Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-28

the Gen. Kcgn. who Was there with the
enemy.
We really think that it is time for the
honest portion of our federal fellow citi-
zcns to suspect & cast off those iaf,amma-
tory derlfgogucs OF their party, who are
constantly praisng the English govern
ment, juStifyiug their atrocities towards
this country. and abusing inc adm;nistra-
ton for daring TO resist the injustice of that
government. Some of these demagogaes
have been unquest,onaoly i'll the service of
England. as is proved by the cases oE John
Henry, heene, and others.
KEENE'S MEMORIAL.
The D -mocrltc government of the
I'm ted States, under the administration OF
the Frenchihed Jefferson and Madison, not
only during the actual war, but long before
that period, had given the strongest and
most uaeQulvocni proofs of its desires and
lutentious 20 eftectuate a separation of the
Spanish Americas from the mother coun.
try.
In the Summer of 1910, broke out the
iasur,ection OF West Florida, instigated bv
the American Government, whose unres-
tr-iaed anu wretched ambition stimulated
1t to profit OF The Injuries and msforrlnes
which threatened to ovsrwhelm the Pen.
irsuia, and to 6 t p, secession of Baton
Rouge, which was the theatre Of the in
surfection. The unworthy presexs Of the
Spoiiation, as aledged by Mr. President
Madison, was. that the country thus spoil
ated, belonged 70 Louisiana, notw thstand-
ing that the same territory had been demo
minated By his Britannia Majesty and his
Catholic Majesty, successfully as an inte-
grail part Of Florida, since the year 1855
until the month of August 1910, the date
o. the aforesaid insrrrect,on.
In the mouth of June, 1911. in confor
nifty with his request, Congress granted to
Madison, authority TO annex to the United
States, the entire possession of both the
Floridas, although under conditons invov-
ing IN them, the corruption and treachery
OF the chiefs Of said Flordas.
The persons encharged with the rsvo,u-
ton ry Covcrnm mt of Caracas, receive
ed from Mr.. President Madison and his
Ministers, the most expressive dcclarati-
ors ct tn prot ind interest they took in the
good success OF the revolution of that coun-
tiy, and of siml n results in all the other
provinces, for the establishment Of viii, II,
he caused to be presented to such agents,
sample or the dcmo.r tic model OF the
political institution ecoas rended for their
tive segg, suon, that the President himself
had written the aforesaid model, in conse-
qnence of MS great phiiant1rophy, and in
order TO amelioratc the lot of the sons Of
Spanish America.
E'nissaries and Democratic agents were
sent 10 all the Spanish Provinces, to exc
cute and organize the in n reotion of the in.
nab tants, aud rs soon as any temporary
advantages were gained by the insur, ents,
cettain SPECIAL revoluti0nists called Con-
suIs, were sent there with view of ass ST
.iS saul insurgents by an acknowledgment
o. 'he;r authority and sovereignty among
the numerous ENJOYS, may be mentioned
with eXIStness, the namcI Cf Mathews.
ohoisr, b nso", Krgston and Pointt cite,
GesuHed for che Ficrid s, Mexico, HavaE-
~, Caracas and Chilli. in the present
yea: the aforesaid government, tempted
by the inPunity OF their former PROCEED
rngs with respect to their insidious posses
SION Of Baton Rouge, took by violence Mo.
D"e and the country east as far as the Rio
Pertido.
before the present war, and during the
presidency of Mr.. Jefferson, a mnitary
man named Pike, penetrated into the IL
ternal provinces of Mexico, with the OBJ
Ject, as avowed by the emissary, To collect
ali the statistical and Typographical infor-
nation possible, in order to facilitate his
government IN the extension OF their terri
tory to the RIO Grande, thus including TO
the west OF l. ulsana, the entire province
OF Texas, part of that Of New Slnt Andcr,
New Leon, Cahuaila, and New-Nolle
Mexico. If any corroboraton Of the n3d-
ious and hostile attempts Of said smissary,
were necessary, they arc to be found in the
memor al Of William Peter BIptiste
Pima, deputy Of the CorteS, for New Mex
leo.
By positive and unqucstionable iufsrma-
ton u is known, that an asSemblage Of va
Sahouds and criminals, instigateu and a.
betted by the American government,
have ,akcn possession Of the territory be
tive II tine above mentioned River Grandc
and LOUISIANA, calling it the State Of lex
as, thvs Indicating tacir cCnsrltcrnity AMI
new relationship WIN the other states to.
the North. From these facts and data, It
j. manifest, without doubt, from tse
practice Of the American government, that
's is It's iirn and unaiterab.e determination
to diminish. and finally to nnhll T. the
dominioas Of Spain m the Americas, and
by means of clandeStnc fraud. and op.n
force, TO promote its own aggrandizeinent
by the in,amols sacrifice Of the legitimate
rights and interests Of the spanish nonar-
chy.
The means aad resources which that
government possess, TO obtain fhe accom-