Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-27


,ow;no extract from the Richmond Times VI
Saturday: ,r,s
.Never before Mr.. Polk's administration, was
any rewspa per, published al as''u ~, 49, ~
mally recognized as press cmPloyeu =, f,;r,al
ecu!;ve not merely 70 maze 'ne VI ,ro.ss ~
snnouncemcnls hu, for The expires Puip,'. -
a.s,,i,inu intiscfimnately all us ac's anu u'e
,r,nss Wba, has been the actual op-iduon v
49,. Now systeml In moi one sins'e ihsi""ee,
49,. ,be IJnisn yen,uted to hint dsappicea.'uh %
ono .inol. measure Or opinion "hich .he Iaseu
,;,.. nod a. hear. From the day when Il wa
es,.blishcd upon The ashes OF me Gl.oe' uo"n y
~. morning IL Sunday, the 4ih OF March, Iot',
| when Mr.. Hannegap was iiicSaiiy ho"i'n"'e"
Minister to Prussia BY delunct Piesiieh'. 'nu
r,h,;c has not heard from The 'offIeial organ
la whisper OF dissent 10 any the thing that
las K Polk did, thought or said, during Inc Snole
=, mai period Whether the Executive PH'icy
was fay-luur forty or fight, or oack-ou' GOV"
~ ,orly-nire; whether the Rio GRANGE was ~ W
he 4 Al the point Of lie bayonet as the Do"h"aiJ
~ Texas. or The part oil New Mexico, Eas. o' H.
was 10 be governed bya military eh'NsdiY ~ VI
rect coprayenion OF the title OF sovereign .""1
mus distinctly acknowledged; whelnef '''e W
was 10 be CONSTRUCTED on Mr. walkers lnu'
roush-going tree trade pnncif'es' VI ~ IN
rived as 10 give sample protection. 70 ho',es-
~ manufactures whether The recall ol Mf.
| Tri., was 10 be appauded because II was 'ulc
IN think OF negotiating with Merico, or the 'reaS
procured by that gentleman on MS ibnis"ua,
sponsibilily was 10 be accepted ana iu>'a 49,
whether General ScOll'S operations were 10 oeI"
tollr d so as 10 dim the lusfe OF Ien ayi'i ~"
tories and lessen his hold on the popular du'',a
lion, or ceusuled as being encnmoefeu, " unuo
sary delays; whether The Ca'n"iic on'i,.n'
Mexico were to be plundered because lhcy iu''
1 nL,I 70 no
pose was 10 be abandoned as unworthy ei chi'I'
I'd ace ami especially obnoxious 10 the Ca'ho'ic
norulalion of Inc United States in snort "hal-
ever policy was upperm0st al any tohe'' "
Mr.. Poks term OF Office, all was nPncld - pei-
fecly right AMI entirely without iaull
We are really at a loss TO conceive, no" !
greater amount OF disingenuoasncss, pcrvefsion'
aud dull but bitter magaisy, could possibly oe
crowded into smaller SPACE, than IS 10 DC 'ou"u
in The foregoing paragraph. Inc cn"Ise eo",
,aincd in The frs, sentence. tina! The Union az
Washington was rcmpoyed by The Execn'iVe'
s'tor The express purpose Of SUSTAINING ihu'sct'h'
inately, all its acts and doctrines. IS as s'uPi",
a. !, is absurd and unounded There Is no man
OF decency in America, who would make p'opo-
,tion O! such sort 10 any gentleman. lhd' 'ae
President ii The United States should have MADE u
% The Editor oi The Union, the Editor OF The
Times Cannot, does moi himself believe ~. an
instant, albc, he may hope, IN serving up 'hal
dish, 10 cater TO The vitiatcd appetite Of some
reckless and malignant pariizan Of his own
Blu that the proposition should be gFaVeiy mace
by Mr.. Polk, and as gravely accepted o. me
Editor ol he Union, is folly, SO Wild ana mon
srous, that there cannot be found, even amongst
he most bird and inlolerant OF the Wings,
ma rtizap guile, that can swallow il. 9cl upon
lnis stupid, and visionary foundaiion' does the
Times build up Us equally stupid, hut V'ho'c-
i've attack upon the late Administration AMI
The "Union." With what sell complacency-
what Pharsaical righteousness, does ne IN
dsnanily ask "what has been the ac'uai
operation of this new sYsteml" Why, mere
is in truth no new system whatever in the
business; that's all The readers Of The Times
WEI know what all Inc World beside knows very |
well, ia, tho Onion stood in precisely he very
same relation 10 Mr.. Folks administration and
cabinet, ha, The Irtegencer occupied 70 John
q. Atams'-he Globe 10 Gen. Jacksoh's-tht
JntellisenceI and Madisonian, TO the respective
administrations Of Harrison and Tfler,-and
the Iimes itself almost admits as much-iof Il |
declares 10 lis readers about the "union, 'hai
one aday" il twas established upon Inc ashes o.
Inc Globe Now this funeral hsure, u u con-
veys any meaning al all, OF course must mean
LAT the Union Took and occupied the place oil
The Glube-,o wit: il became The organ OF The
administration.
Bur he "ac,ual operation OF the new SYSTEM;
there lies The rub. The Union has not uttered one
stdc4 acht.psr of dissent" at either the ac'lohs
the words or the thoughts Of Mr.. Polk. y very
few righteous people would on particular &C
casion have saved city Of The plain from hre
and destruction. Alas! and oh! alas now 'ha'
a "slf.d ut,sper Of dissent" could have saved WI.
pulk's administration, and The "Union" from me
consuming wrath cf the "1imss, hat his ST
Nd whisper Of dissent" Should not nave oeeh
heard by The public
Pm ,hen is j; 50 certain This "sti1ed whisper
If d;ssenIm would have satisfied he 1imca would
this have appeaseo lis waflhi Could ahy'hihe
shor, ut the same blind, needless and Iniolefani
spin, Of opposition 10 Mr.. Polk, 'ieh' or wrong,
which breaihes throughout lis article, have salis-
fled thai paper BIT il The course oil me
Union" was 50 distepu'able in the eyes OF inc
"7Ymss, Tor lis continued support Of The admin
traion throughout every phase u us complicated
rela ions how can the brilliant ednor escape from
the position which mnsl unwi'iinslv he assumes.
OF malignant hosi!iiy and iac'ions oprosit''h n
alike unfounded ard indeicnsible, with The mos
eliminate advocacy which he charges upon INC
"Euiou2" We in line 10 believe il would pnz
zc that paper 10 produce from The deep soIitnIes
Of lis rast files, zone stifed whisper" oil aTpIooa-
ion for any act Of the late administrator. i
10 be .ound alike vic ent in is opposition ana
loud in il, condemnation. whether Gen. Taylor
was selected 10 lead The column upon me h'o
Grandr or Gen. Scott placed al III" head oil inc
great invading army which was destined 10 con-
unsf Mexico. N,iher The one or the other ar
rams EN- nj could give satisfaction in that quartf'
The adjustment Of long standing disputes
which had mere than once threatened war vi
| Eaeland, tie addition Of new domains 10 orr Re
,hli, bruudless in their extent and beyond va
lac in their riches and fertility, the gori's OF me
Pacific Ocean, and In treasures 81 California,
are all, all alike Intellectual to wiring from this
"lea,ned Theban" ore "slifei whisper OF ap-
plause or commendation-be because iorsooih, The
Democra c parry have effected It all, with Jas
X. Polk as President. Nothing good can come
out OF Nazareth:
s.The very name of Nazarine,
Is wormwood 10 his Panym spleen"
Yescrdays Wing INDUCES in similar strain
with The Times On the same subject the 'pen-
stoned press") The above reflections are appli-
cable TO that paper also.
NO EXCUSE.
The Wings, TO justify The removal OF Demo