Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-06-27

Republic, having few or no points OF con-
tact with ours, and far enough removed
10 prevent unnecessary fears and Iealou-
sizes, il would impart 10 Om o'on m
stituiIons a per,nanence and security
on which orr hopes might confidently
rest. Al present. we are an anomaly IN
the political world, that puzzles and con
POUNDS the statesman. He scarcely dares
TO predict the successful issue of the ex-
pertinent we are making; because we are
accompanied in our carecrby NO other ma
ton. He * Induced, therefore, 10 regard
1t rather as an exception, whose results
are not vet ascertained, than as aifor-
ding any rule to the rest o. mankind
and this opinion, which tvrants and their
minionS take care industriouSly 10 propa
gate, is attended with fatal consequences
10 The cause of truth. But i; the banners
of Freedom should wave over another
Empire, and haltihe world should repose
happily under her victorious flag, the
prospect of her final triumph would be
come clear and bright /: and the doubts
and f,ars of Suffering humanity be for e.
yer diSpelled.
Two such Republics would moreover
be united naturally i'll close bonds o! am
itv, contributing to the security of each.
conspiracy of Kings. ora coalition of le-
giiimatc Dcepois. The evils ofwarwould
b. mitigated, aud lis dangers lcssencd 10y
the neichborhOod of a sympaihizing
friend, whilst the intercourse we should
be able TO maintain, III supplies with
which we should be furnished, the wealth
which through thousand channels
would be poured in upon us, would ena-
bic us 10 bear its burdens without dlttl-
Guilty, and to hurl back its tlunders up
on our foes. All Europe would be no
match for US, on Our own territory, pos
sessing as we should do, the gold and
silver of our Southern friends, the sinews
OF war, and commanding their immense
resources. We might be confident a.
galnst the world in arms"
But. he commercial advantages ofSuch
all intercourse are the most obvious ala
striking. The Spanish possessions, hl
wing population OF l6 or ~ millions, e7,-
tend seventy nine degrees of latitude, and
lie OH both sides ofihr Equator andWith
i'll and without the Tropics. Thus positI-
OIL, according to Humb oldt, Is not The
only circumstance that determines the
nature of the productions of thcs fine
gions. The union of several physical
causes, such as IN great hcig Atoft e Cor
dHleras, their enormous masses, the mum
brr of plains elevated from Sin 10 ten
thousand feet above the level of the O.
cean, have also their influence, and Ives
tow upon them variety OF temperature
adapted TO the cultivation of every thing
useful or agreeable to man. II we com
manded thus extensive market, we should
soon require little or nothing from The
Old World. Though Europe Go use MIR
Brougham's expressions IN parimmenj,)
was Theoretically scaled against IT'S, or t.
ven blotted out Of the map Of the world,
we should, in a few years, be mora than
compensated, by free Intercourse with
these magnificent regions. We sho I'D
become their manufacturers, and for d
long time the carrie : of their rich pro-
auctions. Through US, principally, they
would drive trade with that part OF the
world which is washed by the Atlantic
and through them, over the isthmuS of
Panama, either bv means of naHgabie
canal, which is said to ne entirely praci
eab or by good causeys, we shoul
seek the riches of INDIA anu China, along
the shores of the Pacific. Tie thirty OF
forty millions of gold and silver, drawn
annually from their mines, would be
brought into our ports, not 10 stagnate,
as in Old Spaia, but to supply the de
mands of the world, and feriilize the
country through which they passed.
The precious stones, dye woods, cocoa,
medicinal plants and drugs, wines, olives,
silks, and a hundred other rich and rare
productions, would be exchanged for
commodities we could readily furnish,
and thus we should be benefited and en-
riched as we'll by finding new and en-
creGsing market for the productions of
Our industry, as BY the profits of purcha-
sing and vending the most valuable arti-
cles of commerce..
These are few of the results which
might reasonably he expected, from the
emancipation of the Spanish provinces,
through the fundamentally of the United
States, or that her citizens. Never was
there offered TO any nation, so fine an
opportunity of benefiting mankind. She
may rescue from the worst of tyrannics,
from Incidence, from ignorance and SUI
perstitlon, an ingenious, doclle, and ma
tu.aiIy well-disposed people, who are
spread over the finest part OF the earth,
and would soon cover II with industrious,
intelligent and virtuOus inhabitants. She
may appropriate the whole of the new
world to the residence of Freemen, and
make it entirely independent Of the old.
She may give additional strength to her
political edifice, wealth and prosperity TO
her citizens, and happ ness TO unborn ge-
nerations. But, if through cautions
and mistakes policy she hesiiates in the
course she ought TO pursue, this golden
opportunity may be seized by nation
wiser than ourselves, or otherwise lost to
US for ever. We know that Great Britain
has, so long ago as tile year 1870, looked
TO this country with an eye of eager cupi-
dity. From that time her regard has
been constantly fixed Various political
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