Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-02


from being tranquil.;zed.-The bigoiry and
the madness of Ferdinand are probably cal
culsted AT M distant day To rous. her again to
arms. The French King will put all hi, means
into operation, Ia s,ibdue the spirit ol the
Span'ards. He will sleep more quietly on his
couch, when all the elements of liberty have
been smVihered among them To this nb-
leet, he will al .ress all his eXerlions. Yet,
after all, the principles &c free go, crn,nent viii
IN Ike their way slnwly, but surely in Spain,
and IN the rest of Enropr.-"'Two centuries -
The work will go on more speedily than such
calculation wnuid make ont.
There IL u report too, that Spain will cede
Cuba To France VIII q. Britain quietly per
nit il 2
Another Report that the Holy Allies are
about Ia unite their forces for IA re-cnnqurst
of ). America VIII q. b. yet stand aIp"f
We are arriving at a singular crisis. The prin-
cip!es ni fee & of legitimate governments may
come To IL more rapid aud fearfrl issue than
many have hitherto calculated. Perhaps ire,
the U. States of America, may firm the great
bulwark against the immediate eneroach.
ments ofthe LegiImates. II becomes us, then,
10 be on the alert 10 place al the helm =, { af
Fairs mau who is strong In his determination,
yet cool IN his mrasures-a man of u moral
courage which no difficulties can shake and
OF temper can. swer,e-not man who is
inGrm of purpose" unsteady in his princi-
pies, aud more versed in the speculative, than
the active scenes of life.
THE EDITORS or rur EnouIRER
i have NOT troubled you affairs of Spain
since the spring. The events then predicted have
happened and, after all the loyalty of Morillo with
hs constitutional friends, and The impieenabilty of
Cadiz, Il appears that the gentle OF The Cores
have turned ont " all vapour." God fo,id shomid
exult al the misortunes nj nation bui, the result
was inevitable, as inevitable the reasoning of Mr.
Walsh and Messrs. Verplsnck g. Co has been iudi-
cIous aud false. will hesitate To pronounce thai
never iof travelled Writer'S there bebeld such
complete ignorance. My reasons for thinking tho
French would succeed gave YOU III May. will
now STATE few facts TO the " impregnabi,iiy' al
Cadiz Were garrsoned by the forces of lutte,
Europe, +" would nor hc 'mp'egnabie aud, neuher
British nor Spanish officers ever thought Il. How
then came they To retain u The reason is Obvious
Napoleon had just at that period began he afflicted
with the mania for his expeditions the morrill, whc,.
s chosen troops were placcd hen they should hav
served their sovereign IN the south" He weakened
his forces about Pampeuna, stripped Joseph aud the
harshais Sou, Surhef and Victor of oI the ~
hest 'roops-and, they were nf willing IT,
make a,ohih's bargain with JOHN Bull, Lcl 90
alone and we will do The same But, # Napoleon had
acted otherwise, he could have compelled the
ton OF Cn,iiz. and it clearly under stood tina, Al
mirl 81 X. u Keats did signify the admirali,
that " Victor continued his attempts NJ shenp him
he must slip his cables and run. could enlarge "a
to The facilities derived from the Blush naval fore,
and on the folly of the above named editors tukiup
that with perfect land and NJ, / hlnc ks,le the ST.
niards could do any 1in@, aud especially, with such a
population IS that of Ca,iiz. | entirely French ia
ITS feelings In shOri the contest hupeiess from,
the commencement. Remember wha, iold YOU res
pecting the gallant Ondinoi His character, talents
ana temper spoke ,olumes--ai least, 10 those whn
would hear could understand
In a political point Of view the subject is WORTHY
reflection. Many sages have obsei we'd that uei-
| ther men nor nations ever derived benefit from cx-
perience The French go, eminent in the case he
tte us Is sn exception TO The rule. Napoleon cho>
fighting characters for officers aud carried in az
100000 men and was defeated, Lewis the 1871.
chose pacfcaiors for officers AMI with 100 OGO n.n
has doGr what -four fold number could not n, Ct
Perhaps you will ask, what is be the resu !
consceniiousiy think ameiinraun or the s,tua-
ton OF the people lay gradual meams aud the imsiru-
mentality OF intelligent men. am aware of Of
the Engsh prints talking Of the of the Spa
nIards and the caiee>sness Of the French and do
not believe word "fir Whererer a French force u.s.
IS sufficient 10 enforce order ,and is only ciliRg
| int IS compelled 10 do So
really cannot bat admire The sing uIar character o
some of the public writer's of tins county in con,lr.
ing all things relative Ia the government of fn,rigr
countries with those oi own and The nst mt ~,
word revolut'nn, or freedom, ires,en, or repul,
lac - pronounced, that moment gives hirih 10 eom
new goddess oi liberty. The. foiget ilIni the u 5
has never separated itself from iis original frsti,u
mss ~ the Tenure "f property aud ns lgnl rsIal,
-ihienis. II - true il shook IN enoru,rus load {,
government laid by Tie then jralous rIar, Ter q
| metropolis, framed ON the dark norIous of III,
| iimss tnow thank Heaven passed y hut il essemaI-
| W renamed the same. la the p,esdent do we he
hold "h elected magistrate 'usIead Of limited mo
march IN the Srnaie aud III al 4. tle Lords AL,
i Commons Of @. b. To Hieo,ist IL s The sumo sys
ten and, we're MonJcslui-u or De l. ,Ime now I,
write on the subject oi the two goyc,nmemts the
wo"lh place them neoriy IN the rank.
IL Is ibis feeling that has led all he tbs ntiers o.
the subject ol The recent affairs Of Spain as well d.
oi Spanish America. Never were here men so per
iecty incapable "i practic'l government, ha
heem proved 10y their recent couduci In Madrid ,uf
| Cadz-iA Chill and PerG,
! VIII close my paper with an anecdoie of the NJ
sent Lord Chen Mr. Erskine. Durinp N,po con,
consuime Mr.. r. appeared ~ h,s levee On the vaca
iionJ al cOnrse.) Many LAWYERS had been presented
indeed 50 numerous were they IN induce him &c
say when one was introduced, " Encore un AvucaI
10 short, they tired hun, and when Mr. E,k.ne wa.
presented his vanity hnri Iv Nhnoeon'. nerI.ci
tie tried IT again ia his robes chancellor to ihs
Prince of Wales, hat again he Gm!ed. NJ, Barrie
Marhois peceved bis ch"griu and aatier his vaui
| I, told hni he would invite the French Judges Il
meet him 10 dinner and hear his explanation of En-
gsh aw--alr. Barrie M.rlIois to lie Interpreter
lli. u. entered inio most elaborate detail, mad.
the Frcnchmen cry oui Mon Dieu, &c. lie and in
duceu hem 10 ask him when that county would h.,
fl for surh system OF jurIes, S@e &. as existed il
| England he replied, but his Interpreter did not re
peat" In not less than Two centuries $50 IN per
haps little less time will Spain both old and new lie
IL for government like that of the IT, s. but ,il bcl
an eulightend despoiism will he their only re source
| Nor n, 1928 VIATOR.
P.S 5. | yIeS the recent transactions in SPAR
hut - Snite of that Immortal scheme devised h,
Louis Ia for French predouiinancy and whicI
Bonaparte aucmptcd in vain. Men possessing
knowledge of political economy will be- djsuersc,
thro' Spain, aud y their means viii wealth. sire nRr
and happiness he insured 10 the country hold i'm
possible thai IN The prrsen enlightened state nf Eu
rope any thing Ike rediy HHberdL feeling can ex is
among christian nafious. The iacous (shai hav
The Cortes done Ia prove themselves otherwise thar
iactious and unworthy nf support y may be- cramp
ed, bni The mass VIII find their suapn inipto we'd
leopold of Tuscany gave tone Of liberalism To ih
public mind IA 1868 NJ ,Niman Of Bavaria an,
Joseph The u added ,os totce independent % what
gained by The R-voluIIons Of the U S. md Erlmce