Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-10-31
r,i1ay Morning. October 81, 1915.
: SCENES IN SOUTH AMERICA.
RICH MON ID, Y A.


and French Governments, IN The aidirs oi '"e
Argentine Republic, is well calculated % arouse
rublic attention. and - call for a clear ana en-
= nha,ic remonsirance from our own Government
w;,bour The slightest Justification BY ireay-Pro-
visions or The law Of nations, We nave seen eng
land and France Selling the fleet Of Tie Arsenllhe
ps,,,lc engaged as the latter was in defending
Itself against hosilities commence" asali'ss nei y
Uruguay. As this important question = ueS''Heu
- be tu,l OF interest, involving the P'acucai dP-
,l;c,,;on of Mr.. Monroe's celebrated manifesto
AGAINST foreign interference with The Affairs OF 'nis
Continent. we extract from the Union clear ana
satisfactory statement oil the points IN Gncsuon'
based. moreover, opon English testimony. IL
lays hare Inc merits OF the whole case, and SAILS
lies rs. thai If We would preserve our relations
unbiased by the diplomacy OF Europe, unem-
barras,ei bv the iasidiou> balance Of power,
which European monatchiss wout delight 10
throw in The way Q; our progress, we should
Dow speak bold ana Ineligible language
There are o.hcr subjects connected win TINS
which are worthy OF The attentive examination
II onr Government, Our relations with The
We; India Islands are Of signal Importance 70
,se Southern States Some revelations are saia
have recently come g light, through the prompt
ana wa,chial management Of MIR Calhoun, when
Sa.r.,ary Of State He is said 10 have sent
.nec;al seen. 10 he Wesi Indies, particularly
j. Ia, in,o he condition al s. Domingo. It's
thought ,ha, England ard F'ance are disp sed ta
;p,-a;oce thorough emancipation in The islands
api 10 control all Of them, including Cuba and
! Domingo The weakness Of Spain. and her
liability % master :hess Two important aud
valuable ISLANDS, p.ay exactly into The hahcs
j, Grea, Britain and France. Can the Uni-
III States sec, wilhou: interest, The posses
.;op al these KEYS Of the Gulf OF Mexico,
rs either Great Britain or France? The
Trade OF this country with all the West India
islands is Of too much consequence, Tor us 81
Ientlv 10 look on, and see the Governments CT
Europe encroaching upon our commerce and ma
,ional security If we allow this dangerous inea-
sure 10 be consummaed, our Southern Atlantic
and Gulf Coast will lie always subjected 10 the
m;schievous designs OF the fanatics Of Europe
But We shall rot pursue the subject. !, VIII suS-
ees, 10 our readers variety OF Interesting spe-
cuIations The question is daily assuming a
more imposing aspect, and Tie people shonll ex-
anime il for themselves, in all It's hearings. The
following from the Union sheds much light upon
an analogous question:
BRITISH AGGRESSION ON THE Ia PLATA
This case turns on, 10 be far more ia-ran; than
". had anticipated We 30 10, Tow See ao|' ne
leo.le .: Inc United States. or iheit press, can
cs.4Ytt ri
s..a-s.--t:.:en aft opposition asain>. iae powers
su..s II IL aggression. 1h!.GgavG: lhe whole
proceeding. Brain aa tern almost rnt.feiy mac
i;y- France has ony iaTdi!v and rrlucantly CO
operated Win England. In word, the whole
lee. j. Bii,ish-Briish ia is origin Brush 10
is main purpose: British. We fear in lis most dis
as!rous effects.
When We frs, ALLUDED 10 The subject, we wrote
very guardedy conhning ourselves, lof the most
part 10 a statement oi The leading principles
which ought, in our uigtneai 10 govern The sen
,inenrs OF he American people upon Ibis topic
We took this tone because We fell thai there mig nj
be mistake in the accounts OF the transaction,
s,seyapAE-3uihentic in appearance, which had
Subsequent investigation, ana access
documents in relation 10 the matter, nave now ilu,
100 well satisfied Us that The act OF England IN this
armed Interference in American poIity IS Vt
more unwarranted and pcfnicious lhan we had
wife is based upon British authority. We have
looked over a pamphlet on Souh American al
fairs, VERY recently published by gentleman
holding an official position in The Bank Of Eng
land The pamphlet is entitled "Rosas and his
Calumniaors;" and is addressed 10 the Earl Of
Aberdeen II is written wholly in the British
view, and We, The writer feels bound, on every
consideration OF justice, and even OF expedien-
cy, 10 oppose the South American policy Of the
British cabinet.
From the statements made and proved conclu-
sively in this work, the following facts are put be-
yond doubt:
lst The present war between the Argentine
republic at the Montevidean government was, in
lis origin, purely struggle between conlending
political parlie, in Mon,evideo.
u. Ia this struggle, from The outset, the for
eisners residen; in Monlevdeo, having and claim
ing no rights as Monieydean citizens, hnt nm
hody,ns and aiming themselves Nader E4,epean
coloys, took an active and violent part.
81. The funds by which the Moniev!eans Sus-
tain their quarrel are drawn almost exclusively
from British loans, secured on large grants Of
land in Uruguay.
llh. The constitutional claim OF Oribe; the
general OF The Argentine army Of attack, 10 pre-
sidency of Uruguay, s, in point OF law, fully
equal To that OF Riviera, The present Incumbent
9Th This Riviera is fully pledged To the de-
alone and eminenty odious TO his own country
men, the Oreniais-very many Of whom have,
like 0ribe, sought protection anu alliance IN The
Argentine republic; ana not a few OF whom are
a, this mo;nen, under The lead OF Oribe, in The be
seging Argentine army.
9Th. The war between the Argentine Repu5-
lie and the A!1nie"itean Government, has doubt
less been marked on both sides By acts Of cruelty
unusual among more civilized nations. Blu, the
accounts Of the savage barbayi,y OF Rosas, which
have reached this country, aud which have been
actively disseminated in France and England,
are, in the gross The most airocious calumnles
manufactured and difused coolly, ard on system,
by the editor Of the Government Gazette OF Mon
ievideo, one Indarte, who is, by his own boast a
political renegade and traitor OF the h!acGest die,
besides being, by conviction OF the legal tribunals
OF his country in his private life, thief, turger,
and-what is worse in those countries, as stamp
ing his character with the utmost horror OF moral
iurpiudc-a sacrilegious wretch, convicted OF
robbins an image OF The Holy Virgin OF It's con-
secrated ornaments. In nothing else is the
wholly unprnciplcd, and above all, foreign spi-
ri, of the present Montevidean Government more
clearly shown than in lis close alliance with this
man. No administration, representing with any
color OF right the sympathies and The sense OF The
native population, could bear up against the
odium of such connection for moment. Yel,
oftbe p esent predominant foreign patty this In
darte is the acknowledged official organ
eth The administration of The Argentine re-
public by the "monsler Rosasf Gas he has been
loo often called has conducrd largely 10 the
prosperity of that region Even his partial re-
s,rctions upon foreign commerce have teen bit
temporary expedien,s 10 force The culture Of their
lands among population disinc'ined 10 the la
bors oil tillase.
These are some Of the facts which We find iul-
10 made out in the work 10 which We have re-
ierred. Be i, Observed that The writer has made
these statements not as against lie priactWe Of
British Indifference IN The cose--in which view,
we present them; but 10 show that, in point Of
tact, English policy has made sad and criminal
mistake in sustaining the worse against the better
of the two conlending parties. The reason OF The
mistake is obvious. The English and the French