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

SPECIFY teCLt VI t4ct C+tdSllONlD3 "t-A'
we are told is one day to sweep race
| rom the face of the earth, which It woulo
appear to have so long polluted. Were
angels Cor beings Of superior nature
sent down to govern US, we should submit
to their direction without degradation; or
we're we, like the bees, the immediate OFT
spring OF one superior mother, our obedi
ence to maternal authority would involve
no disgrace; but, for millions to PROSTATE
themselves, and submit body and mind to
the viii of a few equals, endowed with all
the natural nfirmues Of their species, 10
which are sUperadded the vices necessarily
derived from the artificial state, the OF
spring of fraud aud violence, to whom they
owe their hereditary wealth and power, Is
base desertion of the use Of that reason
which has placed mankind al the head OF
animated nature. The eyenttgl history OF
nations shows that "there Is wisdom ia
multitude of counsellors," and that real
greatness Is the attendant upon those PEG
Die whose influence Is most felt In the
management Of their own affairs; It IS an
the character of "a Republic, as compared.
with uoighborIg despOtlsm, that Engiiho
|has hitherto conquered hsr adversdries
Whenever she engages a people whose IN
stituuo1s are more democratic than her.
own. she will appear to be a monarchy.
People of America Inirm would be the
basement of your system, If It's existence
Is 10 be threatened by every measure
upon which your opinions are not at first
SIGHT unanimous. Slight, indeed, would
be your sense Of obligation to abide by that
compact into which YOU all voluntarily
entered, to which you are indebted for ALL
your past tranquility and prosperity, andI
from which alone every good Is to be ex-
pected.
What insanity what baseness IN tho
thought of shatterlug into desplcable dis
cordant fragments, "a body, homogeneous
in an MS parts, at the moment when ITS
first light is appearing upon the horizon, /
TO lrrldate the rest of the world. But
baseless are the hopes of the enemies Of
freedom; these vampires may shake their
so0tv wings ia vain: America, one and /
undivided. viii pursue through ages harI
glorious course. with the chastencd spIel-I
dor ola planet of superior order, shedding /
IT'S benign influence uD1l all mankind.
TlrQsi9n of .lTo-, The New York |
ioYr,,Is contain the annexed Translation |
of the proclamation issued by the Captain
General of Cuba.
PROCLAMATION
OF HIS EreeRsary tie C1ytqn General
Of he Ilnd Of Cuba.
Inhabitants of New Spaiu.-Long ant
painful experience must have convince.
Won. that the misguided men who unde,
the color OF liberty and independence
have succeeded IN seducng the more u1-
wary among YOU. have had mo- other o5Iec
i1 view than TO satiate the ambition b
which they were ruled, aud loose the rem
.oeverv class ofeXcesses without though
1rthe hmeatable fate awaiting the unha2-
1y country which gave them BIRTH
Iliuuty and treason have dissolved th
ancient and sacred bonds which united 20
10 the mother country; eight years WI.
soon ave elapsed, pa winch that NEST
n5ble tranquility aud happy abundaar !
which during other years formed your
light hlvo not been enjoyed by you for
single moment
No sooner subjected to the rule of |
fantastic empire. than eugulfed in that ar
5rchy which YOU style Republic, ueve
have YOU beheld aught than disturbance
umult, persecution, aud universal ruin
situated amid the comuo
conflict of our innovations, and the vene
rated customs and ideas of your ancestors.
anxious 10 acquire the title Of phloso
lhers. you at length made shlpwrcck o.
ae fearful rocks of intideity and Implet
Wherever the eve is cast upon your cou
ry, distinguished by the choicest gifts O.
nature. the fatal effects of the lrightiu. re-
,oluron. winch the peridy ofthe one, au
he lmprudeuce of the others has nU0duc
,d Into every compartment Of tine soci.
,dfce are to be met with. All claSsa
md ranks have been coatouaded; the m,a
sters of the altar have been treatedWH
the sacred worsbu'tot ihe s.
ieemer Of the humau ras}15ts been ~ |
gotten. aud even udlcuersc ilpse seer
tssociations have been asgiQr.zac aad pro
.ectad. ia whose dark cou@ri, Gao many /
crimes are plotted, and SO j,y|dagSers
The roads, tPH Cages, ano
Tie cities infested with BANS of robbers;
The low population 10 slate Of phrenzy a.
0utawrv. aud who 10 order to engage Ia
t5e epaemeral projects which your mad
rulers each dav laid before yog. have ha
oluajed TO robbery and pillage, assassIna-