Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-19
Translated for the National IaLsiLigencer.
EXTRACT OF 4 PRIVATE LEI-rrR


| ,.,, Madrid Juiy Is.
/ The next month will be "a critical petIod
| Tor onr affairs; before the end of August the
| sale or cesSiOn of Florida was to have breuI,-
tilted. The triple disgrace OF Messr, Pizarro.
CASA frnJo, and Onis. leaves little doubt as to
what course will he pursued How can IL be
beileVed that Two ministers of foreign affairs
and one minister plenIpOtent,ary .bouId have
IN succession directed and sIyned "A treaty
without being authorized bv the sovereign m
whoSt name they must all have arted Every
thins relative TO th.S affair il unaccOuntabie
our cabinet has placed itself in pOsition
Where III mas only the Alternative OF dSpleaslng
one ~ other OF two rival powers who feaI
| each otherlittle, but either OF whom is a colos
sal power IN comparison with us Let either
England or the tlh,ted STATES have prrtext
10 complain. and our colonies NAV be consi-
dered as lost. The events which have Occur
req AL Cadiz, exaggerated T.. obably Nv those
| who boast ofhaving rut down imSnrieciiou in
the bud, can only add to the discredit OF orr
administration; none OF The details OF lhIs AZ
TAR are published here the number of officers
under arrest lNvery considerable a still great
er number expect 10 be arrested New levies
VIII he made 10 replace The troops who have
Shewn d dissemination to embark and have OH.
FAMED promise 10 be sent abroad. Isl pTu
deDt TO place reliance upon recruits latpIv
uiaWn from Their homes, heu. brou .ht 10 do
that which veteran soldiers accustomed 10 The
Restraints OF military discipline. have refused!
-finh ~ OayOnetS tail iH affOrdn" their sum
port what reSodfceiS left TO those who SET Ar
defaice the general will and the public ute.
rest 0
II Is however ID the midst of the obstacles
oil every KIND which impede thr stems nj nnr
government when we hay We neither commerce
nor finances, nor industry, nor even perhans
all a my, that we have had the IN fortuue .u
Onehd Doth powers which ii is our primary in
tfIest to Keep well with EurLiIid in,noses
o. us conditions only more hard bccauSr si,e
DIS .'dinS 10 let MS know the extent Of her
cIhihs upon ns-becanse we mast interprri
even her silence. The United States publish a
'nahIiesio against us 10 Justify hosililtes long
since determined on. Oar pecnuiary trans
actions with France become involved ever,
ddNj anu even Portugal threatens al once m
America and The Peninsula.
Our Characteristic resignation is Spaniards
VIII not permit US To accuse any individual of
DeinS a cause of the decay, 80 rapid 30 com
plete. Yet Onr ,StOrHtioh dates only frorn lie
carry part OF the mouth at Nav 1914 The
most lndileniIVe observer can scarcr have for
gU'leh Wh"t f.pptned so short time since
ne tNehis We DOw witness are tie necessary
consequence and immediate effects OF no
course pursued from that period. Those whose
WIZ u was 10 ShaCkle the mind and to force ms
naCA mo the ddi ages took upon themselves
= hedVy responsibility. Spa.idIds vim have
been obliged to abandon their couniry. sre.
Iohud scattered every where over EilTone
whiie fhe Peninsula has her dungeons cro,yded
WIN victims. Rash aud desperate conspira-
cues are formed in rapid Succession. I'be
lnStead OF beng exiting Nisbed. The FIST All
lnOIs OF ihe system proclaimed ValeHcia, on
the lth May Of the memorable wear 1871 soou
Ihdue IOO" iOr older ministers, who have been
superseded ~ their turn by eplemeral success
Sors, allalike degraded by exile by imprisou.
ment, OF utterly AlisgraCtd. We say il with
most profound grief. That ii is impossible but
th"l some great mistakes must have been made
~ ths measures taken since the return Of the
King into his domiuions, aud these mistakes
cost US very dear
Our readers may recoliect that the secret
grants oflands IN FO,ida made by Ferdinand
Nll.to the duke Of Ahgoa, TnrEas. Germ &
10 were developed at the period When The
FLORIDA treaty was Oh lhe iapis
The gloomy transaction vi fclI invoived the
death OF MI S,umifHfO, aud the si-aye Of nj.
papers, ate not noticed 10 The extracts lion
mHuI'd, WhIch we publish tIils day but those
papers were the einrs which ied 10 lie rnntnte
~ y" treaty, rs Bty afforded 20 The adverse
party I've pieaus Of tGrowlug direct odium on