Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-07
HAVE WE A pREslDENT7

The third section Of the second article Of The
UniIcd States Constitution declares that the Pre-
sidenl Shall, from time TO time, give To the Con-
eress information Of the Sla.e OF the Union, and
recommend TO their consideration such measures
as he shall Judge necessary and expedienl; he
shall receive ambassadors AMI other public
Ministers; he shall take care thai tie laws be
officers Uf the United aes"
Another article proyiies lha! "ln case OF The
removal OF The President from Office, or OF his
DEATH resignation or inability 10 discharge the
p, w.rs and duties Of The said office, The same
shall devolve ON The Vice President"
AS neither o! he;e disabilities has yet occur.
red, we may presume that General Taylor is
still President y the form, oil the Constitution,
and by tina, instrument is required (and NJ one
else is aulhorized) TO attend 10 matters ol foreign
concernmenl and TO see that The laws are faith
fully executed.
Until this moment, while General Taylor has
been TO use sir1ilc OF enc of his admirers)
"piece Of puly in the hands OF the GLACIERS" The
Regency has had the decency TO preserve the
forms Of III, Crnslu;ion--and 9th -iai acls (as
witness the m0m:Gtoas Cubl Parliamentary
have been done in his name. Bat now all form
and DISCUS. has been lhrown away, the very
name Of President has been dropped, The Office
really bloiied on, and The Regency at Wasting
Ion assume, and set up 10 speak and act Tor Ihen-
selves. As undoubfed proof Of wha! We say, we
quote al length from The National Inclgencer
The following Official correspondence. The Con.
siluiion autho.z.s The President 10 require in
wiring the advice OF heads Of departments, but
il no where empowers them 10 acl without The
President. The following papers show tina, The
President is mol once referred io--lhai Mr.. Clay
ton, forgetting tina! such an officer as the Prcsi-
dent is in existence, assumes 10 act upon
an important matter, graciously communicates
his Suggestions" 10 The Secretary OF War, and
the latter issues his "or!rrs" accordingly NV,
all this ne regard in violation u lie letter and
spril Of The Cots iiuion, which no where recoe'
niz: Regency, such as wc now daily witness.
If we have M nee! .! President, 10 see that the
laws be faithfully executed, he PEOPLE should
surely be relieved from lhc annual burlhen OF
Sd, 600 Tor his salary. He is now regarded by
boh Democrats and Wings. TOO 10 judge from
Inc acs Of Messls. Clayton and Craw.vId) as a
caput m0rtuuai necessary 10 give even form
to flica acts. and The Regency is openly ayowed.
Is this tha gma "DsliVeref," Inc Second Wash
ins,un, whom the Wings v,uch,aisd 10 alay
all bi:ler parry feeling, and to mould The gov
eminent and the people into the 'heroic age" The
era D! universal happiness, charity, love and viz
TUT Is this The man OF mighty moral O1aence,
TO Stamp the age with his commanding aud
macnanlmous character, ard 10 ih!ow into
The shade all preceding administrations, save
that Of his model, Washington Even his own
Cabine.a sll-mposcd Regency, treat him and
bis oflice as cypher-and The people will see
with alarm and sccrm hat the Constitution has
been radically violated, and that this great ccun,
Try has now no President, TO treat win foreign
nations ard support The majesty of the laws and
tie honor ufthe natian:
Mr.. De Ia Rosa 10 NJ. Clayton
TaAssLATioS.l
Washington, August 81, 1919.
The undersigned, Envny Extraordinary and
Minis r Penpoten iatY Of The Republic of Mex
leo, has The honor II address The Hon. jain NJ
Clayton, Secretary OF Stale 10 lie Uniied $ at =,
in oider 10 inform him hat he has been instructed
by ais government 10 make knowa 10 that ut the
United States the excess Committed a The Town
vi PaSc 10 The state ofCnihuahua, and It's vicini-
", bY lhc numerous parties o! Inhabitants OF the
Unned States, vino enter, armed and without
pa ,orIs through that point into tie Mexican
lrrli;ory, on their way, es they say, 10 Upper
California. These parties OF adventures destroy
b, fields Of grain OF the peaceful Inhabitants Of
that legion, insul. the Mexican authorities, so
ta IS to obiise them 10 place guards in their cf1i-
ces for their protection against such insults. as
lar as possible; ard sonc oi the adyenIurers, on
he pTelexl that they have been robbed Of three or
iour beasts oil burden, have ccmmil,td tie cfm-
o! en'erinc The town and firing upon the people Of
all classes, cntirey iAnc,rrl and reaceable.--
The undersigned strongly urges Inc honorable
Secretary Of Stale 10 best0w his attention upon
ihsse acts Of violence committed by the inhahi-
ian's Of The u. States pnon couLtty with which
his Republic has rs concluded treaty Of
rehce. The Govefnmen, OF the Undersigned ran.
10, allow foreigners, OF any nation, 10 traverse
the territory al Mexico, without carrying and RE.
srulire tolhe proper an'horties their passports in
due !olm; ard tsnch foreigners are armed Tor their
own defence, The Government of MEXICO has The
ncontesatle right 10 subject lhem 10 such reslric
tons Of police as it may think proper 10 esiablsh.
Under lnese considerations. The Government OF
he undersigned has given the orders, which i.
considered necessary, for armifg The settlements
mos. exposed 10 these ailacSs from such adven-
urers so that The LATER, unless they submit in ia.
luIe, as they should, 10 the laws and authorities
oil the Country, NAV be pursued and aaacked as
highway Iobbers, (fOyagidas,) and lr.ed accord.
ing TO The laws, il apprehended. II should moi.
therefore, be surprising, if som. day, whep II is
least expected, there should be bloody encounter