Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-08

A soNsTpOus RoORBACR CRUSHED
For several days our Wing ne'ghoors nave
wasted quantity OF ink in attempting 10 prove tha'
me Administration were conniving al ana chel'
;sh;no a scheme 10 seize, by force oil arms, MEX
lean territory beyond the Rio Gfaude, ana es'ap'
Itch new Republic of the Sierra Madre-
,,b;cb is hereafter 10 be annexed" This new
scheme of aggression" is likened 10 Burrs eSpe
dilon; and Gen. Shields who is represented as me
ah.ad Devil" ..e Aaron Burr OF the outrage, IS
described as now being al San Luis Po'osi' CON-
bining and arranging 10 consummaIe inc gtea,
offence. But, mos. fatally FOR Wing capital anu
tn,,.bovn hopes, the whole story IS all fucge.-
n ,be Union we find The following felutanon /:
THE LATEST HUMBUG.-Our readers
NAV have seen statement copled oy me Natoa.
al In,elligeucer, from New Orleans paper, 10
the effect that our Government was in some way
directly or indirectly concerned in movement
alleged 10 be going on in some OF The northern
STATES OF Mexico, with The view 10 the establish
ment of a new republic there, under the name oil
the Republic OF the Sierra Madfe; and that zen.
Shields was, a. The latest dates, in San Luis Po-
tosi. giving direction or aid in the business.
The whole statement is a sheer fabrication,
and utterly destitute both OF truth and plausioi''-
". We have just concluded a treaty OF peace,
univ and boundary wi h Mexico, which is now
mari Of the supreme law OF the land, and which
as such will, IN all its provisions be religioasly
observed in good faith by our government
Az 10 General Shieids-Who has served his
country so CALAMITY and nobly in the f"lc, bur
who. in Whig eyes labofS under lhe crane OF
being sound and slaunch democral-we are nap.
nv 10 learn that ins.ead OF being, or having been,
since the conclusion OF The peace with Mexico, al
San Louis Polosi, or al any other place m 'na'
country, he is now, and has been tor weeks, 10
the State OF Illinois, making eloquent speeches IN
favor of Cass and Butler; and thus IN poiitics a.
home fighting ably and manuily IN The same
good cause Of his country, which ne upheld SO well
on Mexican baltle fields.
And so expIodes The whole OF very SHY wing
fabrication gor up on the stump IN order 10 man
utac,ure political capital out OF DoIhiDg. II Is
only worthy to take lis place among the mos
barefaced and ridiculous OF The RoofbacRs" OF
1874. We must really condole with The National
lnteilieencer 10 the sudden loss OF theme out o!
which il has woven only iwo or tnree very ioai
feren humbug articles. But lei il not despair. /
has onlr to task is usual ingenuity 10 supply !,
with ano her mares nest, equally hlmsy and equ'
ally ridiculous.
Again, in the House on Thursday when. says
the Alexandria Gaz.ue, (Whig) The rumored
design 10 create farther ACKNOWLEDGMENT oil Inc
Republic Of Mexico was referred 10. MIR. Rich
ardson took occasion TO repel an accusation
made against General Shields, of having par'i-
cipalion in The design, and stated hat The Pfesi-
dent has assured him The Government had no IN
surmation ,ue suclecf, ont that all such inca
sures would be resisted BY him."
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