The Portland gazette., 1820-06-22
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present. lnste ad of combining AMI confedera-
ting all their energies for their mutual defence,
wasting their strength and resources IN civi,
wars aud IN intestine divisions. We agree
with the editor OF the National Gazette, that
the Intelligence recently received from that
quarter, is Of suspicious and ominous cast.
The writer is evidently part'zap writer, and
he looks at every auspicious event through
MS own kaleidoscope. Alta time when the
power of Spain was feeble, inert. and effete,
there seemsd to be general harmony, though
the,-. wat no actual confederation amongst the
reyoled colonies for the assertion OF their ab.
solue independence. When fact SO obvious
as this is presented to Our senses, the natural
inference would be in any other time than the
present thai provinces distinct and iDdepend-
ent. moving harmoniously together by sort
of involuntary impulse, where there was little
or no absolute danger, would when there was
absolute danger, confederate and act as one
man. Such is the natural inference from such
fact, and il Is precisely such an inference as
at the present day should not be drawn. We
live in an age of strange things, OF wonderful
events, anl OF ipsorlab!e combinations Let
the subsequent faei speak. and exfound Its
own comment. These provinces all an'rha-
ted by The same object. so hafinon'ou'y unit
ing when there was no confederate. and
where vas little peril; now, when there IS ab.
solue peril and absolute confederation. turn
their ,lndic,iye hostility sot against their en-.
emIes, but agaiItt themselves. =
They appe AZ To be on the brink of civil
W ar as their anla yonist is gathering strength
for their own destruction But. ii we have
one moral phenomenon Incapable OF being
solved on this side of the Atlantic, u IS coun-
terpoi.ed by another mora phenomenon on the.
oib, side, equally inscrutshle This TACT may
be stated IN this way. Ferdinand ever since
his restoration to the throne has been exerting
all his puny nigh, ior the recovery OF his
South American Provinces. Every step, every
messuse that he has taken, has been by its
own imbecili,y. Systematically counieracted.
10 power in Europe lent an hostile hand to
pre-, ent the full accomplishment of all his plans
aud of all his projects, and yet they were as
regularly defeated, as il all Europe had con-
federated tor this purpose. klls unsuccessful
exerlions to suppress revolution abroads
brought about an actual revolution al home. II
is moi South America. but the peninsula itself
that IS now sharpening revolution. Ferdinand
was with misgo,ten industry, working his own
destruction with the very weapons which he
was preparing 10 inhict bis vengeance on the
South American Provinces. He is monsr.
chlca feio de Sc, and he has made himself
prisoner in the very palace ct his ancestors.
Blu, this political prodigy, unparalleled as il is
in the history OF nations, does not end even
here. From such catastrophe, we are led
Immediately TO anticipate the entire .lndepen.
dence of The South American colonies. and in
this anticipation we are as usual disappointed:
Those who have so successfully accomplished
revolution at home, now nediaieiy unite
all; their forces with their monarch Ia prevent
a revolution abroad. The resolutionlzed gov
crnlnen, in Spain now distinctly informs The
revolutionary governments in these provinces,
that they shall not be reyolutionized. These
very provinces speak by their internal divis,
ions, the self same language Such witch
knot of events are the occurrences OF king
doms, states and empires in OUT. day. Inter
directly the reverse Of what might in any 9th
er day be expected on the ground Of fair and
legitimate analogy, and we shall come very
near TO the events that time is daily and hourly
unfolding to our eyes.
Professor Sillinao's Journal, II we may
Judge of the extent Of lis patronage by its
merits, will stand in no need Of newspaper
pane lyrics. II is somewhat refreshing in the
present day Of poetry, OF novels. and Of ro-
nance, to turn to such manly volumes as the
present, in quest Of real information. Fancy
has been so often admitted welcome guest az
our fresides, That she now comes unealled,
occupies the armed chair al our tables, and
amuses us with her incredible tales, perfectly
cslIous to, and insensible of, the tine that she
consumes Old fashioned common sense is
obliged to rap loudly at the door and 10 im-
plore adm,tance. Professor Silliman has
aken this poor iorlon oulcast stranger under
his protection. and bas treated him with The
respec, and decency due TO gentleman. He
has undertaken TO introduce him into The com-
rany Of his friends, and we can assure our
reacers, that he is character worthy Of their
patronage. severe American poet has de!
nominated our country to be
"TEose western skies,
Where genius sickens and where fancy dies."
Bot this poeiical philippe was written ID
the hey.day rhapsody Ct The French revolo-
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