The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-10
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, OCTOBER 10, 1909.
Shall ne Minister efthe Seville Junto be

Shall ne Minister IF the SeuiHe Juni0 be
received 2
This question /, about to be brought home
to our administration, bv the arrival of his
excelency Don Lewis de Ons at New York.
We shall pass over he machinery which
Great Bri ain PLAYS off in this trausaction--
the ntrigues of Ms erceAcnoy Mr. Can
ning in he appointment of ? Spanish minis
tel, his hopes of dividing the people of this
country, in case he should lie rejected. and
~ embro'iimg Us in Contest with France
in case h is received We believe, that
this question is of so simple a complexion,
that il may he settled to the satisfaction of
every liberal man i'll the nation-the arts of
England To the contrar, notwithstanding.
When Gen. Wa hin ytou addressed Ger
tain que les to his cabinet. on the 18th April,
l793-among which "Shall Il minis, from
the Republic of France be received, II re
ceived. shall it be Absolutely or with qualih
GATORS; aud ii With qualitic atoms of what
kind !"-thc state of France was material
" different from lha, OF Spain AT this moment
There was then - An cristing and acting
government" in France; one organised GO
vcrnment in Possession Il the power Of the
nation; which ud depue ambassadors and
other public ninS-ers Bat where is the
existing or acting Z rernmept of Spain -
That unhappy -mpire's rent in'o pieces
Iunto rules at - vile king Joseph at Ma
drid There is n one government in Shain
on the Contrary, there is s'rugge for the
goverune itself Blood is dali, sned Ar
mics are daily advancing md re- eating;
yes e'day Wellesley claimed the palm of vic
tory; to day Vnegas rerires in dismay be-
fore the cohorts ~ + 'ul1
Let us even review the hozvers of the
President himself, as chaiked ont nv the G..
u ). The Sd. sect. art. 2 declares, that
" he shall receive ambassadors and other
public ministers"
Who rs an ambassador
The representative of Foreign Govern
ment.
Where is the government Of Shain Is
It at Seville, or at Madride In the hanus
# monarch, now prisoner in Frauce. OF
a self constituted Junto or of Joseph.
What is the fact that there is no one
government in Spain-tha. armies are now
| Struggling for it-that there is no organised
| ,nthorlty m stain al this moment, whose
deputies can be- accredited rs the ministers
Vt Spain How theu can Mr.. Madison re-
ceive any man, as such. within the pale of
his consti utional powers? MIR Jefferson has
accurately described this state of things
when in his reply to the inhabitants of Boston
of August &c, 1903, he observes to them
IN Spain indeed a contest fur he govern
nent aRhears to have arsen-but of its
Course or prospects, we have no informati-
on on which prudence would undertake a
hasty change in our policy &c"
| Some light is shed on this subject by the
able letters of Helvidius, written in reply
10 Paci6cus, on the Pres dents Proclamati-
ON of neutrality. in the year '93 and ascrib
ed to the pen of Mr.. Madison. "Whena
foreign minister presents himself, twoq ues
tions Immediately arise Are his credenti
ais from the existing and acting governments
lot his country! Are they properly aul.len
ticated' These questions belong of nccessi
ty to the Executive but they involve no
cognizance of the question, whether those
exercising the government have the right,
along 7pith ,he foSSession. This belongs to
the nation and to the nation alone. on whom
the government is to operate. The questi
ons before the Executive are merely ques-
tons OF fact" Again "1hat the authority
Ct the Executive does not extend toquestion,
whether an existing government ought to be
recognized or not, will still more clearly ap
pear from AN examination Of the next infer.
ence OF the writer, to wit, that the ExeCu-
tive has right to give or refuse activity or
operation to pre-exsting treaties"
These IDEAS encourage the construction.
/
maturity rs to permit the exercise of the
powers oil the Executive. There is no eek
lstiug ard acting government Of Spain''-
There are as yet no persons. who can Claim
the supremacy Of exercising the govern
mcnt." The Possession" is yet in dispute
But should this question be varied into
"A new form should it be asked why not re.
ceive the minister OF a Junto, who is most
hkelV 10 come into fossesIion----the subject
assumes more complicated iorm. Itisn3t
merely, what would be the duty Of our tx,
,ecutivo in given state Of fuels, but what
those facts are lsely to be! IL is to weigh
the fate OF Empircs--togage the resources
OF The con'cnding powers-----to * the vary
og revolutions Of war. But even under this
view Il il, the Janto of Seville are destined
to Kick the beam Is there a man of any
discernment, who weighs the victories Of
Bonaparts IN Austria, aud the power, which