Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-11-11

hours from grievohs oppression. lhey
paint in glowing colours the sutferings
|of patriots struggling for independence
| and conlure the citizens OF these Vniteo
States, by their love Of liberty and the
gratitude they feel for their own deliver
lance, magnanimously to join in behalf
of the oppressed, against their iphuman
and unprincipled tyrahts. In this state Of
things. we hear of an aggression upon
our national f1ag BY officers oftbesGoyern-
ment thus stlgmauised for its oppression
We are told that Spanish naval com
mander, wantonly and without proyoca-
rion, fred on one Of our uatienai ships ln-
suited our officers. killed cur -eame.' q.
and set up preten.ions, unwarrantaD'e'
and ridiculous. All this is calculated
Ito increase the war mania, and lI'eeeu
/ If The accounts FIST given as are CO!
rect, and conduct 50 unjustihable i
Sanctioned b, the Spanish government
indignation Oh cur part is at once snatu.
ral and an honorable emotion, but on
occasions ike this, We are generally To
apt to Coz duet with precipitation. With
out stopping to reflect, that something
may perhaps be wrong on our ewn SID.
o. that the outrage, however enormous,
ma be instantly disavawed and prompt
liz punished. We burst forth with excla.
nations OF the most iDtemperate violence.
and mfr our nirds for dispassionatc
Investigation and impartial judgment.
Ieyen at a subsequent period From the
accounts received in the present instance.
ear own impression is. that there has pro-
badly been something to blame on bot.
sides. and that every sincere over OF
peace ought to hope. what be believe Will
lpr We the fact. that the outage will af-
ford no substantial ground for hostiiities
between the two countries. Already.
Iare we informed that ''our public YES
Issls have for some time past been active
IIy employed in keeping up an inter
lcourse with the insurgents Of Mexico,
and violating the " municipal laws of
SPAIN" which shave always excluded
foreign vessels from trading to particu-I
lar ports within the Gulph OF McKee, =
and that the FirebraDd (the vessel thus
violently assailed) vas engaged in car
|rying on this Illicit trade. If this be
|trHe, the attack was neither unprovoked
nor inexcusable and at all events, it is
incumbent on as calmly to wait for the
development of ia. t.. As to war on on
part for the benefit of the South Ameri-
eau Patriots, we have already expressed
our sentiments. We have too little evi
|dence of their capacity for freedom, to
warrant us in hazarding our own prospe-
|rity, for the uncertain prospect of gain
ing them a boon, which after all may
prove to them o. such doubtful value
Let US not be irritable or precipitate lie,
US sincerely endeavor to preserve peace i
but to every real outrage on our rights
let US display manly and dignifed re
sentiment.
From the Boston Palladium Of Norem !
Der s.
Captain Upton, who arrived here this !!
morning, in 90 days from Lagura, in-
forms. that he was detained Is days byi
an embargo laid at that place, in conse
quence. as was generally supposed, of a !
defeat of the royal troops in the vicinity
of Barcelona, from the insurgents, Who'll
had appeared in that neighbothood inl
great force. say from 1900 to s0O0, With
a considerable number of cavalry. Thel
royal troops amounted to from 1900 tol
1860, under Lopez, and were defeated
with the loss Of 8 or 900 men killed and
tRken prisoners. This engagement took |
place ab ut the 10Th of Sept. To eonse-l
qnence OF this, all the Inhabitants Of Bar
celona. Chose excepted who were in IA |
vor OF the patriot cause) left this place.
and arrived at Laguira in most wretch |
ed condition. destitute OF almost every
thing, and having suffered from want ofl
provisions on the passage.
A few days previous to capt. U's sail |!
ing, one or two vessels had arrived from
Cumana, with woaen and children. anai
lett that place for the same reason asi
shose from Barcelona The captain oil
ore oil the vessels informed, that the
greatest CONSERVATION and alarm prevail |
ed there on account of the insurgents
who had possession of all the coast tol
windward, and were in every direction
found the city, so that none Of the iqha-I
bitants could attempt to get in the coun-
try without falling into their hands.
skirmishes teok place daily. Immedi |,
ately after this information was teceivedI'
by the captain general OF the Caracas. all
the troops that could be spared from thel
Il of ~ ao,,,,o /,k,<,k cnnN