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THE SUN.

SOLE? QUIS DICERE 17.11.511,11 AUDEAZ'

LONDON,
TUESDAY, APRIL, 9, 1822.

We received this morning the Paris Papers,
and yesterday Mails from Holland and Flanders
arrived, from which we give extracts in a pre-
ceding column. We are still without any deci-
sive intelligence with respect to the actual com-
mencement of hostilities, though rumour states
that some skirmishing Vas taken place on the

Pruth, and the tenor of the articles we have in-
serted renders such an event very probable. The

French Farads continue to fall, as well as every
other Continental paper, which can only be ac-
counted for by the general impression that war

I consider it my duty to invite the attention of the Congress to
a very important subject, and to communicate the sentiments
of the Executive p 4, it, that should Congress entertain shrill-
, lar sentiments, there may be such co operation between the
two departments of the Gevernment as their respective rights

and duties may require. The revolutionary rr.ovemeitts in the
Spanish provinces attracted 'the attention, and excited tite gym.
pathy, of our fellor.Lcitizens. . From its commencement this
feeling was natural cztl honourable to them, from causes which

need not be communicated to you.—lt has been gratifying to

all to see the general agreement which has been manifested in

the policy which the constituted authorities have deemed it
proper to pursue in regard to this contest. As soon as the

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movement assumed such a steady form as to make the suc-
cess of the provinces probable, the rights to which they
were entitled by the • la* of nations, as equal :parties to a

civil war, were extended to them. Each party was permit-
ted to enter our - ports with its public- and private ships, and
to take from them- every article which was the subject of

commerce • with other nations. Our citizens also carried on
commerce with both parties, and the Government has protected

it with each in articles not contraband of war. Through the
whole of this contest the United States have remained neutral,

and have fulfilled with the utmost impartiality all the obliga

:ions incident to that character. This contest has now reached

such a stage, and been attended with such decisive success on
the part of the provinces, that it merits the most profound cor.-

sideration whether their right to the rank of independent na,

tions, with all the advantages incident on it, in their inter•

course witlr the United States, is not complete.

Buenos

Ayres assumed the rank by a formal declaration in 1816, and
has enjoyed it since 1810, free from invasion by the parent

covintry.

The Pro,;inco composing the Republic of Columbia, after
having repeatedly declared their independence, were united by

a fundamental la* of the 17th December, 1819. A stron;

Spanish force occupied at that time certain parts of the territory
within their limits, and waged a destructive war; that force has
since been repeatedly defeated, and the whole of it either made
prisoners, or destroyed or expelled ft-cm the country, with the
exception of anlinconsiderable proportion which is blockaded in
two fortresses. The Provinces in the Pacific have likewise been
very successful. Chili declared independence in 1818, and has
since enjoyed it undisturbed ; and of late, by the assistance of
Chili and Buenos Ayres, ~the revolution has extended to Peru.
—Of the. movement, in Mexico, our information is less
authentic, but it is distinctly understood that the new Govern-
ment has declared its independence, and that there is now no
opposition to it there, no a force to make any. For these last
three scars the Government of Spain has not sent a single
corps of troops to any part of that country, nor is there reason
to believe it will send any in future : thus it is manifest that
all these provinces are in the full enjoyment of their inde-

pendence. • •
When the result of such a contest is manifestly settled, the
new Government have a claim to recognition by other Powers,
which ought not to be resisted. Civil wars often excite feelings
which the parties cannot controul. The opinion entertained by
other Powers as to the result may assuage these feelings, and
promote an accommodation between them useful and honour-
able to both. The delay which has been observed in
making a decision on this important subject will, it is
presumed, have afforded an unequivocal proof to Spain, as it
must have done to other Powers, of the high respect entertained
by the United States for her rights, and of her determination
not to interfere with them. .The Provinces belonging to that
hemisphere are our neighbours, and have successively, as each
portion of the country acquired its independence, pressed their
recognition by appeal to facts not to be contested, and which
' they thought gave them a just title to it ; but to motives of
interest this Government has invariably disclaimed all preten-
sions,
.being resolved to. take no part in the controversy, or
other measures in regard to it, which should not merit the sanc-
tion of the civilized world.
It was incumbent on this Government to look to every import-
ant fact and circumstance on which a sound opinion could be
formed, which has been done. From th 4 px4sent condition of the
parties, and the utter inability of Spain to produce any change
in it, we are compelled to conclude that its fate is settled, and
that the Provinces which have declared their independence, and
are in the enjoyment of it, ought to be recognized.
Of the views of the Spanish Government on this subject no
particular information has been lately received, nor has any
authentic infOrniation been recently received of the disposition
of other powees respecting it. A sincere desire has been che-
rishedto'at,.:in'epheert with them in the proposed recognition,
of which several were some time past duly apprised; but it
was understeiod they were not prepared for it. The immense
space between these powers and these provinces makes the
movement an affair of less interest and excitement to them
than to us. It is probable, therefore, that they have been less
attentive to its progress than we have been. It may be pre-
sumed, however, thP.t the late events will dispel all doubt of
the result.

In proposing this. measure it is not contemplated to change
thereby, in .tho slightest manner, our friendly relations with
either of the parties, but to observe, in ail respects, as hereto-
fore, should the war be continued, the most perfect neutrality
between them. Of this friendly disposition, an assurance will be
given to the Government of Spain.
Washington, March 8. JAMES MONROE.
Washington City Gazette.--It is currently reported that the
Government of France has dispatched a Charge d'Affaires to
Carracas, for the purpose of recognizing the independence of
Colombia; it is not certain therefore, even if Congzess promptly
acquiesce in the President's recommendation, that weshali be the
first to do so. France may have preceded us in the holy work.

A. Jamaica Mail arrived this morniug, with
Papers to the 20th February. They contain

nothing of importance.

IRELAND.—There is no intelligence this morn-
ing respecting the disturbances, of any import-
ance. A rralee Paper mentions the arrival of a
cargo of 100 tons of potatoes, sent by Mr. Do-
NOVAN, of Devonshire. The vessgl was consigned
to Mr. DONOVAN'S brother in Tralee, who hu-
manely resolved-on selling them to the working
classes at cost price. The relief was very sea-
sonable to the town and neighbourhood.

The notice we bestowed lately on a pamphlet
called The Elector's Remembrancer, was per-
haps more full than the merits and importance of
such a production could justly dernan;l, but we
were willing to avail ourselves of the opportunity
it afforded, tc exhibit in.a.cleiir light the species
of censorship which some persons are desirous