Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-23

removing the King 10 Cadz, his condenna- (,
ton MAY be viewed ~ certain. But il tri,,'
by military commission, he can be held
Amenahle only as an officer acting under n
commissnn granted by legitimate and COM
petrnt authority.
All the Constitutional Chiefs i'm Estrema-
dura have made their submission, with thu
exception of the Empecinado.
The Duke d'AngOulrme arrived at Madrid
on the LIST of las, month.
Ad'ices had been received in London, via
Bucharest, from Constantinoplr, To the eth
of September, which induced the belief that
another revolution had broken out in the
Turkish Capital.
Accounts from the frontiers of Italy To the
e8th of October, say that the last letters from
Greece state that the fleet of the Captain
Pacha has arrived in the Dardauel.s. and gone
into the port of Constantinople. The move
inent of the Janissaries caused great alarm
To the government.
MADRID, Oct. 25.-Ferdinand still so far
depends on ms resources, that he has already
given orders 10 send to the Havana, and then
| IN Lima, the poor remains of the Spanish Ma
w, consisting of the Asia ship of the line, NV .
trgates, corvette, and two briggs. This ex-
peditiOu will he seconded by some French yes-
sells which will Join 1t i'm America, 1t is also
affirmed that the French commerce will enjoy
henceforth, at the Havana, and in the colonies
which not yet independent, several impor-
tant privileges. The journey of, his Royal
HighDess to Madrid, preceded by his head
quarters, is an indication of the return of part
the army TO France, which, at the same
time, will scour the provinces of AIicant. Car
| ihagena, Valencia, and Arragon, on the one
side, and Andalusa, La Mancha and CASTLE,
On the other.
| From the London Courier Of .Nou. 10.
| Ii seems strange that any persons should
view our sentiments upon the South Ameri-
can states as breathing either war or defiance.
IL lis IA policy upon which, we contend, other
European powers have no right to interfere with
us--n"r do we pretend To interfere with them.
They may or may not acknowledge and treat
with those states that is their business. Blu,
they cannot justly complain of our exercising
the same privilege. Aud here, in order to
clear away IN timine the ground of some OBJ
Jecil0ns that have been urged, we must desire
| the public to bear this in nind-that il is not
! he case of an inclpient insurrection of the
colonies against the parent state-that il *
mt ii struggle in which the power of one side
Is balanced by the other, and the issue doubt
| ul-ii Is not a case in which a third party
stepping III turns the scale and decides the
conflict IN favor of the side to which il carries
It's weight. II bears no resemblance To the
ard Spain interfered the conflict is decided
ti'r Issue Is arriyed-and Spain is not more
dl'd"d by the Seas from her ancient posses
sIons, than she is by the difference oftheir res
rcciNe institutions nor has she more sove-
reignty over them than we had over France.
though we continued to bear the empty title
her king. The question has been well put
ny one of our cotemporaries.-!'A AS lo indie
pendence, the question is at rest-the states
m arb, l.I,
worth Il straw to England all colonies are adj
lJure sovereign states, the moment in which
they achie'e their independence de |acto.-
Thus, tor The cearest OF all reasons, because
The foundation of their allegiance is their
enjoyment oIproteciOn from the parent state
When the cOlonists cease to want protection,
they are no longer bound TO pay the price of
II ; and his Is one of class of cases in which
power becomes the evidence of right"
This rs what we wished TO lay down an IL
mine. The South American States are To- all
intents and purposes free and independent
States, with which any other State may treat
and negotiate, and form alliances, without any
'ioatinn of treaty or good faith towards any
other Power
But ii is said, Spain has not acknowledged
Their independence, and therefore YOU are
guilty of an attack upon her sovereignty. In
deed Let us see the absurdity to which this
position would lead The South American
States might have established. as they have.
their Independence might have exercised all
The acts of sovereign and independent
power-might have entered into commercial
and political relations with other nations
Spain woGd not be able to take any STEP TO
do any act, calculated to resume her former
authority over the States or to arrest for a
moment the march and exercise of their indie
parliamentary, might remain totally inactive
and suplne; yet, because she refused To ac-
knowledge them as free States, we are to re-
fuse all intercourse, all pOIitica, relations with
: them whatever Why, does not every one
see the utter absurdity and chIdiskness of
such reasoning, if reasoning il can be called ?
4 But we are told of Congress of European
powers 10 settle the fate 1.-THE American co.
loDles. We should like to see what sort of a
preamble such congress would draw up to
their deliberatOns.-" Whereas "A certain traot
of country some thousands of miles distant
from Europe, containing about 10000 square
leagues, and a population of seventeen mil
lions, has determined thatit will be governed
by It's own institutions, and will no longer con
tinue in dependence (which they do not want,
and which Is injurious To- their best interests
upon d nation containing $4,000 square
leagues, and ten millions ofiDhabitants. We,
the Powers ofEurope, are assembled in Co.'S
Sress to devise the best means of putting an
end to so unsatisfactory situation of affairs,
and of concluding some arrangement that
shall be more congpnial to the policy &c. &c
Congress may deliberate and deliberately pass
protocol upon protocol, multiply conference
upon conference, but what would the seven
teen millions on the other side of the Atlantic
say? Or what means would the Congress pos