Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-02
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PROCL.AM.9TIO.N.
Buenos .Iures. JuIu

CITY IN the var 1906, YOU left YOUR occu
p,tions to tiy 20 the defence of the country.
Throughout the City and I've n the villages
every man became soldier, and the un-
disciplined contended with the veteran for
the post OF danger. You resolved. You
fought with success, and the country was
Delivered from foreign yoke. Now that
you nave constituted government of your
own choice, and it warns you of the dan
gers that threatens US, who will doubt Your
readiness to meet them!
1t has been said that tie neghbourng
Court Of Portugal VS. about To dispatch a
mysterious expedition dire ctei against the
territory of these provinces. Various &C
counts agree that short time since, an ex-
petition Of 5000 men lefr Rio metro, which,
1t appears, was to be reinforced with ano.
Their body of 5000. previously organized at
st. Catalina, TO usurp at least the Eastern
Shore of this r.ver. The conduct of that
cabinet, by no means frank, AMI the little
interest it has manifested to contradict the
public report, announcing ITS plans, form
powerful! argument t. justify our suspicious.
Inc government reposes, as f.r as pru-
dence will permit, upon the sanctty of the
treaties of 1912, and more ,hrn all upon
the friendly coaiuct which it has always
observed towards the monarch IF Brazil &
his subjects-Peace between the countries
remains guaranteed out of respect for En-
gland but il abusing this security, that TO-
reign expedition dare to profane our ter
ritory, it is Just, il is necessary it should be
made to feel the effects of our courage and
our strength. In the mean time the Sove
reign National Congress, and the Supreme
Director OF the State, have receive the
detas at that serious occurrence, and this
government has communicated te them all
that has Come to its knowledge.
Whilst we remain in this delicate pCsi.
ton, and until some formal act of aggr,
sion be committed on the pare Of II Faitn-
ful Majesty, our natural inttrest is to take
every Precautiou that can tend TO m X"
our power respect ,ble, and to frustrat
the Vaccinations of those that aspire 10
destroy it. Ga this head we are all of
one accord, and prudence shall be M
guide.
Citizens Your vaIor has ever been I'M
shakenL-Once you have sworn to be free,
and your enemies have had occasion to feel
the force of that oath. The provinces of
LA Plata, have been invincible in all the in.
vasionS hitherto the phalanxes of your ad-
versarles have always found their graves
on our coasts, without being able to pen
citrate into the country, and our history is
decorated w.th laurels and trophies. Will
you suffer it to be stained in cur days p
Prepare for unanimous and heroic resis-
tance-let every one who has the honor to
belong to this land, devote himself to the
defence of it.
In any event, the foreigners shall sse
that we are not sleeping, and they shall.
have to respect our virtue, our zeal
and courage. Those citizens who have
not fixed post in tho militia, will place
themselves by the side of their compan>
ions in the Civic Legions--Let but one
voice be heard, and let it be repeated
by thousands of echoes to the remote
extremity OF the provinces-at the sound
of this let every heart be nhamed-the
country is in danger--ief rs sape il.
ANTONIO GONZALEZ BALcARCE.
New YORK, Sept. rs.
LATEST FROM RIO DE LA PLATA.
We have received. by the schr. Mary,
some papers (Prensa Argentina) dated the
I'd. 10th, and 23d of July.
In the first paper is letter written by
respectable officer of the army of Buenos
Ayres in Upper Peru, in which il is rela-
ted, that the enemy's army had retire ated
firm Tarrija, and that party of the p .tri
OTIS had defeated, at Chit, a body of 200
royalsts. 1t is said in Lima newspaper,
that the instructions of Cusco and the pro-
vinces of Puno continue. The command
ant, Martinez, defeated two small divisions
of royallsts, and is now encamped at WITH
chi.
In the paper of the 10th, it is said that
gen. Antigas, upon herring that the Por
tuouese int ended TO attack the Oriental
Banda, [eastern district marched at the
head of 5000 men, in order to surprise
them on the frontiers. AT the same time
he ordered the e. rrison of Montevideo to
be reinforced with 5000 militia, and destin-
ed 10000 muskets to be given to the inte-
ror IN litia, TO prevent their landing.
In tn t of the % :, there are some stric-
lures favorable to gen. Art'gas. whose naue
1t appears, has been inserted III the army
register of Shaf,l as brigaJi, r-generI in
the service of Ferdinand This ariifce
was intended to make the Spanish hmeri-
canr jealous of him without Gauss, or to
TEMPT him to desert The Cause of his coun-
try. The trick is not likely to produce the
one effect nor the other.
By the passengers in the Mary we learn
that the independence of the United Pro
vinces of Rio-de la-Plata had been cele-
brated in Blu. nos Ayrrs in the latter end
of June, with every display Of joy. G n.
Belgrano had marched to relieve general
Rondesu. The expedition of the Portu.
guese is said to be shelly int nded to
Strengthen their own 'front.' RS M doubt
they will wait till Ferdinand VII. can nd
Il respect ,ble division to JON Oh IN in an en-
terprlzs, whose results will infal!ibly prove
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