Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-11-30
South AMERICA. :.
From. the London Morning U,Tousssl

igenaica, from which we nave extracted
tile following particulars: The doughty
lexpediticn, lately sent from Cadiz under
General Morillo. conposed of lo,o00mer
land large naval armament, for the Pun.
lpose Of sab;ectins the independent pro
ivinces ofSpanish America, is nearly ali
Iffitted away already, and soon s@aresi,
il remnant will be found. That far-famed
expedition, intended to stife the just ella
mors Of a suffering people, and whose OBJ
|jeets may be painted in the words Of
Shakespeare;
Let not thy word SKIP one;
PITY not honored age for his white beard ;
Let not the yirgnl cheek
Make soft thy trur.chant sworti;
Spare not the babe,
Whose dimprd smiles from fools exhaust
their mercy
Put armour on thine ears. and on thine
eyes;
Whose proof. not yells Of mothers, maids,
nor babes,
Nor sight Of Priests in holy Yestments
bleeding,
Shall pierce ajot. There's gold to pay
thy soldiers;
Making confusion.
Such was theterrifc aspect this cx-
redition wore on its approach to the
shores of the New World, whose isha.
bitants had experienced fer several
years, the extreme horrors of persecu-
| ton and civil war. But it would APP
pear that the cause of, liberty was not
yetlunhallowed. In the island Of Mar.
garita, where the armament first arrived,
the man of war st. Peter of alcantars,
blew up with 1900 lnen, including sail
ors, on board 100000 dolls. 700 GUM
tails Of gunpowder, several field pieces,
and other stores; together with 1000
muskets, and corresponding quantity
lof clothing, accoutrements, &c. intend
ed for the arming of fresh troops as Mo-
rilIo proceeded into the country. This
accident has paralised the whole affair,
and hence dates the undoirg of the en-
terprize. When the city of Caracas
and other towns were destroyed by an
earthquake, and upwards of $1,000 per-
| sons we're buried in their ruins, the fan
attic priests exaltingly cried out. it was
visitation from God it would be Gu
rious to know to what malign spirit they
attribute this calamity ;
The plan intended to be executed by
Morilao, was vast and gigantic. and fu-
! ture Spanish historians may perhaps call
lit sublime. After conquering Caracas,
he was to proceed on by land to Santa
Fe, with all his disposeable force, and
a strong naval armament was to take
Carthagena, or if that was not possible,
to blockade the coast. and prevent ali
assistance getting into the interior
Ry this means the whole of New Grena-
da was to be subjusated. and Morlllo was
then to proceed to Quito Got course oy
land where, uniting with the troops OF
Monies, and about $500 which had pre-
yiously gone from Cadiz to Panama 10
| alt which were to be added the recruits
which were to be armed with the cargo
ion board the St. Peter Of AleantaFa, the
combined army was to proceed TO Ii
ma, and there again swel!ed by necking
numbers. like torrent it was at Length
| to disembogue on Buenos Ayres.-
Reader, do take out your map and exa'
mine this lire of operations, is IT not e.
loual to Alexander's scheme on Persia
or Bsnaparte's through Egypt against the
East Indies I? We, however, now see,
THAT the Cadiz expedition was really
hound against Buenos Ayres, and thai
one half Of Spanish America was to De
employed as an instrument AGAINST the
other: Government then did we'll to
send to fetch our merchants away.
In Spain it seems this bold plan was
thought practicable and easy but the
expedition arrived with s,o00 sick, to
THE most unhealthy part of Venezuela
land their disorders were increased ny
ltropical feyers. so hat nearly all the
| sick have persisted. Morillo, then: De-
sides having to attend to strong guerilla
parties ON his front and TANKS IN 'ene-
zeula, has been obliged to send S'ouQ
men to Vera Cruz, in consequence OF
the pressing adyices he received that the
road to Mexico was blockaded, and that
the independents under Morelos has al
ready marched on the capital of Mexico
NJ eanunx CARRYING down these troops