Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-11-29

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any country was there exhibited system
of more deliberate and sanguinary Tyranny
than has been exercised over the Spanish
nation 10y cold -boodeI ignorant bigot,
acting under the influence of the worst
men ; or rather transferring the whole ex-
ecutlvc power into Their hands, and suffer
ing them 70 glut their private vengeance
tor real or supposed Sights, or Injuries H.
hctcl on their sacred order.
That any people, participating in the
common knowledge of the nineteenth cen
Jury, should continue to Submit to such de-
haslns and degrading slavery, for a single
cay longer than absolute necessity might
command, was not to be believed Even
Ro6eshierre. Nara, Donaha7re, can
reign by Terror only for I few years; how
short must be such a reign under such
creature as FERDINAND None but the
most ignorant and brutaised of mankind
could long submit to be the victims Of such
a system, guided and directed by such a
Government.
We have been for some time in lailv ex-
pectation that the unprovoked persecution
and cruelty exercised over the Patrio;s.
would at last urge some individual to re-
sst the lawless exercise of power. From
IN incident which occurred the other Ca,
the state Of the public mind could not be
Wlstaken-we allude TO the invectivc oe
the Frar against the Spanish Patriots.
when he was reminded bv a Chevalier. A.
mong the hearers, that this wasnot preach
ing the Gospel and the effect was so cleo
trio that the whole congregation got up IN a
body, Quilted the church, and at last dcs-
troved the house to which the Priest had
ret'Ted for safety
1t now appears that in one quarter at
leo - fl.sa,s e.crt ,.,- y.
revolt. BY the Corunna Mail, which ar
rived at late hour last night, accounts
nave been received, stating that an organ
izcd insurrection, headed by the celebrated
Gen. Porlier, has broken out there. Our
private letters are to the 24th, at that time
every thing was as tranquil as if nothing
uncommon had occurred-only the people
were, each in their own sphere, exertine
thelr influence &c gain adherents, not mere
ly IN their immediate Eeighborhood but in
places more distant.
Whether any previous concert with 9th
CT quarters had been settled for a general
rising, we have not yet the means of as.
certalnng but in the present state of pub
iic feeling III Spain, We would not be sur
prised should the bold step that has taken
III Corunna, even without any previous con
cert, prove the means CT exciting other
PLbE'hCSS 10 take tie Held IN maintenance
OF their just rights. Britain, which fought
along with the Patriots to emancipate their
country from tyranny. will surely never
iiS t against them to assist in rivetting up
on their necks the chains of the Inquisi-
ton.
We subjoin the principal articles which
have reached us relative to this important
event. Every succeeding Mail may be ex-
pected to bring most Interesting iutelli-
gence, and we shall not fail to lay before
our readers the earliest and most authen-
tic accounts of every thing that occurs.
FALMOUTH, Sept. u.
have just time TO advise ycu that the
brig Juno, Capt. Chancellor, is this evening
arrived in days from Corunna, and brings
an account Of an iRsurrection IN Gallicia.
a Proclamation has been issued by Gene
raj Don Jual Diez Poriiey, commanding
IN that Province, declaring that Ferdinand
VII. by his iniquitous conduct, is unfit to
reign, and calling on all the other Provin-
ces 70 join him and his army (Which are
nnaniu Gus in the cause) to establish tine
CortcS and Iunta the adjoining Provinces
are said to be quite Of opinion with that Of
Gailicia, and that the next accounts are
expected to he that the cause is general
throughout Spain. Corunna was iliumina-
ted IN consequence.
PRIVATE LETTER.