Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-17

FLORIDA.
The specu,a'ions in Bells London Messenger.
OF May last cannot he read by any man, who
values our national character OF honesty with
out Indignation and disgust. -.Sucha an American
turns with loatling fran the idea, that the
freSiuept OF Tue united States is guilty OF the
meal anu HachlaveIinD policy ascribed to him.
What! invade Florida under the nreicl,cc of
chasing the Indians, but really 10 make a pyo.
risiondteccuPatioR ofFiorida which is To become
an dctndfand permanent seizure? Such designs.
suCh utcks' ~ich crooked line of policy, may
SUIT me piihceS OF the old World-but tiey 90
nOt suit The character OF Nouroc--tiiey arc
aDhcrTent 10 the highminded honesty and
honor OF ibis republican peOpie-If we con-
teit.i Tor ohe mcmeuts that our country was
capable OF such tine OF policy, we should
blush ter her dcgcneracy.
The MeSSeneeT seems TO think; that tho Pre-
Sident Of the United States will plaV upon the
tears os Spain, and that after we ha, e occuaied
FLORIDA, ny force, will intimdate Tie mOuarrb
INTO surrender OF the province. IL is inipOs-
slbie-We shall lose more by such a course
than shall gain. We inay gain Florida~-we
shall lose our high minded character. What
credit .Laii we gain By this complication Of
ftaud ana duress-dufeSs too upon IA nation
like spain AWAY with sUCh machaveliau
principles.
sIore wonderful still than the ISLANDERS Of a,
British presSi-W e find even some of Che Auiu-
rican papers cOuptemaucin@ these expressions
10y tae Language which they now iua,Hia.u One
may hang over these events. We are confident
they will in time he iovud 30 .sc the result OF
system; and Shew that energy aE Wei * SecTe-
cy are not confined TO the tabiuetN ct aims.
Such events cannot be the result OF ciuAee
One thing we think is certain; that the part %.
Florida now held by the troops OF Tie y. =. will
never revert to The crown of Span y; we ven
tnrC tn guess, that before year has evolved, "a
new Star i'll ne added 10 the Federal Coust ella.
ton, * that Star will be The State OF Florida
God grant IL may become 50, By fair aud non
orable means BY such means "a. this editor
darkly hints al, we hope never. We want Flo
rtda-it TilthecOme ouF5 al 40 distant day. We
despise Spain, and We resent the WRONGS she
has done us. But war, open was, declared By
the Representatives OF the people. rather than
the insidious policy, which this editor shadows
ont or the London Messenger ascribes 10 u.s.
Spain had better code the FIOridae 10 MS at
once. II wiliin some way or other ne bone
of contention between us-and she lad better
let Ms have il without further delay-hni to
wrest il from her in the insidious way which is
here pointed out, suits our ideas neither of no.
nesty nO, Of r,a"nauiputv.
We have not the most distant conception that
the messenger is correct in the assertion it
makes; that MI. Monroe ever meant to occu-
py the tioriddS o. that he has ordered the
occupation of Pensacola. We hope Cbut il is
a hope drawn from our own feeiinls. aud NOT
from amy tdcts we puSSess,) that he will order
the immediate evacuation of Pensacola
In utteriHs some OF these sentiments we may
have the misfortune to differ from Samc news
papers we respect. bnt JneV will allow ms the
same privilege of thinking which they claim
tor themselves. Wemay err-but all we can
plead IN our eNcnse, Is 4 heart alive to the hon.
OF and constitution OF our country.