Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-16
PROCLAMATION OF eov'R GENERAL WIVES.

Inc style oil ms document WHICH mas Deen
translated for this paper, is such as TO induce,
in the minds Of some, the belief that it is a
forgery, but, knowing the source from which il
was received, we believe it 10 be genuine. 1t
will be seen, by Havana dates, via Baltimore,
tina, the expedition against Mexico, was e1-
pected TO sail on he 4,h of July, to which we
We may add the following late aecoun, from the
New Orleans Mercantile Advertiser, Of 25th
June:
Expedition against Merioo.-The expedition fit.
ting out at Havana against the Mexican States, and
which is very shortly to sail from the above port
now pretty generally supposed to be destin ed To
Immediately against the city Of Vera Cruz, and not
against the Province of Yucatan, formerly ina
gined II appears by strangers just arrived in short
passage from the last named city, that the Castle Of
San Juan de Uoa is but poorly provisioned; conse-
quen,ly should the expedition. by taking the city, and
cutting off all communication between and the Cas-.
le prevent any assistance being given, the taking of
the former would in all probability, be soon followed
by the surrender of the latter"
We doubt the success Of the expedition in
any way.
The proclamation speaks bullets, but men
and money are rather scarce with bis Catholic
Majesty.
PROCLAMATION
OF his E1celency the CAPTAIN GENERAL Of the Island
Of Cuba
Inhabitants of NeU Spain Long and painful ex-
pererfce must have convinced you, that the misguided
men, who, under color of liberty and independence
have succeeded in seducing the more unwary among
you Ina We had no other object in view, than to ssate
the ambition by which they were ruled. and loose the
reins TO every class OF eXcesses without thought to
the lamen,able fate awaiting the unhappy country
which gave them birth. lniquity and treason have
and hnpl hicl, to1
you to the mother counry eight years will soon have
cIaDscd, in which that inestmabe tranqu, and hap
nv abundance which during three years formed your
delight have not been enjoyed by you for single mo-
ment No sooner subjected to the rule OF fantastic
empire than engufed in that anarchy which yen STYLED
Republic, never have you bcheld agh else than dis
,ur5ance tumu prosecutions and universal ruin: un
fortunately situated amidst the common conflict of
Innovations and the venerated customs and ideas OF
yor stors anxious to acquire the title OF pinso-
| nbers YOU at length mads shipwreck on the fearful
rocks of infdelty and impety. Whenever the eye is
cast over YOUR country, distinguished by The choicest
favnrs of nature the fatal effects ct the trghtu evou
ton which the perhdy of the one. and the mprudence
of the others has introduced into every compartment
of the social edfce to be met with, All classes
and ranks have been Confounded the ministers Of the
altar have been treated with contempt the sacred
Worship Of the edeemcr of the humin race has been
forrott n and even ridculed, those secret associl
tons have been authorized and protected, in whose
dark councils many crimes arc plotted and SO many
4 ayers sharpencd The roads, the villages, and the
cities infested with bands of robbers the low popu
lace in a state of frenzy and outlawr,, and whom il
order TO engage in the ephemera projects which you
mad rulers each day laid before you, have abituateo
To- robbery and page, ssina'ion aud every scan
d,lous excess. What now remains of that peaceful
country the mode of christianity and the worthy emu
lator of her European mother in the practice OF al
the virtucs In the midst of such crowd OF mlsfor
tunes and lust the work of inquty is about to b
Il Nha
arrays itself on your coast, more desrous OF engaging
in the work Of reconciliation, and the reestabiisl
rncnt Of ORDER than Of reaping those laures whicf
flourish in The field Of honor. The august monarch
who sends it to You, is your monarch also whateve
event may have occurred since the month Of Sepem
Der Of 1921 in which band Of insubordnate soldiers
awaiting themselves Of peculiar circumstances, daret
procaim rebellion under the name OF independence
his Majesty has never relinqusheG the ncOnteshbl'
rights which he inherited from his ancestors: neve
has the grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella ceased Il
be the legitimate sovereign of the American people
whom those renowned monarchs and their successor
first discovered and conquered-whom the crown o
Span has umined by unremttng efforts and sacri
fees with the sacred light of the gospel-and to whom
they are indebted for civilization and the arts an'
whatever distinguishes them from the hordes OF savage
which still occupy some of the interior districts.
They are your brethren, who go to strangle the ny
dra monster anarchy, and restore to you au those pies
sings which YOU and your Ia hers have enjoyed during
the long space of three bundled years. we all spring
from the same race; religion, our language an'
our CUSTOMS the Far from us every rancof
Gus idea every feeling Of revenge tor past Offences
an entire oblivion Of the past, without exception ~
persons rank, circumtancesi retention OF all ON
ccs and command a. we'll military as civil and ecces
as,ic now held by those who may obey the voice
the Severe ign-rcward and decentralization TO mos
who en,i,!e themselves 80 them by aidrg M 'he pre-
sccution of the noble object We have in view ines
shall be the fundamental bases Of the operations OF VI
army. This object place before you, MeH'cans, 1,
the Royal name OF my King and Master, ferd.anu ~
7,h: and in compliance with his sovereign command
repeat that thick veil shall be thrown over the eveh
of the last eight years, and that no one shall be m1'e
ed or rsecuted in any way, Whatever may have nee
hi. political opinions conduct during that H"haPP
period Such is the express will OF his majesty wh'
from his royal throne, has hehc!d, with eyos' comps
SION the nlsfortunes and caamties Of his ever love
and cherished children of New Spain. Dire necessl'
alone will oblge the army employ force against tho
who SHY persist in the derelicon OF their duties
rest will be placed in the tranquil enjoyment OF the
property their persons viii be respec'ed,.and III;
mutual confidence and brotherly love: which one
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