Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-21

considers HIM dsgraced, anu ,iey dc spse the want
OF energy which our government has display
cd successor has been appointed; but since
July last we have bad no adequate Representa-.
tive at the Court of Rio Janeiro. Mono of the
claims of our citizens has yet been arranged
New insults offered TO our seamen The last
Norfolk Herald presents new instance OF the afro
city which we are destined to witness The Admin
isration print excaims with the spirit due to the
casion % We cannot sufficiently give uttcrancc 70
ourl gnation at the wanton brutality exercised by
the Brazilian authorities in the set forth in the
following narrative. Ii our countrynen are thus to
bespoiied oftheir property their persons subjected
TO the most insulting and barbarous treatment upon
the slightest prctexts by the myrmilons Of Don Pc
dro, 1t high time for government to look into IT,
and we doubt not that prompt and spirited notice
Will be taken Of this most fragrant and unwarraned
violation OF the rights OF our ciiEens.-The original
oil which the subloined document IS a copy, has we
understand, been forwarded 10 the Department OF
State Its the deposition OF Capt. Simmons, who
took charge OF the Schooner Hero of Plymouth,
Mass. on her return from Buenos Avres-hc nut
III at St GATHERINGS Ga Brazilian port in great dis
tress being almost in sinking statc-here after re-
pairing his vessel, she was seized under pretcnce
OF being piratc-he himself was arrested, thrown
with his mate intoa criminals dungeon, where six
negroes were confined for murder; strp of his pa
pers, watch and wearing apparel; subsequently re-
moved to 4 prson-ship, which had 400 prisoners,
white and coiored, OH board; the prisoners roned
together by the ankles, and suffering besides from
'hs 'eTinin craving over theIn, ana from the al
most intoIerable stencil and NTH of the vessel
In this situation, he remained about a month; on
the interposition of the u. States Consul, he was
released; his vessel restored to him, but in such q
miserable situation, he induced TO sell her IA
thcr than TO incurthe eXpences of retting her-the
proceeds OF the sale not sufficient 10 llisburse
the bills brought against her-and Mr.. Simmons
returned to the United States in vessel for Nor
tolk-Such is the PREPARATION we have reciv ed,
and the honorable treatment experience, from
the Court of Brazil!
n new proof OF the attention paid by our Cabinet
10 our foreign relations, has just been exposed
" We stated recently (Says the Bait. Rep) that the
French government passed an Ordinance in Feb
1926 which went into effect in July 1926, opening
the ports other West India Colonies Martinique S
Guadaloupe upon liberal terms 20 our vessels and
certain articles of produce-that this Orii-
nance was communicated TO our government in
ioZo-and, that 1t was not communicated by the
administration to congress to the people, until
resolution OF the senate passed early in January
last, drew ii from the secretary OF states Office"
And this neglect has been manifested at he rcl'v
time that Messrs. Adams and CLAW have lost us
The BRITISH colonial trade. &c The British govern
ment passed their colonial acts in lS25-t he
French government met those acts by the passage
oil their Ordinance in-February 1926, and thus Sc
cured to themselves trade with the British West
Indies, which we too, should have enjoyed, but for
the neglect and obstinacy of hIessrs. A. and c.,
ltaving lost our trade, our direct trade with the
British West Indies, we should have thought that
our administration would have seized upon the
opportunity, which the French Ordinance afforded,
TO carry on trade with those Islands thro' the
medium OF the ports in the Islands of Marti-
nique and Guadaloupe. In this point of view we
have lost not only the advantage of the trade with
.Hdrtinique and Gauddloupe; but we have also
lost the benefit of trading through those ports
with the British Islands. Thus goes Oh our ILL
starred Administration!