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

| of Spanish minister. Although Dan
| Alvcar bad been obliged 10 ~ his coun-
try, II was yet one Of their former ma9is
!rates that 1t was sought 10 prosecute.
ana The cause OF the prosecutions against
hun would have recommended hini too
strongly To the interest Of his fellow citi-
| iZens, tor them not 10 have resented the
| Injury done TO him. II the captain OF The
| Celeste had carried into execution the
| orders winch we are assured were given
10 him by The Consul of France, il is most
likely that the Supreme Director Pue,r-
redon WOULD have RENTED sumVv hat OF
the good will which he has constantly
| shewn TO the country men of iis father,
! who was FreRchman by brlii--a good
VIII OF no mean value al a lime When all
| commercial nations dispute The market
| OF Buenos Ayres. This market, where
near three millions Of inhabitants diiius-
| Ell over The United Provinces al La Plata
purchase the prodticts OF European in
! duSiry, Is about TO experience d rapid
increase. now the Republic has triumph
ed over It's enemies: now that all the germs
which nature las scattered with aprodigai
hand, over It's territory tile development
OF which has been arrested for three CEN
| iuries by absurd regulations. are about to
SHOOT forill-and the wilderncsscs which
yet cover part of It's soil are abou, to be
| covered with habi;aiiopS aud enriched by
culture, and lis ciiizenS 10 advance in all
lie paths OF civilization with Il pace equal
10 that Of the citizens OF Northern Amer
lea.
Already the republic has ceased TO
fight for herself: her independence APP
pears 10 be secure from all attempts d.
gainsi 1t: but, with magnanimous po-
hey, she now directs her arms against The
enemies of The liberty of her neighbors.
The Fast news from Buenos Ayres an
nounces that Tie victorious army com
manded by Gen. San Martin had embar-
ked al Valparaiso, one of the ports of
Chill, TO repair 10 Lima, whilst another
corps was traversing the mountain of Pc
ru, directing MS course 10 the same point.
The armies Of the Republic will 90 still
farther they will continue to advance
as long as they find Spaniarhs before
Them, says the Southern Imdependant, a
journal printed AT BGcnos Ayres. II is
impossible, adds that paper, TO pani the
inioxlcation OF JOY OF The inhabitants of
this city, on learning tie news OF The sue
cess OF Gen. San Martin. The citizens,
often unconsCionsly, embraced each other
IN the streets, crNing oui-At last, We
have couniry-yes, repeated they, aud
this country is secured 10 us. We sha!
taste ourselves those blessings whici, we
though! reserved only for our children
we shall enjoy them without being tor
mented by the fear of losing the fruit of
all the ills we have suffered, and Of all
The blood we have freely shed
The Jewellers obtain on the ocean sue
cess still more decisive than in America.
On the land they are obliged 10 contend,
single handed, with their own resources
only, against the forces Of The mother
country. Upon The ocean they are aided
by the merchants, or The most wealthy
capitalists OF the United States and Of
Great Britain, who have hoisted the revo-
iulIonary flag on prlvaieers equipped al
their expense. We have already said.
that these p1vateers lniest all the coasts Of
Spain: and they now penetrate even into
her ports. One of them has there taken
in wafer and supplies, which il obtained
by It's threats another has been on the
point of taking possession of vessel in
the port OF Cumariuas many of them
sell the prizes which they have made up
on Spanish commerce, even in The bays
and creeks OF Tie peninsula. intimida-
| ted by these reports, says a London pa
per, lie captain OF the transports which
have recoDductcd 10 Russia the crews of
tersburg To that of Madrid, having ani-
we'd OH The English coast, las demandc,
OF The Admiralty a vessel of war, 10 con
yoy him on his reiurn 10 Spain. The
British governnen' has lei,ised this de
inand, observing that il couldn not comply
with II without Il departure from The sys
tenn OF neutrality Which il had adopted
The Spanish vessels, Influenced bv tie
ioo-weil founded approximations of their
tommandcr, are yet III British port
It's not without painful sensation
that, after having spoken 10 my readers
Of tie situation Of the United Provinces
Of La Plata, AN obliged TO direct their
| attention towards Caracas and VeneZuc-
la. Ii would be an unjust reproach 10
accuse me Of seeking 10 deprecia1e the
merit Of tile efforts Of General Bolivar.
| The more painful The contest he suslains,
! the more questionable the success of it,
| the more glorious is it. For nearly four
| years, with soldiers whom he has himself
raised and organized, he has been able
| TO resist the most formidable army thai
the Spanish government has ever sent
across the Atlantic. Often beaten, Gen.
Bolivar, like the citizens of the first ares
OF the Roman republic. has never dcs-
paired of The salvation Of his country:
whenever his adversary publishes tie
defeat, and often the death of tie dicia-
Tor of Venezuela, when he announces
that all his resources are destroyed, all
at once we learn that he has re-appcared
at another point, more formidable and
more Threatening than ever.
IL is i'll the midst IL the fdiignes and
dangers Of this obstinate conflict, that
he has succeeded III equipping feet,
which has, we are assured, gained great
ndNAninncs nYnrn SnanisL nerl In flln A.