The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-01


tocrais,) Who occupied the offices of the
State, opposed the proceedings al the
freemasUns, and were pursuing = course
not perhaps altogether Ia conformity with
the Constitution, when the ALTAR al tie 9TH
OF july displaced them, and pet The Gov
ernmcnt Into the hands of their ADVERSE
rites. This party, which is vel IN power,
hold mp the Constitution IN all its purity,
and discard every idea of modification
but il is observed, that since their elcta-
ton, the principal members of ii set no
bounds 10 their ambition, and are soli-
eitous 10 angross amongst Themselves and
their dependent, every Office, high and
low IN the state. Their proceedings upon
this point have greatly offended the Com
muneros, and ~ these are numerous bo-
dy, and likely, from their popular princi-
1 pies, to become more numerous every day,
The freemasons have deemed IL necessary
To cutter into coalition with the .1nher0s
i "a coalition which in some respects has
excited surprise, but which is not unnatu
raj, serng that most ,iolent Democrats ont
of office generally shape their conduct and
notions by an Arlstocratlcal standard when
| they enter the Cabinet. II is undei iood
however, that this junction was chiefly
brought about by the Anlleros, who had
many motives for concliating the new
Ministry; that as they possess much more
talent and greater experience III Intrigucs
than their new friends, they will endeasOr
first 10 profit of this union To savc their
friends who We're implicated inthe affair of
July, and ultimately regain for their own
fbH ma Mt e the Gt4f.
ready, it is said, great diseord reigns a.
mong the Frremdsons, because they all
want appointments and the Ministers
show certain predictions, which offend
the great majority of them. The discon-
tented will probably contribute to swell
the ranks of the Communeros. The pre-
objections ust alluded 10 are deemed To
have arisen from the union ofthe two par
ties. San Miguel, for instance, belongs TO
both, as dues also General Aaya, Mosco-
50, one fthc late Ministers, and his col
league, Count rorrcro. The leading mem
bcrs oi the Ffeemasons aie Regn, Quiro-
~, Nina, Gallano, lstnritz, Van halcn, a
principal officer Of Mina's stall, Yandloa,
The Treasurer General, Campos, Direc-
tor of the Post Office, and two or three o.
Tiers.
To return to San Miguel /; il IS said Of
him that since his elevation to Office he
has not answered the hopes which were
formed of him by the friends of liberty
lie Is young man who has acquired
scarcely any political knowledge, and has
not the slightest tact for diplomacy, ex-
tremcly irritable, and impatient of censure,
however gentle the form in which it may
be conveyed, In distributing the various
Offices attached to his department, he has
been charged with great partialty-a
charge, indeed, To which every Minister is
liable, because he very naturally has the
greatest confidence in those private friends
with whose characters and abilities he is
best acquainted. One Of the things for
which the COmmuneros particularly blame
HIM, is his employing several of the diplo-
matists Of the old regime who are said to
be enemies of the Constitution. II is fur
Their charged that he has not originated one
single measure which indicates pro
found and happy genius, since he has
been invested with Office. He gets thro'
the routine ofbnsiness with sufficient indus
try, but there is about him no attribute of
statesman. Sir William A'Court can
scarcely get on with him at all. He UNI
Gays one day what he has most solcmnly
promised the day what he has most So
lemnly promised the day before, and again
he rcnews his best declarations, and again
annus them. In some instances our Min
ister has been treated in a manner as if he
were the representative of some petty Ger
man circle, instead of Great Britain. But
such Minister as Sir VIM. A'Court alone
can turn even such treatment TO the advau-
tage of his country.
Lopez Banos, the Minister Of War, was
one of the generals, who commanded in
the army Of the Isle. He eyinced, how
ever, some delay in Joining the Consttu-
tional party. He is considered a good sol
der, but not skilled in what may he called
The scientific division of his department.
Active, tenacious, not we'll lnfoI med, am
bilious and vindictiye.
Gasoc, the Minister of the Interior, is
considered to be man of firm and decid-
ed character. He is of active habits, and
attached to liberty He was an advocate,
a profession comparatively obscure in
Spain, because the courts are not founded
on public basis besides, Gasco never
acquired any eminence as a lawyer Ii is
believed that he has sincere love for his
country. lie listens with afabity to the
ad'iccs which are occasionally given to
HIM, but his great defect is that he is not
up to the age" as Mr.. Canning once hap
ply expressed it, abiding to a distinguish
ed legal character.
The Minister of Grace and Justice, Ma
sarro, is the declared enemy of all the usur-
ndflnn and 1hngac ,,f tho 4 ~ ID
tie IS well read in the canon laws, of an
intelligent mind, but rather backward in
that general reading which isnecessaIy to a
man who would express himself in Cortes
ma lucid and impressive manner. He is
OF an austerc, unamiable character, aud ra-
Their loSlclan than statesman