Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-11-17

we have not seen lately their newspapers:
bat IT Is certain that generals Jackson
and Gaines, al the head of stroug diyi-
sion, have entered East Florida-have
| beaten in two or three engagements the
| Spanish Indians CALLED Sen,inoIes--baye
taken possession Of some Spanish posts,
| and Will keep, no -dou'}t, that province
until Spain makes due PREPARATION for the
violation Of The treaty OF l793-uutil she
| pays about three millions of dollars Tor
! piiiages committed, and gives satiiactiun
| for her repeated insults and miusiices.
| Spain cannnCt satisfy tAese demands, aud
| il appears to us that she must either go
i to war with the United States of North
| America, or suffer them Ia held The bs-
ifancr, and weigh at Their own pleasure
| the measure OF satisfaction and restiiu-
bon. SPAN Cannot oppose al once the
/ lailed Sistesot both Amencas. Il you'd
/ ee Fi''ie9ssssIsafS .sspose tle possibility 0f
| it.
| We ;ji-.iS near ~ hand when The his
iorian will reiair the re, buttons ami thi-
! Independence OF South America lie ~
| write with mingled emotions Of ioy auG
| paiu, the evils and conscientious of Gulum
bias sous. No doubt bat he vii! con
! cludeilie long anb bloody narrative OF bay
| barities, murders, and reasons IN these
words Thus teH the movement Of Sp1n
| ISL deSpotism ia Anie,ica, midst the 10Y .ul
shouts OF millions OF liberated beings and
10 ,hc admiration oi the world. ihc ON
Is thing thai nill be put in question, viii
| b. whether the Cruz l,ivs of thcd eginniug
at hs empire were more worthy OF eXeCra-
,inn than those of lis end. In the first
case, Spain murdered millions of ino-
cent strangers, and in the latter she has
4 81,
mina,ion of her own sons.
Compairiots let us exclaim, Tie God
OF Justice and OF battles is with us. One
single blow Of our united efforts shah
crown with success our struggle. provi-
| dcnce has placed az immense price 10 IL
berry Gas the ilirstrous Paine said, 10
show how difficult il is TO gaini)in order
that we may knew how 10 appreciate ii
lie more. Bretheren |! The promised
land is before us. w must cXpe lie
Goh from the sn,all territory they pos
sess, and ages of liberty al satisfaction
and rest will be The reward of the hard
ships and dangers Ne have experienced IN
=, the desert.
TIE E3FLES FROM RUENOS AYRES.
Ii Is Will reluctance ilial we touch up-
on the subject which heads This article,
hVcaMse We deem II one uf such nature
that ought neverio have been brought
Into public discussion in this country. II
is subject which ought TO be settled ex-
Cluslvcly between the exiles and their
country. For independently oil The gen
erai inpropriety of imtermeddling iii BE
domestic transactions 81 foreign indie
pendent nation, there are peculiar cir
cumSianccS 'hat Distinguish this from amy
other case nhiciI can come under eur OBJ
scrvailon. Bueuos Ayres Is In d siatc oI
Revolution, and .ias been for many wears
struggling for lis very existence: TO al
those ul,G regard with an eye OF phildn-
thr0py q spectacle like This, il would be
IA sufficient apology Cor few slight ex-
ccsses, (Which are inSFparabiy incident Ia
revolulians) and this consideration should
prevent us from embarrassing the great
cause of freedoms by magniiling ohSta-
cies derived from trivia! or Incidental eau
SEES. But 1t tie Patriots were 10 expect
no favor iroui our sympathy, common
Justice demanded that their cause should
not he brou9htnponeT paItG testimony be
fore tribunal which coiild not be com
p,tcnt TO Try II. Situated, as this coun
Ity is, al distance of many thousanr
miles from the scene Of the transaction
having also "a very linilcd intercourse
with Buenos byres, il is Impossible fol
the American people TO havea view of iit
whole ground Of dispute, and very diih-
cult for them 10 form any Jus: conception
OF its real merits.
But none of these considerations have
avaiIed, III favor of the Republic oi Du
cDos ANres. For two Years past, certain
newspapers in this country, protesting IL
be friendly to The Patriots, nave been fll
cd with anonymous dcnunciaiions of the
most malignant nature, against the gov
rimenl OF that Republic. Their b =
and ATTEST men, PUEYReEDoN, san
MARTIN, BELGRANo, &c. have becI
li.ld up 10 reprOach and indignation, az
lNranuICai, dcspotlc and ambitious ant
moi content with attempting 10 poison
lie public mird of The United States, ln
tidmmaiUry publications, printed in Bal
iinorc, have been circulated IN Bueno,
AyrcS, Tor the baleiul purpose of getting
up another revolution 10 tiiat country -
The cXiies themselves have been tore
most ~ these transactions. EegardleS.
OF HE ties OF PATRIOTISM. and OF that lIo-
uourable feeling which induces - {
man ia all situations 10 cherish the IIncT
csis OF hts country as his own, their ei
forts have been lHcesSant, TO biackrH H.
reputation and 10 chill and eradicate those
sympalhlcs which should have been uni
yrfsaly aroused in It's favor. We say
that this is not Tie conduct of honorable
men or of pairiOis-of mcn who love
their country. The example OF Arisildes
: the iusl Aiheniau, in similar CifCum$ian
ccs, vas directly the reverse OF theirs, an'
has excited in all ages thc admiration o
, mankind. When doomed to- a bdniSb
mcnt Of ten years by his country men
, | tlis Urpaf mans DT8Ner VAS &" that M