Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-08

eunningly using the defeat oil the "n's
Virginia as an evidence that the spark OF m''o'
shown in retaining two or three honest anu -
nabIe officers, has paralyzed The wings q
pte,ty compliment, truly, to their dsln'efes'eu-
nos, and patriotism! We give an extract from
the Philadelphia Sun, and from the Courier ''''
Enauirer, whose Editor is a notorious sPo'''
hunter" and whose picture of The "oah o' ~
scrplion" upon the Wings Of Virginia IS iaos"
able in the extreme:
From the New York Courier and Enqu'rn,
Auo hsl alleged cause II his uniowdi" 80. 80
is The course OF the administration 10 'ne ca 80.
of is power OF appointment in Virginia IN; n
iocos have been kept in oihce. III SUI r.
Stances they have been re-appoln,eu' W..
Of prescription under which The Wings " n
gina have rested for nearly qnafei ~
Jury under the successive LocOloco uy" 's nas
has moi been removed. And Ih's, y s";u' M
paran zed the Wings Of that sla'e-ptoauc''iES o,v
cufresp nding effect on the other parry: aio
This may be, We have no means u "" us,
The policy, however is one wd'ch ne'e.
Sncceeded which neyer will succeed, and winch
never ostgAt 10 succeed.
From the Philadelptia Sun.
ro,sscr,cur ,sn v,sn.iI.-We d. not won
der al he Joy which i, exhibited ny ne - Vir.
jneton Union at the result, OF The eiec''ou ~ !,
ainia nd we are almost led 10 symPa'nlzs ~ ~
thai 10y. But The Unicn lalshes Inc causs no
such disastrous results. by ascribipg them 70 .he
system OF removals going on al "asn'ns nor
iasities and jeers al The namby-Pamoy "s"'N
NJ conducting al administration. en-.
Look al Virginia! Why should Inc 'd'' '" Nh; :
sunporlefs oil General Taylor have Wofh,u ,, a
snr,ns for TAYLOR members Of Congress- DC.
cause a locotoco naval agent was appoih'eu a.
Nortolk3 Certainly not! Because ioco.o Io
postmaster was retained al Richmond, it"' ~,
! good enough causel Because seneIaily ,ne W
moments Of Gen. TAYLOR have been allowed !" ~
lain every office in the Slae2 Who peieSe'
such ioIh? We believe firmly that u las', ~,
simple iuslice-had been done by Geheid' q,
lnr's friends in Connecticut and Virginia. We
should have had tour Congressman IRON 'ne ~
| mer, and al least nine from The latlef. WV ""
der The mk-and water policy, we nave Prinnp
Two. TOnly one, sir, 10 all probability osioS.
And what has passed is but iorelas'e Vi u',"s
lers 10 come. Ii there we're congressional e'se
inns 10 be held 10 Pennsylvania next lail' We
ounlJ NM carry more than tree districts in the
State. and we shall be beaten 4o,vov w
a majority OF thirty against US IN .hs
lower house OF the legislature, u me sumo
stupid. im6.eae and treachrous policy IS pw
susd. We are no iawning sycophan arouhu 'h'
foo,slooI oil power, even when man We !esPee
50 much AS we do General TAYLOR occupies u
We were and are willing 10 Judge MS adnihis
traliou by its acls and We say PLAINLY, 'ild' ~
first fruits are nothing bull iares. aud crop o
weeds Lei The field be well pfunec, anu All eA
crescencss removed Tor Inc future; or we 90 no
waste our time, nor urge our TRENDS 10 saei'nCe
their means and energies 10 support an uns'd'e
iul AMI vascillalins policy
Whatever course OH Jack may now iaRe
he must be in an awkward FIX" Should ne car
~ out Inc advice OF The Mobile Advertiser, ahc
continue 10 remove Democrats Tor political Fea
sons he will lose the confidence oi The moderate
men, who cannot brock 50 glarlng Vloiauol
OF repeated and recorded pledges. Should ne
on The other hand, carry out his professions ano
threw away THE constitutional axe" ne VIII DC
hunted down With yirulenc. by Inc greedy once
hunters, who will rail on against ms 's'u-
rid, imbecile and lrachefous policy
Like another Actaon, he sill be pursued and
destroyed BY bis own dog, who would other
wise lamely kiss the han, that threw them
bono. Such is the ineyebs destiny OF this
mo party administration-t sails between
Scylla and Charybdis, andmusl DO wrecked on
one or Inc ether side. sub must ever be the
effect Of the tortuous, equiucal policy pursued
by the Wings for The saE OF power They
arowod no principles -soght power per Ja'
81, neJas-and, having attained it. the wisp Of
straw which loosely b,une them together, snaps
into thousand fragment, and the sntagonistic
elements ly into collision and ultimately destroy
themselves. We have aready seen the begin
ming of The end"-ihe define IS in progress
the "fal' will certainly .ome