Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-14


she proscrbes, 10 ne found in Depnn's
and other works. a man feature il, her
PohcA - THAT WHICH constant, eiv, aies the
c"roPtS' and dcprcsscS lhe Ameii-
Gan Sh"rar'er. Qui Of upwards at sever
hundfrd and MY Vice RoyS and Cap
lains General, whom She mas an,oin,rd
since The conquest of ma. rica. LON IL
only have been from The bod, ofr., Ar,r.
Hcan population On all oscasiof,s she
seeks 10 raise ahd promote her Europe
an Sntiecis, and 10 degrade and lumil!-
hie The Crtoles. Wherever in Ameiita
her sway extends, every thing seems 10
r'ne aud wiiher beneath It's banelul IN
h.ence. Tie richest regions ofthe earth
man, his happiness and his cduca,ion;
OH Ihe fne faculties Ut his soul, are regu-
la'ed, anu modified ami moulded 10 snit
Tue eXecrabie purposes Of an memorable
despotiSm.
Such Is Il brief and imperfect picture of
the state OF things in Spanish, america in
1903, when The famous transactions OF
bayonne occurred. The King of Spain
and The Indies (for Spanish America had
ways constituted an integral part Of the
Spanish Emplre) abdicaied his throne
ana became voluntary captive. Evenat
tlis Gay, one does not know whether he
should most condemn The baseness saa
perhdy OF the one party, or despise the
meanness and imbC CiiitI of the other. T.
iheobligatlon OF obedience and allesiauce
existed on the part OF the colonies 10 The
kinS OF Spain, II was founded on the duty
OF protection which he owed them. BY
disquaiifying himself from the perform.
ahce OF tins dniy, they hecame released
from that obligation. The monarchy was
dissolved ana oaoIi integral PAT lad 4
right to seek lis own happiness, bv the
institution of any new government adapt
eu 10 It's wants. Joseph Ronapartr, the
successor de iacto of Ferdinand, rccog-
hized Tins right OH the pafi Of the colo
MES, and recommended them 10 establish
their independence. Thus. upon the
ground OF strict right upon the footing
OF mere legal question, governed bv TO
rehslc rules, The colonies, being absolved
Dy The acts OF the parent country from The
duty OF subsection to II, had an iu5ispuia-
PIE right 10 set up for themselves. But.
MI Clay took broader anu bolder 20.
sIiion. lie maintained, that an oppressed
people were authorized, whenever they
could, te rise and break their feiterS.
Tbs the great principle ofihc ENGLISH
revolution. 1t was the great principle nf
our own. Naiiel, if authority were want
ing, expressly supports this right We
must pass sentence ofCondemnation unon
tie founders OF our liberty thai they
were lioTs-and HAT we are #
this moment legis!a!ing without CONNIE
tent powers, before We could co,denu
the cause of Spanish America. Oar re-
Veiu;ion was mainly directed amainsithe
mere theory of tyranny. Weiad Suffered
comparatively but little 4; we ba,l, in some
respects, been kindly treated hui ourin-
trepid and intelligent fathers saw, in tile
OF tIa
siderable tax, the long train of oppressive
acts that was 10 follow. They rosr : thew
breasted the storm; they conquered our
freedom. Spanish Anc4ica for centuries
has been doomed 10 The practical effects
OF an odlous tyranny. five were justified.
she is more than justified.
MIR. Clay said he was no propaganda.
He would not seek TO force upon other ma
tons our principles and our liberty. II
they did moi want them. lie would not
disturb the repOse even OF detesiable
despotlsm. But, If an abused and oppress-
ed people wilIed their freedom II they
sought 10 establish il; If, III truth, III Y
had established II, We had a right, as 4
sovereign power, 10 notice ile FACT, and
TO act as circumstances and our interest
required lie would say, in The language
of the venerated father Of his couBtrv.
p" Borh in land Of liberty, my anxious
recoiieclions, my sympathetic feelings,
and my best wishes, are irresisiiblv Cxcii-
ed, whatsoever, III my country, see an
oppressed nation unturl lhe banners Of
freedom For his own part, Mr.. CLAW
SAID, that whenever he lhoug.,t of Spanish
America, the image irresistibiy forced IL
self upon his mind of on elder brother
whose education had been neglected
whose person bad been abused and nal
treated, and whe had been disiuheiifed
by the unkindness of an unnatural parent.
And, when he contemplated Tie glorious
struggle which That country Was nos max
ing, he thought he heheld that brofb,r
rising, by the power and energy Of his fine
native genius, 10 the manly rank which
nature, and natures God, intended for
BIN.
IfSpanish America werc entitled 10 sue
cess from The business Of her cause, We
had no less reason 10 wish that success
from the horrible ChaTaCtcY which fhepnY.
al arms have given To tie var More auo-
cities than those which had been pespC-
tratcd during ITS existence, were uoi 10 I've
iound even ~ tlie annals OF Spain herself.
And hIStOTyS rCscrving some Of her black
est pages Tor lie name OF NOTille, is pre-
pared 10 place him alongside Of his piraf
prototype The infamous dCsoiatOr Of ue
Netherlands. He who has looked mo
The History Of the conduct OF This war. is
constantly shocked al thercvOifil,0 scenes
which II pourtrays; AT the refusal, on lie
part Of the commanders Of the r0vsl fox
ces, To treat, on any terms, with the other
side al The denial of quarters al tLe
butcllery, in cold blood, Of prisoners. ~
the violation of flags, in some cases. after