Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-18
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Admiral Count Dumapo;r lertp
the 18th, to take the command a "f Ga
squadron at Ioalon, destined to c :, re
to ConstantinopIe the Marquis do so n.T
ere, our Ambassagor to the suh S,n
Porte. The Marquis set out ves s"aH'
for Toulon. e''efeay
Every arrival from the West To- 10.
announces the continuation of ursS ae'
pied horrors and acts Of crueItv 1 ;n S
nish America ]; and every sccona4 f.
ours in stating, that the civil discor1 lv n
se8 with undated fury. Che rptal ia,
ola town by the Spaniards. is NOV. 'aAlnS
nal for the indiscriminate murder r a a y :
inhabitants; and thus we see that P ~ ls
the oppressor of Caracas, on lata l,"'e''
tering Cumana, put the men. women . Gil,
children, to tie sword. What viii Vi 'i %
the end OF these repeated massacres ,n Os
what vii! he the state of the conn uru
when they are oyer9 We have often sIa1
the tear Of sensibiity over the conon. sa
OF South Columbia, what will our chill
dren say, when they read what Is t nol.
passing in the nineteenth century. , ,na
in the face of England, who, in - soma r,s
measure, stands as the worthy um,ire Of
the world ? This is war of BrigappI Iv@
the stages of which, eyewitnesses say
posterity will suppose asf;.5ulous. TIess,
horrors are even increased BY their rere.
tition in the Spanish prints Of Mexico,
Cadiz, &c. but the misfortune is. thew
seldom meet the eye of the public. vet
from what is going on in spain, we mar
infer what they are on the other side the
water.
In Mexico, venegas by public decree
enacted that " all insurgents were to be
instantly shot, and allowed only tine to
say one short prayer; and even lieut.
commanding twenty-five men. was au.
thorised to execute this decree. Tie
consequence has been that thousands
of Indians ard Creoles have been Put to
tie sword in cold bIeod, in exactly the
same manner as the Cortes did. Gene.
raj Calleia informed the Vicerov of Mex.
leo, that in tie affair of Acalo, in which
he lost one man and two wounded. he
put to tie sword five thousand sedrced IN.
dams, AID that their total loss was ten
thousand. Tie most of those indians,
kneelingfo mercy The same General
in GuamaXoato put fourteen thousand old
men women and children, to the sword,
and destroyed the city, because TIE in
surgent army had there taken up ito
quarters, but by retreat had ESCAPED
lis fury. Gen. Oruz, by a public decree,
imposed death on whomsoever shall
have in his possession an axe Or small
knife" and adds, "that every town shall
be dycin.ated and every tenth person
shct, where any intercourse las Deen ad
with insurgents, even though it las been
between father and son."
Fad these been threats only consigned
to paper, Lad these been the hasty treatl,-
ings of revenge. tut harrenin deeds, they
might perhaps Lave been overlooked by
TIE politician, WHO considers ire highly
increased degree of acrimony infused In-
to the dispute, and the character Of tie
nation from whose agents they issued
But when We see tie terms arc latitude
of auch DEGREES carried into tull and ire
quent effect; when ", see threats fclnd
il their wording, yet still! age'ayStec ~
the inhuman manner in which they aie
executed. and when we at the same tire
consider that tie South Colgrhians are
contending' for, the moralist ard P!h H =
bier must Ishudder ard eXcialm with tie
venerable Las Casas, :" these sganiards
are not like meu, but devils III human