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

wa. before uinner was over, three gentemen
called at col. Brookc's house, and stated thai
they were instructed to require the ininiedia,.
delivery of the papers, because the governor
had no need TO Use towards me, any othe,
way, nor To shew me any more regard than
he would with respect to any other indyi.
dual :: The fairness and candor OF this mod.
oil expression, aud the word because, NAV be
readily estimated. He proceeds, through the
greater part. OF tile extract, To give Il speech
which he processes to have recited to us q,
mat occasion, on the nature of his rights and
privileges as commissioner, the alJsurtfty of
which must be evident to every man of com.
mon sense. His duties as commissioner had
ceased with the delivery Of the country. 'Iti,
true, mat some minor points connected with
them had been previously referred to the de
cIs'on OF the respective governments, but the
stay of col Callava in this country was ney4r
known or even coniectured by governor Jnck
sun to have been for any public purpose.
such thing was never intima;cd either ve
baliy or III writing. 1t was even supposed
until the very day he delivered the country
that he wouldembaik with the Spanish troops
and 1T Is most sincerely to be regretted thai
he did not, as his presence has had am evident
tendency TO prevent that dependence on, and
attachment TO the government of the United
States by the Spanish Inhabitants, which wasI
SO much to he desired. 1t may be commended
that although col. Callava had no right to
diplomatic privileges, yet that he was entitled,
to certain courtesy from the official character
with which he had heretofore been clothed
But col. Calava ought to have been aware
that he had long before forfeited all claim ever,
tn this courtesy. Ills conduct in relation to
the points referred to the respective govern.
ments, had rendered it necessary for the
governor tn thus address him wien thes.
things shall be made known 70 my govern.
ment and TO y0iirs, | must ask what conf.
dence can be placed in your excclleney what
IN your secretary, for requesting tin'e On ac-
count OF your health, giving Il pledge that the
receipt should he given in a manner satisfac
tory to M, and afterwards, regardless of that
pledge aud oil your express agTneilYeat posi-
lively refusing to give it?' He was likewise
informed . that his wilful breach. of the agree.
ment entered into, rendered null and void th,
receipt given for the ordnance the one being
the consideration oh which the other was
toundcd.' The circumstances wee reported
TO the government of ihc United States. and
col. CaIlava informed that no further cores
pondence would be held with him. And if
after tins, he thought proper TO reinain here,
he certainly had no right to consider thai he
would be veyed in different light from anv
other individual. repeat, that there i, H.,
"
secretary, and Of his officers depended upoa
the determination OF the points referred 10 our
respective governments" As private in;iiyi-
dual ohly could he be known, and viewing him
as such 1t woald have been censuri5r in the
governorto have made any distinction between
nm and Domingo Sousa or Fullarat, the stew
ard. Had the case been reversed, and the
papers demanded at the instance of col Gala
va, from some obscure individual, Justice
would have pursued its course, aud moi 4
whisper of complaint would have been hrar,l.
The whole burden ofhis complaint appears lo
be the dsrespect shown to one of his elevated
rank lie does not even pretend TO asscr, any
right To withhold the papers, provided lhcy
were asked with the suaviter a., n,odo. wI,irb
he thought himself entitled to hut this is a
KIND OF ethics for which the people OF the
United States have very little respect THE
great and powerful can generally protect
themselves, it is the humble, and the poor
VINO require the defence and shelter Of the
law"
That col. Caava should state that he was
".unacqualnted with the nature and desert don
ottho papers, the delivery of which was thus
demanded" displays a disregard OF dccency
and truth entirely Of piece with the rest Of
ms publication. He had the fullest infnrma-
iion OF the specific papers from Sousa The day
sence OF capt. Dade, the particular papers re-
CURED, were again made known to him.
now proceed To another part of col. CaIla
vas narrauo.l, which, will shew, deserves no
more credit, and Is quilted tn no more respect,
than the foregoing. (I,he pert Of COL Ca!ky-
ud'S StTtcmenih here conlineRied on IS To b. fund
Immediately ensuing the palt a5ore GtoteJ,
commencing ioitk The ,coydS = feeling mweH'
strongly attached" and ending ,ciM that pcra-
Grapi.J
With his excuse for leaving col Brooke's
nave nothing TO offer, further than to say that
M appeared III ordinary health, as hr walked
with great rapidity, and am not Informed
tilat he was confined to his house or bed
before or since, and his setting out a Few days
afterwards, 10 ride post haste to the city of
Washington, is conclusive that the state of his
Health was not such as be represents The
letter which he speaks of having written TO the
governor must have been penued some time
after our departure, which shews, at least, in
accuracy in his relation of facts. There is
more than mere inaccuracy in his stating that
at o'clock p. Nj. the same commissioners
called at my house and summoned me either
to deliver up the papers as private individual.
or to follow them TO the governors Office"
III was at that hour, that the alcalde called tp-
on him and delivered the memorandum Of the
uoCuinents accompanying our report, with po-
sliIve information that we should call in two
hours TO receive them agreeabIy to his pro-
mise. His excuse that this memorandum of
the documents was not translated is idle and
ridiculous, as it contained hut few lines of En-
glish, with the Spanish names of persons in
tcrested IN the papers, and could not have re-
CURED more than two or three minutes 10 trans
late We returned about nine o'clock, and
lron every appearance, were perfectly satisf-
ed that col. Callaya and his friends sxpecfed
us. No Enclosures were torn down, as he states.
The guard was stationed at a distance from