The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-14
LATEST FROM MIRANDA.
KINGSTON, dam.l Augufl 30.

KINGSTON, Uam) Augufl 80.
The Ferret brig, of is guns, the hon. captain
Cadogan, failed on Sunday morning for Coro,
| on the Spaniih main, having on board captain
James Ledle, of the Columbian army, who re-
| turns with antTers from Sir Eyre Coote and ad
| m'ral Dacres to the difpatches addrefed to
| them, aud received here on the 18th inf. from
general Fraucifco de Miranda.
| We under!tanc that the heads of our govern
ment have exPrei1ed themfelves in high terms
or appreciation OF the laudable purpofes Gene
raj Miranda is aiming at, and regret much that
| they are precluded from giving him the aiIif
| ance which his views demand, as they cannot
take 10 great responsibility on themielves, not
having had any communication from his maieC-
| tvs mnitters on the fubjeet. 1t is much to be
| 'amented that no ailihance coald be afforded the
genera! trcm this quarter, rs we are well alTur.
| ed that = few hundred men, tolsrably dfcinlin.
ed, would have efFeded all he wifhed for in :
few weeks--a junction with confderablc bo-
dy OF men now encamped ready to join him !;
but which he cannot attempt with the force
at prefent under his command.
The Stork noop of war, of Is guns, csntaip
lie Geyt: the Flying Fifth &llr of 12 guns.
lieut.. Price, and the Pike fclr. of five guns,
lieut.. Oatley, failed on Monday for Coro.
On General Miranda's debarkaton at Coro. he
immediately iliued comfortable numbers, printed in
the SPan'ih language, large type of the follow
ing
PROCLAMATION.
DON FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA Commander in
Chief OF the Columbian Army, to the Inhabitants
OF the continent of Columbian America
Brave C0pn,,y1,en and Friend,
OBEDIENT TO Your wiihee, and to the repeated
requefs and calls of the country, to whof. fery:ce
we have cheerully coniecrated the greater parr of
our lives we have dlembar!ted in this Province nf
CarTaccas The opportunity and time appear to Us
highly favorable for the completion of our deigns
and all perions competing this army are your friends
or eounrymen all refolyed TO iacrifice their lives
II necehary, for your Liberty and independence, I'M
der the aufpices and protection of the Britii Nav
with thoie auxiaries, can fafey fay that the
DAY Will come when America recovering her
Sovereign Independence, her fons will be able freely
TO thew to the univerfe their exalted fpirit. The
oPpreitve, unEeeng government, which has obfcur
cd our finer qualities, and blackened with calumnies
our Difference and character managed alto 70 main
ram her abominable fytem of administration for
three iuceeiye centuries, but never able TO era
dictate from our hearts thofe moral and civil yirtues
~hich holy religion, and 4 regular code of laws in
oorPorated with our cuitums and led to an honeR and
natural courfe OF action
Let US De worthy then ct thofe admirable qualities
tat the mean, odlous agents of the Court Of Madrid
being expelled, we may be able quietly TO eRablifb
the civil order neceilary to the complexion of 70 no.
nourabe an undertaking. The recovery of our ri,h,s
as Citizens, and Of our national glory as Couubian
Americans, will be amopglt the leaf benefits we laI
derive from the fojua and necefary determination.
j he anocent indians and other men will conGder
us az as Brother citizens, and that precedency be-
longs only to merit and virtue, in which belief they
II 1Ixr ~
clViI recomPenees, the reward of merit alone
IL the Dutch and Por,uguefe were able in former
times to throw OF the yoke of Spanifh oppreion if
the S~lis and americans, neighbours have equal
" iueeeeded TO e6ablih their liberty and indepep
dence with the general applaufe of the world, and to
the benefit OF their inhabitants, when each ef them
eparaeIy, lcaTcely contained two to three millions
OF people Why then fall we, who are at the leaf
sixteen MillIons, not be able eaGy to extrcate our
elves! Poiieiing beides, over and above thefe CON
hderations, the moh fertile, inexhaullble, and rich
continent IN the known world The fact is thar II
aePeUd' ioley upon our wILL---snd that the
WILL progretiGg to our independence Union will az
lure to US permanent ard perpetual Happiness: the
DiV'he providence ordains it, alleviate the mfe-
res {" our unhappy countrymen, and for the protee-
hoh and benefit Of the human 1pecies
Ihole people, who are timorous or lers innru4ed
< who with to inform themlelves of the ground work
OF the Juitee and equity which thofe proceedings
quire-loined to the hihorica truths that prove the
uncomfortable ingrattude, unheard Of crueties and
attrocious Perieentions of the Spanh government TO-
wards the innocent and unhappy inhabitants of the
Rev World, amoit from the moment of its dircove-
ry, will read the iubjoned address of Don 9naa b,ic
ed'So, oil the Order of elus, directed to his country
men, and they will find in it irrefragable proof, and
iohd arguments III favor of oaufe dictated bv a
holy man, at time when he was about taking hi,
leave OF this world, appear before the Creator Of
the Uniyerfe saw VI
10 carry ibis plan into it's due effect with reeur;,v
ana eiheaey the citizens will be Obliged without d
t'neion Of olalies tation (ecceGaie only except.
ed IN the parts where they may be appointed1 n
CONFORM themleves Rri6tly to the following art-
cles "'"
J. Every perion, military judioial, civil, or ecels
HATTIE VINO eTereiies any authority granted by the
court OF Madrid hall fuipend i9a fs5lo their fnnei
ons--and thoie who may continue them after ,be
Preieni publication, as well as thofe who obey fucb
perions, HAIL be ievereIy punihed.
u. The Eccelilfleal courts and courts of ;pn;es
III all the cities, towns and places iall exercir od M
ff'im, all the functions of government civil admin;c
tratiye, and judicial with perlona refponGbilv and
regulated by the laws Of the country and he en-
rates OF Pariihes and milionares hall remain IN III
respective churches and parihes without altering the
exerche Of their facred functions
III. All the EcClefanical courts and Courts IS ;c
tee HAL iend one OF two Deputies to the Head Omar
ters OF the army, in order that they NAV unite tber
ielVts IN general afembIy arrival in the ca