Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-21


mag eItrc'se good Offices, tchich MAY ultimate
" eoatHoufe TO bring the tcar TO a Sueedv ter
Muid"qi' Where lies the difficulty, permit me
10 ask, the way of paciicstion? With Old
Ipaih! What IL the great point in controversy?
independence. Shall Ue become the advocates of
It's SURRENDER Shall we urge upon the new Re
puoi'es purchase 1t by degrading concessions or
by any which they have not already evinccd their
willingness TO make9 Mexico and Columbia have
already declared their readiness, upon the acSnow-
Regiment Pi Their independence, to desist from any
attempts Upon Cuba and Porto Rico Their since
my cannft be doubted Have they any thing else
10 oier az the price OF their recogn:tion Il il COM
rnerciai preferences, the equivalent of Hayti to
The President intimates that, at times. thew
nave evinfed this disposition. But he would doubt
less be te last to encourage measure so fatal to
our intere,ts Nothing therefore can be done not
already attempted without success If we must
appear in the Office of medators-an object of so
much apparent socitude with our Government -
let our appeals be directed to Spain, where alone
they can be aysiling. But, let us remember. that
our admonitiohs, our circumstances, our soIicita-
lions, VIII derive no additional weight from the
circumstance that they emanate from the bosom Of
| Congress, composed, with the single exception
OF the United States of the representatives of her
confederate foes. Will we not on the contrary.
ny the proposed step, render all our future efforts
aoortive! Shall we not, by it, have taken stand,
inconsistent with our assumed medialorial Officer
The next subject proposed BY the President. is
me influence oar Representatives at the propos-
ed Congress, may hare ia promoting the adj
pdneement Of religious liberty. Upon this sub
Ject he says, There is yet another subject upon
which, without entering into any treaty, the NOR
al influence OF the United States may perhans
be exeTted, with beneficial consequences, at such
meeting the advancement of religious liberty
| Some of the Southern Nations are even vet so
tar under the dominion of prejudice, that they
have incorpor aied witbither political constitlt-
lions an exclusive church, without federation of
| any other than the dominant sect. The abandon
ment OF this last badge of religious .Jigotyy
| may be pressed more eflectually by the united
exertions of those who concur in the principles
OF freedom OF conscience, upon those who are
yet to be convinced of their justice and wisdom,
than by the solitary efforts of minister TO any one
of the separate Governments
been strong The Tommiee, woaa FPaaatter has
thing Ike an elaborate discussion of by ME mex
cusabe. That the Apostolic Roman Catholic
Religion, shall be the religion of the State is
among the foremost articles in all the Constitutions
of the Spanish American States, as it was in the
late Constitution of Old Spain. It is not TO be
doubted, that most of the leaders in Old Spain.
during the Constitutional Government, and the
Patriots who achieved the independence of Snan-
lsh America, were just and liberal in their reli-
gious, as they have shewn themselves to have
been In their political principiesi Ii is not within
the laws OF character like theirs, TO be the adyo-
Gates of intolerance of any description 1t is.
therefore, but fair to presume, that cxertions in
favor of religious liberation were omitted from
conviction that they could not have been made with
out disturbing the public feeling TO an extent in
furious, if not destructive, TO the great object of
the Revolution.
This inference is fully confirmed by the testimo-
ny OF those who have had opportunities 10 become
acquainted with The subject. From these we learn
that The establishment OF the Roman Catholic Re-
ligion was matter of indispensable necessity.-
They inform US, that the Patriot cause was greatly
indebted for its success to the exertions of the
lower order OF Ecclesiastics who, In opUosition
TO the bishops, threw the great weight of their
influence into the Revolutionary scale. that ali
that order, and those they influence constitutjoo
the phyficsl force of the country, would, unhesi,
tatingly, desert the party who abandoned what tlev
honestly consider 10 be the only true faith Ada
to these considerations the fact, that there are no
| secis in the country, and we will, perhaps, have
more reason to commend the discretion of the Pa
Tlots IN leaving that matter to the silent PROGRESS
OF beialty IN public sentiment, than TO censure
their seeming insensiblty TO what the Presiden,
justly regards among the greatest of all human
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. freedom. 1t appears to me
/ with Difference 10 the high source from whence
'li9 SuSSeshoH pTOCeetls3J tnat rom all know
OF lie great body of the people, nothing could have
greater tendency to defeat the objects of the
Congress, and to endanger, if not destroy, the
present order Of things in Spanish America, than
the PRONUNCIATION of the idea that any chance n,
modification in the religious establishment Of the
country, was, IN any way, to be effected or acce-
ierated at that assembly. If we send dep,,ties
there with any such views, however restricted in
their powers, their arrival will be regarded az a
calamity. The Committee have spoken with ere,,
truth of the public opinion in this country on The
subject OF interference, direct or Indirect with the
internal concerns OF other States; and especiallv Of
that most delicate Of all subjects the religion nj
its inhabitants. On reference to the treaties he
tween the confederate States, il will be seen that
he views expressed are IN strict conformity with
theirs. II will be seen that, on this subject tbev
were not willing to trust to construction, bur IN.
serted express siipuations, aesns, any interference,
with The internal concerns Of the respective Stafe
Mr.. YAN BUREN, said that lie had thus "a,
discussed The subject without reference to the ,,ies
ton, how far the adoption Of the measures propoa
ed would conflict with our neutral obligation. and
thus conduce TO war with Spain. lie then pYo-
ceeded 10 the discussion Of that branch of the snb
Jet declaring, at the same time that il had been
50 fully and 50 ably discussed by the gentlemen
from South Carolina, (Mr. HAYwE,) rom New
Hampshire, (Mr. WoopBURYO and from Ten
nessee, (Mr. WHfrE,) that he despaircd Of beine
4 able 10 do more than repeat objections which had
already been urged with so much eloouence anf
ability The remarks he made are not published
He thea continued Il will now, Nj President
call the attention OF the Senate TO another view o
this subject, to question Of the gravest character
and most deeply affecting the dearest interests o
the country question growing out Of considers
tons which have heretofore occupied the bsst
minds, and interested the purest hearts our eoun-
Try has produced: WOULD 1T BE WISE IN ma RI