls4s.

THE uEREAT BLACK Dan" AND Tue =
MoND WING AT ARITHMETIC.
A, The commencement OF The war Mr.. "eosei
,ndpIeed in some calculations 10 show us ii
mense cost, and he very gravely said IN 'he oen
ate, that j, amounted TO a halt million oil a'lla''
aday. We never thought that a Sb.s'y!ea yer
t~ersonian Democrat was great al figures ah'
hence his remarks were laktn with all due allow
ance. The Whis has shown lis superiority o'.,
the eyeat panic maker by the modest es''ii"N
made OF the expense OF The war, some SIX "o''
after ho>liliiies commenced.
MIR. Wrbstei's estimate from the m'0"'e y
Nav 1876 to The preseu; time at a hall mii'oa
aday. amoua,s 10 the sum If lhrse nund'es ahu
thirty Ave millions Of dJliars-lust aoou' "'e'
hundred 10 three hundred aud hive miiiiohs W'e
than the war has so lar cost The Wing IN oc'
,ober, 1916, c~ypheled down 10 The conclusion 'ne,
il The war continued twelve months from ma
time, il would cost one hundred and twenty M''
lions. The Wing happens TO be out In Is
calculation oaiy about nineiy one niil'ons an'
thus shows itself 10 be beuer a, figures lhan INT
'Greal Black Dan"
We c.llmae tha, me war. including me I'm
mense Territory we in part expect TO pay MeA'
CO for, W II COS, but lille over halt oil Inc sun
which The Wing estimated The cost up 10 Inc
fall Of lS47.
Our friends have been, and will be told again
by the Wing leaders. tina, the new territory Is
worthless, and that j, would be a hard bargain a
any price This will be in keeping WIN The Ia
theirs of the Whies-,he old FedeIalis's, whoop
posed The purchase OF Louisiana ty Mr.. Jettcr
son, on the grounds that il was fl: for nothing, anc
contained nothing but 'prairie dogs and horned
frogs"
Never did children follow ia the footsteps q
their ia ,hers with more fidelity than The Whis'
in following the bea; en- track of the FedeIalists
under Mr.. Jeferson's and Mr.. Madison's ADM
nis'ralions. The Federalis's will stand better IN
history than their descendants: The Wings, in one
respect. They opposed The war from It's com
mencemen;, and continued their opposition
throughout. In this hey showed their consisien-
CO al the expense Of patriotism; while The Whiss
took the side OF heir country when Mexico forced
the war upon US, and voted that war existed oy
he tact of Mexico" bat S soon as they defer
mined that Inc war was unpopular, they turned
against their country, al the expense o. bolh
truth and patriotism, and voted that Inc Wal was
unnecessarily and unconsliiu,ionally begun by
the President.
We believe ,ba, the Wings undcrrate The value
Of the immense domain we expect Mexico 10 cede
10 us, more than Mr.. Webster o~vsrra'ed The ex-
penses Of the war. Should peace be the result oi
Messrs. Sewer and Clifford's mission 10 Mexico,
the Wings will have nothing left 10 galvanize
their party, unless The cos. CT mules and the high
price for wood Ina, was paid 10 cook 'old Roneh
and Ready's" dinner should be hroughi forward
as new Wing principles.
II The "veiefan gamblers" should cause The Oh
veteran 10 surrender On The III O. June next, wC
will not be surprised to near The Wing leaders
charging "old Zack" with extr4vagarce Tor al
lowing ID or ~ dollars per cord 10 be paid Tor
wood to cook mis- dinner. They will Likely then
think that he ought to have eaten his pork or 6eel
raw, sooner than run ne Government TO The ex-
pense Of paying such env.moas prices ior wood.
They may further say bat then he would be
better Of han the cid hero Jackson was al ore
time. when lie had 10 substitute hickory-nuts for
his ra,ions OF pork or beef, which, as Deaf Burke
said OF Bentigc, was ''non et inwertns."
This, we admit, would sound like ingra,i,ude
from The Wing leaders, BAT, il fully realized, i
would no, be mere than they have shown towards
'lhe great embodiment" OF their principles. when
they thought that their chances 10 get into the Le-
"eisla,ure and 10 Congress a 'lectie" beller BY cry
ing on, for hurah "old Rough and Ready =
than I've slant By the great commoner, the true
expooen. # cnr glorious party doctrines!'
The veni>on pie and leaihern keg Of wine
which he hermit sci before the Black Knight,
after offering him q few dried pease to serve
as both Dime, and supper, was mol more in
wiling 10 the halt tamished knight than any
elimmsring If hope is 10 the Wing leaders TO
clutch he spoils oil Office. Hence their readiness
10 abandon their GLORIOUS ptincipi's' and their
yet more glorious embodiment" aud rally un-
der the no parry standard Of cold Jack" with the
hope OF enjoying he sroiis as heartily as The slug
gish knight did his supper.
Their srai;cdr to cod lack" will IN turn be
sbsoIvet, il The strong wing Of The Wings aoo
Aboluionisrs should be in favor Of trying lhel'
fortune with some other leader whom they may
think more available than The said Zachary"
They nav contend that his success as a war.
rior is calculated 10 create a desire i'll The peop't
to urn their grubning hoes INTO broad swords, an
make US too wafiike; and they may likely say
TIA, ,hc,r scrap books" ,how that The most enor
nous prices were paid Tor sund y articles IN TIT
Ssn;ooIe uar and they may desire Ia show that