Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-18

Thee, Ne and lido we not lin the flows of the soul,
Tia, uuih, as OF yore, is confined to the bowl
when the hox of Pandora was opened on earth
And Misery's triumph commenCt Nirth;
Hope Mas lcis twas she !bH, the goblet kiss,
And care not TOT hope, who are certain OF bliss.
Lons life to the grape fur when summer il flown
TIE age nectar shall gladden. on own
We must die i--who Shalt MT i-.nay sin be for
Aud Hebe Shall never he idle in Heaven.
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FLORIDA.
Having been favored with the use ofa few
late London papers. we have extracted from
cupation of Pensacola, which will interest
our readers. 1t is scarcely necessary 10 men,
tiOn that the Morning Chroaicle aud the Ex-
auiner are opposition prints, and have always
been. the forger particularly, in what is called
III England the Wing interest. Nat. Int.
From the London Eramiaer.
SEIZURE OF PENSACOLA.
A circums stance has taken place which has
very much puzzled the olitcans, especially
fhe " legitimate ones, who are exceedingly
frightened just now at the sound of gun
The reader Knows the bong dispute between
Spain and the L. States relative 10 West Flo
rlda. lie American general Jackson has taken
possession of its capital Pensacola aud u:.r
inirIsterial editors draw their quilts Instantly,
M great horror Of mind. They ask--HOw is
this " hat right have the Americans 30 seize
PenSacolaf Why didn't they issnc manifesto
beforehand, instead of Initiating NapOleon's
publican cabinets? So aging, they Saeaihe
their quilis fGr the present, as rather useless,
and sit down, looking, Gas the legitimate Gus.
tom Isl lofty, Yet lacka- dasacal.
The ingenious aiiusiOn TO Napoleon, affecting
10 think that he was the sole practlser of a
summary mode OF proceeding, of which the
old governments had set him so many exam
pies has been sufficiently answered by the
morning Chronicle. Il is curiOus To see how
these seniieiacn break their forgetfui heads
WheteNef They run tilt against NapOieon's am
DihoD. They affect TO reply that Napoleon
was rae Only sovereign who MAS ~ the habit
OF acting and then explaining, instead Of eX-
planning and then acting; and Hey add, that
the instances III preceding soveTelgnS, were
oTly exceptions 10 the Tule, and lave also
been -" eXecrated by history aud public OPT.
ni0n."--Ne are glad to see, for the first time,
rus modest concession on the part of time
serving writsTs-that history and public OPT
Mon are things different from their own pi o.
duciions and sentiments /; but il is impossible
to help being disguised at their making this
momentary use of " history" which they sex IN
TO forget at all other times; and of - public
opinion, which they are often in the habit
OF denying, or Of shutting their ears to, or of
representing asjacobnical. Do they gecrate
Louis XIV for his unexplained seizures or
Frederick II. for his, or the empress Caihariue
and her brother of Austria for theirs? Do
they ever eXecrate these legitimate settlers of
bad examples for their seizures, cruoties kid
mapping, and partitions Do they in short.
ahd II YOU do, they call you a IaCObin, t0us h
you have .eXecrated Napoleon into the bargain.
Aud now they would quote history and pub
lie oriDion and for what For petty time
serving purpose. So little principle have they
IN ANY OF their feelings of History past or pre-
sent and SO far removed are they from the
Spirit Of truth. when they make brief and mn
willing use of the truth itself.
Ban III answer TO something else, they have
shewn themselves aware that the q. States
have expressly said they would make no APP
pealS TO other governments in their concerns
with Spain" 1T least They said they must
decline soliciting or accediu@ 10 the iNtcrie
renee Of any of'Ier government " in justice 10
thai fundamental system o! politics, which
t0rOids Them from entering the labyrinth Of
European politics" IN other words, they des
PiSe tie chicanery aud fathles-ness of these
politics, AID can afford 10 do without them,
aud tie above them And this is one OF the
greatest reasons why the legitimate pretend.
ers ofail sorts hate the American republic,
which nevertheless, like prOdigious wiseacres
as they are, they are teaching the rest of the
world To like better every day.
AS to the reasons of the Il States for selling
Pensacola, they will perhaps refer the world
20 the variety of state papers which they have
already published on the subject of Florida
We cannot refer 10 them a we could wish inst
at This moment; but we trust and believe, that
they viii make ont a good case, as we take
exceeding interest in the honor, welfare. and
IlustTiOus example set by the u States, The
cumstances which retain or forfeit the right of
possession IN such cases, are of various descrip.
tOnS; and we know, that some years back
America expressly claimed "A rigbt TO West
Florida, and saidlt was only waiting the result
of negotiations with Spain, to have 1t fiualiy
given up. Probably IL thinks il has waited
too long but at all events we shall expect to
hearwhy, whatever we may think Of the right
of the allied promise breakers Iohearit.
In the mean time, the politicians are much
perpleNed. Some think that Gen. Jackson
has exceeded his commission, some that We
has acted upon discretionary one aud otiers
suppose that the business has been concerted
between The two disputiug powers themselves
III order that Spain may be able 10 PIT some
mnAeyin her pocket hy the vale Of Florida, aud
yet avoid rupture with the court Of 81. james,
by appearing tO Weld Il on COmpulsiOu.
We think there may BE- some tfuth in tlis
latter sapppsitiOti, except that 1meriCa would
b. patiDg for goods 10 which she says she has
fright, aud which mat inevitably fall into her
bands before long. At ans rafc we conceive
there is little option Of any sort on the part Of
bpala.-J net ouIt of Spain, Il +, true, gficyous
ly wants money and would willingly part with
q colony 10 fft some. The king cNn sGarccis
raise sny, even for lis COarteXpcns"s. DHt,
tlHn, would he willingly part it'll CoiouS 50
tctHshiy situated 1~ tlfc tlolidds, CGnsiAs ring
ths state Of hi. rey0ited colonies id ne south
Yes, wi. iugiy, though not Willingly ioi The |
fact Do, even De must ptt Give ~ last, tiat I
there is To hope Of keeping these colonies 81
si aud he may choose to make the best of q |
b1a bargain and Get tie iist indayciir ont |
OF sWcriCd while lie c1n.--bc-itts. iu spite of !
the renewed efforts of he albe.. l1e pfrg'er |
stst sro found 60 be o. some co- cfucHcp -'li I
and .riH m0Tc Of less Hekr their way upt,ari /
iHin tlicir 10 stts, especially ip america, where /
spela eioriou, example las BEEN seq lhtu; !
and ioI anghi We koo", 90, Inhabitants Of {