The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-04-03
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From the Ss,cnAl ln,sItsscccr.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
Report on the Reeegnirion Of she Iar
Spanish Provinces IA Annviea.

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ncsss or assnsssxrArivss. NAscu is. 1922.
me sComu'tee on Foreign Affsirs, 10
vhch were referred the message Of the
ftea'dens. eoneera'ng the recognition If the
Z late spanish provinces IN America, and tho
!, docvmerts thesewish communicated, having
exan'oed the ssms profound attention, unan.
iuoo.lv sspcrt:
Tnstshe pscvinces of Bseoos Ayres, after
hevIng, f'om she year 1910, proceeded IN
the,f sesolu'ionsry movements without any
oos'srie from The government, oil Spain. for.
msi'y declared their independence OF that
gose'nmcnt IN 1916. Alter various in,es.
''ne. commotions, and external collisions,
those provinces now enjoy domestic tranquil.
>l5.Sa an5 good understanding with all their
neishbors and actually exercise, withou, op.
pos,Ion from within, or the fear of snnoyancc
from without, all the attributes OF sovereign.
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The provinces of Venezuela and New
Grenada, after having, separately, declared
their independence, sustained, for period OF
more than teo yeats, q desolating war against
the armiesof Spain, and having scvcraiiy at.
tsioed, by their triumph over those armies,
the eoJect for which they contcndcd, united
themselves, on the 18th December. lsl9, in
IN one nation, under The title of {" the Rcpub
lie OF Columbia
The Republic OF Colombia he's now well
organized government, Instituted by the tsce
VIII ot ITS iuzens, and exercises all the fuDc-
'tions OF sovei egDty, fearless alike Of int nal
ard ioteign enemies. The small remnant Of
tho numerous armies com mIssloned 10 pre-.
serve the supremacy OF the parent state, Is
now blo.sadcd, in Two tortresses, where il is
innaxious, aud where, deprived, as il is, OF
hope of succoor, II mus, soon surrend,. At
discretion. When this event shaii have oc-
cusycd,ihefc viii not remsin vestlye OF Ior.
eign power in all that immense republic, con-
tlin ng between three aud tour millions Of In.
sebitan.s. ss
TIE province Of Chill, aimee Il declared i,s
iadependgpce, the year 1919, has beeo IN
&c cqAASt and uamolesied enjoy iDent oi
q. sof .gny which IL ,hen assumed.
Tseyasy,nce Of Petu, situated ike Chill,
eyrsd uf- hndes, aud bordering on The Pa.
~ Ceeauwas, for longtime, deferred
'ncm making sny e lfeciual efFyt 70, indepen
sdrncc, by The preseace OF on importing fnil-
~ fo,ce. vb,cr Spsr hsa kept nc IN tina.
COUNTRY. Il was not, therefore, until the 1910
OF June, OF ihe lastyear, that Its capital, the
,,y 0! Lims capisalated to an army, chiefly
Composed ~ troops from Buenos Ayres and
Chill, under the command ii General San
Martin. The greatest part of the royal
troops which escaped, on that occasion, re.
treated 10 The mountains, but soon left them
10 re'urn to the coast, there to ioin tho roys'
garrison in the fortress Of Csilao. The sur
render Of that foI,re,s, soon after, to The A.
me'icans, may be regarded as the tcrmina-
'ioo ci the war in that quarter.
When the people OF Peru found them.
selves, by this event, free to express their
will, they most unequivocslly expressed il in
favor OF independence, and with an unanimiiy
and enthusissm which have no where been
excclled.
The revolution in Mexico has been some.
wbs, difIercn, 10 its character and progress,
from the revolutions in the other Spanish A.
Tnetican provinces, and its result, in respect
10 the organization of its internal govern.
nen', has, also been precisely the same. In.
dependence, however, has been ss emphai-
caly declared, and a. practically es,sbli he'd,
since the 24th Of August last, by the Mexi-
caa Empire" as ever it has been by The re-
publcs OF the south and her geographical
situation /; her population and her resources,
emineh''y qusiiy her to MAINTAIN the iDde-
pendenee which she has thus declared, and
now actually enjoys
Such are the iacis which have occupied the
attention Of your committee, end which, in
their opinion, irresisubly prove, that the ma.
tons Of Mexico, Colombia, Buenos Ayres,
Peru, and Chilli, in Spanish America, are ib
fact independent.
IL now rcmsins for your committee TO ex.
anime the right and tho expediency. on the
part Of the United States, of recognizing the
Independence which those nations have, thus
eHcctuslly, achieved.
In this examination, II cannot be necessary
TO inquire into the right Of The people Of
Spanish America " to dissolve the political
bands which hsve connected them with an
o'hef, end to- assume, among the powers Of
the earth, that sep,rste and equal station TO
which the laws OF nsture and Of natures Cod
epsjtIe fb$rn0 The ri0ht IN rhaooc rho M.