Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-31
81 ATEMENT OF The SPANISH
OFFICERS"
To he Editors of tie Fl0rid,an.


Having promised to give in The last number
a statemeLt Oi iacts relative 10 the arres: and
Imprisonment OF our worthy and respected
chet, Colonel Don Jose CailaVa, in order 10
correct few niss;atements IN a report in-
s,uea 10 the louisiana Advertiser, OF 18th
August, under the signaturs Of II. b, we
have been since informed that 1t Is your IN
teGtion 10 Insert the protest al length oi the
Col. against the proceedings, aud shall
therefore only take notice OF lew mis-
Statements OF tue said writer, as they parlicu-
larry eject ourselves, and in vindicatIon y.
our honor as well as that oil our Chief, which
We think has been rather sllshtinsly attack
ed.
The writer tells Us tba, he is gong to re-
late al altar which viii probably make
SyIue uolse, aud more probably viii be mis-
REPRESENTED /; he then gees on: although
am not exactly acquainted with al the
iscS, l think can give a, lAIthiui all aC-
count vi tnsIn as any other peIsun Il lnIs
moment" lie IS not mistaken IN his first re-
mark but the puJl, III dDuO vi hi, nav.
ins represented the iaC!, trury s,nct he ~
te>Ses that he - nUt exactly acquainted win
thee.
tuIlher onward, II. b. ssys that mes
axe b wing bseu sent 10 CdllSa, demandIug
TIE speT>. he prUmEsd To Search ior The Ia ,
suI send tn IN, n found Here the writer
kTSeIs 10 add, UD the re>s CONDITION.
tIs lney should De asks d OF aim IN wrIii,is i,
ani a. Spauisb cOnInIssafy, aad ex govern
or VI lh.s proE,Bce. IL is true, hs SAWS, that
sler Two hours mad elapsed, the demand
" - reiterated, aud then Col Caiiaya, IT U =
ed 10 deliver the papers, uniess they we e
asked Tor IN the mann, above stated. But
th Is very capital mi>sIatemeD ,lnasInuCh,
as 4 attributes 10 our chlet an unworthy lis.
position 10 gam time, which was utterly
foreign 10 his character.
We are ne 4 10 Il, tat the ex-I vern,r
Cailava, al nins o'CloCX at nl.I was sui
founded 10y several Spanish officers m u :,
ualtUrB, W tn their swords al ihsIr sIdes.--
a Il We afe gwen % understand, that he
OH IT COMMANDING the guard which Came
TO axe Col. Cal!aVa prisoner, be,ng alarmed
i al tbs sight, Ordered MS men to prime and
had tnelC mIsAe', /; tnat this operation
Tai1ged CaiiaVa's resolution, and that be, as
well Is MS officers, ungurded their swords
and quietly Submitted Here ii IS neces-
s,ry W reI "a tue leylty with whlcu qua
| 81 anonymous wTI,eT Casrs a stigma upoL 4
| tOll VI AIch W ibhOi, dt4 IN SUN a UlduUCl
tat the dEsui C!y Is ader, regardless OF con-
sequences, skins 1t over, and gives II q pro.
pOrtiUna place amongst the mass OF IntelI.
sence whiGn newsPaPer cs arIly Contains.
Ihsre was nothing extraordinary IN our
hasing our uniforms and swords, since
We had been IusIteJ TO dine, ~ company
with CoI. Cailsv. that day, by Col. Brooke,
ahd etiquette required We should appear IN
hall dIesS. 6ut Tue latter part OF Tue seu-
eHce IS entirely without foundations; tor,
neiiher did Col Csllaya submit 10 what WAS
asked vt nm, nor did We unsird OuI swords,
as can be aitested by lieut.. Mounts, who
mmanded the detachment. Ne certainly
Eade no opposition, anI we acted as we
ought 10 have done, tor II woull nave Oeen
proof oil rashness, and hot oi Courage, in
kindlul oi men 10 resist all armed force
which ~ obedience 10 the orders u had re.
seyed. iorcibIy entered the house Of our
respected commander aud cbiel. Col. Cal
hEa therefore, y elded, but de clared tha! he
k,s-si yeutd On NO account deliver the pa
pas
~ speaking of col. Callaya's appearance
besO'e Seq al Jackson, II B. ought 10 have
sa'siS thSS none OF the lnterOgslorics, and
hghiI excessive accuse lions, OF the General
we're faithfully interpreted 10 Col. Callava,
any more thaG the replies OF the latter 10 the
hImet 1t Was, therefore, out of the power
o. our eniei, not knowing what was said TO
hHn, 10 maze the auditory understand how
Hn"cent be was vi the ioul charges with
an'ch bis unsuIhed honor was eudeayOred
10 De stained,
nuch, IN sum, are the observations We
naa TO mike on the statement Of II. B. and
We h"pe that he and the public will be con-
'nced that we acted from no principle OF
a>H!anlm'ty; that il. on The one haud, we
saa1ierei at The violent proceed ngs against
0dr Supt nor, we kaew also what was due to
government which IS on the most friendly
'Oohlg with our own.
We are, &c.