The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-23

ss.re reduced 10 n sii::pIe calculation OF M
tsrests, an object which could serve as q
eonDtrrpoize ~ the opposite seaie.
Civil war 8Ed anarchy, Winch ore often
the consequences Of revolution, and more
particularly when as in America, its eie-
,nents IRE heterogeneous and opposite, are
assuredly net calculated to increase the
excliangealnc productions Of country, nor
to attract Foreigners, by Offering thefa that
safety which leaves no doubt and which IS
the soul of commerce /. n,iher can sascll-
lating governments do IL, precarlousin their
nature and without guarantee, which can
mol themselves secure the advantages which
they themselves present. Baenos Ayres,
| abafEioned-to itself, has cndeayored In vain
| for the last twelve Years to consolidate a
| government. The wretchedness and depo-
| pIatten of the PROVINCES of the Main, in
stead Of advancing, have removed to a
| greater distance the epoch of their prospe-
| rfty and their riches. In affairs OF this ma
tnre, and when facts come 10 the support
oil reasoning, II Is useless to oppose vague
| and indefinite hopes To certain dhd known
results.
But il appears that new calamity has
|
have been forsecn. The usnrrcction on
the American continent has favored piracy
on the seas. General commerce begins TO
feel the want of security, aud the dangers
of this war, which knows no other laws
than those of self interest, and piIlages in
discriminatory the industrious citizens Of all
nations.
Thus by an admirable concatenation Of
facts, every thing concurs to demonstrate
the utility, nay, even the urgency Of de-
fnitivc arrangement in an affair which has
so vast and profound qualifications and
every thing contributes to press upon the
Spanish government the folly of retarding
through any secondary motive, transac-
lion so important
His Catholic Majesty, in entering upon
this frank and amicahe negotiation with
The lnsurseut provinces, expects, with the
| greatest confidence, to find in all govern
mrnts, that circumspecton and tina. reserve
OF conduct prescribed by justice, recon-
mended by policy, and inspired by senti
ments of impartiality and good will.
When the Spanish nation endeavors to
put an end to this domestic misunderstand-
ing, the same involable respect which she
processes for the rights OF other nations,
inspires her with the ust confidence of boz
|lng treated with similar consideration and
regard. She cannot even, suspect, on the
part OF those who desire to preserve friend
ship and good understanding, any stop
hazarded, which might suppose the gues-
ton already resolved, the decision Of which
belongs to Spain alore, in making use of
her legitimate and recognized rights, which
she has never renowned. In this state of
things, the steps taken 10 engage different
powers ina recognition ofthe independence
OF the lnsurgent powers of America will
present, on the contrary, n solemn occasion
TO sanction the fundamental principles on
which the integrity OF territory, the repose
of nations, and the public morality OF go
ycrnmcnts are founded.
The text and spirit of treaties--the good
faith which ought to reign between powers
IN amity-the conviction of Il duty equally
supported upon general and temporary
policy real welfare of the insurgent
provinces, and even the general advantage
of all the powers, afford to his Catholic
Majesty as many guarantees that his lau-
tlabIe desires will find among his august al
lies the most favorable and most friendly
reception.
From The .Nem York Commercial .ldrertiscr.
Greek3.--The following address from the
Greeks at Constantinople, to their brethren
in London, cannot be read without the deep
est emotion -
"CoNsrn .TIHoPLU, May rs, f322.
" Dear and beioUed Brethren and CounirY-
men in London
ave doubt not the news contained here
IN must have already rcacAcd you and fall
len like a thunderbolt Ell Your hearts.
What more dreadful than the knowledge
that oar illustrious and innocent country
mcn--ien Of them in prison hcrc-and
those in the castle Of Scio, nincty-ivc in
ALL universally esteemed and respected,
chosen and held AS hostages for more than
Year pasta least without a single metvc,
without cYen the shadow Of a personal ac-
cusation against them, have been barba-
rously executed We at first deeply la
menteh the mmcrited restraint put upon
the persons of those no more Their death
isnomiuous and cruel, in the first burst of
f5Hci, nearly paralysed our faculties hut
these We hook upon noW rs enjoying etcr-
nal and immutabe felicity. Our pity no
longer is then due, but it i'aWs for those
unlortunatcs who have survived, and who
henceforth arr doomed t. have tyranny
unexamplcd in history, and deprivations of
every kind. Who eau, without shudderins,
read of the total ruin, the universal desoia-
ton, of our famed and once-happy Isle
the destruction of all its inhabitants, nearly
one hundred thousand, who, except very
few, who almost miracuously escaped
from those Inflated shores, have fallen vic
tins TO the sword, to fire, hunger, and sla-
very, the worst of all evils i? Who can
without feelings oiiudgnation mantlng their
chc he itbnuf ay..cratipor bn pprpotr,