Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-25

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-, eLsnoo ri minister, The question Is, sna -
me- ce, beuer and more acceptable pels ~ .p"a
M,;nr poussip. or fellow who Will Iecc's III ~,
;ns,rnc,ions from the new Holy Aiii"bce' AAs
matter merits sone rejection.
Butt, is hned that other causes were d. wo'
in producing the explosion. The rev io'n
EXPRESS (Wh;g) "isass there arc Caoi'e' 'O>'a'
difficulties deeper than any oil these shibss Will"
have led 10 or stimulated This quarrel. we heA'
nj scenes somewhat similar to those which occur
rel 10 the early part OF Gcaeral JacksoE's admin
isrra;ior.n The New York Herald says mat II
has a full account Of the rea' dIfllcuisy oel"een
M. Poussin and our government, but mat -
too indicate Tor pub!icaioal SO that, ihs'eaa .,
diplomatic quarrel, it is actually quaf''
about a woman! Whcreupon The PhlIaaePh'a
Times remarks:
"'rhis s pretty thing TO go to war about
The /" North American" ought TO leei aahapeo
~ he firc>hrcaltior letters, on such basis
What do We care whether Mr.. Clayton wants
NJ. Poussin's sweetheart, or nj. Ponssin wants
Mr.. Ciaylonsl Are Two great nallons 10 d'-
tnrb The peace OF The civilized world on sucn an
ac.ounl2 And The idea OF The dign;fitd wing
press taking up such quarrel!
"WcMIN" SEEMS TO BE al Inc bottom ol every
troubc. Since the time that Paris abducted tie
len and occasioned The Trojan war, no nation
al difficulty has arisen that cannot, IN some way,
be traced 10 The ladies'! Wedare say M. Pous:ias
Quarrel with our government Will Turn ou' ~
have been caused by sweetheart. Al any fa,e,
one of the gentle sex has much TO do win Inc
dissatisfaction al present existing in The cabinet.
There is ge'ty something in the question, maj
is evident"
II is understood that Nj. Poussi7 married his
cook, AMI the blow-up may have been canseu oy
refusal of the "sli,c" OF the Cabinet TO asso'
ciale on equal terms with The family oil 'he
French Minister
Whatever may be The merits of The case, The
coup,rv canno, but be dscu,cd with the valur-
Gus staggering Of the 'peacc parry admlnlslra-
tionn organs, as 10 the chances OF war WIN
France. They could disregard the long and I'M
aloneG-.or series OF overt oulrages by MeA'co
unon The Union and American ciIlzsns-lhey
could see without feeling, an armed INVASION oil
The territory OF one OF the Stats OF The unlan
even 10 shedding American blood upon Amerl-
can soil-ard they could dcnounce their own
country (under a Demccratic Admin'sralion) rs
guilty OF waging an "unholy," "rnchrisilan,
"damnab'c' war, in repellins force by force, AMI
coercine Mexico into indemnify for the past
and security for the future! Al that Time years
of Mexican robbery and murder OF our Citizens,
with repeated violations OF treaty lam, Would
moi iustily war in their eyes Bnt now, because
a Wing happens TO BE- Pre- idcnt, these same or
lxalt.
sans breathe the most patriotic and Deil'cose
shirt in anticipa.ion OF a conflict with France,
on a point OF diplomatic etiquette! Some ol
them even go 50 lar as 10 count up and parade
the number Of navy guns al our command-In
the Mediterranean 1872 guns 100 men-In The
North Sea so euns-coasl OF Africa 70 guns and
| 553 men-Bfazi 70 guus-and A home squad
ron OF l2G guns and l,l49 men. So disgusting
and hypocrilicaliy inconsistent is the course ot
some vi these Wing organs, thai correspondent
OF the New York Tribune (Whig) lashcs them
lore and alt, as follows:
81 have observed. that some OF the newspapers
arc extensively pugnacious in their articles upon
| the difficulty between the Government ana WI.
Poussir, and the correspondent oil The ftttaNe'-
| phia North Am3ri:aH is determined 10 nave
| i.ut al any Idc. -So~, ui'SN -
r~pressnt The feeling Of III. President or The True
| s;s,c Of the case They arc endeavorns 10 make
A mountain out Ut Il mole hill. The President
has not the slightest idea ri dcmo'ShinS france
and boiling her ala mouhlnl, simply because
her Minister has made himself obnox:o1s.-
These writers talk largely about The "dishiiy" oil
the county, but il is al low e5o, am thinking
il il requires bols:cring up BY such bom6as' as
apneared in An article in The Courier dnd Enqat-
rtr. No The whole ii Ibis mater is a tempest
in a teanoi, easped 4, by letter writer's 10 re-
ljavc The lc,iium OF 4 Washington Summer
There is no apprehension Oh The part oi lhc
President or his Cabirc. ol rupture WIN
France. Incy had a perfect right loGc!nand me
recall of NJ PouSsin, and any one VINO VIII iahe
The rouble 10 lock INFO Kent or S!ory Ga the
CONSTITUTION Val see that this, in ITSELF, is
harmless affair. Bui what may result rom Inc
bomt-shc.is seni across the water ~ these pug
nacious journalists we can2o; ie!i. France may
be induced TODD some silly hiE2.
We verify believe that much more excitement
has been ELECTED than this affair deseiyes-ana
that this "tempesl in a teapot" vii! soon blow
over. At The same ;ime, we must express our
belief tina! The unfortunate removal OF Mi. Rosh
a, This moment and the substitution oil MF. RiveS,
who is obnoxious 10 The French Government,
with full view OF the facts o. the case, will have
no good effect in reconciing matters. The latter
acl is a diplomatic blunder, which may enabslc
and embarlass our relations With F'fance.-
Should collision grow on! OF il, we have only
10 repeat, that the Democratic party, unlike The
Fe!eralsts ia the Mexican war, will, without ca
vii or pickering as 10 the cause, stand by The coun.
lry TO the end We trust and We believe, that
there will he no necessity for arms.
"TliE INFAMOUS SYSTEM or ESPIONAGE"
"IHs best Re Of III. seas,n."
Last Saturday W. iinpa'cd The Wing with
the spear I'll truth, and yesterday, writing most
rilicuously under the infection, ii exhibits The
spectacle OF III trausfixcd on wall. All The
special pleadings, all the big capitals and "ecsiallc
te!csraphs' fine Wing canno! relieve it from lis
nlo.sfous Jluader to say the least. which has made
it the laughing stock Of all men OF common sense
or ordinary fairness. a few words in explana-
ion. A month since The Wing altered letter in
the Enquirer OF 1929, ard published it so as 10 al-
pear as Wing letter Of lS39, embracing ian in
famous proposition TO establish secret system of
espionage throughout the Republic" (the Wing
own laneuage) The Union assails the letter,
! which The Whig declared 10 be ian exact fans
cript," ana The Wing makes terrible hu!abaloo,
linss its cap in The cir, capcrs most enthusiastic
cally, and almost bnrsls with daughter" al the
Inconsistency OF the Union in dcnoupcing what
the editor had himself published and approved.
Now, b. it remembered, that tho Union d.
reefs all its assaults upon this ":serd syslem."-
Did he, in 1929 approve of the rrcommcnda-
ton; Wo ,urn 10 the Enquirer of 1929, and
GnL lhnt ca Car from the Whig giving an mcy-