The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-03 00:00:00

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ttliOr shrw Calm 3nd .patience on MTPArt-, "'VIM
g; tf' this step all the ifi,niteii I intended, thieugh aid
persuaded that no inure ;tvill be obtained than whatis already
imparted Their tacit approbation, and good wishes, ere evi--
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cntly t6r us, and they du not see any ditlicOlty that rna-y pre,'
ei:t the citizens oft be United Statesin attenitifig personally,
• or sending supplies for this objett,. provided the pubic laWs
Would n6t be openly violated. your ckin.and
or.levre Of absence. is co,,,idered impracticable; and Mr. M.
I hinis easier to take the fis% dpon yiy:rselt at (nice however,
• "e shall consider t;bis sut,ject with much refieCtion when
we shall'encet 'ar-New Fork. . the ea: ly; I,sh 11
certainly leave this,for Philadelphia, 'from whence Lwill write
you again, and without nitich delay proceed to Nei York:, In
the mean time I request of you to have everything ready tor.
deparinre,, netbre the last day of -Depember, and I beg of you
to show to our worthy Coimuodoreas muchas-isneeessary of
this letter, not thinking it prudent in me at this mbment, and
oil so (relic:lw a subject, to, write any More. no the same
with the Major, and repeai to both my sincere friendship and,
peimanent esteem. When we meet, yQII and they shall hear
inure on this subj,:el —in the mean time, act with-ouch cau-
tioq amid great activity. Your's! • -
•,
• Your Memorialist further respeEtfully represents;
that the extraordinary equipment of the -Ship
Leander, though made with Some appearnce of
secrecy, was 'a matter of general conversation, and
of,great notoriety in 'the City of New-york, for . a
low,' time before she' sailed—That several Officers
of the Government of the United States were...ac-
m quateci with At—that in particular it was well
known to the Colle&or of the Port of New-York,,
"to whom a formal representation was made by an
Officer of high rank, under the Government,
of the
State—and the Colle6tor was by him called upon to

notice the fact ; but the 'Colledor refused to do so,
saying it was not his official duty to notice the re-
, present ion—that eleven days bel*e the Leander
sailed (on the 2!d of 'January last)., General MI-
RANDA wrote to the President'of the-United States a
Letter, and, a Letter 'to the Secretary of State, of
-whioli the following are translations: .

MR. PRESIDENT, I\Tew-York,
I have the honour -to send you inclosed . the twitral and
civil history of Chili, 'of which we conversed at Washington:
You will, perhaps find more interesti;ig ties and-greater
knowledge in this little voluthe than io those wh,ch-have",
been before publisn:ril on the same sObjea, /concerning this 11
beautiful. Country. If ever the happy predi4ion which-you- r
'have pronounced on the, future destiny of ottr dear Columbia
is to be accomplished in cur ci?, may Providence grant that •
it maybe under your auspices, and the. generotis .efforts of
her oWn children. We shall then, in some sort, qeholdfhe
revival.of that age; the return. of which the Roman Bata in-
7v9ksd in-favour of the human race--
The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, •
Renew's its finish'd course--:Saturnian times
• Rollionnd again, and mighty years begun
Front this first orb, in radiant circles run.
"Vllth the highest consideration„ and prolonpri respea, I'
arn,• Mr.'Presidertt, your' very humble and very obedient
servant,. - FRANCIS DE MIRANDA.

T holl6s it..fKrson, Esq.
Prsaient of the. United
Siates. (Private) -

New York, ,lanuary t 206.
St a— On the point of ieaving the United States, ;How me
to address a few words to you, to thank you for the attentions
that you wete pleased to show Me during my stay at Wash-
ington. The important concern which I then had the honour
to couununicau; to you, 1 doutet not, will remain a profound-
secret, until the final result of that 'delicate afEtir ; I have.
aged upon that supposition here, by conforming in every
thing, to the intentions of the G overnment, , which I hope to•
have apprehended and observed with exactness and discretion.
The inclosed letter contains a hook, which 1 have promised
To the Preildent of the -United States, and which-1 pray you
to transmit to him. Have the goodness to, present my re,
speetful compliments to Mrs. Madison,' and to believe me
with highest consideration and esteem, Sir, your very htnn-
ble and obedient servant,
(Sit,ned) PRAM. DE MIRANDA.
To the Hon. lames Madison, Esq.:

-Your _Memorialist further respeafully, represents,
that these letters were' received by the President and
Secretary; so .a 5 to allow amplelime for arresting the
Leander before she had left the port of New-York,
if it bad been the pleasure of Government so to do,
as the said Ship did not leave the'iiort of New-York
till the 6d of February last.

From this statement, your. Memorialist trasts it
'will appear, that the. Secretary of State and PreSident
of the United States had a full knowledge of• the in-
tentions of General NI IR ANDA in re's-pea to-the Pro-
. vince 4 Carkoas ; and that they also knew he was
making preparations at this port to carry these in-
tentions into execution. That though the Govern-.
tent would not
,directly aryl the' enterpriie. of- Ge=
l\li36lcr.A„ yet they gave it their approbatiOn,
• and by their conduB encouraged `your Memorialist
to int'olve himself in it. Aftehhis-stateinint of fads,
youi Memorialist hopes that it will not be improper
if he adverts to the state' of our political affairs at
'the time this •i7essel was equipped. The President,
in his Message at the Opening of Congress, -had in
-et-TeEt represented the Unit :d States as on the eve of
an inevitable war with- Spain. -Nay, from that
Messasge it-did appear, that thp most flagrant and
violent acts of hostility had been committed' by
Spain on the territory, vessels, and citizens of the
United States; and that so far therewas an actual
war betwedn the twonations. Atithe Moment too
that 'these prepa?ations were makinaCongress were
naing with closed doors; and, in, the opinion of the
world, were occupied about our relations with
Spain. ,At this period war might have been
made by the- constitutional 'authority, and-under
that authority the President might , have sanctioned
a hostile ,military expedition, though there had
been no,fpublic declaration of .war. If Cengre-is '
had seen 'fit to wage "war with Spain, and it had
been thought proper 'to carry en secret enter prises
'before the declaration was made; the Executive,
would have been the. organ through which such
enterprises must .have been
.executed : When,
therefore„. your Memorialist was certain that :the
PieSident and Secretary of. State had a perli:6t
knowledge of the. intentions of .General MIRANI)A,,
and that he was .making preparations to carry them
into e\xectition—,w'hen .your Memorialist 'found that
no measures were taken to check those prepara-
tions' by, the Executive—and . when, in addition
to all .this, your Memor)alist found that the Bill
for preventing the exportation of arms. had been
arrested in its progress, .aecoiding to /the predic-
tion' of the Secretary of State, your Memorialist
could nOt. but conclude that the ,Exoedition of Ge-
neral -IviraANDa.,. not only met the approbation
of Government, but that, it was sanctioned by the
laws. Yotir Memorialist could not ha,ve believed
Olaf the Executive Officers of the Gaernmentsee-
ing prepariktibus for, an, illegal enterprize, and pos.:
:sessing power to a tre-St. theth in their progress, could
calmly li hk oo ii,ll.,:the mischief was completie, and
then punish the, offence that theyiliad thus '.encou-
raged„;tind might have prevented. If the objea of
GoYernment. was only the punishment of 'crimes,
such' might he the conduA cif its Officers ; but, if
•
GetY-ernments 'are instituted to be the guardians of
the peace, happiness, and tranquillity asociety,
&Ai:its-members, then it is criminal in its Officers