Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-04-14

Penosuce VI SonSieSS. Gases may lie stated IN
winch II were desirable Ia have The range OF
selection as wide as pcssible--,he Heads of
Departments, the Chief Justice" some OF the
most impottint embassies AT foreign counts
ohi even In these cases il is doubtful whether
the utmost benefit which s,ouii he derived
from having the legislative body To select from,
rs not inferior 10 the good which will result
from the superior Independence Of that body
ana irom the higher confidence reposed mi
ny the patton, II its members were excluded
from beiug The objects of such i choice
THE CAUCUS.
The pistol il seems, missed fire at Washing
ton-the gan powder being partially damped
ny very heavy rain which poured on Satpr-
day night. WasGin. ton Caucus is AT best a
machinery so objectionable that nothing but
strong SehSe OF eXpedisncy has been sup.
poSeo 10 excuse tit was nj this time SO IN.
hecehsr'y. that Tie failure is subject of all
most universal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES can
the people at no tine whatever, not even at "A
moment when all fac,icn is lulled, all oppose
ton Is put to sleep, he permitted 10 give their
votes Withouf the nomination of u Caucns al
Washington Was il 10 becomeia necessary
and constant part OF the machinery of our go
Vefnmcntr was this nominating Diet to be
eterhaiiy kept rp, will standing President
at It's head The effort has Jailed and we re.
Joice att. Very few members attended aud
they came TO the resolution that il was mex
pcdient 10 make any nomination.
The Norfolk Herald states" from source
OF the first rc-pertahility" that about the
time of Gen. Wives departure (from MaJria)
MIR. Forsyth risted the Court far che first tire
sinceJuac last = That Quiroga with his army,
computed AT ~ 900 men. still held his ground
al l.ia; an assault was made upon his advance
battery, ON the OH Feb. by The garrison Of
Cadiz and Coitadura combined, said TO con.
sIst OF 1000 men They were received at short
gun shot, and dispersed cith the Toss Of one thou
sand men, UhiIr It regiment deserted TO tie Com
al.
dura. The Herald accounts for Ouiro.a'S NOT
following up his victory and Seizing that i'm
p0rIant post, FROM his indsposiion To make
any attack upon his cOuntrymen and 10 shed
their blood" In Madrid the greatest con-
FUSION Is said TO have possessed The cabinet
since the revolution broke out Every Thing
Is absorbed III the pcrtuI batiuu and alarm of
ne government Oh the occasion. On the I'd
Oh feb' three OF The old discarded ministers
we've seat INTO Punishment, and some of the
new ones We're expected soon 10 follow"
The Spanish Minister arrived at New York
On the evening OF the 5 tn. and at Washing ton
Oh SUNDAY the9ttl-a rdpiditg of movement 50
unlike The usual snail paced diplomacy of
spain, that II indicates no small disposition 10
HIlng matters at once TO a termination. --'rLe
minister may wish TO make mp for lost tiiae-or
ne may be spnTred Oh by the resolutions of
Mr.. Ciay.-But by whatever motives he ia no
mated, lie surely cannot hesitate one moment
h' ratifying tile treaty according 10 our ow n
interpretation OF the 0th art. II he does MOI
give us so mach, he may yet lose more.-Let
MN read Mr. CIay's bold aud vigorous speech
against the transfer of TeXas.-That gentle
man is for setting aside this treaty altogether.
ne contends ikat" tor Flor da, CHARGED and
encountered as il is" we have given by this
treaty. lsi. Upincnmbered Texas I'd Five
millions OF dollars; 3d "A surrender OF all our
CLAIMS upon Spain not inclnded in the mil
hons (varIouSiy estimated AT from Is 10
1000 900 of dollars and 4th'' Of the intprpre-
'aiion put upon il by those WHO claim near a
iniliisG acres between the Mississippi and the
annie In Tie present state of Louisiana. he
cofFecf) about million Ofacres of the best
uhseated iaud IN the slate of Louisiana wortI,
perhaps To- millions OF dollars" lei US pmt
ASIDE Tie treaty; Gays MFG } tell her 10 grant
us our rights, TO their utmost extent. And II
she SIM paHeTs let us assert those right. IN
Whatever measures il il tor the interest OF our
country tc adOpt."-Mr. e.. has backed these
opinions by such powerful arguments az make,
IL extremely doubtful whether we ought moi
ourselves TO set this treaty aSide--notc, with.
out waiting 10 get Texas irhea we wantit.-
And will Don Wives hesitate viii he hest
tate to cede Florida unimcumhered nv the
grants OF PnnOU ROSfrO and Alagon. or of the
claimants between the Mississippi and the
AmIte 2 II there be my Hesitation on either side.
It ought 10 be on ours