Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-13

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came 20 America with ieter,nmation TO use
all my ehas hec ia separation from govern
neut tat Tor tire centuries had h!lci the new
world with ehsi.s, vi,h ggoans, and with tears
Wteu undertook this enterprise, knew the fate
that awaited "a" r. cas- did not succeed but to
those who are INSURED with love oi country, Who
feelthat their actions grounded on the freedom
and happiness ofth, il fellow citizens. it ia M, likely
they are to De deferred from pursuing hose pal,ot-
&c views, merely because they exposed To death
and persecution. Ii Washington AID his associates
had trepbed at the menaces of dcsp ltispi, the
Ulted States would never have become ndepend-
cnt
Asssssiss have been hired to murder me, as can
be proved by authestic documents in My possession.
Attempts on my lie have been male more than
once la the U States. Ferdinand VII, itappeArs,
las demand i me of the American government, in
order to increase the vast number OF victims alrea
ey immual-d ~ honoln' of his return TO TIE SravsI
throne sad suppose the uext thing shall hear
IS a bull from IN pope, hurting the thnnders OF the
Vatican against the republic " the u Sts,es Tor ha-
wing granted me the rights of hospitality.
Ii does not become me to Anticipate the conduct
OF the American gpv> ent this uccasior, fur
Their than to remark, fee peri CITY tranquil under
the guardian ship OF TIE laws OF 'adons as well as
those OF the u. States; ard much do wish that
had nothing else to disturb nv ser-"ity than the
Qnxotic mcnaccs If fanatic ypOnarch.
During the campaign sgainst the British in Louiii-
ana, ihad the honor to act a solier s. should b.
proud ot any future occasion t, manifest my zeal in
the service of The United states and il during my
residence in this country, should be 80 fortunate IS
to i spire this government l. tie D npie with dis
postoa TO aid my fellow cit zens If Mexico in taIir
Struggles for lib ry, sh''l rot, .opp, this
count be considered criminal ei,h n by this nation
i'll the eyes of the urilerse.
II am not mistaken weare fast approaching that
epoch when the legitimate msnarchs Of Europe " i'll
openly ayow their hostility to the American repub-
lie. Air, aIy th.y maturing futSre crusade
against the liberties the human race in the west
ern hemisphere, and the first step ia this h0ly en-
terpri:e has been taken by the pOus and magaari-
nous F2r,iesud.
The progress ofliberty in the new world Is filing
the = tentates of Enroje with disrnav. The yieu-
age oil thc United States to the Mexican empire,
exciies not only the fears OF Spain bUt G.. Britn
If SIX millions OF Mexcsns become identified in in
,erest and feeling with the citizens ofth u. States,
We MIGHT then bid d-fiance n the Vaccinations of
the old world. The vast au' growing population Of
the western parts of the e. States would ind in the
| / ternal provinces of Mexico vast ard permanent
vent Ter their surplus industry.
The gold and silver of Mexico in place of flowing
direct TO Great Britain and SPAN, and furnishing
the sinews of ambitions wars, would find channel
to and througA the United States 4 new snd pow
ertu stimulus would be thus given 20 the industry
and enterprise Of 'lis country, and the period is
perhaps not oiote when the u. States could sup
ply all that Mexico requires, as cheapas at pre-
sent be done from Eutope.
iopromOte these objects NAV be deemed cri-
ulna by dcspots, ard by those who affect To think
| the Mexican population unworthy the blessings
OF treedom--butt TO those who have been born aud
bred in the land Of liberty, my views * motives I
| ope will be appre cisted and supported.
Il has been SAID by some politicians that the
hex!cans not yet ffcently al sanced in civil
zation 10 h. usceptble ofIatona e eedon. Alas
now little are these people tnown understood.
There is not people under tie Of men
tai apttHle than the MeXieans. This homage has
been paid ia them by every liberal traveller that
has visited them But the present state Of the re-
volution speaks deeisiyely an their favor -
w It'll Ut foreign assistance, without scarcely single
inCsSet, and IN fact with only and clubs they
began the revolution against thsir cGc oppre ssors
They have at last far succeeded as 20 make the
cause OF freedom felt and ciTvulate from The Mex-
can gulph 10 the extremi;ics OF California. Oggani-
zation has succeeded tumult, and constitution
Founded on republican principles has been formed :;
ard Notwithstanding train efdgicultie3 more ser-
Gus aRd numerous than ever before a people had
to encounter, they have attained strength that in
surts their emancipation from Spsin. Tho fina
accomplishment Of their independence may be re-
tarded weeks, months or years. but the issue is rs
certain as the rising Of to-morrow's sun.
Spain may perhaps be enabled 60 keep possession
OF the city Of Mexico aud scme few strong places
for little while longer, because the republican
ioTceshave not as yet either trains of artillery or
the of assaulting fortified places but the om-
Impotence of Spain the affections and an the
fears ofthe Mexican people, is forever lost. There
IS not creole mother Throughout this vast empire
that does not while nourshng her Offspring secret
ly or openly chaunt TO the infant ear the song #
liberty morris there among six million Of people of
all classes and cOlors one hundred Thousand persons
sincerely oppos tothe independents. of Mexico.
II may be asked, If this is the fact, why has not the
republican party already fixed the destiny Of .her
country The answer is plain. lit is because they
have rot yet been supplied with any munitions Of
war essential tor the operations of considerable ar
my. Almost every musket and pound Of powder
an their possession has been taken from armed men
by an unarmed multitude. Shut out from all in
tercOur5e by sea with any of Tie natiors OF the
world, and deprived ofany trade (tinC very recent
ly) either by laud or water, even with til. United
States, is it not surprising that the revolution Ia
not long ere this been crushed and If it his reach
I'd the point ha>e stated, is n ere not COOL ground
to b,lieve in its speedy aud eventual triumph -
For the developemsnt OF these facts AID my opini-
ons, aR indebted to the chevaer Onis for most
surely should not have intrutIed myself on public
notice. If that cavalier had not marked me out as
victim to Spanish Vengeance.
Among tie inscrutabie operations of the Deity
It appears he could not nave selected more suita-
Bile instrument On promote the separation of Amcri-
ca frors Spain, than in permitting Ferdinand to re-
ascend the Spanish throne. Every act ofthis imbe-
Gle mortal has tended to widen the breach between
his american SHllects and the Spanish peninsula;
and il among his other oles he will only persist in
his Qu xntic demands the United States, it will
be the hsppiest event that ever occurred to Mexico
or South America.
These demands have excited in me no wonder,
for recollect that when was in the cortes, the
Spanish government tben intended 70 declare Wat
against the United States, and was only prevented
from so doing by an exhausted treasury. and bv