Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-18

en'-n, irsUelles who is uo1 10 tie Executive
%tNGfrWer,. will re-appear IN ~.
suf t1efeis one great stumbling block which
~ car will cross iheir path. Will tbey con-
sen' 20 the independence of America, The
me- of 4 ieige empire is so sednctng, aud the
: measures of the Provisional Jauia already
petri 30 strongly 10 that idea, that we appre>
ieid they will SCARCELY make up their minds
to the " Use and n.agnanimous policy which go
| i,cits their adoption. Why shonld Spain in
sisf upon AN Union5-.It has hitherto proved,
according 10 the te stimony OF the Ni,esl poll
| ticiaos, . curse rather than blessing TO her.
The gold and silver mines of South America,
~ wei as the monopoly of its commerce, have
hut relaxed and enfecbIed her own industry.
spain has need Only of liberty, TO become one
| oil the first states iu the world. Ifer climate,
her soil, her ports. her central situation as 10
The Atlantic and Mediterranean, are the most
| Advantageous. Let her have liberal cOnstiin-
| ton, aud II is impossible butshc must be pop
| uious aud powerful. Portugal too must ulti-
| mateiy Join and -ound off herterritcry. II she
sees her true interest, therefore, she will at
once "acquiesce in the necessity which has
ueuouuced tile separation" Nature ~as pro-
claimed ii TO he sooner or later inevitable--
| The immense distance between Them, re AIDE IRA
| nnion upon any principles disadvsntageOus
10 both, and certainly TO South Americs. An
! article M the OrnOco Courier Of the l7ih Jnne,
haa touched this matter with mastery. skill
However excellent a constitution may he, il
| cannot overcome tue evils niseporahie from
DISTANCE and It the root of these evils exists,
But, adds this writer, II Spain does insist on a
Union, and if the Cortes should" devise means
! TO accommodate the constitution TO the situa-
ticn of ). America" If even an offer of an
| equal representation for >. America may form a
part of their remedies for the existing evils"
we have an unansweIable replication to of
fer"-viz. that the central supreme power
| shall he established in S. America: that the
national legislative body shall be assembled at
Panama, or any other p-sitioH that may be
| selected in S. America, WHERE the executive
power shall also reside; and that Spain shall
he dependant upon the authority oftheir COM
mon covernment.....I In truth, il is not the
| large body that Ought TO move arunnd the
smaller. ltis the earth that revolves around
the sun.
Ii was once proposed in England to attach
her colonies by giviag ms a representation in
Parliament. After the answer which Edmund
Burke gave to il, it is useless 10 say any more
upon it. We conclude with him ' opposuit
nafura cannot remove the eternal barriers
OF the creation"
Ii is with sincere pleasure, therefore, we
learn that the Republic of Colombia has. re-
Turned this reply to the commissioners of Mo-
rillO, WHO sought for Suspension OF stilities
That they would with pleasure receive ali
the propositions which the Spanish Govern
ment might communicate, preceded they should
rave for their ,asis Tie Sovereignty and Inde-
prudence Of Colombia. aud that they ,rouid not
admit of any thai should deviate from this
principle SO often proclaimed by the govern
ment aud the people of the Republic"
The ST. Louis Enquirer suggesis, that
tie restrictIonists have not yet abandon
| ed Their" formidable design" and tba,
next winter they mean TO renew their
desperate attack"-but that Missouri will
then appear" as a sovereign state accord
ing TO law of Congress, and not as "a
territorial orphan"-that her people will
IN that case give fresh proofs to The
"erid that they know their rights and are
able 10 defend ,leni." Two or three pa
pers north ofus, throw GU, the same idea,
and will do all they can 10 sound the
trumpet 10 The battle. We donb. vile
tber the attempt will be made but ii "a
few enthusiasts should ,ry tive are ga is
fed tina, they will fail.
By the way, the last National Inielli-
gencer replies ~ Philadelphia article,
which represents " President Monroe
during the debate Or Vie Missouri ques-
non, as having given pledge 10 Virgin
Ia, previously 10 her agreeing TO support
INN Tor The Presidency. that in case Con-
gress should have the virtue and tirmness
TO impose the restriction, lie would defeat
it by refusing 10 place his signature TO
the law" 1--WE have 10 doubt he would
have done SOY The Intelligence does
not believe the President made any
pledge 10 any state or parry on the SUBJ
Ject There (says the National In
telIigencer) one thing we have heard that
the President should have said, and we
think II likely there is some foundation
for the'report that he would not consent
TO serve again as President, If the Vice
President should be also selected from a
siave-hOlding staie-preferring the sacri-
fce OF his personal interests to giving
any ground whatever for sectional iea-
iousies> This might be going too far
Duf, NJ wrong. II was an error such as
Washington would have committed"
We can scarcely think the President din
ever SerloUsly utter so singular a senti
menf-ifhe did, IL must have been in
moment OF feeling without reflection
We do not say, 4" this might be going 90
We understand Mr.. Monroe TO have fire.
quently declared that he would consen,
10 serve wherever the people chose 10
place him-how then could he consis-
tentiy say, he would not consent 10 serve
again as Presidenf-and upon what
strange ground too Viz. that the people
chose 10 take their two first officers from
slave holdipg states? Does the cons,i-
tuition recognise such principle Moth. |
ing like II. Does reason no. II il was the |
Tear of fomenting sectional jealousies, then
why contine il 10 ibis feature alone p |
Why not say, lie will not serve with a
man who is from the South--or from an |
agricultural staie-or from manufac. |
turing one-when the President happens |
TO come from the same section, Iesi in
any OF these ways he might happen 10 |
foment sectional jeaIousies. BY acting |
on this principle, Mr.. NJ. would have done |
more 10 mark out aud embody sectional |
interests, Than serving with any Vice Pre- |
sideDt whatever. He would have kept |
nd instead of Duttipp down sncL a d;et;nc