The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-04-03

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America win a n,o.n.ct of o,,maasney /,
No! n (aHs short Of rae wishes Of lAs friends
sShunun.fv."
In speskiop of the measure demanded bv
the crisis. il saws. thai mi, measure was moi
only warmly snhroved by the com mi,tee, but,
atjiysr, entireiv assenfed 70 bv the ,nia,,.e,s.
with whom IL had been discussed, and failed
only 20 be proposed 10 the Cores % Sy mese
ministers hauiug, ON account of heenLiar oe CIR.
yenees, sushended mar ;xdgmrnf." II ,nasks
of this measure a. indicative Of nav and
glorious fesolotioo thai, /, was demanded bv
America and m. ,rn. ;o,.r..,s of,h. p.nin.
sula that from Il Spain mipht rean advsnts-
ees which otheewiae she could naver ~ oscf /:
and that the sies Of kindred arid the uniformi.
~ of religion. win consarreiai x.fosfons. and
those omanstine from nee iusfffuffons. v,uld
be the srresf hifd9e Of motual basmonv .nd
close union. W ~
Your committee do not feel them,sIrs. : =.
thorIzed 10 asy, positively, what that measure
wac, but they do NOT hesitate 10 declare their
entire conviction that no measuse. shos, ~ .
full recognition Of unconditional indepeodenc -
could have deserved tho character. No, hseo
capable of producing tho efYccts ssc cribed IN Il.
Ii is, therefore, sufficiectlv NANTES, IN.
Spain, fay from wishing 10 call into ae,ioo
her means OF osecutinv hostilitiss sosics,
the people oil Spanish America, IA. y<nosrf<a
even ihe /eehngs Of an enemv soward. ,hsm.
and, but for " peculiar occurrences" had
ocen prepared, nearly q ycar ago, 10 eonssnt
10 their indepe endencs.
She has not only practically disson,;nued
and even enphatically deprecated, the en-.
ployment Of force to restore ranoo;li,v 10
Spanish America, but she has decisr.d thai
even universal aud permanent TRANQUILITY
there, " falls short Of tho wishes of the G,eods
of humsnitv"
While she appeals to 8 the tIss Of hind,sd. .
she undoubtedly feels them and if she h.,
not abandoned her desire, so often ayow.d. of
nero constitutional union, and eoosl cam.
merciai intercourse, with he former colonies.
as between nrouinees eFlhe same enatire. a 90.
ion and an intercourse which intervening Az.
dcs aud oceans seem to render hie hly ,ncon.
venient, If not Utterly ia, prac able, sbe evi.
DENLY refers the accom- pii.hmenl of this de.
sire TO the unawed delibe rs,ions, and 10 the
copgenial aod Kindred feelings Of The ,eoole
Of chose colonies, and thus substsotially sc.
knowledges their independence.
Whatever may be tho policy of Spain,
however, in respect to her former American
colonies, our recognition Of their indepen
dencc can neither affect her rights, nor i'm.
pair her means, in the ACCOMPLISHMENT, @,
that policy. We cannot, for this, be Justly
accused Of aiding ia the attainment Of an IN.
dependence which has already been ssiahli.h.
cd without our assistance. Besides, our re.
cognition must necessarily be co-existent on.
iy with the fact on which it is founded, aud
cannot survive it. While the nations OF
Spanish America arc aciully independent, !,
Is simply TO speak the uu,h, TO acknowlsd1sx
them to DC so.
Should Spain, contrary 70 her avowed prin-
c'pie' and acknowledged interests, renew tho
war tor The conquest Of South America, We
shall, indeed regret II, but we shall observe,
as We have done, between the independent
parties, an honest and impartial neutrality |;
but, on the other hand, should Spain, faithiul
Ito her own glory end prosperity, consent that
her offspring 10 the new world should enjoy
the ,Iuhl pf seif.QOve IN emf. eoualiv vii IN