Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-07-29

Nv unremitung efforts and sacrifices with
he sacred LIGHT Of the copeland to
whom they are indebted for civilization &
the arts, and whatever distinguishes them
from the hordes of sayages, which still
occupy some ofthe interior districts.
They are your brethren who so to strau-
Ole the HYDRA monster anarchy, and restore
10 YOU all those blessings which you and
our fathers have enjoyed during the long
SPACE of three hundred years; we all sprang
from the same race; our religion, our Ian
onaqe, and our customs are the same
far from us every rancorous idea, every
feeling of revenge for past offences: an
entire oblivion of the past, without eXcep-
.ton Of persons. ranks or circumstances;
a retention of all Offices aud command, as
well military as civil aud ecclesIastic, now
held by those who obey the voice Of the
,ovcreign-reward aud Naturalization to
those who entitle themselves TO them, by
aiding 10 the prosecution Of the noble OBJ
iect we have m yiew-these shall be the
fundamental bases OF the operation of the
army.
This object I place before you, Meyi-
cans, in the real name OF my kIGg aud
master, Ferdinand the VII aud in comph
ance with his sovereign command, ! re
peat. that thick veil shah be thrown over
the events of the eight last yeats, and that
no one shall be molested or persecuted 10
any way, whatever may have been his po-
Htical opinions during that unhappy period;
such is the express viii Of his majesty,
who. from his royal throne, has beheId
with eyes of compassion, the mistortules
aad calamites of his ever loved and cher
ished children of New Spain. Dire ne
cessity alone will compel the army to en-
ploy force against those who rashly persist
ia the dereIcuon Of their duty. The rest
will be placed in the tranquil enjoyment Of
their property-their persons wall be re-
spected. and that mutual confidence and
brotherly love which once united IN such
holy bonds Spaniards Of both hemisheres,
springng up again, every odlous difference
shall at once and forever cease, aud we
shall again both become members of one
aud the same family.
Ia order to bring about 50 desirable a
1ac.icadon his mUesty has commanded,
for the present, Il respectable division to
. oceed TO the Mexican continent, under
The command orGen. Isaac Barradas, and
v.l be Joined subsequently by the remain
lg troops, to compose the great army TO
gaom his majesty conides the re-estab-
bshmeat of mis- ftherly government 10 al!
the provinces of New Spain. It affords
me the greatest satisfaction to Inform you
hlt the chief in command this division,
lud all the valiant and loyal officers and
soldiers which compose it. are ii model Of
discipline and moderation, and that their
conduct 10 every respect VIII be IN strict
lallogy to the ideas Of peace and entire
oblivion of the past; and that lraternal
aellug which animated our generous and
lgust monarch, and which are shared b.
~ his vasslls, with respect to their
brethren, the inhabitants Of New Spain.
FRANCISCO DIONISES WIVES,
Captaia Goacrdof he Island If Cu5a.
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Speaking of the above proclamation,
he New York American says:
eve do not believe any permanent sue
:ess possible for the Spanish armies that
snail land 10 Mexico; but they may pro
uce, or rather aggrayate the anarchy OF
nat country, and renew scenes Of blood
he'd and cruelty, at the thought of which
human nature sickeus. To us, however.
ms event is chiefly interesting from the
quarter whence these renewed nosthies
are directed CU5a. This island is, by
rs position and resources, an object Of the
ieepest solicitude TO us-not with any view
o It's possession, for It wall, we earnestly
rope, never belong to, or form a portion Of
he U. States-butits not being possessed
~ any otaer Power. It Is at present 10
he best possible situation for, as we be
eve. all the nauous Interested IN It's fate.
Nomiaally subject to SPAN, and actually
FINISHING large resources to It's govern
naat winch, however are chiefly eXpend-
ID within the island Itself, 1t Is, at the same
ne, open as "a place of commerce to all
..tfors and is On object of llSrust or