Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-29

dain. II much to be desired, hy the'iIisnds
of South American Independence, that this re-
fractory chieitan, whose efforts in concert
with the common cause wonid he very impor-
rant, viii now accept The conc,iatory rropo-
siiions which he has hitherto rejected.
1t ~ stated in the Intelii gencer thar the ~
vernnient OF Bnenos Ayres permiiied the Por-
tusuese TO send their troops MP tie ,ives 10
60 operate with the land forces against Ar;e-
gas. We are sorry to observe the respectal,le
editors q! the tnteiliSencer lending their ia
per 20 statements 50 insidiouS, aud wihal. 50
absurd. When II Is known that the por,u.
rue>e have avastly superior nZval force 10 that
81 Eueno> ANres, aud that the river La Plata
Is mote thau so mites in width higher up than
that city. IL must he obvious that no permission
was necessary, aud that none would DC asked.
CSkRERAS.
Ncre faisrhC0Gs respecting them.
Calnmny, we Gnd. Is again hnsy in misreprc-
Scntins the cis cumstances winch attended the
execution Of The unfortunate brothers o! gene
raj Garcia al Mendoza. The first account of
that tron>ct!on. as published III Il newspaper
III this city, IL may be remembered, in,ima;ed,
that general San Martin had, in "A nIcmcnt of
sanguinary triumph. ordered the execution of
ihcss two eeutleoien, immediately after the
hattie Of Maipo. We pat down that story by
showing, that the execution ocCutred before
thathaite was fought, and without general san
Martins uwiedge. An efiuri is now made
10 duplicate tie government OF Bneros Av,es
whiCh - charged "ith having bribed pc, son 10
vindicaie that : atrOciOus and Illegal murder"
a. some writer is pleased to term il. Circu.n-
stances with those who are disgoscd Ia jud. 0 Ia
vorably, aiIor'. Il strong presumption that the
act was committed without the authority or
knowledge that government. Mendoza. the
scene OF the transaction, Is 1909 or l203 miles
diStaut from Baeuos Ayres-the act appears to
have been the result oil a temporary fprmen,
excited By the disaster al i'elca, and Commit
ted by the soNe,nnent OF Cnyo an exercise
ot authority which viii moi appear eXtraordi-
nary IN The government OF a distant pro vince,
anu in revolutionary time. Miguel BclgranO,
the person spoken of Us bribed TO defend this
transaction. il TIE brother OF the brave general
Manuel EelgraEo, OF one OF the most dis,in
gushcd families OF Bueaos A,res, and OF 1t
Character, personally. which forhids the idea
,iat lie would participate in an unworthy
trausaction.
Bmt suppose the Carreras TO have been exc
cned by the orders of the &c verumcnt OF Bue-
nos Ayres; what right have we to mpeach
their conduct Ii is the act o! a foreign indie
pendent power, exercised within its own linn.
ais, and pOssessin. competent authority. Aud
wa caBnoi thiuk very nmtavorab!c of a gov era.
mCnt against which, the most f.agraut act of
tyranny that can he alleges is the execution,
IN season OF revelation. ottwo individuals, or
The deportation OF half II dozen Othsrs. 1t is
diIiIcsit TO explain upon anylust rational
principles, the motives OF those American Edi-
tors, who, protesting friendship 10 the patriots,
constantly giving currency 10 the blacklist
lnsinhatlons and charges against those who d.
rect theIr aaiis, and by wn0m their Indepeu-
dence has been mainly achieysd. vatcImaH.
On the above the National Intelligent
Ger makes The following rensarks:
Tie fditors Of this paper have really been
unfortunate IN regard 10 this news. First, IL
is lao, tue a, all. Then, though true in &c.
neral. II is rot all the truth. Now, j, is all
truc. 5nt Il iitlie more than the trnih. Whilst
we agree about facts, we shall uot dispute a.
hoai teia,s. The expression, to which eXcep-
.Ien IS taken by the Waterman, is not ours,
h:'i that %! ,hc gentleman on whose authority
we have relit d aud, il is presumrd, was meant
Ia IMPLY. hat The NatchiEan fully admits,
thaI TO opposition was made, from Inability
OF inuiSl osltioD, TO the passage III the pOriii-
guese vessels NJ the river--i is not mater lal
To the tact whether ii was from the one cause
ar the ether. AS 10 the Iu>idionsness of the
StaIcmcnt,W we may be ptimitIed 10 observe, liai I,
~hai w,th tie tastidiuns deiiCacy OF those in
tereNted IN sustaining The Observation-Disclosures
~ OF Ar,tgas, OF the one hand, and the zeal
Of those WHO regard him as IeyOiisd general
on tas other, II Is difficult 10 put ANY thing
respecting the progress of Buenos Ayrean
diiaiis III "a snaie 10 please either of these who
tel The deepest interest in what relates 90
them. We ar" among those who are glad TO
collect iniotraiiOa from every source, AID
nave TO hesIt"I!on III ia. that We have re-
cri,ed some night from every liking we have
feae on il. Had we aid visit to BuenOs
A!reS, a. associated muCa with those WHO
nave, we s'0nid probably have iecolleCted
what The Waterman thinks a. abSrrd not Ia
Know, that the Portuguese have entire com.
ma"d OF the shores un bni.l sizes az the la
Plata, 10y means OF the vast superiority OF thcIf
naval force owe, that of Euenos Ayres.
We csnieNs we desire much 10 near again
t:uIn that quarter.