Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-03-30
From the Richmond Enquirer.
RECOGNITION OF s. AMERICA.


\ conpanying the Presidents messag. of the
9Th Inst.-They are the last COMMUNICATIONS
] frcn the az ents OF the u. 8, touching the
! {: several Sou,h American revolutionary 90
! vern,nents." They consist Of letters.
| lst From Mr.. Forbes, Tie agent at Bue.
nos Ayres:
T; Cd. From Wr. PreUost, agent at Chilli
Sd. From Mr.. RIenf, eur charge deS Of.
! fairs at Madrid
9TH. From .Ifanuet Torres, Charge dcs
! -lGatrs of TIE republic of Colombia,
an the u S. 20 Mr. adams spith his
repfy-and
+. 18th. from M James S. Wifcocks,
Tong resident at NericO, gsOang an
account Of the Te0oiai;on Of that
great country,
, Mr.. Forbes on cd September last, an
nounces - a new org ,ntzation Of the govern
ment Of Buenos Aye, which promises
great solidity and character" On the 26th
October he hopes IS that the day is not tar
distant, when all the .iarring jeaiousies which
have hitherto so pernicious!y counteracted
,ac progress of ciVi! liberty will De put to
Z, sieuce, aud the wise men OF every section Of
f, THU country will be brought to cordlaI CO
/ operation TO attain the high object OF their
political devotion.
ceedings at Madrid between the Deputies
,, from Mexico and Colombia, sud the Cyrtes.
de states that those from - Mexico did
INST demand an acs acknowledgment Of lndepen
Gence, and pVe:end not even to aspire to il"
| -(ihe victore. OF ilurode have since put
new face upon This matter y but 50 that
| the commissioners Of Bolivar insist upon the
acknowledge of the independence tot
CuioDbia) as the basis of anv arrangement
| with Spain.
Don M-nuel Torres repeatedly presses
, on MIR. Adams :" the recognition OF the Re.
| pubic oil Colombia, on the part of the Presi
| dent of tne U. STU his last letter, of I'd
January 1922, he insists on thc'' most ab,
s9lute 'ncapacity and impotence (of SPAIN
| to inVeds the territory of the Republ or to
prevent the prosperity which its inhabitants
now begin to enjoy Adams, in his
reply o! 18th Jan. states the President has
the SUBJECT under consideration that his
dehnitive decision will be forthwith commu-
| nicated"-in the mean time he begs that If
| NJ. Torres should &c receive sdvces of the
surrender oil Porto Cabello, aud the lsthmus
Ut Panama." he would communicate them as
| early as is convenient.
MIR. Wi!cocks concludes an intere sting
sketch of the Revolution in Mexico, by de
|
li'hed on cure and solid foundation, the
,, people being highly delighted with it, aud
| the subordinate chiefs, officers and soldiers,
having one and all implicitly followed the
| example of moderation sc. them by their
magnanimous leader, who, TO obviate strife,
envy and emulation, has absolutely refused
| the crown, and insisted that tie emperor
shat! come from Spain, as he first proposed
in the town of Yguaiua''
| There are no letters IN these documents
J from our minis tiers abroad, showing the
! dispositions Of the European courts towaIe
the Independence of S. America. There is
not glimpse given US of tbs way in which
they are likely TO receive the Presdrn,'.
! message, Or our owe recognitOB.-Mr.
| Brent shews that Spain herself, is not ripe
for the measure and he adds that s'tbe
foreign Po1oerS wiz. the European courts, J
during the agitation OF the American auesa
ton, have endeavored to prevent any ar.
rangeinent between the parties" (Spain and
her qUondam coioniss.l
| RumOur, however, hints, that the Presis
! dents Message has drawn from don Joaquin
| de Aoduaga, the Spanish minister, vigorous
remembrance against the proposIton-thst
| some OF The other foreign ministers have rot
! been Si'ent---and that NJ. Poletics, the Rus.
y to hint something about its being 6 prO-
! .Figdte measure"
Whatever these gentlemen may please to
say, the good people of thrse q. States must
go on 10 do their duty. They have waited
caimiy-they have even suppressed their ge.
HeroDs love for liberty for months after The
civil contesthaS been decided. and tic ono
party has positively triumphed over the 9th
er. We have hitherto psolessed neutrality
between the two parties. We have said TO
them, You are struggling for the sovereign.
ty. 1t ISnoL fOT u to decide between YOU,
We cannot Of course acknowledge tie indie
pendeDce OF any ct the pToyiOces-cunse.
quen!ly We can neither receive their Minis.
tsrs nor send them ours Bot now, when
every impartial man must admii that the
contest is fairly over; thai it is not only one
province OF Spanish America, but the whole
that has succseded; that Spain has scarce an
inch to stand Upon; that che ha, sent no fresh
troops, and has in fact laid down her arms
what are we TO conclude but thai one party
has obtained the ascendency which we were
waiting Tor, and that il is now time for US to
acknowledge them in the fare Of the world?
Alter oil, what do the Patriots ask Of Us ?
Not to give them aid: not 10 espouse their
cause by actual cooperation; not 10 aid them
by troops, fleets and money; but merely to
recognize their independence, to form tTea
ties ard exchange ministers with tbsm.-
They do not ask us TO do what Elizabeth did
Tor the United Provinces-send them sue
cour, and draw the sword in their behalf
We do not eo'ancipate; but merely re cognizs
an emancpaled nation. We acknowledge
3 fact which the laws Of ns,'ons not only per.
init, but require other sovereign states to adj.
init.
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