Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-20
whose hearts beat high with the expectation q
producing a schism in the republican ranks.
SPANISH AHeRJca-ans ara.


SPANISH AHERIC4LACafN
We have already expressed our surnr;se =. ~.
uncertainty in which the affairs ofSpanisb Ame.
rlca continue to be involved, and our regret =.
u gioomy prospects of the Patriots. correr
on the mysterious veil has, indeed. been Is,aiy
ut'ed up and thus has a transient and n.r,;.I
view oil the operations ofthe war in that unfortu-
nate country, been afforded us. But how unnrom-
,sing How fatal to our hopes for the cans ~
Lnoer.V Carthagena is reduced-On the Main.
ene hoyahsts have met with further s,Iccass"
Piace strongly fortified, garrisoned by patr;,ts
slula.ed m a country where the resource, of tbe
insurgents may nationally be supposed far snner;.
u, " !. VI u1e'r enemies, has ben CONQUERED
Dy a wretched division Of the wre,che,I -, Sr
oPain, and only six thousand reeuIars So.
years nave elapsed since the banner of J:..,S
hrst uniuried III Mexico and the can;,ot ~s
noo'e rrovlnce is still occupied by III. Ponau :ns
VINO are however deprived of all ass;st,ncs $50
ann e ayh communication with. Europe Psr,,
sun auheres TO the cause of Ferdin %,
transmits to him sums. which 49, iaho' and
more ,nan sufficient 10 detray the exnenso cen
eAPeoihohary army sent into tba, ~ VI an
Portaht country, to effect its conouest "u I'M
proved mat the plans of the Spanish Hmohis
~ must nave been iu.concer,ed-tbe;r n.n"'-
,he dso;nIs" measures powerless and
ne u,soiP.heo OF their forces c%ontempt;hie :, .ha
extreme, since it yields to that M Ell III Inc
ms.m 1ors-it proves also til It the fame sc +
perty rr from having spread througb ,L.
.9n rrovInces, is languid, Confined and : opan-
mnr .oS! rs For tnis, we are at no los, go
count. The Spanish colon;sts nv i1ss. 70 &C
TO two parties the Royalists and ,ha divided ~
me hoyalists stepped in Ignorance n,pusnaa,
WIN Oigo'ry and prejudice, anaiben,a P'esnS'eo
oPny ana innovation-look with ,hLo-Spos
Poi'icai imProvement-and bovine h.e"oo Oh
euar ana the throne, MAINTAIN ,tbeir ,n;onoa .ue
$500 zeal and with the entbusiast;c 80
Il ZION Oh mari N-c rrtch nI ueNO-
~ fhn;n ,sts' rush on death, undert the standard
oi ene'r Gaored master. To this nsrtv 1910
mos. Oh The lower as well as of the b;gbe, Oei sls
tne grievances ofthe Spanish colonies $50
W oIsuch nature as to affect the ot6er,E,n =
ue people, whom their habits. ,be;r n.!o,
Priue, 'heir religious tenets, in short oh ,%a1A
tach TO royalty. instances at
oy inc catastrophe of the French Revolnt;ou 1Ipes
eAuenued 10 them. They are either incapahIo -.
un"hnng, 10 understand the metanbvlic.i H.
uNheSoi me fatriots, who appear TO ne Q, f.r
"ehave studied them, to have aimed AZ the r.
~ more than at the practice of Liberty.
49, u"i"r'uhateiy too common to those yyba
UNDERTAKE TO revolutionize a country On .ha.s
sVue' the patriots themselves. are or,;I+r oNNS
other capital errors. bunny many
ohe OF these is the fatal belief that , n.,;o.
already Iree, or wanting to be free. can disnsno.
~.n ulsclPiine and tactics-witb -xper;ence5
| III anah nue 70 direct warlike opcrations-in
80 nn"Jnae Whlch the fervor of liberty is ant
"Prouuce' patriotism alone is often cons;Ja~ld
as an ample substitute for a consummota ISIse
eHeeo' ane military art-hence a mistake, -,
huehce' ana q rulnous ne, lect of the ec,enca e
warHa science which the present state - FL
"oria renders but too important and too necasan
40 ma ruuohentS, and a blind routine. seem
" nave Deen considered by the Span,sb po,r,o'a
as fully sufficient for the tr;umnb Of a. a.riots
thSS HPFSaT to have thought fortified Mac
less ior uielr obJects-and cons,darad r. use
VI republicans as the strongest n,tly.rr -. N
Se oPPoseo 10 ruthless invaders-an idea VIII
.~u. hnt %ue Q uhe romantic and the chival-
80 " itue soiIdlty, on account of The -.
sent mode OF attack and defence !, Az - pre-
Sten before the invention of p,In.nowdar thaee'
tyoi me llltary art CONSTITUTED an innn-sNN.
orahcn OF the national policy of mos, rsn,,bGs~
uieece and Rome ceased to be free onfv -
cL~aNao .iO"I mat attention to arms which bod
ex1stsnoa the early stages of their pol,t;caJ
eAlstence' they lapsed into eTeminacv 81 nc~
ruPuon. In the decline of Athens @"u
were annually elccted-This circumstsnce, : Iii
Nho%m 10 nave excited the mirth of the No.
u AL rhhlP, who jestingly observed that stHon-
was mlraculously prol, fc of military taian,a
Ne . many commanders sprang up froD ber
hsI"n q suSn snort intervals of time. whereac
ne himself had been able, in the whole conrea .
ms lite, to form only one consummat. 49, "
Ephesio. general
that uhe above have not been the only errOn.
~ oP""ish ifevolutionists, we are inclined 10
tnnK even from The partial glimpse Afforded ~
. me late advices, of the situation of tbe;rof 9,
isrs. lhe'r legislative measures have been q.
mnPeriect as her mil tary organization. Vet ws
uus, lhat their cause is far from desperate An
%r,oe rove OF freedom, the centrifugal force
Inch S Ja;Tn bodies necessarily possess, and
,hlcn aaliy increases, the imbecIity and ;nnnI:.
Vi rerohand, the sure, though allow lessons
:. experience, and perhaps, the vicinity and ,be
-Aahnpie OF a tree energetic nation, will. we hone
riuhPh over every obstacle of external bostIItv
or domestic dlsaffectIon. lty'
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