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

fnOle NOrtu IL asserted fdctS OF nOtOrl
,ty, in the face of the whole world. II
Was not 10 be credited that the Congress
would come forward with statement
which was not true, when the means, iti
we're false, of exposing their fabrications,
must be 50 abundant, aud SO easy TO com
mand. IL was 4 document, in short, that
stood upon the same toeting of authority
with our own papers, promulged during
the revolution by our Congress. He would
add that MANY of the facts which IL af-
iirmed, were corroboratcd by most res
pectable historical testimony, which was
III his own possession Here Inc read
various passages from The manifesto
In The establishment of the indepen-
dcnce of Spanish America, the u. ). had
The deepest interest. He had no hesiia-
ton III asserting his firm belief, that there
was no question in the foreign policy of
this country, which had ever arisen, or
which hecould conceive as ever occurring,
III the decision OF which we had SO much
Il, stake. This interes: concerned our
politics, our commerce, our navigation
There could not be doubt that Spanish
America, once independent, whatever
might he the form of the governments es-
tab!ishcd IN IFS several parts, these gov
Crnments would be animated by an Anne.
rican feeling, and guided by an American
policy. They would obey the laws of the
system of the New World, of hich they
wonld compose part, IN coniradlstinc-
ton to that of Europe. Without the i'll
i'uence Of that vortex in Europe, the
balance of power between lis several parts,
the preservation of which had so often
drenched Europe In blood, America is
sufficiently remote 10 contemplate the
new wars which are TO aaiict that quarter
the following are the passages read by MIR.
CLAW
Memory shudders at the recital of the
herrers that were then committed by GoNen
eche, in Cochabamba. Would to heaven il were
pos IDLE Ia blot from remembrance the name
or that angrateiuland blood thirsty American:
who, on the day of his entry, ordered the vr-
tuous governor and iutendaGt, Antcsana, - be
shot VII behodius from the balcony his
house that infamous murder, cried out with
fcrocious voice, tn tile soldiers, that theY must
not fire 1T the lead, because he wanted il 10
be affixed 10 q pole and WHO, after the head
was taken on, ordered the cold corpse 10 be
dragged through the streets and, by bar
harOns decree, placed the lives and fortunes of
the citizens at iii" mercy of his unbrdled sol
diery, leaving them 90 exercise their iirent0us
AMI brutal sway during several DAYS, But those
bind and cruelty capricions men, (ie Span.
iardS) rejected the mediation of England, and
dispatched rigorous orders to all the generals
10 aggravate the war, and TO punish To with
more severity. The scatfolds were every
where multiplied, and invention was rack ed 10
devise means for spreading murder, distress
ami CONSERVATION.
IhencctOrth they made all possible efforts
To spread division amongst us to incite us to
mutual determination; they have siandered us
with Tie most atrOciOnS calumnies, accusing us
OF plotting thedcStrHction of our holy religion, |
the abolition OF all morality, ana OF introducing
righteousness OF manners. They wage reli
giOhS war against us, cOntIiving a thousand ar. |
tItlces To disturb and alarm the con5ciences of
The people, making the Spanish bishops issue
dccreeS OF rcclesiastical condemnation, public |
accommodations, and disseminating, through
The medium Ofsome ignorant coUteSsor, tanati.
cal doctrines in the tribunal of penitence. BV
means OF these religious discordS they have di
Ndrd families against themselves; theyhave
caused disaiiectiOn between parents and chill
dren they have dissolved the tender ties which
unite hus band and wife they have spread ran.
conr and impiacable hatred between brothers,
most endeared, and they have presumed 10
throw all nature into dscord.
ihey have adopted the system of murder
ing men unfortunately, To diminish oar mum
GerS aid, OH their entry into towns they have
swept oil all, even the market people, leading
them 10 The open squares, aud there shooting
tiein one BY one. The cities of Chuquisaca
and t;ochabamba have more than once been
Tie theatres of these horrid slaugaters.
they have intermiX ed with their trooDS
soldiers of ours whom they had taken prison. |
ers, carving away the O5scers in chains to gar |
lsons where IL is impossible to preserve health !
tor year-they have left others 10 tie in their
pr-onS of hunger and misery, and others they |
have forced to hard labor on the public works. |
They have exnltingly put 10 death our bearers |
OF iiaEs ct truce, aud have been guilty of the !
blacklist atrocities to our chiefs, after they had
surrendered; as well as to other principal cha. |
racteTS, in disregard of the humanity with
which We treated prisoners as a proof of it, |
witness tue deputy Mutes of Potosi, the cap.
iatn general fumacagua, general Augulo and
his brother cOmmandanl Muuecas and other
i'm
AFTER having been prisoners for several daVs |
They took brutal pleasure in cropping
the ears OF the natives of the town of Vile
Erande, and sending a basket full of them as
presents To the head -quarters They after.
wfrdN burnt that town, and set fire 10 thirty
otaer popHlOn5 towns of Peru and worse than
we worst Of saVaseS shutting the inhabitants
mp IN the houses, before setting them on fire
that tley might be burnt alive.
they have not only been cruel and unspar
inS IN Their mode of murder, but they have
seen void OF all morality and public decency.
causing aged ecciesiastics and women 10 he
dashed TO a gun, and publickly logged, with
TIE abomination of 6rSt having t:iem stripped
ana their EakedneSs exposed to shame in the
presence Of their troops
hey established an inQHistoral system iii
sll these pun shmenlS; they have seized on
peacenOle inhabitants, and trans ported them
cross tie sea 10 be judged for suspected crimes
ana they have put great number Of citizens
to death every where, without accusation OF the
form OF trial
they have invented crime of unexa,nped
horror, in poisoning our water and provisions,
when they were conquered by Gen. pinetO AT
Ia PaZ, and in return for the kindness with
which he treated them after they had snrrcn
dered at discretion, they had the barbarity to
bi"w up the head quarters under which they
had censtrncteda mine, and prepared train
before haBd
- lie has branded us with the stigma Of re-
beis, the moment he returned 10 Madrid
lie refused to listen to our complaints, or TO
receive our suppliCaliOns and as an act Of
extreme favor, he offered us pardon. He
confirmed tie NicnrnNs nnnnrnnrs md nun-