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London, England, 1815-08-03 00:00:00

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SP4Nlall WIERICA

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The accounts from South America' are Al:sting.
The war 11.4 s assumed a character of ferocity and bru.
talag hardly poisible to be conceived. We subjoin an
cattect df a letter on this subject :
• ST. THONI.O'S,IWAt N, 11115.

" On Mr arrival here I found more than five hun-
dred eliiigranti from Venezuela, and the scenes of
borret and barbarous treatment they have experienced
make the hair standon end. The Spanish brigands,
IS'wet, Morales,. Zoarola, Cereesi, and others, have
not been satisfied with killing men, women, and chl-
dreii—they have refilled on cruelty in a manner wor-
thy of the ancient conquerors of Mexico and Peru.
Several regnant women have been tipped open; in
rds4 to exterminate the race of the independents. Se-
vvrAl were tied to trees, their arms raise.d above their
heads, and in this attitude they were killed by blows,
and their arms were cut off, and left hanging in the•
form of a cross CR the trees. After the cannon had
n fit eel, and were still burning hot,. these miserable
te,bple staked were bound upon them, and heat to
deaths some amused themselretin stripping off half
the skin of the face, the breasi, or the soles rif the
feet. These Victims were then forced to walk over
the shaip stones. Doves has establ.shed as the order
of the clay of his army (composed of Zambos b:long-
ing to Los Lianos, a barbarous rate, managing t:.!
I.•Ece and horse with great dexterity) that every thing
was allowed to them, provided, they were always
ready to fight ; and consecpently, these savages,• for
their amusement, massacred the defenceless inh tbi•
pants, cut off their ears, and carried away whatever
ptoperty they could seise. Women and young ladies
.1 rank were forced away and cqntined to their• camps
in order to satisfy thew brutal passions, even at these
scenes their parentt were forced to attend. and after-
w irds frequently murdered. The whole of the pro-
vinces present the aspect 9f one general tomb. Eu.
• rope ought, to be informed of these horrors. The
compassion of the civilized powers must come in to
t';e aid of this interesting portion of the globe. Ah!
England, this is the country thou halt so often invi-
ted to a participation of those just rights which form
the inheritance of all men, examine whether the
Maims of Spanish .Ansetica have exceeded the boUnds
of reason and justice, before thou thus turnest thy
aback on the present victims of thy past pledges !"

PIRATICAL STATES OF BARBARr.

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[IPROSI THE IHONITEUH or JULY 21 ]

11118MORIAL,ON TII fi EXPVIIENCY AND THE MEANS OF
rprrizo AN END TIIE PIEACIES OF TIIE RAE-
BART stares.. rnesesTko If SIR W. SIDNEY Slll.llll
Ti lii i OONOKEsB AT VIENNA.
At a time when the means of effecting the abo-
lition of the Slave Trade on. the western coast of
Africa are writer discussionwhen civilized Europe
is straining every nerve to extend the benefits of com-
merce, as well as those fur the security of person
and prclprmy in the Interior of that vast Continent,
puapied by a race of men. who are mild, industrious,
and capable of enjoying the advantages of civiriza-
tion in the highest degree, it is matter of astonish-
' went that no attention ts paid to the northern coast
of . She. sami.juaiter of the 'globe, inhabilW by
Turkish pirates. who Lit only oppress the natives in
ihrir vicinity, hut trepan and buy them as dAves. to
y them in veEttiS fitted nut as privateers, for
the purpose of teasing honest cultivatins from their
lire-sides, and peadeable iirhabitants from the shores
• pf Europe. Phis abominable system of robbery is
not only revolting to lrnanity. but operates as a
very formidable restraint opoa commerce, as no ma-
riner oan navigate at the present day the Mediterra.
Ps•an, or even the Atlantic, in a merchant vessel,
wit'.out the dread and the liability of being taken by
the pirates, anti carried as a slave into Africa.
• " Toe Government of Algiers is cOmposed of the
0:11cas of an ens; or regiment of Janizaries, a re-
bellioor soldiery, who do not, even in appearance, ac-
-knowledge Or uthocity ot Cie Ottoman Pate, which,
however, does not recognize their independence.
• 44 The bey is always the ORl:er most distinguished
among them for cruelty. He bolls hit situation at
site head of the Divan or Regency, by enriching his
associates ; that is to say, by permitting them to in•
eirige in every sort of violence in Africa, and to
cur y on a piratical warfare on the seas agaioSt the
to:ALI- Sc rtes of Europe, or those whose immediate
• . vengeance is not dreaded.
The Ottom.m flag even is not sufficient to pro-
Icct its Greek subjects, and.to secure them from the
attacks ot the Aigetine corsairs. The I)ey,'not long
. ago, either in 'a ht of cruelty, or actuated by some
barb irons•scheme of policy, tilt object of which was
Lea destroy the commerce of his rivals of Tunis and
Tripoli, ordered the crews of several vessels from the
Archipelago' and Egypt, laden with gitain, to be
• banged. '1 lie Bashaw of Egypt, in revenge, caused
11 the Aigeriues in his States to he ;arrested, and in
vain claims the restitution of the carpel uujostly
the Dey of Algiers.
Outman Porte beholds with jealousy and
Indignation a rebellious vassal daring to perpetrate
the most ouirageous• end atrocious acts against her
retraceable subjects, and to impose shackles on that
trade of ulna, this Govetement stands in greater
heed than ever, for the purpose of paying the troops
pi the Bashaws employed on the Easters frontier of
the 0 toman Empire, to carry on the war against the
Wechabites and the other numerous Afabian tribes,
who, tinder. tic influence of these sectaties, are inces-
aanily threatening, by aggressions, the very existence
of that tottering Government.
4. On the other hand, Europe has an interest in up-
Lotilig the Ottoman GovernOsent, both as a recog-
. bleed autocsacy, and as a Power that can restrain the
revolted Dashaws and Beys, and prevent them from
x.nimitting robberies on the seas. This interest ot
stripe becomes still more obvious :tad important'
from the necessity under.ahiCh she Yrecrently is of
imparting coin from the Black Sea or from the Nile,
whei.ce a surplus proditee may always be derived,
' prOvisied an unfavourable season in the northern
parts ot the Ottoman territory be regularly counter-I
hathfeJ in the same year by a favourable season in
the booth, and tic's tem.
sfs • 4,4 Now, it a Barbarian, calling himself an inde-
pendent Prince, though not recognisea as such by
the gultan.'his legitimate Sovereign, can. at pleasure,
peac.e, terrify, and wake prisoners of the Greeks

and the vessels of small European States, wimp atom
carry on a trade which the ships, of great Powers.
do not find sufficiently advantageous-to pursue, be-
cause they cannot do is at so low an expense—it that
audacious Chief of pirates may, when he shall think
fit, intercept cargoes of grain destined for Eurcree,
the civilised nations am, by this capricious act, under
the controul of a Chief of robbers, who have it in
their taleeer to aggravate their sufferings and even.
tualiy to starve them in a season of scarcity.
46 The Barbarian. liketrise possesses formidable
means of extorting money from Christian Princes :
he threatens them, as he recently did with respect. to
Sicily, to put to death such of their subjects as have
fallen into his power ; his well known cruelty ren•
&Tit these menaces very formidable, becomes in his
hand an engine for extorting moire from one Chris-
tian Prince to carry on the war which be declares
against* another. In this manner he can lay all Eu-
rope under contribution, and compel each in his torn
to pay tribute to his ferocity, by purchasing from him
peace, and the lives of the unfortunate slaves.
e 44 It is superfluous to sheer that such a 'rote of
things is not oniy monstrous but absurd; and that it
is not less outrageous to religion than it is to huma-
nity and honour.
.; The progress of. knowledge and Pf civilization
ought necessarily to effect the suppression of such
abominable practices.
14 It is evident that the military means hitherto
employed by the Christian Princes to bold the B tr.
bary States in check, have been not only inadequate
to the purpose, but have generallz had the effect of
consolidating.more and mote the dangerous power
of these barbarians.
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41 -Europe seemed for a long time to place her de.
pendence upon the gallantry of the Knights of St.
John of Jerusalem, and did not consider that this
Order of Knights has not had in these later times
either sufficient power or perhaps sufficient energy, to
counterbalance and repel the ever increasing aggres-
sions of these hordes of pirates. Besides, the Order
of Malta being, by its institution, plaihibited from en-
tering into negociations with infidels, could not avail
itself of all the resources of policy by entering into
treaties of alliance with those ::round them, who are
themselves rather the passive eictims of the piratical
system than active co-operators ; as, for example
Tunis and Morocco, both governed by Princes born
in these States, and have long shewn themselves to
be well disposed and capable of maintaining, with Eu-
ropean Powers, the relations of commerce and
friendship.
" It is therefore obvious, that the resurrection of
that Older, alter the political suicide of which it has
been guilty, would not alone be sufficient to accom-
plish the object in view. This laudable object is to
secure Europe fur ever from the outrages of the Afri.
can corsairs, and to cause Governments favourable
to commerce, and in peace and amity with.all civi-
lized nations, to succeed to States necessarily pirati-
cal ever since the days of Barbarossa.
" What are the means to be c mployed to accomplish
this desirable object ? The undersigned would wish
that he could prevail upon all Europe to participate
in his Conviction—the result of tOirty years close
study and iavestigation. He aid not caas:•, during
his Ministry at 'he Ottoman Parte, to employ him-
self MUM the subject sr/I*h he
.now treats; it en.
..Raged his sietaistion in the evep wed in dui bets of
the same Power, and daring the whole course of his
well-known intercourse with the nations and tribes of
Africa and of Asia.
66 This firm conviction of the possibility of crush-
ing the system of robbery and outrage acted upon by
the Barbary States, cannot be b. tier proved than by
the offer which he m ekes of uuchtaking the direc-
tion of the expedition, provided the necessary means
be put at his disposal.
Animated by the recollection of his oaths of
knighthood, and being anxious to excite the SAM
ardour in other Christian Knights, he proposes to
the nations most interested in the success of this
noble enterprise, to engage themselves by it treaty to
furnish their respective contingents of a maritime, or
as it may be called, an , amphi:eout force, wlsich,
without compromising any flag, and ss idiom being
influenced by wars, or any political clisis incident to
nations, shall constantly guard the 'shores of the Me-
diterranean, and have the important duty of watch-
ing, stopping, and following all the pirates, both on
the seas and on land. This power, recogeised and
protected by all Europe, would net only render com-
merce perfectly secure, but would eventually eivilitte
the coasts of Atric 1, by prohibiting the inhabitants
from continuing their piratical depredations, to the
prejudice of industry and lawful commerce. This
protecting and imposing &rec. should begin by a
rigorous blockade of the, naval forces of the barbariafts,,
wheresoever they can be found. At the same time,
the Ambassadors of all the Sovereigns and States of
Christendom ought 'mutually tit support each other
in- representing to the Ottoman Court that it must be
held responsible for the hostile acts of its subjects, if
it ;hall continue to permit recruiting. in its States for
the garrisons of Aflica, which garrisons will be of no
use, as these lovers would he-better employed against
its enemies than against European friendly Hewers;
and by exacting from the Poste a formal disavowal,
and an authentic interdiction of the wars which those
'rebel Chiefs declare against Europe.
tt The Ottoman Court might be engaged tr. give
promotion and rewards to those among the Janitaries,
Captains of frigates, and other Algerine sailors, who
would obey the injunction of the Sultan, and thus
the lies would • soon find himself abandoned, and
without the means 'of annoyance or defence.
" The same influence might be used more effectu-
ally at Tunis, as that country is at warwith Algiers,
from which it has really every thing to fear. Besides,
the head of the Tunisian Government is of a quite
opposite nature to that of Algiers. It would vole's,
tartly cool crate in ally measure tending to civilise
the State, and promote the prosperity of the empire.
The race between Timis and Sardinia, which has
suffered so much Irons the trepanning of her subjects,
ought to form the first link of the chain, and from
this moment nothing ought to be neglected to com-
plete it.
" The ulterior details will he easily developed,
when the Sovereigns shall have adopted the principle,
and when they shall deign to, grant to the nailer-
signed their confidence and theit authisrity, which are
requisite for the success of the entereriati.
(Signed) " auntie estiTtr."

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