Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-12-10

noticed. were reetiArd, and ,seyer3,,g
.rcierreI to various committees
syhea
Mr.. Robertson Of Leu. offered the
following resolution for consideration:
Rcsolred. That the President of lie
United States he requested TO lay be-
fore the House Of Representative
sncll information as he may pussrss
and think proper to ro,nmuaicate. re-
lative to the Independence and poiiii-
ral condition Of the provinces If
Spanish America.
The resolution having been READ
| MIR. HoBERTsoN said, that he snp-
posed there would he no objection 10
the adoption Of tine resolution wi.iyh
he had just. submitted to the consid-
Grafton of the House. He found.
from The late message of the Prcsi-
dent, that the attcntion Of the Horse,
us well as of the nation, had been. in
"a general way, directed toNtlie situa-
ton Of the provinces of Spanish Amo-
RIGA. The President had observed
TOO, and very truly that the citizens os
the United States syinpatiiized in the
events which affected their neighbour.
Mr.. II. said, that as far back as the
year 1Sif. this subject had excited
considerable interest; that commit
tee had been raised !; the declara-
ton of independence and the cOnstitu.
ton Of Vcneznrla, with other infor-
nation, laid b fore it by the then
President, anu IA report on chem sub.
mittc,l to the House. The report,
among other things. expressed mDeh
good will towards the VcDezuelcaus,
and an intention to acknowledge their
independence whenever that int.epen-
dence should be achieved. From that
time till the present, silence had been
observed in regard to the affairs Of thas
part of the continent. The reason
WAS obvious we were soon after en-
gagged in u war with England. and
since the peace our own pressing con-
Germs had occupied our attention.
The president has spoken. sir, Of
the interest and the sympathy we feel
in the affairs Of our southern neigh
hours. Perhaps it may be said with
truth, that no subject cxcites through
out the civilized world a stronger in
Iterest than the contest in which tic
provinces Of Spanish America arc en-
gagged. Every wind Chat blows watts
ito our shores the schemes and speeu-
,ations OF European statesmen aud
politicians from the frozen regions
If the north TO the milder cIimes OF
The peninsula, il elicits remark and
!"oiimands attention. Even A,eXan-
der, he who endites episties about
lpeace and bible societies, while lie
whets the sword Of battle and pre-
pares the, weapons Of destruction, hes
lie is said, is about to furnish his Co.'S
sacks TO add to the horrors OF, as it is
already rallied, IL" war of death. The
|tiiunders OF the Pope too. the head OF
1.-THE Christian church, began 20 be
> heard, and no doubt we shall soon see
ibis anatl,emas giving up the pcop', OF
south America, body anil soul tGslle
punishments due here and hereafter to
d the crimes OF rebellion and republican,
ism. II. then. to governments across
The Atlantic, the situation of this
people t,e thus interesting, surely il is
laot matter Of surprizc that the ciii-
zrns ofihe United States should with
,ome soiicitude turn their attention
'nwards them. Every republican in
liie United States must lament their
disasters ant exult in their triumphs !:
rl,iey do hut follow the example we
| l.ave set them ; we owe our glory and
bur fame to resistance TO arbitrery
j. bower, and the people of Spanish Ane-
, rica, and all others, grooming under
. depression mist owe their elevation
land worth of character 10 the same
i circumstance. They do but follow in
our footsteps il is in vain to deny or
:. disguise the fart; it is known through
out the wurl,i--whatever of injury,
= hlespotlsm or priestcrait haze sustain
n ii, whether from the revolution oil
France, or that which now, hope,
, iiourisbes in our hemisphere, is laid to
The account OF our glorious revolution.
and the excellent principles Of onr
lronst tuition.
Ii is to be regretted. Mr.. Speaker,
thai our acquaintance with the peo.
pie Of Spanish America is not more
lpariicular and intimate than it is: we
rntertain bu. one sentiment about them