Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-22

The revolutionary ficnd seems TO have
Quilted the old world for the new, and
the vast field of South America promises
10 Weld him as ample harvest of blood
and massacre as he has reapei during the
last five and twenty years from the plains
| of Europe. We know not why the con-
Temptation of Il fresh revolution is so plea
| sing 10 some of our contemporaries, or
| why, in Trailing the arrival of this tormen-
| ting spirit III the new world, they antici-
pate nothing hut The riumph of liberty o.
yer tyranny. and prepare Tvs for AN era of
prosperity am. hnppin SIS, for none but
lIaIcyon days OF freedom and bliss, lii
which "ihe lyon shall lay down with the
lamb. IF they had had no experience
they might be excused Tor indulging these
IDEAS and anicipations bun they have
had the experience OF Il quarter of a cen
Jury @; revolution, with all its concomi-
FAINT horrors of coniiScailon, rapine, but
cherry, bloodshed aud war. They have
had the experience ola revolution which
began with professions of moderation
aud love ofiiberiy, bat led rapidly 10
lie most ftighiiul tyranny, 10 the most
cruel military desp0lism. Why should
they anticipate different result in the
New World Do they think that the
revolutionary spirit will change lis nature
bv tran plan u in. and, rs 5 IN animals
which when removed from Europe or
from Asia to America lose the i.rocity of
their character, and become more tracia-
bile and harmless, this spirit, whose meat
has been III Europe human bodies, and
whose drink has been human blood, will
content itself in the vast regions that are
washed by the Pacific Ocean and the At
| laniic, with the Innocent herds of the
Al ,.t.,fo L..
| There are some among us who never fail
10 represent all tile atrocities committed
since the Spanish colonies in America
| rose against their government, so the
troopSand supporters of the Government.
| Butmorc correct information would have
| sbewn them, at least equal atrocities have
| been committed by the Insurgents, who,
| with The word Liberty in their mouths,
have been guilty ofsnciI Irightiul oppres-
| sion, that we might we!! exciaim with Ma
| dame Roland, as she went 10 execution,
oh, Liberty !what crimes do they com
nit in thy name y We hear of Consiitu-
| tons established, of models drawn from
ancient republics, or from the United
| States OF America, bat where do we find
! them acted upon. The cannon and the
sword Those are the only pens with
which they draw their bodies of emanci-
patton dui oI lfSGuOln. emancipation IL
is indeed from old Institutions, from old
Laws, from old Governments, but eman-
| cipation which gives them up to the fer
ceSt tyranny ofmiitary despotism.
In the city, tliesr events, regarded only
i'll a commercial point of view, have pro-
| duced a great sensation. Already do the
| merchants view the immense line of coast
from The mouth of Amazon round by Cape
| Horn and along the whole coast OF Chill
and Peru, open 10 their enterprise and
| specualions. Goods TO the amount of
| 60o,G00 dollars were expected To b sent
! 10 Chill IN The space of six weeks from the
date Of The late advices, which are to the
| Goth March. The success OF general
| san Martin, in the conquest of Chill, has
caused such Il demand for British goods
at Buenos Ayres, towards supply my the
new markets which The arms OF the lnsur-
| gents have opened. as the whole OF the
warehouses in the River Plate ale unable
10 satisfy them and, i'll consequence, nu-
| merous orders were received yesterday
for the forwarding to Buenos Ayres oil
fresh goods. One of the sp0ndents
in giving his orders, observes, . you have
reason to rejoice in The success of 0ul
arms, since we are only agents for the sale
of British manufactures"