The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-15 00:00:00

EXPEDITIO.V TO M4INARITT.I.

As the affair of General IVErerens has excited general
attrntion, and in highly interesting to all who wish
well to the rAtlie of Independence, we thought our
readers would not be displeased at our submit* 40.
their pent'sl the extraordinary speeeh of Air. Cosseellor

Phillips, at the recent Meeting of the Conunittee of Oen.
D'F.verens, at Morrison's, together with a spirited reply
by a Mr. F. 1141.

M. PHILLIPICS lIPERCII.

Mr. Chairinan—After the scenes which have occurred
during the last three days, I dare say the Committee are
not unprepared for the determination 'to which I have
come, and which I now announce—it is my personal se-
cession trout this Committee. But, Sir, I owe too great
a respect to the pnhlir, whose, let use hope, not misplaced
contidenceis my integrity, imlitred it to insist on my un-
solicited nomination, nut to state my reasons for the con-
-1 elusion to which I have come. hie peculiarly pleasant to
me, that so many of them are present, and have all along
been present. berattse they have been the witnesses attic
impartiality. To the diiinterested spectators who are
'here, I now apical, whether I have not faithfully and
fearlessly done my slnty to the ;mink. I wiii. a.%
much the
friend of tleneral D'Erereux as the t clamorous parti-
oesnin this rosins, and my feelings towards him had at least
Ihl guarantee for their sincerity, that I received neither
'his rank nor his pay—that f was not the creature
'either of preferment or expectation. I wished as much as
Joey man that he should contras pure as the drive. snow
.out of his ordeal—l hoped—l expected it—the gentle-
men present can say by whom those hopes and expecta-
tions have been frustrated. But friendly as I felt to-
I wards him. I also felt I had a duty to perform to the
country. I was determined that no consideration
should
.tempt the to forget that duty. and that, deputed
to be a juror, I should not retuemlwr I was a frieutl.
Sir, it was an awful situation. The blood of my mur-
dered countrymen—the character of the survivors *like
called to tae for justice. In some instances the father
lost his child—in souse instances the child lost hits pro-
perty—in both insances, documents were sedulously
put forth, by t ,
men hulling visionary commissions wider
Deneral D'Ererens, branding the dead end the liiing
,Ivitli infamy earl /with cowardice. I believe befirthpe-
,tations to Ise falew—l believe the roes who died house-
less and starved—l believe the men who have returned
without a shirt or a shilling are quite as brave as those
who dare to calumniate them. It is worth while, ' Ist
Inch damning imputations, to inspiire why slid the offi-
cers who survived pestilence and plunder return to this
country? You have the answer trona three respectable
gentlemen who have returned. There was not even a
hut, a tent, or a day'* provisions provides' for them at
Margaritta, whither they were bound, and honnd in de-
rogation of the promise which guaranteed them a direct
conveyance to the Main. There was not an officer on
the island who, in any way. reetignised tieneral D'Eve-
reux. General Snglish denied him—Admiral Brims, ac-
knowledged tin all hands to be unimpeachable, denied
hiM. Don tiomn, the authorised linvernor tinder Boli-
var, denied bins: and they unanimously declared it was
utterly impossible that Betters! Bolivar ever could have
given him any authority. to sell cou mitres, or trans-
port troops, without apprismg them, the Constituted An-
thorities under him, on wom the reception of those
troops meat devolve as a matter of course. They laughed
at the hills drawn by " Deputy Commissary-General
M'Namara." They said it was the " grossest
i lintnling"
ever passe& upon a people, and sazell " who were
they ?' —" what the devil brought them there ? '—and
" who the devil sent for them there ?" Weiesnel Young.
saes that ticneral Iniverettx actuallt gave hint a dis-
patch to Bentral English at Margarittx—that E sglish
opened it its his presence—that it chiefly consisted of a
bundle of old neeespopere : and that English denied din-
Sinetly knowing any thing whatever of General II Rye-
rfews!—lle tells von he was himself a guest at the Ad-
,iral's table—that he was desired by him to ship as
soy Obeli as lie could with the surplus provisions of the
pohip to Pampstar, and that they must starer when
they were consumed, fur the productions on the island
ware not sufficient to support the native population—
Jae tells you that he slid so ship them, and that in their.
AM days passage, oh, most horrible! the twenty-eight
pool two officers, six %MOM and thirteen children,
were captured by the Spanish. taken to Cutnana, and
rdered in rola blood !--liracions (hid! Sir, could this
le happened had a reception been prepared for them
et Margaratta. lieneral D'Evereux told t,olonel Young,
laii and his detachment were to land there, and of course
,provision should have been made for them. No provision
Ims niade, and Colonel Young tells you, front letters he
received since, he believes not one of his detachment
tieer reached Bolivar. Sir, an attempt has lweip made, by
bare unauthenticated tion, to degrade the dead tie-
',lleral English. If he was slegraded, why did Beneral.
Evereux write an official tlispateh to him by'
Colonel Young'? lint was Borne: degraded? Was
Admiral Brion degraded? They both distinctly de
-
"lied D'Erereex, and they were built the acknowledged
Ever.
authorized agents, nay chiefs, on the island, of lio-
Ever. Admiral Brion said he was Bolivar's second
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mut& tiivr ate leave to ask can any man justify
this absurd cominct of General D'Evereux; for sendiug
hundreds of brave men to rot on an island, where theft
was neither a meal nor a dwelling to give them. I
should like to hear his boisterous advocates give em
oswer to that plain question. Colonel Young tells you
he was sent with two -hundred men direct to Martini*
by D'Everenx, be tells you there was not a bah &I
.peal for their reception ! Sir, this is no
waive the evidence of Mr. Mac Nally, the lilt o my
learned friend, who, against all the habits of his ii 4r
was obliged to work Ilia way as a common sailor ho
!for elereh weeks before the mast: I waive the evi
flof Mt. Illickie, -that very respectable young gent)
*delft' shone even out ef the quesiioo, though
0 be veriod on oath. I have still in reserve that of CA'
it' hang, a gentleman of banal and education, the beam'
die notable dispatch from TrEveretin to English, who
, he paid 3501. for his ridiculed commission.
for his outfit and his expenses, who tells you'
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