The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-06-22
the frs. army they behold, comes both for con !.
quest and for plumber.

OF lrindad, IN Ivy, calling upon the inhabitants
to resist the obbytssive Authority IF the SbanisI
| Government, assures them,' that measures have
+ been taken to support them by means OF the Bri
fish nava, 70, ce, and to supply them with arm.
| and ammunition, merely to- enable them To main
tain their commsrcia! Independence sri,kou,
any desire, on The par: of the Fling If Eas!and ia
acquire dnr right Of Sovereignty over them, or 10
inte.feye with their civ:(, pai;icai, or religions
righss unless they themselves should in any de.
gree solicit his protection Let us consider the
effect which this proposal WAS calculated to
| make upon the minds of the people ut South A.
mel ica, when contrastcd with tire conduct tl;.
rected be pursued in the instructions to the as.
sailants of Buenos Ayrcs. In the Instructions to
General Whtclocke, (see the documents pu b.
lishcd in the Appendix to Whitelocke's Trial,
81 is the following passage: With the
force above stated, you will proceed to execute
the service entrusted to you. By the reduction Of
the pyovince Of Buenos Ayres under the authority OF
ms Majesty In the next page, he is directed
not to- Introduce into the government any other
change than that which must necessarily arise
from the substitution of his dje,tys authority for
that Of the King Of Spain In the instructions
likewise TO Gensrai Crawford respecting Chill,
| he IS commanded to make no other changes than
! that OF placing the country under his Malesty's
protection and government > and told, that the
form of the former government is to be preserv-
ed, subject only to the changes which the su6.
King of Spain mayrender inevitable - =. !;
"The evidence to the same purpose of
our own off GERS upon the business of Buenos
Ayres is clear and unvarying, In letter
from Sir Samuel Achmuty to Mr.. Windham,
dated Monte Vidso, march 9th 1903, he says ::
The party now in power are mostly ma
tives OF Spain, in the principal Offices of
church and state, and devoted TO the Spanish
government. 1t has been their policy, to
A., 81, IL, ..E. ~. =
the English, by every species of exaggera
ton and falsehood, and to lead them to such
acts of atrocity as may preclude the posi- :
bility OF any communication with us. The
second party consists of NATIVES OF THE
COUNTRY, with some Spaniards, that are
SETTLED init The OPPRESSION OF THE
MOTHER COUNTRY, HAS MADE THEM
MOST ANXIOUS TO SHAKE OFF THE SPAN
ISL YOKE. They aim at FOLLOWING
THE sTEFs OF THE NORTH AMERICANS,
and erecting an independent state. If we
would promise them independence. THEY
WOULD INSTANTLY REVOLT AGAINST
THE GOVERNMENT, AND JOIN US WITH
THE GREAT MASS OF THE INHABITANTS.
But though nothing less than indie pendence
will perfectly satisfy them, they would pre-
fer our government, EITHER TO THEIR
PRESENT ANARCHY, or to the Spanish yoke,
provided we would promise no. to give up
the country to Spain at peace. BUT UN
TIL SUCH APRoMISE is MADE,w MUST
EXPECT TO FIND THEM OPEN OR SECRET
ENEMIES Even in a copy of the instruc.
tons of government to General Crawford, it
is said. The ruling consideration which
long restrained his Majesty from invading
any part of the enemy's territory in South.
America, was the danger of erecting in that
country, FROM THE wELL-KNowN IMPA
NJ
THE INHABITANTS, a spirit of insurrec-
ton leading to the most sanguinary exces.
ses.'
From all these things, it seems extremely
probable, 1T France or Spain should succeed
In landing a considerable force on the Coast,
that Caracas will not succeed i'm her views
but that if France should comply with
her promises. or G.. Britain play her cards
properly !; which will be at once the game
OF interest and of virtue; that Caracas
will take her stand among the powers of
the Earth. =.
We wish her every success. which her
cause deserves. We wish it on her ac-
count--and we wish it on our own. 1t is
our interest that no European nation should
ever more obtain foothold on this CONT
nent France and G. Britain would be much
more dangerous neighbors, to ourselves, than
The colonies of Spain, i'm an independent
state. but while on this head, it is i'm .
possible to suppress hope, that the naviga-
ton of che Mobile may soon be open to our
citizens, and the Floridas may be our own
AS TO TIE Spanish Islands, we have no sort
OF doubt that their aquisition will become one
OF the objects of British ambiuion--as well
10 add to the extent of her possessions, IS to
prevent her present islands from catching
the flame of independence. For Cuba and
Porto RICO might set a contagious example
to the inhabitants of Jamaica and Antigua
But If the people of Caracas should sue
coed in being tndefendent, will they become
Jrce Z This is another. question. Will
they form new Republic, among tho natl.
oDs OF the earth Much as we would desire
this event, there is nothing to countenance
such an expectation.
Before this state of things can be accom-
pllshed, there must be a REVOLUTION of
Ideas among them. The people are UNFIT
TO BE FREE. They are unused to the
forms or the substance of freedom. How
different is their situation from that of their
North American brethren! Previous TO our
revolution, we were at least acquainted with
some of the rights of man--we were famlli
ariSed with the representative system--we
had had q hous of Burgesses to precede the
House OF Delegates---and Whenever the
Executive from the mother country was
knocked off, a new one was Immediately Sc.
ected according to the forms of the Repub.
lic--the people had been accustomed to
the election of their legislators they
were not "their own worst enemies -
Therefore every thing went on smoothly and
happily. All the elements of freedom were