Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-29

NI'h WHICH Ed'e ihe nOnOr ~ ne. NC
The Secretary Of State to Don ifunueI Torres
DEPARTMENT or STATE.
W,shitgtOs, sd Jni. 1922.
SIR: In reference 10 YOUR letters of the S0ih of
November last and the Cd of this MONTH I nave the
honor OF informing you, that the subject To which
they relate, under the consideration of the Presi-
dent of the United States whose, ,iefni,iye deci.ion
concerning 1t shall, when taken, he forthwith COM
mnnicaed To you. la the mean time should You re.
ceve aNices of the surrender oil Porto Cavclo and
the iShmus of Panama, have TO request you would
ia'or me- with the Information of those events ear
| ~ As may suit your convenience.
pray You, sir, to accept the of my dis
imguished considerations.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
MEXICO.
Mr.. WILCoCKs' LETTER
To The Secretary q state n Tie Ua,ea States IF fine
Mrxrco, 25,h October, 1921.
Pr nc love oi my country, the spring OF every
noble and generous action, induces M TO communi-
cate TO you, Tor the information OF the President and
Tor the benefit that may result 10 the government and
cIIizcns ot the United States, the following circum-
sidnilal ana exaci account of the happy revolution,
lna' mas lately occurred in this Kingdom Of New
SPAN, which, by the blessing Of God, the in,repdy,
talents, aud exerOns of lis patriotic chief Gemerai
Don AuSustin iIurbide, the enlightened policy Of lis
mother country, and the liberal and phiIanhropic
ii!tS nj lis late Captain General Don Juan O Dono-
lus has ended in its complete and entiIe enancipaou
ihn you may have clear and distinct yicw OF the
SnlJt CT he fully impressed with the justice of the
cause Of this hitherto cted aud opp ,se, neon,c
ana have also general idea OF the face OF the coun-
Try, It's inhabitants productions Sc it may uO be
Improper 10 stats that, since It's conquest, which, If
my memory serves nae, was in the year 1921, il has
hceh governed by SIXTY -twU ycerovs, and innumpr-
able commandment generals, governors and superin-
iendenis OF provinces, vino, according TO general
tradition, have been, with very few executions as
| many mercess and mercenary iyIants the rapaci,y
and unierlng barbariiy of which nothing could have
| wiihsiood for such length OF time but a land en-
'lcheu ny TIE beautiful hand OF nature n most eX
raorNinaFy degree, and people horn and brought
mp, until of late, n all the Intolerance of superstition
] aHd ignorance, and accustomed from its earliest in
iancy To the innumerab!e, and may say almost in
cicGibe m o''iI"ns, ofboth church and stale
rev foreigners have, perhaps, had an opportunity
OF seeing as much Of the Kingdom as ,yself hayno
travelled on horseback from the porI of Guavmos
ont the gull of Caliioinia, almost every pait OF
sonora, ana arr"aids through the provinces and
superintendencles of New Biscay, New Gaicin.
san Luis PotDsi, Que, eiaro and Nexico to ,bis
cy distance ~ least of 700 leagues passing ilro'
AL The principal cities, visiting the most celebrated
people.
The provinces Of Pueba, Mexico, Mechoacan. San
LUIS Poiosi, and Guanajuac, may he termed ,h,.
cemiral ones, and Of those have seen .he hes,
waiefe,', most fertile, mo>i productive. and most in
n bied those that border h" gulf O! Mrxico
are Merida de fucataD, Oaxaca, Vera Cruz NV
ShnandeFo, and Texas the second from all ac-
countS beautiful IN the extreme and the III rd and
last very ere, butamOst entirely uncuitivatrd thos
on me Pacific oce and guif of California, New
D'lIcI SinaIoa aad Sonora, fertile in parts but very
scin o water, and the cNtcn.i i've internal ones o(
New Leon, New Biscay, and New aexco, that
reaches to the latitude Of 70 n which have for he
most par the same deif'l 'nd which may he called
a general one throughout the kmgdom, there being
III most paris bat iiit!e ram, and in no par exccpt-
,ns Texas, what we would call rivers where there
Is a sn'iance OF water however, the country is won
deri"y fertile, producing many parts two and three
| crops year, and yielding EACH fine four and five
rad, If IL.
Versiy oil temperature W thin very short distances
productivity the greater or less elevation OF the lands
Tue 'ehu OF ihe Kingdom being from eight 10 twrve
Thousand leet above the level of the sea so thai il is
NOT uncommon TO see IN the same market, all the
fruits, grains, and other productions, of temperate
not anu cOid climates, us is the case IN this, and
most OF the principal cities.
Before The nsurfecton of the wear 1910 the kinu
doh contained six millions Of inhabitants and il is
worthy OF remark, that Providence has beeu mn less
d'i7h IN inc distribution OF her gifts respects man
Kind, than in the fertility and production of the
earth the natives of this country not excepting even
the Indians, being endowed with qucknesS of per-
cepiion and ability TO acquire and make themselves
masters oil the arts and Sciences that is very notable
and far exceeds that of the inhabitants of old Sno;n
and, perhaps, many other countries At the above
mentioned period, the kingdom may he said to have
peen az lis acme OF prosperity the ROYAL revenue
exceeding twenty millions Of dollars and the money
coined nj the mint OF this city, upwards of twenty
eight Milo annually; it has, however, ever since
oeen on the decline, IN consequence OF the devasa-
uoh> 'OHibIutu ny DOh parties III the long and cruel
war Carried on between the Europeans and Ameri-
cans, so that the population cannot now be computed
al more iIIan four millions the at more than
nan oi what It was, and the money coined yearly
badly not exceed four
have been informed that very correct history
OF us ns1Trecton up to the unfortunate expedition
oil General Nina, has been written by a MIR Re-
bIDSOn, and published in Philadelphia IL IS useless
therefore, To say more the subject than that lis
commencement was undoubtedly CAUSED hy the
abuses daily committed IN all branches Of The govern
neht ~ iHS kingdom, by the disorder IN which Spain
was thrown IN consequence OF the Invasion of the
french, and by the iiiprudeDt measures adopted in
inns CITY, one OF which the arrest of the vceroy
itufsdrdy, ana many OF lis principal American inha-
btdnIs u Is also worthy of remark iai, IN proper
ton as u was prolonged, the evils emcreased and IT'S
/ symptoms became more malignant produced other
passions, ana among theD those Of rancor aud hatred
"hich, rrilated aud inamcd by the reconsideration,
imprudence, and want Of policy, on both sides, di-
| VuGu the kingdom INTO two pales, the Europeans
""u americans, whose respective opinions formed
| essentially The war that destroyed both.
Among those lhat contributed most 10 quell the
inSurrectton, was the before mentioned General Dos
hugHslm lturbIde, then colonel of the regiment of
Cthy1, and naive Of the cry OF Valadod, in the
province OF Mechoacan born of European parents
and animated 10y y mistaken zeal he induced to
embrace the royal cause, and, with iervOr and i'm
pe,uoslty peculiar 10 his character, committed MANY
arbitrary ana vioeEt acts, that, IN great degree,
furnished what would otherwise have been deemed
brilliant achievements aud over which is nncessa-
~ To- draw teil, las subsequent conduct having en-
trely c6aced them from the memory even of those
most agsreyed Indeed, it would appear that la sense
o the injustice he had commiitcd an innate con-
ycuoD Of the improperly OF adhering TO the party he
Rad espOuscd aud rrmOrse Of Const fence. we've
the principal causes Oi the change ~ his political
sentiments iOr wo see INN all ~ once assume a dif
icrect character, and al moment When his suve-
reign had hedped upon hru innunerabe houOrs.
he impos-sblliy Of fC-Cetdbli-hiug peace aud
qn'ctcss ~ 'ie kingdom ~ orce Of arms, fully
asceftalncd during tic ticCroyaliy Of the Captain
Generals Fenegis aid CtIleil Of whom II may be
sad that they rather Dispersed tbin conquered the
Ame Ic.ns, Tive country hnInG IN q cnmpiele .tate Of