Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-03

wha, he tMr. CT might say on the subject
might lead tn conseq that neither he Nor
his Hon. Friend intended ~ produce. The
commerce of his country had led 10 recoS-
milton of their hiS, and d declaration had been
made that the recognition of independence
must depend On the internal state Of The Col
unies themselves. The invasion of Spain had
led TO suspension OF sendny On, Consa.s.-
Tue next sep had been apropDsal on the part
of Spain to ac.ede to Congres. ON The Gun
tiarnt. The next step of the British Govern
ment was 10 leave ia Spain the que ston vi
precedence as to the tranquility of her Colo
nies. No step had since been taken, and Great
Britain was left to act according To her own
views, wiihou, reference TO Spain. He thank
I'd his lion. Friend for his clear and satisfac
tory explanation of the term recognition; aud
the Liif.ren: senses OF the word were the best
justification ofthc conduct of this G5vernnent,
that recognition IN the minor sense by Great
Britain. should accompany recognition in the
major sense 90 the part Of the mother country.
l, would be fatal hoon, If granted by the one
party in the one sense, il it was uridvsstoOd by
the other party in different. AS to whole OF
the South American States, a general recog-
nitiOu was never asked. As TO certain states,
the British government had NJ authentic re
cord oil their actual condition. To all the rrin-
cipies laid down in the documents received by
his Hon. Friend he fully assented, and he would
p,k ii To his hon. friend, it further discussion
would not rather tend to retard than promote
the object he had in view. The Right Hon.
Gentlemen then sat down, but rose immediate
y In state that the proposal of Congress had
been repeated, and again rejected by the Bfi
tlsh gov, rnment-Mr. Eihce was Of opinion
that the recognition OF the British government
would do mure to tranlnilize these States than
a recognition by Spain herself--M Mr.. Brousham
trusted that when official Information should
be received ofthe independence Of any oflh' 81
States. that Independence would be formally
recognized by the British government. Such
an acknOn Judgement would involve US in no
conflict either with the mother country or any
other State. BY the recognition of that nde-
| pendence alone could the difficulties arising
daily in the Courts of Law be removed.
r. Burdett thought the recognition of the Brit
lsh government of much more importance 10
South America than that of the mother coun-
try. The Lord Chancellor had said that he
did not recognize the Independence of the
South American States, and that might be the
cause OF the hesitation of Ministers. The Pf.a
titiOn, after some observations from Mr.
Hume was ordered To be printed.
The following are the remarks OF the Cou-
rer, on the course of Mr.. Canning relative to
South America.
\ Two points were urged by Mr.. Canning last
night, to which we may be permitted to ad-
vert because they are strongly corroborative
of the views we have constantly taken in re-
ference TO this subject. The one is, that when
ever the recognition takes place, it will be oil
such separate and distinct portions of South
America, as have made the greatest progress
towards consolidating their respective forms
OF government the other, that England is moi
| rad f.,o III. If &c
20 carry with it any implied obligations of ma
king common cause, or Of CO. operating With the
states SD recognized. We stated yesterday
that if Colonel Hamilton made the declara
ton, which h. is said to have made upon this
subject, in his speech to the Vice President
of Colombia, he exceeded his Instructions
Let our readers compose this with the anx-
ious endeavoTs of Mr.. Canning, last night, to
impress upon the house aud the country, the
important principle, that recognition Of any
, particular state must not be taken 10 imply
consequences which do not necessarily be
long to it. Recognition, by II neutral power
may be merely a simple acknowledgement o
fact but without this caution it might b,
accepted as sort Of treaty Of alliance and CO
operation. | am, therefore," said Mr.. Can
ming, most anxious that exaggerated ex
prctions should not be INDUCED as TO wha
might be the immediate consequences of re
cosuilion."
FROM RIO JANEIRO.
/ NORFOLK, July give are indebted "a
the polite attention Of Captain Heron, of the
Brig Eliza Reilly which arrived here yester-
day, in 80 days from Rio Janeiro, for number
of Brazil newspapers from 9Th May TO 10Th
June inclusive.
Among these papers we find Procama
! ton Of the Emperor Don Pedro. to the Bra
, zans, dated 10th June, announcing the re-
ceipt Of Information that powerful arrnamen,
D WAS about tn sail from Portugal to reduce
d them under the dominion OF that Kingdom
q lie exhUrts the BraZlIiaDs TO the mast deter
: mined resistance against the invaders of then
liberties tells them that they must adopt n.
. their motto Independence or death" That
as their Emperor and protector, he will shed
the last drop of his blood in defence of their
I rights and for the security of their happiness
, that should the enemy prove too Formidable
{ for them in the onset, they must abandon
Z their towns, and retiring 10 the interior en-.
trench themselves strongly until they can ar
n ray competent force to expeI them from I'll,
territory; that their geet will come to thei
q assistance whenever it can cooperate will
e them successfully, in annoying that of the en-
envy, and that swarms of Privafeers vii
{ sweep the commerce Of Portugal from tn
ocean, sc. SC. SC.
The above is very general and imperfec
outline of the proclamation of the Emperor, O
which we expect to present "A translation il
our next, by the polite assistance of a gentle
4 man conyersanl with the language.
Russia AND THE UNITED STATEs.--Th