Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-31

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leaving that of equal favar ,oith the satice, for
future consideration and concert between the par
ties.
To the same extent, however, as we are alressly
bound by treaty with Great Britain, until October.
1878, and with Sweden, until September, 1926.
you may safely proceed taking the second arti-,
Gle OF each Of those compacts for a model. and
forming an article embracing the s,ipuiatnns O {;
beth Thus far we may safely go with aoy one.
or more foreign nations. without endansering,
ny the iibera!ty OF our engagements with them.
me interests OF our own country, to be effected by
The restrictive ordinances of others. An excen-
ton must be made with regard to the ports of st.
Augustine and Pensacola, where, by the fifteea,B
article OF the late treaty with Spain, special pr-
vleges are secured to Spanish vessels. until the
22d of MAY, 1883
Among the usual objects OF negotiation in trea-
ties OF commerce and navigation are the liberty OF
conscience, and of religious worship. Articles to
TINS effect have been seldom admitted in Roman
Catholic countries, and are even nterdcted by The
present constitution of Spain. The South Amer
fern Republics have been too much under The in
iuence OF the same intolerant spirit but the CO.
Iompan Constitution is honorably distinguished by
exemption from it, The 10th and llth articles OF
our treaty with Prussia, or articles TO the Ike ef
iec', may be proposed for insertion in the projected
treaty and aeT setting the first example in Sou,t,
America, OF Constitution unsullied by prohibi
new honcrs in the veneration of present and fu-
lure ages, By giving her positive sanction to the
freedom OF conscience, and by s,ipulalinp it in
her first 'Seaty with these United States II is. in
truth, an essential part ofthe system of American
Independence. Civil, political, commercial. and
religious liberty, are but various notifications OF
one great principle, founded in the unaIiensb.e
rights OF human nature, and before the uniyers,t
application OF which, the Colonial Domination
oil Europe. over the American hemisphere, has
iailen and is crumb.ine into dust. CiuR liberty
can be established on no foundation of human res
son. which will no; at the same time dem oust1ate
The 'lght to religious freedom. The tendency Of
,ne spit OF the age is so strong towards religious
Liberty, that we cannot doubt it will soon Danish
from the Constitutions of the Southern Republics
OF this hemisphere, all those intolerant religious
establishments with which they have hitherto been
trammeileo. Religious and military coercion will
be alike discarded from all the institutions fraDen
Tor the protection of human rights in civil society
OF independent nations and the freedom of opin-
ion and as 18th, will be guaranteed by the same
sanction or the rights to personal liberty and secu
rity. To promote this event by all the moral in
huence which we can exercise. whether of exam
pie, OF trIendiycounsel, OF OF persuasion, is among
the duties which dev olive upon in the formation
OF our future relations with our Southern neigh
bors, and IN the intercourse which is hereafter 10
sabsist between US their citizens who mag
benefit OF religious freedom in its utmost latitude
we are bound to claim for our coun,rymen, who
may occasionally dwell for time with them The
reciprocal exercise OF the same natural rights
In the present imperfect state of our information.
with regard 10 the existing commerce tetre,o
the two countries, and the uncertainty what its
future and permanent relations may be, it woxa
be useless to eater into any urther detail of articles
which II may be proper to propose for the Intended
treaty of commerce. The Republic Of Colombia.
II permanently organized, to embrace the whole
territory which If now claims, and blessed with q
government, ehectually protective Of the rights OF
its people, is undoubtedly destined 10 become here
after one OF the mightest nations OF the earth Its
central position upon the surface of the giobe.
directly communicating at once with the Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans, north and South, with the
Caribbean sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, bringsit
into relations OF proximity with every other part OF
the world while tie number and variety Of is
ports, on every sea by which it is surrounded Me
magnitude and extent of its navigable rivers, three
OF which, the Amazon, the Ornoco, and the Mag.
dalena, are among the largest in tue world inter
seciing with numberless tributary streams, and in
every direction, the continent of South Americs,
and furnishing the means Of water-co;.runicatioos
from every point OF its circumstance to every spot
upon It's surface the fertility OF its so, the geo.
eral kealthiuess and beauty OF its climate the
profusion with which it breeds and bears the pre-
cious, and the useful metals present co1nbina-
ton OF elements, unparalleled in the location OF
the human race, and relieve at least from all charge
OF enthusiasm the sentiment expressed by the Iste
Mr.. Torres, that tslis republic appeared to have
been destined by the author OF nature, as the
centre and the Empire fihe human family
But At Is TO man, placed IN Paradise like this
that nature with her loudest voice eKc1airns: " God
to thee has done his part-do thine;" and The pait
of man gifted, and so endowed, is TO enjoy. aod
10 communicate the boLnties OF Providence SO
largely avished upon him; and not 20 fancy him
self destined to the Empire of the human famiiv
If the natural advantages bestowed upon the Colon
bian territory, were to be improved by its inhabi,
tants, only for purposes of empire, that which ma
ture has bestowed as blessing upon them wot1h
in its consequences, prove curse inflicted upon
the rest Of mankind. The territory Of Colombia
contains at this moment, little more than three mil
| lions aud half Of souls. Were it only as poou
lous its late parent country, Spain it would bear
hundred miIlions, and fss populous as France.
nearly three times that number. At the most
rapid rate of increase which human population ha
ever attained, even doubling every quarter OF a
century, the Republic Of Colombia, for two hun
dred years to come, may devote all her eEertions
10 the improvement Of her internal means Of subss-
tence, for the multiplying myriads Of her people,
without seeking support from the extension Of her
empire beyond her own borders. Let her look 70
commerce and navigation, and not TO empire, as
her means of communication with the rest OF the
human family. These are the principles upon which
our confederaed Republic is founded and dhey ar q
those upon which we hope our sisters Of the south
ern continent, will ultimately perceive it TO be for
their own welfare less than for that of the world
I that they should found themselves
The materials Of commercial intercourse be.
=, tween the United States and the CoIor,bian W