Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-08-10

ucs, the editors feel that they cannO. ciye nui,-
lcity 10 the important facts their correspondent
communicates without passing the boundary
iney nave prescribed for themselves but If
ihe individuals appointed TO Office in Florida.
are SO very exceptionable both in regard to ta-
tents and character as the letter writer init
mates, The truth ought 10 he known To the neo
PIE The Office holders must he of very
Singular description, indeed, ifa man of Gene
raj Jacksons decision Of character cannot
"'eP 'iehi Ill order. ID.
MEMOIR OF DON ONIS.
The Editor of The National Gazette has I'M
ucr'ascn To yindIcate the Chevaler de Onis
from the odium of having written the Memoir.
10y suggesting that he did not write any part of
II. This is very well, indeed The Editor of
that paper thinks, moreover that the work is
mot worthy ofbeing analysed or made known
by quotations" And yet he gives, in the same
article In which he utters this opinion, the very
best reason in the world why il should be ana
iyzed and reprobated; namely, that sit will be
turned to account, by the British Journals. in
Their systematic war on the American charac-
ter" No doubt those journals will creedilv
avail themselves Of the testimony of a Witness
like de Onis, and quote from his memoir in
proof their own slanderous assertions against
tue United States. In Spain and in Great Bri
tam, therefore, the work will have an evil ten
dency, which ought to be counterncted by true
statements through the medium ofthe Amer;
can press. Ii in reality, as the National Ga
zette alleges, the Chevalier de Onis "gave no at
tention to the concerns of this country 1T large
how infamous is it in him to lend his name
TO verify the defamation which the memoir
contains. Ii is in vain for the National Gazette
10 strive to save his old acquantance from dis
grace: the memoir bears intrinsic marks of its
being the production of De Oniss pen, and de-
lnonstrates him out of the diplomatic line, a
man most vulgarly ignorant Beneath this IL
norance, also, there is vein Of malice, which
seems TO delight i'm detrac;iHn Even where
he praises, he is a calumniator. lie cxtols ou1
| navy aud naval characters but at the same
time represents their most glorious achieve.
ments as the result ola newly invented Gun.
dlscharging many shots in quick succession.
This, beyond question, will please John Bull ;
and the next edition of James Naval Occur
FENCES will probably contain quotation from
the memoirofthe passage concerning the :. in
| fernal machine"
The memoir of Don Luis de Onis is. in on,
opinion, calculated TO do more injury TO the
reputation ofthe United States in Europa. than
the fables OF Il thousand British travellers. His
rank OF minister plenipotentiary his long re-
srience, OF ten years, in the country, cannot
TAIL to gain him credit with certain class OF
readers, whose good wishes il is better TO have
IN our favor than to lose. The memoir is made
up IN laundering manner hut with n great
number OF falsehOods and errors, it confirms n
few truths, which will have the effect to give if
| currency. If the whole OF it were "a pare he.
the work would be comparatively innocent.
IShH. FIR Gu