Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-02-06

to seve-ai political and periodical papers emf
nentiy Constitutional among which may be men,
uoned particularly, the carriage 1.-THE Whip)-
the perrtot Little DogE 1.-The Liberal-the Con-
sututonal OF Cadiz-and the Aoicate.
The following appeal to the citizens of the u
nited States contains brief statement of thoir
interesting case--and we feel assured it is an
appeal which In this land Of liberty will not be
made in vain:
mo undersigned Spanish Emigrants to the Git
Gems oftte United STATES:
Worthy descendants of Washington The
political storms of Spain have thrown us upon
your shore, and when we assert that we have
lost all but our honor, we are compelled to de-
clare the causes of our unmerited misfortuncs
those who plotted and contaminated the ruin
OF the Peninsula, solicited and obtained from the
Cortez, then at CadiZ, that extraordinary pow
ers should be vested i'm the Executive; and as
they did not blush TO make the demand, the Re-
representatives. of the Nation, ON their part, were
not scandalizeda at their bare mention, nordid they
hesitate soon after to grant them One ofthese ex-
traordlnary privileges bestowed uponthe Execu-
tive was the powerofordering from one part ofthe
Kingdom to another and thence to the adjacent
islands, without any judicial proceeding or any
public information, any Spaniard who should be
suspected of conspring against the liberties of
the country or against public order. Nosooner
did the Ministry feel itself entrusted with SO sim
gular power, than it abused it for it cha,ac-
terised CRIMINAL an enthusiasm for civil liber-
ty; and those who had with the greatest forti
tude maintained the Constitutional system, and
defended the rights of the people against the ty-
rannical attempts of men in power, were called
Eraltsd, (Exaltadoes) and their exertions mis-
construed into desire of destroying the public
peace. AS such zoe were sentto the Canary Is
lands in the month of August last, thus depriy-
ing the citizens of Cadiz of some of their best
friends, and ofwhose fidelity they had received
many proofs-nen, who on some occasions had
defended their interests with the sword ; had of.
ten done it with their pens, not without some cf-
feet by their speeches, and had sometimes even
headed their more active eXertions.
Transported to the Canary Islands, the newly
appointed Commandant General, ID. Ramon
Toto, concerning with the Political Chief ID.
FREDERICK Rodriguez Castanon, and complying
with the orders of the ministers, ordered us to
the islands of Hero and Gomera, giving at
the same time most minute instructions to
prevent our escape. At this time took place
| the political catastrophe of Spain-General
ID. lsidoro Uriame, destined to tyrannise over
| the Canary Islands, had scarcely received his
ISciiihioSiSh, thdu ilc iSSutu OTQcTS 10 nave our
persons seized and conducted ua as prisoner
to the Islands of Tenerife where he then res
| slded-However, some virtuous and no less
courageous countrymen, undertook, and in a
manner nearly miraculous, succeeded in say
ing us from the fury of this despotic Chief
w were then conveyed to an American YES
sci, by which we have safely arrived in this
port. The limits ofthis address will not allow his
any further remarks on this subject, nor does it
belong to us to detail the services we are con-
! scious Of having rendered to the cause of reason
| and justice, in defending for Man his rights a.
gainst that league ofoppressors, which torrents
and would degrade him. Many public journals,
to which we have been the editors. among which
we may name The Zur,iago, Goero, Diaria
Csaiita'lo, &c. vouch in Europe, for our constan-
cy and unremitted efforts in combating the ar
hitrary measures of demoralized Ministry, who
had usurped the power of governing nation
which had adopted liberal principles.
Such, Americans, is the character CT those
Spaniaris who now claim your hospitality
That you should appreciate, esteem and approve
their political conduct, is what they desire, and
which more than any thing else is calculated to
give them consolation. They have lost eyery
thing, expelled from their country, separated
from their wives, their children, parents, friends
and property; they will soon be deprived OF
tneir very clothing. But IN so destitute and af-
fiictiVe situation, however necesstous they
may be, snd expectant of relief from the gene
rosity of Amercans-they indulge much in the
consolatory thought, that as lovers of virtue, you
will grant your esteem to men who have made
themselves known as her friends.
We ought not to conclude this address with
out expressing our warmest gratitude to Capt.
X. M. Hamilton, master of the schooner Letitia,
man swell worthy of the country that calls
him her own, as the country itself is honored in
the boast of so virtuous son.
RAMON CERUTI,
RELIX MEGA,
LEONARDO PEREZ,
JOSE SPINOLA.
BRAZIL.-Extract Of a Letter from Per-
nambuco, dated December 16.
'Last week arrived from Rio de Janeiro, eight
deputies, belonging to this province. The En-
peror Dissolved the Cortes by force of arms, on
the 10Th uItimo The Brazilians arc much die