Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-31
RICRMOND, Va.
Friday Morning, August 81, ls49.
A gROADSIDE.

We make no apology for devoting so much oil
our space 10 the mastery and conclusive ar'i
Gle from the Union. Day after day. week alle'
week. the Republic and tho Wing (wl'h a lew
occasional shots from the Times on inc suo)ec'
or ,bo assumed gross violation of the SUB Irea-
.,.uu low hv the late administration have
,..med with articles defuma,ory of Judge Ma
eor and MIR Polk. While they took care 10
venture ON no specific charges, they haVo p'.e'
- xo,ume of inuendos and insinuations' I'm
,Eca,ing the private and official cordue. OF
the late Secretary of the Treasury Inc WING
!, is true, came forward week ago anu 'es.i'
fed 10 the honor and integrity oil 1ucgo wa.
son commenting only on his official remi,snes'
.nd w. nj of business habits; and on TUESDAY
we made due acknowledgment OF the ao-
u;ss;on-but last Wednesday it formally
w;.b.raws this tribute. and wishes 10 o"
,s,nd.rs,ood MS aerer hsoing expressed any
on;ni,u. ono way CT another" alleging Inc
miserable pretext that il had been a. nr''
;,rormcd that judge Mason would make an
.,nos,ion "to satisfy US and every ooay
elses-but that it afterwards learned that said
ss.nos;,;on' had been abandoned! The Wing,
,berefore. falls back on the same platform with
tho Republc, whose articles it greediIy rePuo
l;sbed-and the same structures apply to oo'h
with equal force and justice.
To repel Ibis combined assault we iee' II que
~ ledge Mason, 10 tie memory OF MI r''e ana
IN the late adminslra:ion 10 rerublish the ofosa'
side from the Union, which covers the whole
o,oupd and sweeps down lhc accusers' IKE ch"h
before The wiul Every position lhey nave as
canned ;s oyeuhrown. The Union shows tha'
I,doe Mason has pursued policy completely
;,s,;6ed by law, policy which Mr.. Pteslon'
Gen. Taylors Secretary OF The Navy, Is no"
nraclisinc II the former oe gully, neh f'us' NC
l,,,er also be hunted down as culp:is hy ihe hc-
nublic. The Whig and III Times. Inc Union iu'-
,hor demonstrates that The contract mahe VAN
Denbv does moi come within, nor IS IN any WAY
violation OF, the sub-,rcasury ACT. hh' hcte VIC
vou,d remark u5on The a5:crl ani Iidicuio'S 81
,;,nde in which The organs OF The prescott telehcy
Mace their own friends. They say that Inc con-
tract with DENLY is illegal, being IA VIOLATION" VI
The sub-reasury ac,-if SO, how comes J" NAV
! suil has been brcuchi hy III, present Auminis'd
linn unon IN illegal contract, which canaoI oe
sustained Moreover, i! suca a canliac' W '''e
GAL not only will The securities on Denny
bo, be released but ali the birds gwen "
similar agents abroad will be annulied' ano nc
Government will lose thousands OF dollars wn'c'
have be.n advanced by Mr. pre!ton on similar
bonds undei precisely The same c'Icu'iis'"''e
Pm, moro Than this, The Republic has chafseo
Juioe Mason with being "a accessory To ie'''
NV under The sui-Ieasury law; II 'his oe ~
Jncs no, the Republic, by he same argument cen
v;c, bis own Taylor Secretary, Mr.. Preston, VINO
has done the sane Identical aci7 BY the insane
and suicidal course OF these Taylor organs, Ihey
M, only would make the government slcr'Ece
thousa DDS OF dollars, but hold up 10 the woi'o
,he;r own Taylor heats Of Departments as ac'
crssarv 10 and participating in "frinny = come
| h,,,,;tr, cnnulexcn have lh'heS
| he me mory Of Mr. Foig against me charge Q
falsehooL brought by licenlous press IN pro
wing thai the agency Of Ma,:clcs does not come
within the Sub-TIeasury ac, which, from il
terms and from the necessity Of the Case, does co
extend beyond lie limits oi the Union-in show
ing that The language OF his message taliies with
the facts Of the case, and tie: neither himsel
nor Judge Mason violated any law, in not report
ing The Denby case 10 Congress.
But W. iolbear saying more on subject
which consumes So much oil to-day's paper. we
commend 10 our req dc!s The article OF the Union
as satisfactory on every point, aud as completely
esopping the tongue Of slard=r on The living and
the dead.