Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-09

Highly INTERESTING,

OF tHe u. IS. army, IN the Sauth, (nei2h>
boarheud Of New Orleans that he expect
ed to be alta. ked by the Spanards.-It is
added, that a consul tation has been held at
Washington, in consequence and it is sur
mi.ed that strong naval force is to be
ssnt to ruze in that direction, say the
Gulph or vicinity of Florida, to ascertain
the movements. and if necessary, to pre-
vent the landing of a hostile force.
Now, if we smbp,se that these rumors are cor
rect-'hc next questions are, 1c.uce is this force
and what is its al 5fiHdfioH !?
Here we are indeed at sea-srd we must resort
to conf ctures for eiueilsiien. For instance
Is haS the force which lately equippng ut
Ca iiz--which WAS almost ready Oh the Goth of Ju-
" According Ia accounts from Port ST. Msry's
near CatliZ, The principal impediIneat 10 their EN-
bstkation tie wat OF msney AID ship. The
Whole armament Is rep, PRESENTED as considerable,
CONSISTING Of 10 ,attq'i9ns ni 500 1000 men, of
various descriptions, b-s;,ies 600 srtlit rymen with
corresponding nuinbtr Of .appers sud pioneers,
from 40 10 so pieces Of cannon, 2000 dis,nount,d
cavalry, and some skeleton regiments TO be filed up
on arriving la Anerca-rhe whole expedition
unler The command of General O'Donnel (Count
Abs,al.)
Sfonldthis armament, or a-y part Of it, form
the expedition alluded To, what is to be its des,inati-
on Isl otGrnish the reply to Mr. Monroe's lac,
d'spsteh to DON Onis; which, it is said Don Onis
has not yet been civil enough To acknowledge ? Is
IT to wrest from rs the territory, wbc we have oc-
cupie., part of Louisiana, and claimed by
SPAN part of Florida "A territory, whiehwe
occupied during the revolutionary Troubles of that
proNi"ce, sHa we sill hold guarantee for the
just claims we l,ave tie Spa.ish Government
1t not our wish to impose these vague supposi,i-
ons on our rcaders-Su;, it we to admit them
to be true, what conception 10 they convey of the
infatnation Ut the Spanish Court
lst!;e ministry OF the adorable Ferdinand as mad
rs its master
HIS bri { chronicle is indeed tissue of every
thing that - ,espea- weak. Trace him taro
his creaulous and profigate negociatisas with the
French Emperor his employment during his i'm
pr1sonment IN France the slave of monks, and en-
gagged in the most hideons offices oil Catholic super-
stition his violation of faith to his subjects his
prescription ofevery liberal principle and of every
enlightened patriot his punishment off the Eberales
oil the Cortss and his restoration OF the inqusitio
-trs"e him through almost every scene of his adj
mnistrstion, and his " character appears marked
by every act that may define tyraat"
Ii must he admitted too, that for a considerable
time past the politics of the Spanish Court have
breathed an air unriendly to the u States--ln The
nsolence ot Dfr'ijo; in the spoiia,ions which they
have suffered TO he com mitted upon our property
within their jurisdiction in their esui,ical cvasons
or pointed reiusa's to grant US Just reparation in
their permitting the basest minOns of the British
/ court to occupy Pensacola duriag the late war; in
the manner OF their receiving our squadron in their
| ports; in their late imprisonment of an American
Consul at Csdiz We read spirit by no means libe
| raj or frie'dly towards us.
Bst, lei the temper OF Ferdinand be ever so
weak, that of his ever so hostile TO our
selves, Who can suppose that they are mud rs to
provoke with the U. States '-Ihey have al
really their hands fnli enou .h-1ieir cn!onirs in
America III give them su.ncis2t ernpinyment--
Al their troops. ships and treasures will scarcely
oe comp-tent to queil the rising fame in that regi-
on. win thfv add enemy to TN .ir list an
enemy who. IRON her local situation. and the shirt
which hur's within the breasts of mary of her SOS
will BE- the mos dangerous one that could be reused
against them.
Is Spain so ignorant Of her own situation, MS TO
encounter ovr power Does she not know that
there are hundreds of seamea, who pa.t for an
! opportunity to p"unce upon her 6cenculess COM
merce Is she 30 ignorant, as rot to know that a
war with the u. s. would strip her of all her conf
mental colonies that the most splendid offers have
already been made Ia aspiring spirits in every part
ofthe Union that there are hundreds and t,on.-
snds in the West, who only wait the sanction of the
| government, to rush into her Mexican Provinces /!
Inst the most brilliant offers have been held nut 10
Generals Carroll and Adair, tn Join the Patriot cause,
ard that they have been declined principally because
I'VE ere not at war with Spain But, let that OBJ
stacie be remsved let ms but Z" slip the dogs of
war; not all the troops OF Spain, tie fnumne-
ries of her superstition, could ward off the blow
which would be aimed at her power.
These considerations are SO obviousthat il is al.
most impossible In conceive that she has an IDEA Of
doing any act, which may urge us into war-and,
| therefore, they cast cloud Of incredibly over all
the subbositions which have been already made.
CT The Washington ri is now in the Meditera-
nean--but our two othsr 74s, the lnsepcndence and
Franklin, the former At Boston, the latter It Phla-
| dolphin. are or may he equipt for service
The frigaies Guerrere, Constitution, Congress and
Macedonian are at Boston, and may be- equip~eh for
service--exclusiye Of smaller vessels the Cy aBe,
| Hornet, &c.