The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-06-12

The province Of Vene zuela has obtained
by the ardent patriotism of the neighbors
OF the Capital. the political dignity it ought
to have amongst the true people of America
1t has, with patriotic foresight. secured it.
self from the influence that might have over
it a government incapable Of preserving it
self, and which could allege no other right
to keep up their former relations with us,
but the reciprocal advantage oftwo countries
which have got the same king the same
language and the same religion. Whatever
may have been the former conduct OF Spain
towards her colonies, she cannot 1T pre-
sent offer any useful reciprocal advantage
that would maintain her political integrity
with them. Overruitd by Nation as per-
tidious and tyranical, as she is powerful and
treacherous, she. possesses no other territory
than few provinces, alternately occupied *
abandonedby the French others have Joined
them, some have resisted them, some feared
them, & the only strong place which serves for
an asylum and rampant TO the remains OF Spa
nish hcroism is Cadiz ;-Cadiz, overburd"
eRed and obstructed by an enormous popu-
lation, composed of Merchants and men who
considering the evils which hover over
their heads, and the means the nation pos
| sesses 10 avoid them, cannot sacrifice their
fortunes :-Cadiz which produces nothing,
that has been supplied till now by the same
people III possession OF the enemy that sees
in their power the water which her inhabi-
tants must drink, and which has nothing
else to oppose to the formidable power of
France, but the rest OF our armies in the Is
land of Leon, the Notifications Of the city,
and the maratime assistance of a foreign
nation, that has generously exposed her fate
tor the just cause of the Spanards; bat which
Will be unable TO any good, when the inhabi'-
tants OF Cadiz, oppressed by all the evils of
a seige, Will be reduced not only to Weld to
the imPerious law of necessity, bur also to
involve in their ruin the generous allies who
are In her enclosure, If they do not avail
themselves of good opportunity to evacu.
ate the place before this accident happens.
The province Of Venezuela has foreseen
what Inust then be the fate of the govern.
ment to which it has till nov been submit
ted, and that which awaited America sud"
denly deprived of her former relations she
has perceived the influence that the remain
der OF the dispersed government might have
over them, and with the knowledge they
previously got of the public behavior of
some of its members, has resolved to guard
itself against their pretensions to sove-
reignty, IN whatever place of America they
may take refuge, and determined to assume
said sovereignty On herself, in order to be
secured from the pretensions OF the other
hatiOho VI EuiOpSy HUN tlS SCuuCtlOn oil the
French cabinet, and even frcm the designs
which the former Spanish representatives
might have upon her in 10 other view but
to preserve herself in the political dignity
where the present circumstances have pla.
Ced her, to maintain with all her power the
rights of the lawful Spanish dynasty, and
offer safe asylum to her beloved brothers
of Spain, not only against the French
oppression, but even against the attempts of
any other European nation
such have been the principles which d-
reCted the conduct OF the neighbors of Car
raCas the 18Th April, when by an equal and
simultaneous impulse they were all heard
calling out for government that should
watch over their security and tranquility
twenty -four hours have been sufficient to
form this, abolish the old government and
consolidate the new one, without having been
Notwithstanding not more than one opinion,
nor having any parties and factions nor e.
ven that license which the mob gets to com.
nit ali kinds of disorders under pretence
of the general welfare, which the sensible
and enlightened class is animated with. The
revolution of Caracas will be memorable in
all the histories III the world, for the mo.
deration * philanthropy with which they
joined themselves TO form but one sole ia
mily, united by the interest of one country
lOI tlle WiS(iOm WIN which the new govern
ment kept and fulfilled the duty of the au.
gust confidence trusted them by the people
Tor the provision which they insured the
public tranquility. They provided for
the secerity OF their property, the regula-
rity of their exterior relations, the comn,uni-
cation with their provinces, the security Of
the different authorities, the exclusion of
suspicious persons, and the sanction OF the
new established powers.
These have been provident cares which
distinguished the political independence of
Caracas, and induced her neighbors to
praise themselves for the resolution they
tool2on the goth, when they saw the public
opinion re established and settled, the
cbimerical fears that tumult had created in
each other, vanished every one relieved
from his surprize, agitation aud fatigue of
a day, which might have been as dreadful
as all those like 1t, had it not got the happy
designs that distinguished it and which viii
render it ever memorable.
The new established government deserves
to have the confidence of its constituents
us worthy ofit---hs members fulfil their
duties with dignity they have an inward
Confidence, and already depend Oh that Of