Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-06

P"EiSHihehi WOulu not aridch TIL The ACT
WAS done, aud the person guilty Oi the
offence was Out Of the power of the law.
The honorable and learned gentleman
| Thea adYcried To- the other provisions
OF The Bill, and particularly that which,
related 10 shipping, which he said, related
only 10 ships at var, and no, To trans
ports. AS Ia the petitions presented Tins !
day against the Bill, he thouyhi the pc /
htioners had totally mistaken the nsture |
OF the Bill. They talked at the injury |
" wonid be TO commerce and commercial !
transactions. The fair commercial trans. |
actions would not be a, all affected by il. |
IL, indeed, they meant commercial trans
achons IN appearance, which were Ia
cover warlike transactions in reality, then
indeed, II would affect all such; aud all
snch,tu his opinion, ought to he affected,
| and PM an end 10. ...Ihe present Bill
WAS brought IN to declare the law, and
| 10 prevent any one suhIectinr him sell To
the punishment uniil the law was decar-
| ed.
! Mr.. Denman said, that he would ven
lure to say an Iawyer. that the opinon
OF 'is hon. and gallant friend (Sir Y. VII
son)cnnld not I've couiruVerted. His hon,
| friend argued, that though we might enact
| laws To prevent the enlistment of the
subjects al one friendly state against
another, yet the feelings Of mankind would
! prevent Ms being carried INTO effect. II
was evidrn, thai under The mask of neu.
! traiity this law Was meant 10 bear against
the enlistment of EngIishmen in the
service OF liberty, and Jblige them To Join
tie standard of despo,Ism. lie admitted
| that VI we Suffered levics In 90 on which
would give Il proponderaut power 10 one
| bellgereui that might be a ground for
\ mn AZ M 4
! tliat any such ground had been laid as
fhc basis Of tins bill. Heirusied that the
amendment would be carried.
Mr.. Wynn commended that ibis law was
INTENDED 10 make both the belligerent par
| ties on an equal footing with respect To us.
| SPAN being The mother country, one of
her agents enlIsting men here, might, by
The present law, be indicted ioriheir lives,
while an agent Tor her revolted colonies,
might by that very law be The prosecutor.
II was absurd TO suppose tina, man could
lay down his allegiance u hen he pleases.
Ii was true the SWISS allowed their sub
Jects 10 enlist IN the service Of two beIii-
Serenis. But would II he proper for us
10 suffer our subjects 10 do The same and
point Their bayOneis at each Others
breasts! Ii was Only ihe other day liza,
! d regiment was paid Of at Chatham, and
short Time after 500 of his men were en-.
listed for South America.
MIR. +. Douglass differed entirely from
every principle and every argument of the
insi speaker. In ttle contest Of the colo
mes aSdiHSi SpaSn, zr>s~e of irish trelln1
ana interest vas engaged, than in any
Other IN which we had not ourselves been
personally engaged. II was Ia be lament.
eu, that we only encouraged spirll of
freedom among foreign nations so long as
II suited our own views; but that we were
anxious 10 repress that spirit as il suited
our policy, or rather that of the noble lord
! opposite, &c.
Mr.. Marryaft thought we should better
show our neutrality by not iegislating al
all Tor the moment we began 10 iegisate.
We began 10 interfere. The monopoly re-
CURED by all countries of the prod uce OF
Their colonies, was required bv Spain, bui
worse than that, the monopoly was sold 10
the merchants OF Cadiz. Still, though tax
ed In every article 800 per cent. tins was
NOT The worst, tor by their civil govern
ment all places of trust and emoiument
were given 10 the Spaniards; the very
sources Oh justice were poisoned; and the
Judges VIGOROUSLY took brides. The frs,
dawn OF civil liberty IN Spanish America
arose, when, through The machinationsanA
arms OF France, the case Of Old Spain ap-
pared To be HOPELESS. Then they cstab-
lished provisional governments and Cor
tez; but almost The first act Of Ferdinand
alier ms restoration was 10 declare these
abolished, and to send out armies TO en-
force his decree. This rendered his 20.
vernment Odlous 10 the South Americans
and TO supper, this system the present bill
was intended. We had, he commended "a
! night 10 call upon Spain not 10 continue q
coolest which was not only ruinous 10 her.
sell and South America, hui also to En-.
rope. Besides, he knew that British
vessel had been sent with arms and ammII.
iIltlon TO South America. Several of ON
fellow creatures were suffered TO be mas
sacred by Morllo, and their bones we're
lett To whlten on the beach iheyshavmp
ieii the Caracas TO settle in Trinidad
but our government TOO fasiidious tC
suffer them to remain; and on their return
TO Caracas they found them in the pos,
session OF MOrilIo. One Of the first acts
OF Ferdinand vas i0 Offer mp public thanks
glvIngs IN all the Churches, that his land
gas no longer polluted by beretics. IL,
had restored the lnquIsiIlOn aud torture
lie had opposed himsellto every principl,
OF tree and generous policy and there
fore all we were called TO observe with
respect TO hIm, was, cold and caution.
neutrality.
Sir Z. Robinson commended, that IN,
{ acts of states and individuals belongiu,
, 10 them were so bound up in mmiua
interests, that in maintaining principles o
neutrality, the acts OF one could not BIZ
separated from those OF The others. II,
: commended tina, all our treaties with Spain.
with few exceptions, since the reign o
James |. ran IN The spirit Of neuiJalir,
with this bill. lie quoted our Commercia
treaty with America, III 1894, by whicI
, Tie smhlecls OF bOih States, enierlng imlC