Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-10-31

piu'iuCts lildl " ndu Dcen ilupOSSiDle, al the
same time 10 pay the troops and the public
iunctionares and pensioners, and that under this
pressure, propositions for loan of twenty
millions of dollars had been made by Bartho-
iomcw Nlgors Richards, acting for the firm
oi Barclay, Herring and Co. of London, which
propositions had been accepted. The loan
was negotiated at seventy fora hundred, an
10 per cent. premium for guarantee and char
ges, &c.
The minister saws
Much will he gained towards tho consoli
dalton OF The Independence of Mexico, from
the moment that this loan shall bc complet-
ed, because in each of the shareholders, we
shall have an advocate and active coadjutor
IN London, whose influence will be exerted
eflicaciously upon the British government, for
The acceleration of the much desired acknow-
ledSment Of our Independence. The month
~ receipt oil half a million of dollars will give
US the ease and energy which we require To
place ourselves on an imposing and respecta-
hle footing, and To amend our defective adj
mlnIstratlon. AS som as this loan shall be-
come public in Europe, there will he an in
crease of the credit and consideration of this
country, because we shall appear to have thn.
means of displaying our power and the aid Of
the English nation. Ii will he proper to raise
the loan To thirty millions, because in proper
tiou 80 IL 10 VIII our moral anu
physical force be enhanced"
The contract with Richards is dated the
| 18th August, and specifies, with other condi-
tons, that for the payment of capital and in
terest, one-half of the proceeds of the customs
IS pledged; and that the representative or
agents ut the lenders shall be authorised To
watch over the entries AT the ports, and apprise
the government of whatever ma,vprsation or
emhezzlement they may notice in the custom
houses, injurious to their interest in the pledge.
The Supreme Government at Mexico appears
To have bad no slight trouble with some of the
provinces. These have proceeded TO nut
themselves IN an independent posture, and as
serted the right of forming separate govern
ments for themselves, before they sent dele
gates Ia general congress for the purpose Of
establishing a federal system. The written
communications which passed betwe cen them
ana the Supreme Government are printed IN
the government gazette, and furnish evidence
OF much talent IN discussion. On the 3Oth
July, the Executive power nj Mexico adj
dressed a note 10 the Political Chief of Qua
dalalara, informing him that the provinces Of
Sonora and Slnaloa were threatened with ia
vasoa by various nations of Indian warriors
who had been seduced by the enemies of or-
der and requesting that he would send to those
provinces succors in troops, ammunition, and
ing in treaty with the Commissioners of GEN
eral Bravo about political matters he could
not attend to the affairs of Sonora and Slnaloa.
lie was rrproved, IN replication, by the
Mexican Executive, who argued
" III the central government be nOminay
acknowledged, but not obeyrd if subordinate
authorities deem themselves authorized to sus-
pend or delay the execution of its orders =
If each province is TO maintain armies indie
pendent on the Supreme Power ofthe nation,
what will be the result in reference tO the fo-
reign enemies who threaten us? These will
make themselves masters Ofthe government
and rule as Gen. MorIllo did at Santa Fe, &C."
The domestic authorities of the provinces
of Guadalajara and Zacatccas addressed cir
cular to the other provincial Populations"
The eblect of which was to- inyalidate the su-
premacy of Mexico and procure declaration
OF independence in each province. The an
swers of the " dcputations" ofVera Cruz and
Valladold are very able and patriotic produc-
tions. They urge that, as all the inhabitants
OF Anahuac 1.-THE Mexican empire) had declar-
ed themselves for representative Federal
system" and the National Congress, so far
from opposing this, had cuncurred in the
wishes of the nation, and prepared the bases
OF the system, there ought to be no separate
formation ofgovernmeDts or partial cOnfede-
ratons, but all ought to wait for and be rea-
dy to submit 10 the general will, which
was 10 be regularly accomplished and ex-
pressed by the new Congress appointed to
meet at the end of October. They add that
events in Europe, and the result of the war in
Spain, might place the political existence of
Mexico in extreme peril, and therefore rem
dercd union and harmony, among all Mexi-
cans, of the first necessity. They cite Gene
ral Washington's vaIedlctOry in support ofther
s
The example of these United States has been
much studied, and has proved highly effca-
cious in producing just impressions Of right
and eXpedency
A picture is drawn in these documents of
the jealonsies, INSTRUMENTATION and other dis
orders prevailing in several Ofthe provinces,
which Is fitted To excite apprehension, in re-
gard TO the success of the eDdeavors, made by
the most enlightened, for the establishment Of
a central and stable government But the
idea of Federal Republican system has talk
en- root and spread widely and the funda
mental maxlms of the sovereignty of The peo-
pie and the free choice Of political institutions
are universally recognized. Under our old
Confederation, we were distracted by selfish
plans clashing theories, financial embarrass-
menis and private intrigues but general con-
gress of intelligent patriots, banishrd discord,
cemeDted the nation under one canopy, and
secured the country against foreign ambition.
The same results may be attained in Mexico
by the same agency. Nat. Gnz.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
On the iirtlelh of August last we published an in
ieresiing Letter written at Lima, the secOndo MAY,
by young Genilemnn Of this city, describing The
counuy-iis inhabitans-thc productions Of the soil
the ruins OF Valparaiso occasioned by y recent
earlhquake-the CITY Of Lima &c We have since
e.m iufai lie C,t