Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-11
THE ENQUIRER.
wednesday Morning, February ., 1913.
MORE WIG DESPERATION.
NICE iMDND, VA.

MORE WING DESPERATION.
That the Wings have found Mr.. Poik 10 NC d
"bOld and frank President" their own disgrace'u'
conduct most plainly proves. AS soon as II was
known that The Wings would have majority 'n
the House of Representatives, their parry ieau'
ers cried GU, with one voice, that they ih'ehOeu W
throw no difficulty in The way of lhe PRESIDENT
bu, would vote The supplies OF men ana money
which he might ask for, though al the Sd me 'llne
they expressed the confident opinion, mat MT
Polk would be SO lar waning 10 fifnness' 'na' NC
would endeavor 10 throw The respona'o'''y VI
CARRYING on lhe war upon The Wing party
The hopes of The Wings were al once a'ss''
paed "inro Thin air" by the bold, ffcnk, ma','p
and ATTIC message of the President, IN Wn'c" nc
sh.ank from no responsibility. This look INC
Wings so abacs, that months passed oeio'' '"'J
could agree ON "lhe line" they should ol'e'a'e'
AM The developments OF The last fe" weeks p,e''
" plainly show that they have deefm'n'u ~
withheld the supplies which they promised 50 JUS
tily 10 vote for. Neither Messrs. Gogsin' 'ou'-
nov. Fulton or Preston would ever have lau u III
their power 10 have misrepresenled their consul
luenls, if they had foreshadowed The d'ssiA 'I'a'
line of conduct which their party has putsueu III
Congress.
We trust and believe that the Wing leauefs
have mistaken the amount Of captal iot 'es''
dcn,-making which they expect they nave On 'ne
wal question. The outrageous conduc' ol HieA'-
co towards this country is too much mauef oi
household history with the mass OF the people iof
them to respond TO the reasonable conduct OF Inc
Wing leaders. They will want 10 know bow II
happens, that, in 1876, the conduct of Mexico in
forcing The war upon US, was as bitterly asnoun-
ced by the Wing leaders as by Democrats
The only reason they can give is, that the
facts were then fresh in The minds OF the people,
and i, would have been the political dealh-war-
ran, OF any and all who would have then raised
the reasonable standard under which they are
now rallyins their party.
At one lime it was feared that the war with
Mexico might involve US in war with some
European power, which might grow on! Of The
party then In power in Mexico agreeing 10 place
some foreign prince at the head oil the Mexican
government, and declaring il a monarchy This
was understood to be The wish OF Paroles, and
The best means 10 defeat his object was TO allow
Santa Anna 10 return to Mexico, 10 head" Pa
redes, as il was known that he was opposed TO
Paroles, and would be able TO defeat the objec
which il was supposed the latter had in view.
The overthrow OF Paroles and his Punishment,
after the war-like spirit he had shown, presents
strong grounds for surposing that the monarch-
cal party were in the minority al that time; and
this, taken in connection with The fact that Santa
Anna ordered him 10 return into Punishment as
and al The time 100 when Mexico stood in need
OF every fighting man she could rase-tfe infer
ence is fairly TO be drawn That he favored mon.
archy, and that his exerlions would be used TO ac
compish lhs. object if he conld get into power
again. So far, then, as the return OF San Anna
in this Point OF view is concerned, we have lost
nothing, and, as 10 his being great General, We
have il the Wing meetings. action, or Inc speeches
o: one or more OF The prominent members who
appeared TO control the meeting, an admission that
ii is ali j's d'esprit.
Nothing is mere ridiculous than The present
efforts OF the Wing leaders 10 make out that Santa
Anna is a great General.
Our readers need not be told that he is the same
hero that "Uncle Sans" son Samuel, with few
hundred brave Texans, overthrow, al the head Of
an army Of THOUSANDS OF well armed aid well
drilled regulars, and '',!eed" III now srca, Wing
General and KEEP! him Z P.isons- Until Con
rcnirn was held AID treaty was made giving
he heroic band OF Texans he Ri GfaaGc as
boundary.
He is lie same hcro that General Taylor gave
"a Little more grape" a. Buena Vista, which
caused him 10 lake The back track with his army
of twenty thousand men, while he knew that
General Taylor did not have buI little more than
one.fourlh Of that number of men. He is The
same hero that General Scott whipped from Cerro
Gordo 10 The gales of Mexico city, and then gave
him time 10 collec, his shattered courage, and
whipped him out of The city OF Mexico at the
head of twenty or more thousand men, aided by
the mos! powerful Notifications, with his bate
ries arranged by The most skiiiul officers, and by
The volunteer assistance too, which was 10 he
touad ia 4 city of near two hundred thousand
people.
Ire cnquring mind which nigh! not under
stand The 'roms ncing" OF The Wing leaders, and
was not acquainted with the facts, might
we'll ask if ",be greatest Captain OF the age"
did not have an immense army 10 overthrow
this great Generals The reply to such inquiry
would be, that i; was all accomplished by
the small army under Gen. Scott Of six thousand
Two hundred men. While he would be bound 10
aGmi, iha, the hero OF Lundy's Lane was truly a
ereot general, his conviction would be as decided
that history was never so false as in recording
such crQvcn so great hero. ltsus the Wings
to indulge in "romancins" about Santa Anna, 10
give false consequence 10 his return 10 Mexico.
We believe That the MeSicans at Monterey
showed more courage than al any of the battles
which they have fought under santa Anna, and
that we should have had as hard and more obsii-
nate fighting under other Mexican leaders than
under The Wings hero. As dense as the ropula-
ton is from Vera Cruz TO Mexico, is altogether
probable tha, an army Of 10000 10 10000 meu
conld have BEEN raised 10 repel invasion under
moi less than twenty Me1icans, perhaps not one
of whom would not have contested The field longer
Than "ihat love OF a general" who so fully comes
up to The "romanciDg" standard Of Wing great
ness.
The Wing, in its abuse OF the President, re.
minds US OF The story Of the ish-woman, who
was INDUCING in all the choice iDvecives which
erace fsh.market, against person who bore
all her abuse without saying word in reply;
this but increased The fury Of The woman, and,
with her teeth set and the foam bubbliog out OF
her mouth, she exclaimed, "say something or III
5usir
The emphatic manner in which the Wing
says tive must KNOX," backed by the ornamental
sentence, "He therefore sxulks," threatens some
"bns.'-ing, il the President should adhere 10 the
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