Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-10-26
EAST FLORIDA

CHARLESTON, Oct. I8-We have been
furnished with copy OF the protest of Hls
tNcailency Govcrnnr CoPpINGER, together
win some account of the lac transactions at
81. Augustine, relative TO the public archives.
&c. with a request to publish then.-This
state ent is preliminary to a more ample and
complete pubiication of the conduct towards
INN of the U. y. authorities at Augustine
which will appear after his visit to Washing
ton, whittier Gov. Coppinger is ON the eve Of
requiring. We hope and believe that the 90.
vcrnmcnt will redress, with alacrity, any wrong
wLic.i may have been done him in his official
capacity Or otherwise: aud we sincerely desire
win Gov. jackson, that Congress, who sinncd
IN giving him powers dangerous to American
liberty, may cancel their offence by taking
them away.
Gov, Coppnger, during his short stay here.
mas been much noticed by our citizens, and
HIS manners aId department are -concilia-
Tory III the extreme Courier.
The sc!lr. CdiyPsO, which sailed from this
port vest rday for Sierra Leone, was fitted out
by an aged and respectable black man bv the
name nf CEEiGEToN, who had accumulated
considerable property in this city BY following
the trade or a barber. He, with his family,
and several other free persons Of color, have
gone for the purpose of settling, and spending
the remainder oftbcir days upon the Coast of
Airlca.--it is worthy Of remark that although
CkEIGHTON was the owner of several slaves,
to all of whom lie offered the choice, either TO
accompany him in his expedition, and have
Their freedom, or to be sold and remain in this
country, only one could be prevailed upon 10
proceed with hlm-and that one, very much
against his inclination. GD.
GOV. COPPiNGER'S PROTEST..
October 19.-The following is the State
'rgfs. nf 10
the subject OF the late proceedings at St. Au-
gustine.
Colonel Joseph Coppngcr, of the Spanish
army, late Governor OF East Florida, and COM
ln'ssioned by his government TO deliver up the
province to the United States, in conformity
to the treaty concluded at Washington on the
-2d oil February, 1919 sfeeling DESTROYS to gra-
Wy the public expectation upon the fact of
his having been forcibly deprived of the 60
vernmeDt archives, which were under his
charge, together with his private papers, and
the archvc OF the EscTibano, which last, ac-
cordlnS to the stipulation entered into with
Col. Robert Bntler, Commissioner on the part
of the United States, remained subject TO the
future and conventional decision of the two
cabinets, would wish TO make known, that hc
Will not be permitted, by the short stay he
Intendsto make in this city, to lay before the
world ii statement of facts in his own iusliG-
Gallon, supported By proper documents, which
should convince all men OF the outrage com
mittcd by the immediate orders of the Ggcre
iary, acting as Governor of St.Augusline, w.
u. ID. WORTHfNGTON, and which orders, as
lie was informed, emanate from General JACK
SON. This exposition, or manifesto, he de-
sgns To make, as soon as he reaches the point
Tor which nc viii shortly set Out and in the
interim, ~ Ordertbat some idea may be formed
Oi the above mentioned occurrence, he pub
ll'hes the solemn protest which he made ON
the spot, hoping that If any doubts should
still be entertained by those unacqtiainted with
the particulars, they will be- cleared up and
removed when his manifesto shall appear.
COPY
United States # .9D,ericd,
city Of 81. augustine.
by this public instrument Of declaration and
protest, BE it known that Oh this second day
OF October, Ia the year Of our Lord one thou
sand eighihlmdred and twenty -Onc, before me,
Thomas u. Penn, Of St Augustine, Notary
Public, personally came and appeared, The Spa |
ul3h Colonel Don Joseph COppingcr, Com
missioner 900 the pat Of his Government for |
the delivery OF fhc Province Of East Florida |
to Inc United States Of America, c0nfornable |
to the treaty of cessiOn concluded upon he |
tween both nations, who, being duly sworn
on ihe holy eeaCgelIs's Of Almighty God, did |
deposc and say, tbatthis day At four O'Clock =
NJ. there presented themselves at his dwelling
house, The Mayor Colonel Forbes, the Attor-
ney Geacr@ dolin G. Bird, and TIC Sheriff.