Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-08-24
NsPANIsH A MERicA.

NSPANISH A MERiCA.
ExtrdffJsom Ietyer to a gen leman in
Lexington, from hts friend in the Mis-.
slssippi Territory, dated
Pom, Coupee, s&.hsJune, 1910.
yesterday returned from St. Fran
cisyille little town in the Spanish ter.
rilory, where found the whole country
IN STATE Of rebellion. A plan has been
drawn up by some person a, Baton Rogue
tor the government of. the province.
Their n mes are not known, but i, IS
supposed Mr.. Skipwith is at the head.
The most important parts of The proposed
form oil this new cons tuition, are the fol-
lowing a. That the people are TO elect a
Governor, Secretary and council of three,
20 axe p session Of the country in be.
halt OF Ferdinand the seventh, il SIC should
again be restored to the throne of old
Snsin /; otherwise they are TO hold their
Offices for Iifc. The Governor having
authority 10 appoint all inferior officers.
Judges, Alcades, Syndicks, sc, sc. for
The administration of justice with full
power to remove them at pleasure, pro.
vidsd majority of his council concur.
II is IN reality from he apparent intention
and meaning of its trainers nothing more
nor less than elective monarchy, giving
an ample aud uncomfortable power TO their
Governor, as any The most al btrary prince
10 Europe possesses. Immediately upon
the PRONUNCIATION of this plan a meeting
OF the people took place, where great
deal was said upon the subject both
he ,,.1.
could not get near enough to hear dis
tinctly all the debates, but their final de.
Examinations were, that the people la
boured under many and weighiy griev.
ances from the tyranny and injustice Of he
Spanish officers. That change was
necessary, and that from the known ad :.
min ist:ation of the present government,
no man can recover his just debts, with.
cut sacrificing half their value in brides
and presents 10 the judges; but that the
ioIm proposed, would if possible, entail
upon ib-n greater misery than that un.
der which they DOW lsbonr; they would
therefore support it as i, now is, ill a
bettercan be adopted. he meeting then
broke up, and the company of horse under
parade ssluted the commandant with
God save Ferdinand the Seventh" THIS
was very unexpe ete5to him, for lam told
when the captain drew up his troops fot
that purpose. he thought il was done wut
he intention of making him prisoner.
! Thus 1t seems the present attempt vii
! not succeed, but it is evident tbst'in les
than two months change will take place
IN the government of Florida. You viii
observe that the above is only tie reso.
buttons OF one of The ten districts in TN,
province the Others may be Of differ
ent opinion, and if so, civil war vii
commence without delay.
When | inform you that almost al
West Florida is settled by natives of tn,
United States, and since the F, ench hsy,
been driven from Baton Rogue (whici
happened about two weeks since) thert
were not 10 The whole province one hun
died families from a different country =
you will be sarprIzed that they do not Pr
ths mselves under the pro ec,ion of III,
United States. They say nothing woui,
please them better, but they have nc
hopes our government will receive them
because wha9 the Orleans territory wa
delivered ~, all posts in the provinc
were ~ resdnes to be given up also, s
no.hirg more was waning han deman
on our part. That IL was owing to IN
known treachery Of Wilkinson and umi