Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-22


gard The restoration Of Santa Anna as The har-
bnser OF speedy restoration Of peace. In that
event. II Will be subject Tor general coneTalula-
ion-ior although The United States is in no
can9er IN such a contest from The worst conse
queEccS OF waffle invasion oi our own Ter
fIlo!y-yei !heFe are strong reasons why even orr
own people Should desire Tie termination 81 4
cunflIc, II which but liue honor is 10 be gained
even by repeated Victories he cost OF which, in
lie ana treasure, will scarcely be repaid b.
their fruits"
Th" Wing Of Saturday last contains another
iefnr from I"hn NJ Du,,~, 10 orot.s.ed,,, -
"repcl an unprovoked and uniounGtd
lion made on his lurmcr as we'll rs present pollli-
ca course by Mr. John w Syme, OF the Peters.
burg Inleliigcncer," bu; more, in our opinion for
the purpose Of heading" the Taylori!es and CIV
ing the Clay ball additional impetus, than ior
any particular regard he has Tor the 'unproyok-
ed and uniounded denunciaiions" q Mr.. Syme
We sha give our readers sight of Mr.. B. lei
Ter entire tomorrow. In The meantime, Tor The
particular benefit Of our Taylor friends, We will
give one or Two extracts, by which il will be seen
that Mr.. B. does no, relish the lectures Of the no
pariyes for his support OF the "gIeat Harry OF
the West" Mr.. B. says:
"Let him defend his cause by argument and
reason with me, and tell me Tar irhGt should
vote for General Taylor AM moi >cod and ire'
because prefer The dictates my o@n judgment
10 his.
al suppose 10 win for myself The conf iencc 81
the ediior OF the lnellisenccr should discard all
Judgment, throw aside all decision Ui Character,
| hold my principles as 4 yarn string 10 be wrap
| ped around any mans finger, and be constantly
| barking Out t1psdicacy' 'eIpsdisneg' and then
| should enlitle myself 10 be considered q reasona
bic, practicable, and useiui Wing. The editor Of
the lniellieencer may make himself useful and
practicable in his way il he sees fl; but he mas
| excuse me Tor declining either 10 take his ADVICE
/ or follow his example.
Il said nothing God forbid shouli) disrespect-
| rul OF Gen. Taylor; for, as soldier and man.
he commands my highest respect; as politician
and statesman, said and repeat, kno,c no.
hing; and the editor Of The Petersburg lnlellieen-
| GER with all his new born yea for military Pfcsl-
dents, kuo,rs less There is a letter in his city, al
this time, from Gen. Taylor, indusirlousiy shown
| TO his friends that is concealed from me as
friend OF MIR. Clay and have been refused
sight of it, and am TO play blind mans mi lon
tic lie handkerchief over mi eyes, and siope
| my way in he dark, in search OF one INTO whose
| hands may deposl;e The principles OF the parry,
| ard The welfare and interests of The na.ionf MOI
quite 50 iasl, Mr.. Syme, if you please. When
can find one with my eyes open, shall not smut
nv eyes 10 look for another
Suppose Mr.. Gay shall gel the nomination
ol The National Convention, as he rWj suppose
| he shall be eieced, as he tcM; who Will be
the mischiei-maker lhrn7 Ana suppose him out
of The way, and General Taylor run on the pfin'
cinles avowed in the resolutions oi his friends 10
! New Orleans, VINO feel authorized 10 say.
that, come what may come he will not change
| his position and he should BE- heaien, as ne
rcou'd BE- Tor the want Vi union IN me WING
party, in supporting 'no-pary candidate, "a
both he and his friends proclaim him which
will prove The mischevous and which the use
luI politician, Mr.. Syme or myself
"snppose MIR. Clay shall gel The nomination,
as he r,u. And suppose General Taylor should
be beaten, as he uou,d 6e," Mark this, ye Tay-
| lores. and beware OF The breakers ahead. bni
we take no parl in this family quarrel. Ike
the old lady, when her husband AID The bear were
| measuring arms, we are unable 10 lake SIDES
| We predict, however, The triumph Of the pa"a
party in this contest The no-pary party had 10
| succumh al the laie Wing meeting in this city
| and similar tate awaits them al the Conven-
lion ON Wednesday next As Virginia. however,
is supposed 10 hold The balance of power between
lbe CLAW parry and the "bind-man's buff" party,
the latter may not be willing 10 die, as ihey did
a, the church, without struggle or sroan.
"A LITTLE Nj ORE GRAPE" Mr.. VlSToN.
Wetake The following from the Unions cor
RESPONDENT, "Z-d," who writes from New York
AT February, as follows:
The business al The custom house for Inc week
ending The llih instant, though mol eq6al 10 me
enormous business Of the preceding week, was,
nevertheless nnprecedenpd as compared with Tic
business Of the esLonding week IN any pre-
vious year Annexet is a comparative summary
for three years.
p p,ss fsst GOOD. s ss l sss esiss
Tcta, merchandise ss5s,ses sl,Isseal sa,296 ss9
Specie 49,. $3.50 r.o M
Cash received Oi ,'oo -oo,ia. 49, a.,
Notwithstanding the reduced rai0 OF duty, The
amount Of duies received is coubIe Tor wilhn
very few doars) what i, was last year. and near
" treble The amount OF the year previous.
To The panic.geuers.up trying 10 injure The
credit OF the country, lhe above presents an awful
front. They would as soon think OF taxing
dose of fiSh.hooks and lar mixed for bad cold,
as 10 give The above a stree pass" through any
agency OF theirs
Correspondence Of the Richmond Enq"i'''.I
WASHINGTON, FRIpaY NiGhT.
had designed being with you tomorrow, Ou'
a, Senator Mason is to speak on Monday nave
-..,r.d - v.;t and hear him. | cannot doubt
,ss, :. ,pill do honor 70 his native State and 10
| himself :,,,, ;n,oroo, A
r,,s;,n Minister here has received late letter
from. the city o. MEXICO, stating that lfea'y OF
,, had been made, and would soon be received
m ,he oher hand, hear that Letter OF