The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-09-11
FROM THE AURORA

Erfract of a letter from a Sou h .Aneri /.
can af Caracas, 10 a friend in Phiia
delhhia dug Is 1910.
Anxious as you appear 20 be of hearing
news OF my Country viii tell you, mat
sinceyou have heard of our independence
mere is no new, but what is now current,
that Santa Re has proclaimed i s lndepen-
dence. though at the cost Of some blood -
IL Is IN VAIN that some Spaniards of Europe,
who' for interest alone, are our enemies,
endcavor 10 spread horrid ideas upon the
present siiua ion of Caracas, for the sole
purpose or terrifying and discouragIng the
remaining parts OF South-America, and to
persuade its Inhabitants, that they cannot
ENJOY peace, but under their tyrannical au
thority.
How different, now, Is the situation Of that
province, from what il was before things
| are all changed for the better /: hardly was
independence established, when the govern
menl, propiuous to commercial relations.
reduced che importation and expectation du
ties; broke the shackles that paraly sed
them, and permitted to friendly foreigners
To establish themselves in our ports. Its
Inhabitants. till now. looked upon as s!oth
fui are no more the same : the husbandmen,
the art'flcers and tradesmen, secured IN the
possession OF their properly, are seen, one
industry, and the others to increase their
tolls; the literary men, no more shackled,
write witch freedom what they conceive and
not wha fi,s despotical oppressors and
had IL not been for this liberty, already, we
should have been ignorant of many valuable
works.
Al was going out of Laguira. the most
reverend arch bishop appointed by Ferdi
maud the 7th, was coming III before he was
prisoner. aud though he had sworn TO the
reg ncy mat govern some parts of Spain in
Europe, on his being Informed of the new
syste.n We had elected, he swore not only O..
bedience to the new government, but enga1
ged ms holy power to maintain and keep The
good order and tranquility now existing IN
that province Gay, he did more /; he gave
over IN favor OF he state, forty eight thou
sand dollars OF his rents keepID only twelve
thousand dollars for his expences so that,
we can say that the gospel made use Of by
our ViantS during these three hundred
years, tor so many i'll purposes, this holy
man has come to serve f r grand designs in
confirming to perfection, the foundation of
our 80 long wished tor libe rty.
OF the various writings and proclamaticns
made BY the government of Caracas there is
one, the contents of which, as "A CITIZEN of the
U. ,. must be very fiat ering to you that
motive engages me to give you herewith an
eX raCt frOm II.
Gentlemen are born at an epoch i'm
which the two first ma ions of Europe. and
tina. oftne u. S. should set no other exam.
pie, but those that are wor nv to be imita
ted in the midst of conflicts, vet they are
the models of all that is majestic and g and
TO state about to be regenerated which
covetS he free intercourse of nations hey
VINO look tor commerce, have but TO oh :
serve the politics Of England century ago !;
who aspires to the great art and science to
gain battles, and conquer realms and EN-
plres, must look to modern France but
whoever wishes to know what it is to form a
government, the end Of which is to make
happy observation-disclosures, must behold tue go.
Vernment OF the u. y. where men are equal
and therefore truly free, and yet more so,
where they enjoy tranquility not to be
seen IN any other nation & nay, that seems
as IT it were Incompatible with that liberty
they possess. Who, therefore, will not d.
gree that the latter is that which ought TO
be the model for people just delivered
from berbarous and oppressive yoke -
What can be the aim Of man unless his own
happiness! An end which juslifes the re
volt ofeyery oppressed people, and which
has demonstrated to us how efTicacious and
successful nation may be who seeks its
own liberty, in manner suitable to courage
and wisdom Nay more, the analogy OF its
past bondage with ours, VI in them there be
some circumstances Of difference, they are
all ~ our favor, because we have been even