Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-09
RICHMOND. NAY D HOS
" W.
CRISIS ~ EIJRODE,

| We can furnish them with nothing or pr..t,r
lmp"riancc. The great crisis indeed is rapid
y approaching, when il i, 10 he determined
al ne point ct the sword, and on the soil of
SPAIN, whether an independent stat q in Eurnp.
has the power to secure the rights of lis u.t,-
pl" and circumscribc the pr.rogatiyrs nf the
King, hy representative constiiutiou-or
whether the neighbouring egitmntes, from a
stHse oi common interest, shall rush i'm to TN.
defence oil every King against the claims ofrvp-
~ people. This great problem is again To be
contested IN Spain ;as il was two wears ago in
| Naples. No wonder that we whn have built
up our owe liberties, upon the basis of tie in
o' me people, Should take 50 deep an interest
IN the succ, 81 Of Spain.
| France, il isno said l., abou, to state her
views IN formal Manifesto For the homer
%: legitimacy, we pray it may he more able
Than The rant of NJ. Chatcauhriand But what
| arguments can he employed To Justify such
ahsnrdiiics Will ii only repeat the nnnsense
oi The following passage in the Paris " Journal
dies Debats ?"
" Every thing ha, been done . draw from revoiu.
n"nary Sp''" = single Pr"OT al wi,l. put cnd
| q" 'he excuses which d>quiri Europe, and COM
promise France. There was No umr>Iion of tIl.
sacrifice ut liberal instructions or of Foreipu iu,rr
'e"''on, nor, IA "a woid, oi ANY thing which could
compromise the Interests a. wound the houour OF
Sphn u was only required uG mi,cd men To sui
sii'ute io' destructive aron, without object and
"uhn"t hmits mat independent action OF ROYALTY
winch - The lie spring Of nlonarcic.d su,.,rIv-
! Spanish liberty WAS only asked To recognise the
tights ni legiaiacy, hui she refused She is then no
longer liberty No veil now the hleous traits
al ahlfchS-no consideration tenlpers its fury-uo
iiirnhly or pacific voice Stop It's progress
" Facts equally indisputahle aud shocking have
lnH' established The outrageous captivity of King
F"tdnnnd See the Journal .lrs DEFEATS OF VS.
i"I'Iay II is evident that faction is determined IL,
cairy lis crowned prisoner in its train an, the pro.
p">","": Tor stripping him even of the shadow at
royalty ilhd ma longer any obstacle, exren the fear
OF things"
1t Is enough To reply, that if Spain chooses
I'D change or Ia abolish, the moharchical fra-
ture altogether, she has right To do so. She
Is the hest Judge other own diet her raiment.
h'r pursuits, or her form of guv-rnmcnt.-
Al all events. France. who suffered so much
herself from the inter, ertInp nffnreign states
IN ,9S, ought Ia be the last nation to revisit its
calamltIes upon another.-Even if anGrchy
threatens Spain, her neighbours would have
no right To interfere, until Spain forgets
what she owes to France, and by some overt
act would compel her 10 guard her own from
TIERS ar revenge her own injuries by the sword.
The question, however, is one of those plain
ones, which require very little dscussinn.-
rance seems bent upon war. and Spain, re-
solved To meet IT, The French troups will
enter Spain. and will reach Madrid. No sa-
nera! action Is yet to he expected. Spain " il!
pursue the course which she took in 1903.
when the Junta of Seville issued those wise
" Precautions" which then protected her IA
sainst Bonaparte himself. She may let her
invader occupy her capital-and then cut of
his supplies of provisions and troops-We
are not to Judge of the result by the masses
OF disciplined troops which she has collie, It'd
together. Yet, if the last accounts are Ia be
credited, she will be in no want Of defenders
2oO,OOO troops are said To be cullrcting-arms
ana ammunition pouring in. One individual a.
lone in England is said 10 have contracted to
deliver 90, 900 bis. of gunpcw,ler, and 10000 |
stands ut arnIs.-Ltt the people he only true
I" themselves, and they may defy the whole
force of the invader. The army of the Faith |
seems to have dwindlrd into band of " ra-
gamnfns." Ii the Consti,utionalists can
maintain themselves with any prospect of sue
cess ior one campaign, they may look for
reaction IN France, where the expulsion of
Manuel, The cashieriug of Mrrcicr, the u ith. |
drawal of the Liberal deputies from the Cham |
Der, and the evils and the dislike of the war. |
nave contributed tn increase those elements of
disorder which already existed in such profu-
sion.
Ii seems that England viii not ioin in th,.
war--and il is said, with very little truth per
haps,j that Austria has in,imaied her DISPOSE
tnn tn remain neutral. This las. circumstance
would animate the Spaniards more than the
former will deprrss them.
The world has reached an important
epoch Every arrival from Europe must
bring us something imporiant.-lf the war
c"h''hues more than one campaign, our wheat
har'est-our rice, will he turned To good ac-
count. Our shipping will be more employed,
dnd bring us better frcights. But our mer-
chants were a. a loss To know how to shape
lheir sprculations ; first, because they did not
know whether there would be any var at all
ami noG, because they do not know ho,o long
it will last