Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-27

l greSs, or the gallant but unfortunate Nina,
depute him upon this expedition Neither .
| he cOniessGs That lie had no special authority
TO take posse sSi0n OF The island: Of course, II
he pleads any power al all, IL must be "a sort II
r0rtng commission, wil.ch is almost as good as
| no commission at all; scarcely whit better
than the commission of plunderer and pi
rate. And is this the commission, tins the
authentic power, " hicli is To cODsecrate such
acts as Il Hubbard, AN irwin, or an Amy, may
choose TO perform for their own advantage e
But look at these acts look at the SNeitlons
of com. Amy for the furtherance Of Mexican
liberty; and what theyf The scenes OF
Galvezton but repeated at Amelia-a hest OF
plunderers collected at this patriOtC point TO
20 abroad for their booty, and return with II
to their hive-that booty collected they cared
not how, and condemned upon the ioosest
princples-that booty frequently sold without
being carrie before cOurt-and whether
condemned or not, of no use to the CaptOr,
.gnless II were sold and introduced into our
ports-that booty frequently smuegied into ST.
Mays aud Savannah-and some of ita SPECIES
OF cargo utterly forbidden by our institutions
TO be introduced at all--the poor African
slave, whose admission was absolutely pr0hiD
lied by the wise laws OF our own country.....
And these freebooterS are oil at once to be
hailed az the friends OF freodoml these pi-
rates are TO be elevated into patriots, Their
plumber Is to be Cousecrated ~ the name of
patriotism 'Oh liberty! how many disorders
have been perpetrated under thv name.
Judge then the occupants OF Amelia by his
rowing COMMISSION OF their acts; Judge him Dy
the authority he affected or the benefit which
he rendered and what dspaSsiOnate man is
there who who viii pretend for one moment
TO coniound him with the patriots of South
America And yet il has been inSinuated
that Mr.. Monroe is the enemy OF South Anne.
rican liberty, because he has directed Amelia
Island To be wreSted from the hands of com.
Aury. L, for one, abjure such an union-I
protest against suvli conclusion. believe
in my heart that MIR Monroe is the friend OF
tie patriots that he heartily and sincerely
af,a
subject, which ii is impossible for me to resist
and protest against the conclusion that Aury
Is identified with the cause OF liberty, or that
has expulsion is identified with an opposition
TO that cause. So iar from it ; conceive his
conduct 10 he calculated TO bring a reproach
upon that cause ny being for one moment in
corporated with it. He would bring stain
upon il, If lie were really its agent.
I'd The authority Of The Presiiaet. This is by
| far more donbtfniq uesti0n-b bur Ihambly con-
ceive that injustice has been done him BY attri-
buting TO him two different and inconsistent
principles of action. MIR. Monroe il has been
said, has wrested Amelia Island from Com.
Amy, in consequence Of AN act of Congress
which has so long been kept secret i'm his bu.
reauh-tiiai act authorizes him TO seize East
Florida, when ii is taken possession of by TO-
reign government but(Quoth these gentlemen)
Mr.. Monroe had already declared i'll his first
message, that Com. Aury did not possess il by
virtue OF any power from foreign government,
but that he was in fact an unlicensed plumber.
| how stands his aTgument5 Thus:
Com. Aury is either the agent of foreign
| government, or he Is not Ii he does act under
| Il foreign government, then the President had
a right tO dispossess him under the act of Con-
gress. II he did not act under foreign go
vernmenf, then our government ought TO have
| diSpossesSed him, beeause He acting with
out authority, on the very edge of the United
| States, contributing TO violate :hcir laws-and
new facilities given to violations of our reve-
me and commercial laws, and of those prohi-
| biting the Introduction of slaves" Proclana.
| tom cfthc President Of the IT, s. of oct. ~ 1870
on taking possession Of the territory LreSt Of the
| Perdido
repeat, however, that my opinion on this
| 2d point is less sure than on the island, that
as doubts hang over it, as it is somewhat I'M
certain whether the act of Congress was inten-
| dedto apply to this particular case that could
| have wished the President had waited until
Congress had been appealed to, and their sense
| taken npon The matter. AN unwilling to give
| the President the uncontrolled power, unless
| III cases OF very great emergency, 10 march the
| troops OF lie United States beyond our Dor.
1 ders. But say he has erred, believe he has
| done SO with the very best intentions, and with
| OUT feeling atom of hostility 10 the real
cause of SOnth American liberty.
BRNTEVOGLIO.
| 1t is true, tie law, &c. has not been for
| mally made kDown-bnt the existence of such
| power as it conveyed could have been 10
| great secret with some observing politicians.
For instance, read the documents accompany
ing the Message OF Ian. IA 1913, Gin the yaIua-
| bic State Papers published al Boston, vol o,p.
| i54) relative TO the correspondence about TAX
ing possession of East Florida at that day, and
| The condition on which Z. Florida is to be pos
sessed, frequently peeps forth.
| FoRTHE ENQUIRER.
! AN APOLOGIZE for those icto understand il.
| NihltINfUS was man of ii liberal
mind-hls reputation had spread over The
| whole country, as man of ardent cha
racter and of elevated spirit. He had fire.
| quently been called by his country to
the head Of her affairs; and it was con-
iessed,. on all hands, that like the gener-
Gus Moor, he had " done the state some
service" Some of his sons were still dis
iingulshed by the qualities, which had
at early life marked the character of Vir-
| ginius bnt, as ii frequently happens TO
| those who are distinguished by public sp-
| rlt, lis affairs at home had become some
what neglected. MANY of his children
and peasants were suffered to grow up
| without much education, though their
| natural talents were of the first order
| There were few schools OF his very extern
| slve dOmalns-their minds, therefore. ran
riot, and many precious moments were
| given TO dissipation, which might have
been dcyOtei TO their solid Improvement.
| Ihe farm IL VITgInins, too, vas very ex-
ttensIye and fertile; but il had not all the
convenlences which lis inhabitants want
ed. The roads from one part 10 another
we're out ofrepair-and those fine creeks,
which ran through il ,andmight have borne
| 10 their proper markets the rich products
OF the farm, were interrupted by rocks
or beds of sand. His purse was not al
ways overlooking; and partly from the
want OF means, and partly from the