Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-05-05
POLITICS OF SOUTH AMERICA.

ambassadors 10 BuenoS Ayrts--we had given
v'IN ample comments ON the evenis, and some
sketches oil the public characters al Buenus
AyIes.
Weat that period explicite' y repi esented the
supreme director Faeyrredoa a. "a cousp.ra!or
against that very liberty which had afforded
tue means OF his elevation, We haii gwen
The outlines Of a conspiracy conceived al
Lobdou or Rio Jaueiro. CONNECTED hy lie a.
Eehcy OF li,e British minister lord stranutord.
by the British General Beresford, bV the
mstqnis Nrnjo, and under The active energy
Of CarDlta, queen of Portugal Rrazil. and
hisarva, and sister Of the adored Ferdinand
VII We stated the designs of this conspi-
I"tS, 10 nave IN view the establishment OF
mohatch IN BuehOS ANres and that the con-
spirntors had employed emssaries az sever
al c"uItS OF Europe, 10 brig about this pui-
! pose ana that IL was by the intIepiti,y ef
dnigds, and The couuscls of other men devo.
ted To South American indep.ud. ne, that
G monarehial plan was batapd, though not
aDanuohed. We stated that tue declaration
OF Tue Independence of La Plata in 1916 was
hNt lie act OF PnerreyfcR and the cnnspirdaa bur
ah act 10 which they we're culnpe led Nv the
popular voice, and Ia which, The conspirators
were compelled TO shew an apparent appi o J..
val, but which they had determined TO cuu-
vert TO their purposes
Inc pnhlic fina among the persons who have
No" 10 no JaneIso wnh PurTrydon The score
vary Idgie, OF whom such hOnOurdbie DienfiOu
IS made ~, some of the dispatches, and in that
rune anu dIsrepu'abie compilation called
Brdcfen'idsse,S trdr,ls IN Buenos Ayrcs, or some
such 'itie. When those matters were passing
under our review, we stated that there were
circumstances concerning that man, which
Wct0iDore to speak nt, but OF which we sha "A
now give slight sketch.
lhe puhlic must recolect that there was
dTes. named Don Martin Thomson. a penlit
ma" OF English descent on The paternal side :;
his connexions respectable, and himself we'll
estdou>hsu ana married. Ii is not SO we'd
known, that this gentlemen Is now in d ,uud
houSe near New York nor that the canse OF
us madness and his beiug sent to the Quilted
states, ns minister, was the same MIR Tc.Ie
whose Veractous conversations on matters con-
cerHIhE winch oar triple commissioners were
instructed how 10 talk, make such a barTicA d g
ofdesI uir; that il was through this Mr.. Tagie
that Don Martin Thomson was sent minister
~ith pienipotentiaiy powers, TO the United
States that this unfortunate man did not
seek nor wish TO take his statiOa that he pro-
tested against II, as deemns himself not suit.
ably qualified, and above all, that his love for
hIs wife tOrhad him 10 eudanger her life. by
sea voyage, aud his own happiness forbid a
separation.
But II Was this very point il was 10 effect
this separation, and 10 break up the peace and
happiness Of n VirtuOns man, aud a wOma-
whose beauty had excited the lust OF this iIl-
famous Iasie-that led 10 the mission OF Don
Martin Thomson.
The catasGropheis short, Tqgie seized upon
the hapIess wife. whom he had purposely he.
'CIt W hei uUSDdnu anu Don h}. HUlnSOn,
en learning from under her own hand, the
outrage she had suffered, was instantly bcTeft
OF ms reaSO1l-dnd continues in this hapIess
aud derioTable sitratiOu 10 This hour.
This little anrcdote-horri5le a. IL is-may
serve tS shew the stuff OF which conspiratOTs
are made aud IL will shew upon what kind of
dnfh"rttu our commissioners had tO rely for
uy0rh1tiOn We now see That PLerrrydOn anu
IHsie have passtd totbe Portuguese aud will
no doubt be received by the 1Oyai CuJ.iOttn
with the distinction due 10 such faithful trai-
tors.
On the subject of the recent changes in
BnenoS Ayres, we have long foreseen them
and are OHIy surprised that the, did not TAX
place before. Tie expedition at Cadiz was
intended 10 give Bueuos AyTPs a revolution Of
"nOther character, and The British ma a sanatl-
ron under admiral Hardy, which was TO CO.
operate and govern operations has fell short
OF lis purpose by that counter revolution at
Cadiz, hich has la HE all ihOKe sinister plans
Tor which Great Britain had been laying the
tram for 80 many gears
Ii must not be understood that we entertain
very nigh expectations from Dun PedFO Aeuiy>
re. We have seen too much OF flIe piercdnlile
SpTu here aud elsewhere, and even in tile boz
som OF congress, tn Place muck reliance on the
patriotism oi those men WHO are accustomed
TO diacard moral and social data from their
estimates, and TO give up soul and body, honor
ana lame, tor so much per ctHt. Should Mr.
AGulrTe, however. prove ia tie end. 20 prefer
lie ubeiFg Of ms country TO speculation in Dicr
him the homage which such a rare example
may be entitled 10,
The niOuOpOIists OF Butnos Ayres, can no
longer sacrifice the surrounding provinces 20
their iapacity. The seat Of government will
Re changed. lhttigreIs aud conspiraIOrs will
find ihe4r proper repulsion-aud out OF this
dearly eatned experience will grow the fore
sight which viii give 10 their section ofSoutll
America, hitherto clog aud dead weight
an Identity Ot interests aud policy with the
rest OF the sOuthefn continent. AWTOTa
tFron The UirSlfHgfo1 C1fg Cazsrle, Of lJ.rH qGl
Capt. Morris lett the Civ Of BuenOs Ayres
on the 18th Of February last, and brings verbal
Intelligence up 10 that date : IN consequence
ofpaTty dI,seUiiUns, which had rose 10 a great
height ~ BUSnOs AyteA, the pusrtydon Marty
had bees deprived Of the direction OF affairs,
aud new adniiniSii alton organized, though
without any particular act Oi violence; that
The several provinces of which this vast re.
public was composed, viz BuenOs AyTFs Pa
raguay, COTdOVa, CnyO, TuCuman aud Salta
had eat h formed a separate government, sim.
iiar to our stare Legislatures, determined 10
act tor themselves though when the present
agitation subsidies il is thought a confedeIa-
ton will be- formed OF the whole under a rem.
eral goyefnmvDt. Meanwhile ,PucTrydon, ex-
pTesident, and the secretary Of state, Mr.1a.
gle, ~ order 10 escape popular resentment
had He'd over 10 The Portuguese at MOntevi.
dec, whose interest they had long been suSr
pccted ia promoting, 10 the prejudice Of the
republicans Neither party had come 10
terms, but were negotiating for that purpose.
ArtEss wss still at The head Of his horse
men, aud combating against the Portuguese
with Success, holding the Banda Oriental aud
100 or three other provinces. believed 10 be
Enlre RIOS, CorTiepfes, and SsBfa Fc,