Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-06-03
1.,,, HALTINoRs, May 81.


Three gentlemen, citizens of the nrov;,co.
y! rue RIVER La Plata, have Just reached tb,
CitS from savannah. where they landed from
tue, n.iush CATER Hero, arrived at that place
The circumstances attending tI,er vovaro
ar rhther on AN extraordinary Dature. and at
the same time that thev deserve our attention
y, aS i',hch as they at'ectthe feelings ofhuman.
ny thev serve 10 give us Just idea Of tha.
state OF that country, where the ounressiva
anu prosecuting government, by the most ner-
f'd'ous and violent measures, ren.,ys those
, ,go OF prescriptions aud blond, which, all
h1o"Sn their frequent repetition in seyeraE
countries has rendered them familiar TO onr
linSS'naiions, are nevertheless remembered
WIN painfui sensatiOns-and which annear
10 nave peeh revived there with degree "a
refinement worthy of the fertile souI Of a ~
rant. W VI ~
The three gentlemen above alluded TO. ar.
Ut: ION PEDRO AGRELo, late member Of tho,
1 Te OF Bnenes Ayres, and magistrate
ION MANUEL MORENO, secretary of state and
me eideAt officer of the department; and Dow.
niCENTE Passes, editor Of the free paper ent.
tea La Cronica Argentina" Those which
remained 60 at Savannah, are Colonel Dow Do
MINGo FRENCH, who fonr months since com
manued tue patriot troops in Peru: Colonel
DoN ECsEBrO VALDISEGRo, with his wife
ana two children; Colonel Don MANurI. pa.
1oLA; Coionel DON FELICIANo CHIcLtNA. a
the bar. a''s'an ot
Ihese gentlemen were all seized in Buenos
Ayres, on the 18th of February. al fl,e same \
nour, py o.ncers OF the government, while they \
were, resting under the protection, of thei2,
dwellings,, or dscharcing tie duties of the;,
respective stations. They were immca;aIai' y
carried on board man of war Of that govern.
ment, not being suffered to communicate ,.;,i
their families and friends or 10 ius,;ry tI,o',
selves before a proper tribunal, against the
charges IN pursuance Of which tbev exner;onc
ca ca sncl, cruel treatment. Thoy were compelled
20 remain IN the river out of sirIit ~ tha ~.
and finally destined to be transporteS ,"i,hont
any previous Judgment
his was effected by taking tl,em nm bo.-,
oi another vessel ofwar which carried tI"r,
70 the mouth of the river Plate, where tbev
i , ready TO receive them the BRITISH, cntier
Hero, Capt: James Garnock, an Enrl;shm,r
by birth, who so far prostitutcd himseIf as g.,
coL,raci with the Directorof Buenos Ayres H.
On MaTtin Pneyrredon, for the transporiation of
.nSsc u1io' tuHafe siizens, for the sum of four
thousand dollars. He took them on board ~
cutter on the 9Th ofMarch, and reelected ~
tins ilamiliating an everlasting disbona,, -
the Character of the British nation. y"
me 9inriai letter, delivered by the director
to this British captain is yery sircul.,r o,'o
Its purport is to palliste before ti,e amtj,ar;o
Oh this country, thiSscandalous Degoiiation l.,
me prosecution of which, he was to nrese,',
niinseif N our ports; for il was TO tie United
States, by the arbitrary will ofthc ,oyornnnI
OF bueuos Ayres that they were dast;roJ
ibiS LETTER was directed to the chief macis,r,.o
or oulcer OF the place in this country Iybore
f9 cutter might arrive, and is couchetl in the
following terms: " mo
, he persons mentioned in the encI,so.,
HSt Hose already Damed) have been sJ;a"o1y
on board the cutler Hero, bound 10 tbe IT,;,rr
Htates. They are unfortunate beings. wbon,
the government has expelled fr1m H.. ~nonh
Try on account of their variance T., 'on,-
ucs, ana OF their exalted ideas. 'Tbev , pUn|
not ne viewed as criminals buf os ~ - ,.,ot
considered ddngerOuS il has BECAME ,,x ,,S, ~
10 transport them, directing then, r. ~
country where theycanDot cause alsr, "as
barrier" 'o'nhuaDie
Hucn barbarous and extraordinary fraps,.-
toh gives rise to two reflections In tI,a l;rs.
P'ace, we feel astODished thata British, suL
Ject, w vessel belonging 10 his nation AMI
under ITS fiag, should have debased hin,sstcss
low, as to sell his services 60 a foreign govor~
!hent, aud become the willing iusfrumrnt -
us vengeance and fury, and that he sboaI5
nave forribly carried 10 the distance of tbrec
thousand leagues, eight persons WHO nsvcr
progressed any allegiance 10 the Brifjsl, ia,ss
particularly, .when this same captain wouldnot
Nv. NV oeen siiowed to transport negroes from
e sIe coast OF AFRICA. In the second place. we
.dunot heip belrg surprised at the sfnpidifv NJ
the actual government of Buenos fvras' -
itself sufficiently autbcT;yod q.
ctondemn and transport its citizens nrecisSI,, ~
Ihe United states, where its autllOrifv does',n1
extend, aud where they conld have no nro,aD
SONS, we hope, to establish this new Iind ~
relations, better adapted TO dungeons and ~;
'0hS, winch arenever placed beyoud the snbp,s
Df the government. 'PAe'e
he country ola man expelled from, bis o,-o
. me Whoie world land q rerSou doon,oJ 20
'uher oppression TO such ~ dprree 60. y.