Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-04-09
wAsHINGToN, MARCH 9.

wASHINGToN, MARCH 9.
The following important message was
yesterday transmitted by the President OF
the United States to the House OF Repre-
seDtatives.
70 tie House Of Representatives. ofshe
United States.
In transmitting to the House of Re-
representatives. the documents, called for
by resolution of that House ofthe 5o.h
of January, consider it my duty to invite
the attention Of Congress to very inn
nortant sublst, and to communicate the
sentiments OF the Executive on it, TIA,
should Congress entertain similar sta:.-
ments, there may be such sco-opera;ioa
between the two Departments ofthc &C.
vernment, as their respective rights a:ld
duties may require.
The Revolutionary movenl cnt, II tie
Spanish Provinces in this hemisphere,
attracted the attention, and excited the
sympathy, of our fellow citizens, from,
lis commencement. This feeling Was
natural and. honorable TO them, from
causes which need not be communicated
TO you. It has been gratifying to all to
see the general acquiescence which has
been manilested, in the policy which the
constituted authorities have deemed it
proper 10 pursue, in regard to this con-
test. AS soon as the movement assumed
such steady and consistent form as TO
max c the success ofthe Provinces proba-
bic, the rights to which they were en;i-
tied by TIE law OF nations, as equal pal-
ties TO civil war, were extended to them.
Each party was permitted to enter our
ports with its public and private Ships.
and 10 take from them every article wh!cia
was TIE subject Of commerce with olhcr
| nations. Our citizens also have carried
on commerce with both parties, and the
government has protected il, with each.
/, in articles not contrabande OF war.
Through the whole OF this contest, IT,.
United States have remained neutral, aat
have fulfilled with the utmost impartial
ty, AZ! the obligations incident 10 lhaS
character.
This contest has now reached such
stage, ana been attended with such dcci-
sive success on the part ofthe provinces,
tina, i, merits the most profound coasi-'
Iteration, whether their right to the ran..
OF independent nations, with all-tae adj
vantagcs incident to ii, with their inter-
course with the United States, is not
complete. Buenos Ayres assumed tina:
rank by formal declaration in Is, and
has enjoyed it since $40, free from inya-
sion by the parent country. The Pro-
yinccs composing the Republic CT CO.
lombia, after having separately declared
their independence, were united BY a
fundamental law of the l7,h Of Deem
Der, 1919. A strong Spanish force occu-
pied al that time, certain parts OF the Ter
ri;ory within their limits, and waged de-
s.ructiye war. That force has since been
repeatedly defeated, and the whole Of IL
made prisoners, or DESTROYED, or expe'-
led from the country, with the exception
Of an inconsidcrab!e portion only, which,
is tlockaded in two tor;rcsses. The
Provinces on the Pacific have Likewise
been very successful Chill declared
independence in 1918, and has since en-.
loyed it undis,urbed; and Of late by the
assistance of Chill and Buenos Ayres,
the revolution has extended to Peru. OF
the movement in Mexico our inforna-
ton is less authentic; but it is, neverthc-
less, distinctly understood, that the new
government mas declared its indcpen-
lence, and that there is now no opposi-
lion 10 it there, nor force 10 make any.
For the las. three years the governmcns
OF Spain has not sent single corps Ct
troops 10 any part Of that country nor
is there any reason to believe 1t viii
send any in future. Thus it is manifest