Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-26


commerce continues 10 be depressed
her scaDty consumption marks The de
cline oil her prosperity whole bands Of
robbers aud smugglers infrst the roads,
and cut OFT all communications conin-
SION reigns in every part OF this i'll lated
Kingdom.
As i, is impossible 10 collect fie reTe-
nue., The state is forced either To refrain
from expenses, or 10 run in dcbf. The
army Is without pay, and breeds every
year some revolt or conspiracy. TIE
ministers OF state are shifted in rapid
succession, and driven from power 10 eX.
lie, from favor 10 persecution So ii,si, 20
system Of politics or administration can
either be established or pursu. 4!
Such symptoms have in every age been
marked by the wise as messengers of
ruin. Let none pretend 10 say that a
people may do we'll without he pleasures
and comforts of civilization let no mau
talk OF The mildness. morality, and tran
guilty Of that system which subjects the
weak 10 the strong, aud teaches man tie
obedience Of The brute. Easy wonld IL
be Tor us TO refuie this ancieni liz, this
convenient absurdi,y, irumped up by
those who deny The existence of human
suffering, because they cannot cure or
will not pity il. Nor would il be neces-
which, in every noble bosom, Tevuii "a,
human degradation, and commiseraie
The slave, although dead TO his own in
dignity.
On The authority then Of simple reason,
we will say, thai, ii these facts be ,rur,
| Spain must be miserable and y III add.
| that the sufieriugs OF france, under
similar evils, would be d thousand times
more cruel aud pltiabe. Our cslaurtiGs
| would be etabitiereo by being conirasted
with tie blessings OF advanced Cirilizd-
ton, of pure morals, Of active industry,
OF wise legislation. AL earthquake WITCH
swallows The liuts OF the savage, rs nnt
10 be depiored so much a. That Which,
overMhelms rich and fertile territory.
What is there then III Spain, so much
TO be admired and coveted By certain
| statesmen who have TIE front to call
| themselves friends 10 our government, in
| lis present form Nhai would they have
us Initiate IN nation Without Justice,
without rights Ia q county where dis
orders are hourly increasing, and where
| Tue heroes OF the national ildtpendence
are rewarded With exile and prescription
| lu what consists the boasicd superiorilg
with which they would insult as! II We
must declare ii IN tie face OF those who
| proclaim IT, this superiority Is founded nn
| the very evils now described, ali sprlugiug
| from state o! things deyouily wished for
| by the men Ne speak of
! As there is no compact 10 project this
wretched people, their interests aid their
| wishes have been wholly disreeaIt.ed. -
| That middle class, formed Of the meTcan-
Tile, agricultural ana professions bodies,
which, III Fsance. is the sncl of Vie na-
ton, Is IN Spain now scarcely 10 be met
| wi1h.... Yes II was this class " Inch
| achieved the national Independence, and
| which defended the country and .he
| throne. But no sooner had ihev freed
| their country from invasion, than they
were crushed, in amoment, Us the C0.u-
bined force of lie mobiles and l!$ir re-
ialnegs, WHO mutually guaranteed 10 each
other, on The one part, power and hcen-
tiousness, on the other, maintenance and
protection. So that this class, already
weakened hy their struggles III The cause
OF liberty, became The easy prey Of up.
preston, Punishment, and prosecutions -
This is Tie state Of things held up 10 orr
imitation; this is lbe stale OF things 20
much admired by the ambitions spirits
/ who combine with a few base souls. Ia
decryiDg our national constitution, and
would fam dole OIL the peoples rights as
iarOrs and concessions.
| Spain has no commerce. So thai ille
grandees have little 9rohnd 10 apprelend
the growth aad prosperity OF Tie class Of
which we speak, snd whose power is so
dangerous TO The claims oil d superiority,
founded upon birth and nominal disiimc-
| lions.
Her tribunals are corrupt and seryile
and The subject, driven from this last asy :
lum OF liberty, njOys not even the secrri.
~ of private rights 10 compensate hini Tor
l ba uanf n1 a uAtinnal c,,u,Dart -
will il be before these tribunals shew tie
sturdy independence Of the late parlia
mems of France.
Size has no disciplined army. And Iii.
to be sure, is somewhat unlucky Tor The
grandees and their admirers for with
bayOneis enough they might laugh at DO
pular resistance. However, lie IaIe spa
nish army would not have served their
| turn II had fought bravcly for lis coun-
try; IFS officers bad risen by their merit.
} | Such armies are troublesome, and disrurb
the social hierarchy. Tho grandees have.
upon The whole, no reason 10 regret lis
1 dissolution.
She is continually alarmed by revoIts
I. and conSpIracIes but The government
2 ! think this 4 irihe, as long as il can mana Sc
/ TO suppress them. They give ii an excuse
, 10 arm lis power with the ierrors of pan.
e ishmpni. To eradicate The cause OF theS,
v disorders would require concessions aut
e. arrangements. These statesmen find i
( easier 10 quel them by main force as fas
e as they spring up.
5 The inirigues Of the court create per
petual changes III her ministry, set il il
thus the grandees prove their love for lib
r erty. II is here they shew how mucI
!. they bate authority, Their King mus
a