Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-07
EXTRACT.
Translated far the .1meyicoa.

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Ii Is truly The utmost degree OF malice
and injustice 30 aScribe TO the whole mass
OF d nation, the lncapacity, defects or e.
ven the crimes of some Of lis individuals.
who, under the influence of some dis
graceful accident, or through the vortex
OF revolutions had been raised Ia the ma
nagement Of public business Neither
is II more just to declare q whole naiion
guilty for havin4 done such things " Inch
could not have been avoided on account
OF It's former state OF servtiude. ignorance
and ineXperIence. In a word ID is cru.
city To forget the critical circumstances
III which nation is involved when il hap
pens TO make some false steps, from be-
ing left unprotected, aud surrounded. with
dangers, or when il is sometimes misIed
or ken-cIrcumstances which can
not be always avoided. Does the whole
French nation deserve to be viewed as a
sangulnary one for the reason that Ro-
bespIerre was of a bloody and sangui.
nary temper Would we be auihuri ed
10 say that whole nation is until TO en-.
JOY liberty, because General did not
know how TO avail himself of a victory.
and neglected precious moment! Have
we any right 10 assert that nation is in
capable OF enjoying freedom because IA
minister was unskiiiui, another an iniri-
9ucant or corrupted In this manner MI
nations, are incapable y' being free Twice
the republic of Venezuela was lost on ac-
count of the dreadful influence of super
stIiIo:: and lanaIicism but what lime had
Venezuela 10 break the letters OF supcr.
stltlous tyranny! Already superstition
aud tana'ictsm have lost their power i'm
Venezuela; now the people are aware in
that country that those who profess that
doctrine have no other interest than their
own ambitlon--and would We still be au-
thorIsed TO say that the Venezmeans are
incapable OF being free The Dutchmen,
WREN under adverse and gloomy cir
cumstances, offered the crown Of their
country to several princes ia Europe, but
none OF them was DESTROYS 10 be their
klng IN consequence they formed a re-
public which grew powerful and flourish
ing. May one say that they have been in
capable OF being free people During
The American revolution an Arnold was
traitor IN the army there were mutt
neerS once Congress disp eTsed OH ac-
count of the tumult raised by disaifcctcd
soldiers iorDot having received their nav ::
~ short, tic cause, as IautarO saws. of
Tie Americans, was extremely critical
and doubtiul-may this induce us 10 say
thdI those champions of liberty were IN
capable of being free We expect that
these short observations, and those set
forth by our dear friend Lauiaro, will de-
feat the injurious and thoughiIess asser-
tons which the agents and parlizans of
the ministry Of Madrid have caused TO
circulate III many merican and Europe
an periodical papers, and not always with
out success, against the sans of South A.
uurica, for want Of being contradicted.-
Nevertheless, in North America. more
than one pen has devoted itself TO under
take our defence, though not before wits
that extension which tie matter would
allow and such noble cause requires.
Lautaro says IN one of his numbers ''How
are tile people Of South America incapa-
bic OF enjoying liberty, they WHO not
withstandlng they had lived undcra mo-
narchicali government and such absurd
1 institutions, have manifested libeTaiitv.
moderation and love for sciences Are
people incapable of enjoying liberty who
showed so great hatred for despotism.
and who suffered such persecution, dan.
gers aud hardships for the sake OF the
rights Of menp