Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-08
EMPIRE OF MEXICO.

II Under tins title, we find, that this hithert
province at Old Spain is henceiorth to b
known. From conversation with the gen
ueman 10 whom we last evening alluded. a
having recently arrived here from Mexico. .,
wei as from the papers with which he wa
good enough To- furnish us, we learn that IN,
revolution in that fine country is complete, ant
that, comparatively, il has been bloodiess.-
The terms in which our friend speaks of Itur
bide, TO whom CHIEFLY the merit of this grea
work belongs, and whom he personally wei
knew, are oft highest encomitIin; and GER
fainly the traits which he detailed to MS of the
moderation, dlsinterestedness and heroism o
this distinguished Chief, warrant all praise.
! We have translated and published in ano.
| ther part of our paper, the proiet which Itur-
bride, in pursuance of his plan TO emancIpate
his country, submitted nearly IA year ago ia
Apodaca, the Viceroy, rs the only mode oi
paciiying that vast region, which it was no
longer possible TO reduce To- bondage Apo-
! daca, whose miidness and horror of bloodshed
were notorious, was only prevented from
! adopting this plan by an insurrection of the
royal troops in the city of Mexico, who de-
posed him, and substituted in this place Don
francisco Novello, an artillery officer, with a
determination 10 adhere to the mother cpun-
Try. Ihe success, however, which Itnrbide
every where met with the unanmity with
WEich Inc native Americans loinedhis standard
me being himselfa American j the capture
ni AL me strong places in the vast Mexican
empire, from st. Bias and Acapulco, on tile
Pacific, 10 Vera Cruz, in the Bay of Mexico.
together With much treasure, and military
| stores, mt last induced O'Donoiou, who in the
! interim had arrived from Spain, as the new
Viceroy, TO propOse conference with Itur-
ihde,which accordingly took place at G. ordova
| IN Aug'stiast and resulted in treaty in which
ODonoIou acknowledged, on the partof the
mother country, fhe independence of Mexico
and adopted, IN all the leading points, the pro-
jet before submitted 10 Apodaca. The con-
sequence was, that the city of Mexico was
| quietly evacuated by the royal troops under
| NoveiIa, who Were marched tD the sea coast.
TO be embarked for the Uavana, and the new
government administered in the name of Fer
dnand VII. by the Provisional Junta went
INTO full and quiet operation. The actual go
verninent is carried on by Regency of five,
OF whom liurbide is president aud by n CON
ventlon of thirty-siX of the most distinguished
citizens. THE Cortes were 10 meet on the
eith of this month. Among the beneficial re-
suits already produced by this revolution, NAV
he enumerated declaration that the com
mcrcc o'the empire is free to all nations, the
abolition at the arbitrary taxes, excuses, sc
| OF the former government, and the reduction
OF the dulles from 6 to per cent
we are GratliIcd learn from our intelligent
iiiend that strong bias exists in the minds oil
The people and government of Mexico in ia
rouf Of the citizens of the United States
They value themselves upon being Ameri
cans, and as such cherish a sympathy anc
affinity for us and as an early evidence of it
'hey nave named one oftlfeir most distinguish
ed citizens, Don Juan Manuel dc Elizalde
whose arrival may be daily expected,) a
minister to The United States. His reception
here viii be such, we trust, as ma,
correspond with the sentiments which hi
c0untrymen are represented TO entertain to
wards us-and if, as was hintcd at, the othe
day, IN letter from Washington, which w
published, any recognition of the indepen
dence ofthe Spanish American Government
Is contemplated none would seem better en-
titled To recognition from us, than this govern
4 ment OF Mexico, which has been already re
cogniZrd by Ike Viceroy of the mother coun
try. We may, indeed, lament that tin
condition of the country and inhabitant
is probably such, rs to have rendered
expedient to adopt a mOnarchcal form of go
, vcrnment but when we recolect the excess
es into which more enlightened people, tn
French. ran in their rapid transition from dies
poilsm To arcpubllc, and the short duration q
their licentious freedom we ought, perhap:
rather To see in this gradual regeneration, tn
I evidence OF cautious and enlightened policy
which feared, by aiming at too much, to de
feat NIL, than any hostility to more republi
can form of government. Let us hope, tina
a more unrestraincd intercourse with our cit
zeps, and nearer view of the perfection of ou
institutions, may lead TO such changes, in tn
political condition of these, our North Amer
can brethren, as may assimilaie it more nearl
TO our own. ". Y. finer.