Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-15

weekly Messenger ar the Sun az Ir Ainr~in-
Chronicle now, that It is abandoned hy the Leading
characters in the political world Newsoaners IN
London are nov subjects Of speculation, aud any
man who can get interest with the auctionoers and
Obtain their advertisements viii thus get Others aud
may easily become independent-So that his object is
merely supply dolly food the public-As 10 the
psrmanence of his speculaiions, of that he never
dreams. When the Duke Of Portland was in pow err
some one hoaxed the Editor OF The Morning Chrun.
lclc and assured him the Duke was so ~, that die
he must; aud, IN tho rery Ia0iT'i1g, the assertion
WAS made, with very Nous speculation "a. TO lis
result every man IA Piccadilly che Duke IN
good heath and ia attendance on the King His
speculation OF the Ssh May will be equally corr ecI
But Lord LIS Speech has misled YOU. You who
so well know the critical situation of n British Min
iscr aud the annoyance ol regularly bred CORPS of
annoyets IN both Lords s. Commons must he aware
OF HE difficulties u; his situation Generally speak
mg, 81 questions ate put, answers must come. You
VA not JON with Mr.. Walsh in charging them with
having betrayed and unnecessarily, the interests of
Spaia, by not leaving France doubt TO the las
moment Mr.. W. Is certainly great otu aud dis
i,nguIshed, as his " Letter the genius &c. S1r OF
the French government proves, by his foresight and
p'oinndiy hut, 40 not ihiak ereH he could with
stand the hadgering OF Lord Lansdownr, Holland Sc
NC IN the Lords, and such characters as Messis
Hume, Brougham, &c. Sc. in the Commons.
The truth is, that Lord l.. with all his candour nd
all his phlegm (he features also Of his face were
once compared, aud admirably as all who know him
VIII testify, 10 the hhTes oi a tomb siOhe) con
strained on HAT occasion say in fact that he was
convinced France might succeed What would
France get, a." said he,' IN attempting to conquer
" Spain = =" Absolutely nothing, EXCEPT the whole
country rose IN her iAvor - circumstances cOatin-
ned he, which no body could contemplate" lie
then proceeds will, her MEANS &c Sc. and arguing
on these means implies :" the success of France as
most inikeiy" He goes farther aud says dat failure
Wi excite apprehension III his mind as its effects
on rance. tie then re,eri, the relormers of
Spain and jumping across the Atlantic says she can
only conquer The ground she occupies ind calls
mind her situation IN l809lO, hu, adding the impor-
Sha 4 >
He next alludes To those who quoted the example of
Great Britain in 10, as one To he now followed
but The advocates Tor tins war did it
template 4 land war. For Lord t. said 90 IL we
assist AZ all, il must be hy oil means in our mower
We must send an army ihere-all our navy can do
VIII he performed IN weeks and then the French
WIN laugh at US" No one, repeat, appeared to
template a Iand war aud - naval would " entail
"a heavy expense without any corresponding advan-
age Here again REQUIRED the actual situation of
Sp'In' Spain was now Gicidcd country and there
tore u Great Britain interiered they would not only
have 10 protect Spain fIom the arms of France hut
TO assist one hay Oi The Spanish people against the
other Lord J.. could speak palmer than he
here does. But, in addition TO these reasons he
gives anolher and one still ninre cugent These
" the bearings of liberal principles so called aud the
unfortunate ertreeS 10 which they had been carried
IA SpaIm. The BRUSH Constitution 80 he Describes
as compromise between democracy aud mORIrciig
and maintains that in a country SD governed, dangr,
was TO he found IN lis lending itself To either side of
me question II ought neither the ahetiur
VI CeSPotNW OH lht one hanu, nor The supporters ut
'nud and impraccd5ie theories on the other" Im such
case, surely her own interest only ought to guide
bntun though neutrality Is her inie ost, there 9
no doubt Never was there collected such s, set o.
demagogues, Lords of mlsiule ia nmarchy's Wild
hall, on the one hand, and bignted despots on ,h,
other Despoiism regular o. irregular viii Tor
season prevail and, Mr. Burke SAID Of the French
revolution, the probability is that Spain will have
many ranS-nig taons of fire aud blood to pass
through ere she Is regenerated.
IL Lord L.. could have been candid, he would ha e
sam my lords such Is the mseraby divided situation
oil Spain, that with your army and navy nniIed YOU
can do but fWLe-with your navy, nothing. Ii "a ma
ton wall net defsnd itself, foreign power can du
So IL The people are sick Of change and con
fusion as TO hail the approach Of foreign army rs
political millennium, what can another party do !
For, that this is The could clearly prove 10 you
u, were 70 lay before You my confidential cores
pondence'" Tie would have told nothing more than
The uuh as have no doubt ereRts lrW prors
Permit me now to an eyTaiu7t o. Two your
composItors have made meant to say Nj, Walsh
ana ms cosilations were anHSilgiy not antu>ipgh
speculative; That the war into which Great BIitain
was urged 10 enter only Il naval mot "A land trpr
our composllors printed 1t " hard" Aud that moth
ing hut large force (not fue) could induce ilie
people OF Cadiz 10 do as they did before.
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