Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-12-29

some important information from Mex
ieo-private letters and several printed
documents of great interest, of which
however, we can give only an outline.
The general tenor of these advices is of
such temper as must be grateful to
every friend Of freedom, and the great
family Of the ns1p 1rorid, but the details
would of themselves form book.
The following extracts we make from
the original letter, dated,
Werico. Sept. %. 1891.
"The general (Yturbide) entered this
city yesterday. at the head of 20 900
men. The provisional junta snow as
seRbled, and regency will be form.
ed in the course of few days. Every
thing is perfectly quiet, and every pros
pect of its continuing so. l send you
some public documents. which will con-
vey you some ideas of the state of things
here. 1t has been most extraordinary
revolution, effected without bloodshed,
and has been precipitated altogether
by the vile policy of the beloved Fer
dinand. 1t is now we'll known gener-
ally, that Ferdinand had sent secret or
ders to Apodaca, to ovsrturn the con-
stitution in New Spain, and re-establish
the despotic regime of the Bourbons.-
Apodaca confded the secret to the sew
eral chiefs, and among others to Ytur-
bide. who, finding the country deter
mined to maintain constitutional gov.
eminent, hoisted the tri colored flag.
and adopted policy calculated to de.
ceive Apodsea, who at that time might
have crushed him in the bud; but Apo
daca allowed it to spread abroad, and it
ran through the country like wildfre.
Three fourths of the European troops
Joined the independents, but had it not
been for the opportune arrival of
U-Dopohu, Mexico being then garrison
ed by 1000 resolute troops, might have
shed much blood, and held out con.
siderable time"
So far the letter; among the papers
which accompany II are the following, of
very marked chsracter-but which are
tno voluminous Tor instant translation. -
The first is copy OF the oflici, despatch
addressed by general O'Donohu TO The
military governor ot Vera Cruz, (Davillal
enclosing copy OF convention entered
into by that officer with general Augu,tin
Y'urbide, ia which the independence of
Mexico of the authority Of Spain is re.
cognized, and explanatory Of the reasons
which governed him in signing this con-
Yention, which is dated on the Goth of
Aug last, at Cordova. We shall give a
sketch Vi the substance of this letter,
winch must have been in the Havana
nearly fur months past. When some
time since we published some s6vices
received from Havana concerning Mexico,
we stated that while Vera Cruz remained
under the royal authority, no advices adj
verse 10 the royal cause would be per-
raitled To pass that way, AMI all the advI-
ces by way of Hayana would be as had so
often been the case in the advices from
Venezuela, suppressed or mutiiaed so far
a To peryert the truth. THIS public doc
utaent is now received: the port OF Vera
Cruz being open, and under the author-
ty of the independent government. We
shall now state an outline of the despatch
10 the governor of Vera Cruz, which IS an
act of authority exercised in the name
and in behalf OF Ferdinand VII. by bis
authorized captain general.
The dispatch enters circumstantiaily in
20 detail of the relations which nave ex-
lated between old and new Spain-ihe &C
tual situation of Mexico, and all the pro-
vinces dependant on lis government-the
Affections under which II has suffered from
a false policy and gross misruIe, for
length OF years; that he suhjs ctlon of the
people, the obstruction of Agriculture and
industry, by fatal policy had produced
great poverty, and a mass of discomfort,
which bad been concentrated by the spirit |
of the age, aud produced sentiments
which having their foundation in nature 4. |
necessity. perSaded all parts OF the pro,
the greatest errors had hi
thertO directed the policy pursued towards
the Mexicans--that they are people OF
peculiar organization and OF great suscep-
tibiity OF chsracler, incidental TO be hap
py nature of their climate-and that The
evils Of internal war. acting upon their
minds. had stimulated them to assert their
rights; and however impt rtectly they had
formed their opinions, they were sue as
were to be found in the heart o. man,
" heseyer bis intellects are brought to act
ia that direction; arr partake OF the "a
Weakening spirit that Lhsracterises the
whole world at hi. time; that Mexico stood
IN the same relation to Spain. as child
% bis parent, by whom. in infancy, he is
,ursed up. v bo fultils bis duties and ODE.
Hence till be becomes capable OF acting
or himself-when, without abating his
owe or disregsrding bis FIRST ties, still leads
i;m to act independents by the instincts
4 aalsrs. which are superior to all hunaa