The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-07 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

6. 'He eight per rent. granted under the Bth Article of the
Decree of tie 49th of March. in favour of the 'mikes in South
AsScrim% redoeed totour per.ceitt.: not, also with respect to
ethers to whom theism.. insmuy wn. extended.
(A into Copy.) JUAN MARTIN DR PARYRREDON.
ESTF:VAN AGUSTIN GASCON.
tureen Ayres, Jailed, 1818.
N.8.-111e redaction adverted to in the second
paragraph of the preceding Decree, is to the amount
of 25 per cent. upon ail the existing duties.

PRltli OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Rank Stock 5 Per Cent. Navy 104 i; 105
9 per rent. Red. India Bonds 72 7 p
3 per Cent.Consols 75j Long Ann.
3# per Cent. , Exchequer Hills 18 19 p
Canso,. for Acc. 7.5im Onsniuta si dis.
4 per Cent. 1-.,
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LONDON:

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1018.

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A farther arrival of American Papers reached as
this.foreooon, bat they are still not of a later date
thai the previous arrivals. They have, however,
many interesting articles on the subject of the Flo.
rides, and the state of affairs between Spain and the
United States. The decision of the PRESIDENT, as
intimated in the National lntelligencer, respecting
the Floridas, which, after all, by the condition at.
tacheil to the restoration, and the inability of Spain
to fulfil the request, must have the effect of ren-
dering the consent of the American Government to
the measure nugatory, is much praised in some of
the Papers, on account of the respect which it seems
to pay to the rights of the Congress, and the honour,
as well as the interests of the American nation. The
PR EST DENT, it is added, insists on the strict 'aeration
of the treaty between Spain and the United States,
by which Spain became bound not In softer her In-
dians to attack the citizens of the United States ; so
that Spain must ultimately either fulfil this engage.
ment, or lose the territory in question, for there can
be little doubt that the Representatives of the Ame-
rican People will view the subject of their interests in
this respect in the same light as their just and able
PRESIDENT.
One of the Papers in remarking on the Article in
the Official Journal, makes the following just ob-
servations:—

" In the mean time, as Congress only, have the
power, under our Constitution, of declaring war,
and had made no such declaration against Spain, it is
understood that the PRESIDENT does not conceive
himself. authorised to retain the Spanish posts, inns.
much as such retention would be an act of war. It
is on this ground, we understand, that the resolution
has been taken to restore the posts, and to demand
from the King of SPAIN fill, punishment of those Of-
ficers, whose improper conduct led to their seizure.
The PRESIDENT, DO doubt, sees, in commoA with his
countrymen, the great advantages which the Uoited
Steles would derive from the entire possession of the
Florida, ; but, confessedly great as these advan-
tages would be, he is not willing to gain them,
but by the sanction of an Act of Congress.
To have retained these posts under present circum-
stances, would certainly have the eclat of being
a strong measure ; but we hope never to see a Presi-
dent of the United States disposed to be stronger
than the Constitution of his country ; for that is the
palladium of interests far more sacred, and of infi-
nitely higher import to the general cause of human
liberty than any acquisition of territory, however
vast or advantageous."

The intelligence from South America is most pa-
(Vying. The cause of the Independents is every
wheie flourishing. Ewen in Mexico, where we have

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been iteralipeatedly told by the lying echoes of the
*ankh Government, that ~the Insurgents Were
flying before the victorious Irma of the Royalists,
Ise find that the progress of the Patriots is
Confirmed to a greater extent than was anticipated
by their most sangobse friends.---The inte-
resting details which we give in ear other columns,
iatisfactorily evince that the affairs of tbe Spaniards,
spite of all their housings, are in arhad a state in
'the Interior u in the Provinces, from which inform.
Wtion is easily obtained. The Congress of Ait.ll..
Chapelle, if they shall really prove so mad and silly
as to embark with FERDINAND, their worthy Ally, in
the contest against the Sooth American States, will J
find ample occasion for all their power, in the attempt
,to subdue the Patriotic Armies. The conduct of
Spain and that of its armies in regard to /his war, is
Weed worthy of remark. Whilst the Court of Mu.
drid is now every day urging a mediation, and pro-
mising to behave in future to the South Americans, if
they only agree to re-acknowledge her authority, in
the most merciful and conciliatory manlier, its conduct,
as exemplified in that of its Commanders on the other
side of the Atlantic,up to the date of the latest accounts,
continues to be as sanguinary and ireacherous at
ever. The Patriots, anxious to pot a stop to the
unnecessary effusion of human blood, tried, by their
conduct to some prisoners, to soften their relentless
adversaries. The barbarous MORILLO. was not, beak.
ever, to he moved to mercy by their generosity, but
butchered, in his usual savage manner, the first Pi-
t trines who fell into his hands. What confidence can
the Patriots or any other nation place in professions
of amity and forbearance when all the dictates of
hu mauity are so shamefully violated?

The arrivals from the Continentsince our last con.
sist of French Papers to the 4th instant, and Mails
from Hamburgh. Not withstanding all the assurances
we have had of the pacific disposition of the Con-
tinental Governments, military projects alone seem
to engage their attention. The Germanic Confede-
ration has resolved on creating and keeping up en
army during peace—greater than the Peace Establish-
ment of any Other country, in Europe, Russia ex-
cepted. The principle to be acted upon in this military
organization is, that out of the whole population of
the Empire, estimated at 30 millions, every hundred
shall supply one man, producing an effective com-
bined force of 300,000 men. The pretext for keep-
ing up this enormous army in time of peace is the
necessity of a defensive system (against whom ?), and
preserving the public tranquillity. The system and
the objects to be preserved by this 'armed Confe-
deracy, we can easily comprehend. 'l'he States who
are to be made to contribute by the sacrifice of their
population to its support, are already enjoying the
fruits of this very pacific and liberal system of Go-
vernment. The obvious aim of this organization of
military power is le repress the wishes of the Peo-
ple for Representative Constitutions. A curious in-
stance is afforded of the power assumed by Govern.
ments that are not under this sort of controul,
in the conduct of the Government of our precious
and near relation, the kingdom of Hanover. A Pro-
clamation has been issued at Gottingen, In the name
of the PRINCE REGENT, prohibiting the Hanoverian
Students who had been at the University there, last
summer, from going to any other Universities, with-
out special permission, under pain of perpetual ex-
clusion from all offices, and from the practice of their
professions in the Hanoverian territories. We are
not aware of the existence of any law authorizing the
Hanoverican Government to carry such a menace into
effect. This is, indeed, a very instructive instance of
the degree of power exercised by the House of Br um:-
wick where the Princes of that Family are placed
beyond the controul of, Parliament. The Students
at Gottingen have displayed more ardour in
favour of the principles of freedom than the
despotic Governments of the Continent relish.
and for this the People of Hanover are to be
deprived of their rights of obtaining knowledge
where they think fit, and a penalty inflicted upon
them the most injurious and degrading, for exercising
a liberty, which the same Proclamation admits they
have hitherto enjoyed. This interposition of arbi-
trary power in the Government of the Regent of
HANOVER, to aid the views of the despots of Germany,
proves that the Sovereign may, when it suits him, not
only prev,ent his Hanoverian subjects from enjoying
the right in question (and that an old right), but
that beton determine which of his subjects shall, and
which shall not, procure a livelihood by their own in-
dustry, in their native country ! If the People
throughout Germany are thus disposed of, it is not
wonderful that they languish for Representative sys.
isms of GovernMent. In the mean time the Duke of
WELLINGTON proceeds in reviewing and keeping in
proper trim the Army of. Occupation on the Lower
Rhine. His Grace arrived at Ilaguenau on the 30th
ult. and the next day reviewed theAustriao contingent
on the great plain of Marienthal. The Wirtembergets
were reviewed at Reichsoffen on the Ist instant.

It is stated, upon the authority of an article from
Nuremberg, that in consequence of the recent a rfival
of dispatches at Vienna from Petersburgh,the Empe-
ror of AurrnlA was not to leave his capital for eight
or ten days later then the period he bad previonsly
fixed for his depa(toVe. If Ibis statement be correct,
the opening of the Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle will
not take place until the beginning of October. The
meetings of the Germanic Diet will be suspended