Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-07
VOL. XIY.---NO. f0S.

arrive. IN very short period OF time bv that
means alone, AT Just estimate Of his natueal
righiS-- superstition s.rd tvrai.nV xould soon
De neutrality-suspicious. goScrh1lsnts ~ the Poo
PIT hat'rg IN sisvs the han, inrss aud welfare
OF ~: "''JoTty, would soon prevail ever all the
world.
Aware Of the ornnipotent influence of the
FieSs, il has alwaNs been ile practice of doe
potS t. ShaC ri" ~ and ACCORDINGLY ~ g find that
under this government alone. where alone the
peep. arr nee, does the freedom of the press
exist so trueis II, that one eau never be es-
'athsiied without the Otier They are as ipse-
t"''h'N connected, rs Is the continued cilcuia-
bodV.
In contemplating the affairs of South Anne
rlca, there i no circumstance which augurs
SO badly and Il so much calculated 60 atate
or anxiet, for the FINAL success of,hcir revo-
luton as The urdenable fact, thar tie editors
OF me pubic papers dere not ptoslaui.satc any
thing rejecting on the policy or contrary 10
the views Of the Supreme Director SO IL is IN
Chiil; every editor may be SAID TO write ,vi;l,
PAIR OF band cuffs suspended over his desk.
ana dungeon ever present to his imasina-
ton.
At the very moment when some of our dis
tngui>hed statesmen, Welding 20 the houora.
pie Impulse OF tue republican feeling and
behcvcience, aic ohti,' aNuil,. to haVs fiur,ns
ANres placed on q footing " I'LL other tov rs
III the scale OF cur CSteIiur relations l!tf s.at-
rot arflN rs ana bsIngs accounts OF the atiittsry
seizure OF cllizeEs, the violation OF pii,ate
correspondence, and numerous proofs Of tie
exercise of VIC ence and Of a. bi,rar> poNer hy
me Director, equallilg. any ding TO be met
W't' III the annals OF Robespierrean despct;sm.
lriN".,-t iioefty las no safeguard but H. he
VIII Of IN, itrector. l. any nau suspected of
"z,i' ~ devotion To the powers that ,r-wi,h-
out The form Of acCuSation much les of an inn,
partial trial, he j. thrown by the me @ dic.unc
OF the Director iuto mons and trsr suottcd TO
any part of the world.
Now u rs true at the administration of the
internal concerns OF nation has no come Mon
WIZ the mere Of "a
We ali Know, that even III England that boast
Ell model OF free government, the habcas
corpus mas been suspended in ume Of peace;
dhd none DUt the most infatuated admirer of
monarchy can preteid thar personal liberty
exists IN that country iuder OF the triW of
o." ministry. Yet no one can deny the inRepefi-
Europe.
II may be said then, thar we arc equally
bound '1 acknowledge TIE Independence Of
buenos ASi.>, without any regard 10 the par
ticular structure or interEal administration of
the government. But there IS "a vide differ.
ence between breaking OF existing relations
with AN old government acknowledged by all
the world and being tie first 10 recoeai ze ,tgs,
one. As the question OF tLc recognition of
huehos Ayres, aud ether republics OF South
America, Is still reserved for decisions nave we
MOI right TO inquire not only into their pro-
lessons, but into Their actions ! Cine toISti-
tuition or declaration Of rights is one ding 10
dct up TO thetr principles Is 1aefbcr Ii is only OF
the ground OF c0HgenllittV IN orr views of
ClNii i4DGItN. mat ttE lepDle
oil NCrtn America Can De jus! tea an ercouR-
terinS DANGERS and maxim sacrifices 10 secure
the independence OF thor breihIen i'm the
South. f0r cue, If 1 could ieei satisfied of that
0'g|7q'Gttiy there are no danger. or sacrifices
winch would not be wiin. to encounter tor
the establishment, on the Vince american
continent, OF governments similar To oar own.
Let Inc people ot fnencS AyreS and other
pr'lsnces remember, tha this is n government
OF ne peopie-aii ITS dcts are bu; 50 many midi
Gallons OF their ,riH; i ~ tliey ,vs!i To cstab-
ilsh the most friendly reia,ions vita us, let
them begin by CONVINCING us that they aje
H%A'iE not cniy tor 7H'tP HdtHce but Tor tie
esseit!Gi principles cf Jsrs goreran'cRf which
~ AT can never Dc (onSiotfed IS established
"l'hout the freedom II DE press aud the Su-
premacy OF known laws, to which fhe Director
himself should be no less alnenabe thar the
n'e4ueSt citizen Of Buenos Ayrrs As a matter
ct Telling o! what consequence is it to us whe-
ther fefdin"nd, or 4 PGerreydon Il King
John or General San Martin, lNtaunize over
the people Of South America
FOr Gods sake, inculcaIe necessarily ifNou
reel that yon can surely do il, the importance
OF some fundamental mdXlns, without which,
al your etioIts Will have been in vain such
for example, as the necessity OF leaving the
Press uHTeStTdiHed--I liable oniv bS silt .,t l.yy
for such damages as il can be proved bave
been inflicted, by the abuse OF that freedom.
Oh the reputation of the citizen The yerieSt
tyf'at on earth was never more abused than
our ihastrlouS JEFFER>ON-Yet Il w,,S h,s ia.
Vorlte maxim TO leave the press uuslack ed
saying, that error might be safely toierated
where reason is left free to combat a." Under
all ms abuse, the longer he administered the
government, tile stronger he grew in the aflec-
lions of the people.
Your press ben" left free it will ssou de-
mons trdte that politics. juSiice~Trquir.s that
all laws should emanate from the unbiased
VIII OF TIE delegates OF the people, elected by
full aud fair representation; ard the Decessi-
~ OF maintaining the legislative executive
and Judicial branches of the government Sc.
parate and district, each exercising its propeT
functions IN IT'S own sphere indcpend,ntLy of
esch other 0nere-ls that now the ease in
Buenoa AyresH The tide of symuathy in be.
hhif OF Tue Patriots of South America was ris
ing with rapidity which threatened to over
whelm all barriers-befUre this onr our 1rets
might nave been transporting yGHr trooLs 70
Lima, and wing liberty 10 Peru the powers
OF Europe, exhausted and occupied IN Keeping
down their own subjects, could not If ibey
would. interrupt us-but The prosecution az
the gallant Carrera, whom we Know 10 he de.
voted 10 the freedom OF his country-wit,l Tie
relation OF tile most despOtic Proceedings with
| which all letters abound from Buenos A res
aud Gull, have efieCtuaily checked thai tide
your h'Ostsanguine friends begin TO despajr'
May events prove this despair and those al.
| PrebensIOns TO he without foundation No
mau more cordially abhors the government
against whom you have DC VOTED than
A NORTB AMERICAN.
=, .. Please to insert this in your paper.
NOTICE. shall in frtute attsnd lie superior tonne
- fef Buckmghafn county.
,,.,. -, JOHN D. URaOaARr.
- Ll,SnDuIs, MdFeh .. 09sw
'fWIRlH nOLLARS REWARD Is olIr.ed foT the de
y livery at Dover in tie couay Of G.orl,ia,,d -
BlLFORD.-He is 2 Nero, Gao wears III ~
moderate stature, pleasant conference aud samu.rs
~ bis speech. Hismuthar beg IN the neighborpood -
Dover, makes It probable that lie is also TO be ,oond
hste' RANDOLPH HARRISON