Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-03-16

have Ssrx;ed On co,nm-sre with both ps,tits,
and She gesexn<psrt h,s protected It, with
each. in aftic>es not coahabaud Of war
Thsorsa tbs whole OF this CONTEST, <be. u =;
t'd Cities have renainsd eeutral. and have
, ius"Red, with the utmost imparliaity all the
obligations incid.nt to that character.
iais contest has nov reached such stage,
, All been attended, with such dee, sive success,
rn ia. part Of tn. provinces, that it merits
the mos, profound consideration, whether
! ,heir right to The rank OF independent na.
! tons, with all the advantages Incident to il,
in THAR intercourse with the United States,
Is no. complete Buepos Ayres asspmed
, that rank by e formal declaration in 1915,
and Ia. enjoyed Il since 1919, free from in.
vasion by the parent country. The provia.
ces composing the Republic of Colombia. az.
ter having separately declared their iDdepcu.
; dence, were united. by q Fundamental law Of
the l7,h Of Dec. 1919. strong Spanish
f, force occupied, atttss time, certain parts of
the Territory within their limits, and waged
! destructive war. That force has since been
repeatedly defeated, and the whole of it eli.
ther made prisoners, or destroyed, or expel-
led from tbs cou0try, with the exception of
! an lnconsiderable portion only which is block.
AIDED In two fortresses. The pro vinces on
: tue Pacific have likewise been very success.
full. Chill declared Independence in 1918,
| and has since enjoyed i,undi,turbsd; and OF
late, by the assistance Of Chilli and Buenos
Ayfes, the revolution has extended to Peru
OF the movement in Mexico our Information
isles authentic; Dat it il, nevertheless, dis
aiuctly understood, that the nav government
has declared its Independence, aud that there
lie now no opposition 90 it there, nor force
! to make any. For the last thSee years tbs
4 ont nf ho. -
corps OF troops to my part Of that country
nor is there any reason TO believe il will send
any in future. THUS Il is manifest that all
, those Provinces are not only in the full en-
, joyment of their Independence, but, consid.
er'ng the slate OF the war and other circum.
: STAGES, that there is not the most remote
prospect O! their being deprived Of it.
when the result OF such contest is man.
iiestly settled, the new governments have
claim TO recognition by other powers, which
ought not to be resisted. Civil wars too of.
ten excite feelings which the parties cannot
control. The opinion entertained by other
/ powers, as to the result, may a,suage those
feelings. and promote an accommodation be.
tween them, useful and honorable to boih,-
The delay which ha. been observed in ma
king decision on this important suo,ect
Whit Is presumed, have afforded an one
| qnivocal pfoof 60 Spain, as it must have done
to other powers. of the high respect enter.
tanned by the United States for her rights,
and Of their determination not TO Interfere
with them. The Provinces belonging to this
hemisphere, are cur neighbors, and have sue.
| cesslveiy, as each portion Of the country &c.
| quired It's Independence, pressed their recog.
milton by an appeal to facts not To be CON.
tested, and which they thought gave them a
just title toit. TO motives Of interest thi.
government has invariably disciaimed all pre-
| tension, being resolved to take no part in the
| controversy, or other measure IN regard TO
/ It, which should not merit the sanCtion Of the
civilized world. To other claims Just sen
ability hk \ been always felt, and frankly &C.
| knOwledget, but they, in themselves, couiI
never become an adequate cause OF action
| 1t was incumbent on this government to look
/ TO every important fact and circumstance,
| on which a sound opinion could be formed !;
! which has been done. when we regard,
then, the great length Of time. which this
( war has been prosecuted; the complete sue
| cess which has attended ia, in favor Of the
Provinces the present condition Of the par.
| ties, and the utter inability of Spain TO pro.
! duce any change in il, we are compelled to
! conclude that its fate is settled, aud that the
| Provinces which have declared their Inde.
pendencs, and are in ihe enjoyment Of il.
ought to be recognized.
OF The views OF the Spanish Government
on this subject, no particular information has
been recently received. IL may be presu-
med, that the successful progress OF the rev,
oIu.iou, through such long series of years,
gaining strength and extending ANNUALLY in
every direction, aud embracing, BY the late
important events, with little exception, all
the dominioBs of Spain, aouth VI the United
States, on this Continent; placing, thereby,
The complete sovereignty over the whole in
the hands OF the people, will reconcile the
Parent country to an accommodation with
thern, on the basis Of their unqualified indie.
pendence. Nor has any anthen,ic intorna.
ton been recently fecsived Of The Opposition
of other powers respecting it. A sincere de.
sire has been cherished 20 oct in concert with
them in the proposed fecogniiicn, Of which
seyeral were sOGie time pas. duly srprizrd.
bat it vas understood that they were not
prepared for it. The immense space be.
tween those powers even those which border
on the Atlantic, and these Provinces, makes
the movement sn affhis Of lees interest and
excitement to them than 10 US. II i, proba.
be, therefore, that they have been less asten
tive TO its progress than we have been. !.
may be presumed. however. that the late
vent, WILL dispei ell doubt Of the result.
Ia proposing this measure, it is not contcm.
plated 10 change thereby in the sIigh;es; man.
ner, our friendly relations with either Of the
parties; but to observe, IL oil respects as here
tofoTe should the war be continued, the mos;
perfect neutrality between them OF this
friendly disPositJcn an assurance viii be given
to the government Of Spain, 20 whom, il 10
presumed, it will be, IS il ought to tie, s&tiU.
factory The measure is proposed. Under