Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-06-26
From The Boston Patriot June 10.

From The Boston Patriot June 10.
Letter from an American gentleman in Lon.
| don to his friend in this city
wrote the enclosed, as you will per-
| ceive by the dale, week ago, but was
prrypn,ed by an accidental circumstance
! from sending it,
am satisfied that this government is
uncertain what to do, and exceedingly
embarrassed with ,be difficulties which 1t
finds on every side: for the time has ar.
rived when it must embrace openly the
cause OF liberal principles or OF the Holy
| Alliance. They are maneuverieg TO gain
! nme, with view, think, to wait the re-.
| sal, of inlrigues which are gong on, and
presume, by their owa direction and at
their expense, to raise up party IN 5.
America in favor of monarchy, or al leas.
| TO divide the South Americans as they did
the constilutionalis,s in Spain, in order
That the state Of anarchy and bloody civil
war that might follow, may he an excuse
for putting off indefinitely the recognition,
and even permitting the Holy Alliance to
send "a paci6cst,ng army" A morning
paper has said, that TO permit such thing,
would cost the minister his bead 80
| the tine has been when il would have cost
British minister his head 10 have aP-
proved OF a French occupation OF Spain;
but now Mr. Canning has declared on the
| floor OF parliament his decided approba-
lion Of that proceeding, on the score OF
humanity.
Th. minister's humanity, in my OPT,
mon, is much like Faislstf's instinct, =
May not the case arrive when he may al
| lege some such motive Tor Permitting 'ht
occupation of South America; and that too
| with So much piausibiii,y, as TO make the
| people OF Great Britain aCquiesce in a.?
The reports which are Yet 10 be receiv'
ed Of the state o. things in South Ameri-
ca reports upon which Canning says the
recognition musl still depend, can be no
| thing bu; an expected account from his
agents. OF the result OF the lnIrlgues going
on to establish the monarcblcal system a.
= nong our neighbors, or to introduce div
ion, discord, anarchy and civil war, tor
they have done all these before, and by
| them have restored Ferdinand the Brute
to absolute power 10 Spain, as they would
do in America, rather than see really rep
/ resentative governments establisbj d there
This much is very certain, that all will
depend on The orderly and steady march
OF tbr South American governments. II
they proceed wisely, firmly, and tempe
rateIy, aud with unaniWi,y, TO establish
Justice, and to perpetuate the blessings OF
security and civil liberty. there will be
moral force here IN their favor, which
no hon o.te
would any more dare TO resist or provoke,
! than they would TO stand ag,inst the bolts
OF the Almighty Thundsrer. II, on the
contrary, they should permit themselves
to be seiuced and divided they will be
utterly lost, and they will deserve 10 be.
Confusion increases 10 Spain. have
no, time to send you the details. ] will
do 80 hereafter. will only say that the
famous Trappist is 10 arms against the 20.
vernment, aud cries, and bis followers
cry, Death to Ferdinand and the French
and long live religion and the inquIsition
The cause OF lis rebellion was an order
to send h,m of under guard TO bis own
convent. The guard was composed OF 90
French soldiers. The T'appist persuad.
I'd the people to join bin in a own they
passed. through, dbu i"u uPoh tuc FicuCh,
which they immediately did, and the
French had to run tor lite.
rbe Americans here, and the English
also, approve, on the whole. the decision,
OF rather the waving OF decision, on the
Greek question. although no one regrets
The debate which has taken place upon it.
As an American feel proud OF il, for am
persuaded that history scarcely furnishes
an instance oil greater concentration OF
intellect and eloquence; but what like
most OF all is, the sound constitutional
views which were taken OF lhe subject. and
the Just sense that was shown 10 exist Of
toe genius OF our institutions. May they
alsay> stand on Ibe greal pillars Of JUS
liberty and honorable peace! do not
think that MIR. Webster's proposition was
fairly construed by many Of his opponents;
however, il was true, as was observed,
tina, there was no telling what mightbe the
effect OF The proposed measure; misrepre'
sented as i, might be by our enemies ne
fore il arrived at the CouIt OF Constant
uople. While We have so many slandef
Ell. and bsckbit.fs IN Europe as We have
now. it will be worth while to inquire