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’ Aonness of the N. Y. 'Cur'mu_‘utee atJP“ll“‘3.‘l_
to solicit donations in'fa vor cf the Gr|‘8¢_k3v
to tl\e_.People of the United Sit!-l€;_8-. F _
Believing that you have not llt‘._l_ll_d~0' t _e
. Stmggle for Lme,-¢y' and Imlepctrdemcc,_ In
wliicll the Greeks are engaged’: Wllllnutlllc
j dléepest sympathy in their cause.» Y0‘-“'-l‘5"““"
citizens of New-York. dew} no “l_3°l°t-T3’ ve-
dressing you in. their favm'.—-'
From the commencement of the contest, our
hopes‘ and wishes for tlteir...-mccess have been
,S,,.0,,.,},, excited"; ‘but. our distance from the
Usceneaofaction, the. uncertainty and confused
' accounts which have. reached us of the pro»
gress aud.events.of tlieuvar, our Ignorance of
' their. actual sufferings and wants, and conse-
quent doubts of our -ability. to all‘ord them sea-
’ lsonlable and,eflicien_t aid, have prevented '-my"
- .- .gene,.,,1and public expression of our feelings
'towards_thefm. _These.reasons may explain",
il’th_cy do.uotjustif_v our si_leuce. But__we are
resolved as men,.1as republicans, as Clmstrans,
no longer. to remain inactive, and. apparently
unconcerned spectator-s of a contest in wlucb
the interests of: freedom, of kuow.lc:,lgc,-and
,-ejigiryn are so dceply.involved. If. weare.
not deceived in thc..ch__aracter aucl.disp(2sitioti'
. _‘ ‘of our fellow-citizens, we-canr.tut‘_‘err' in the
belief, that the impulse that we_-have feltwill
be comfmuuicated to..t_lte remotest quarters of
the Union, It is to us, in ccnuuou with oth-
_ er’ Cltristaiu.natiou_s, that the Grflelis have
-» looked for assistance. ltis the sympathy zmcl
‘ 5{,¢pp,~.of;l;e American Pcople,that llleyltave
'3 ecially implored ; aurlit woul,d be. a nation-
tdhcpi-oaclt,if this appeal,u_rgetl ,by'ever.y con-
sideration thatcan sti.mx.t_l-ate a free aud:ge‘n.-
‘ erous people to hx;n_or3‘rblcaud virtuous exer-
tion in their behalf, sh_o_.u_ld remain any longer
uuanswered. _ j _ . “ C
Nearly four centuri_es_— have now elapsed,»
"since the subjugation_ of the Gr€'3li-5,. ll)’ ll"?
‘followers of Mahomet; since ‘ the standard
ofthe .C:'escént has beeu__ere'cted on the ruins
. ofthe Crass.’ I*‘t'm_rrtl1at period, this illustri-
our people have groaned._under_ nppressious
}1[|pa!';lli8l€Glll degree and rltupttjoti; and have
bcen_'_compelled to endure sufferings of\.vl_HClI
‘a people in the fullcttjoytuent of tneblcssmgs
of civil lihcr_ly_'cau form no adequatc,concep-
S -lion. . Otheruations, like the Greeks, have
beencompclled to submit to the sway ofinva-
ders, and to emlure, C0!’ 353.350”: the m'”_“‘
plied-evils of foreign conqu,est.. , ln,.othei' ll)-
stancc_s,tlte relutionuf victors and vanquished
with all the train ofodious,distinctions;-unr.l all
the m;,|',gn;mt pzrssiriits which they~cuget'tder,
bassoon ceased to__e.xist. in otlter-instances
. 3 c(mque,.ed people have br3en_:u.lmittcd to an
erpx;ility.of' privilegr=.._s__witlt'theu' conquerors;
. and under the influence of -a common. tzuth,
language and la.ws,1hc menmryof;their wrongs.
has been extinguished, and all the-ottensivc
circumstances of distinction and ‘super-iority
have been gradually effaced.~ But the Greeks
have been continually treated as _a conquered
people. ’For centuries tltey have exltilnitctl
tlieufllictiug spectacle ‘ofa civilized and Chris-
tian people oppressed by the vengeance of
barbarians, and persecuted by the bigotry ol
iufidcls. In their case, theehullitious ofsud-
den furv have been succeeded by the opera.-
’tions ofb dark, settlcal, and systematic hatred.
In the lapse of agcs,no syinpathies have arisen
no bond of union has existed, for a moment,
. between them and tlicir opprcssors ;. and if,iu
' each mcccssive gcncrzitioxt, the_f_wrong‘s‘ofthe
former have been forgotten, it was because
their attention was fixed,aud their feelings ab-
sorbed in t'ue'deep‘ sensefof theirimmediate
sttlfetirxgs. For ages, it has been the lot of
the Greeks to‘ mourn, to endure, and to hate
in silence; and theprivilegc of the Turks to
vex, to insult, to‘plnnd_cr_ and ‘to destroy. The.
tyranny to whi'ch the Greeks have been‘ sub-
jected has been ofdaily, hourly recurrence.-
[; has embraced every family, extended to ev-
ery individual, invarlerl'erery _comfort of exis-
tence, pursued every.occupauou oflile,hrokc
the sa'uctuary of theirdwellings,—tore from
them the hard car'tied~li't1its of their indu.s_try,
outraged the ch'a'rities, and violated.t-lie dear-
est and most sacred relations ol'dm_'1_1_c5’llC’life.
Most truly, has it been said, that tlre.recm'<ls
ofhi'story‘furnislI. to our abhorrence no exam-
ple of ‘similar oppre.~'sion,—-of an oppression‘
so relentless in its motives,--so umversal in
its extcnt,—sc'incess;int in its operation. “
lu estimating the .sufl'erings of the Greeks,
and their claim to o.ur sympathy.',it is~im'p_ossi-
me not to recollect «from about tltey'."at‘c dos-
cendctl. life cannot forget that tltose ._~vlio
now solicit our aid, are the desccu'dants of a
people the most illustrious of any who ‘have
gained atitlc to the admirauunand gratitude
gf mankind; ofapcople wliose virtues and.
exploits have enuobled our common nature ;
——who, in every (leparuuent of literature and
art,ltave won the noblest triumphs which have
yet been achieved .by the intellect of man.-
To the Greeks of -the present (lay, sunk, de-
graded and enslaved, how deeply must the
consciousnessoftheir servitude be embittered
by the recollection of the-glories oftheir au-
cestors ! _ _ _
It ;5 mmegeesary to inquire into the imme-
diate causes ofthewar now waging by the
Greeks against their rulhlcss oppressors, , In
de5c,.,,,;,,g me ‘tyranny tvhich they have so
jong emhu-etl,we have sufficrcntly asserted the
justice of their cause_. 'l‘hey have seized a
favorable opportunity tor the recovery or rights
derived from the great and benevolent author_
of our nature, and ofwhich Iltey have been so
long deprived by the: injustice and cruelty of
man. They- are nohly eudeavoring to rescue
themselves. from astate of moral and intellect-
ual degradation; to-viudicazcthcir title to’
freedom and lode.-pentlence, and to obtain a
permanent ran‘.-; among the civilizecl nations
ofthe world. In other.wor<ls, stimulated by
deeper inju,rir:.=., with fewer rr.-sour'ces,opposed
by more fearful odds, destitute-of foreign and,
supported alone by.thc.rr.courage,-tlte justice
of their cause, and their reliance on that Di-
‘vine Providence to which they have appealed,
it is our example that they areemul-atiug;——iI
is the virtues which our fathers exhibitcd,that
they are striving to imitate. If we value the
blessings that we now enjoy, we must wish
zhem, success". If we desire that the same
blessings sltriiilpll lvpdextetrrlzrl to other nations,
we cannot wu l L0 0|“? in -V T
T|n-ea years h_ave_elapsed since the Greeks,
rouscd into action, have, by a sudden and al-
most gcneral effort, thrown off that load of
oppression _which weighed them to the earth.
The nature and limits of this address will not
allow ustolattetnpt a detailed relation of the
events 0f,tltis’nmst _intercsting. contest».-’ But
we canuot«:'orbc:~..r to advert, for_- a moment, to
its peculiar clraractcr. On its issue depends,
not merely the it]dCp'.’l1tlenC¢,l.‘utllIe very ex-
‘. tenet: ‘of the Greeks. Their efforts to break
their chains, and the ext:-at_ni<lina_ry success.-'
-which has followed. their arms“, .ll_‘c\«V_¢_ exasper-
rated to the’highes€'pitch the’,bru_tal fpassious
of .tlteir*7-bppressozrs.’ ,'.i.‘h;cl atrofzlties alrea’<ly_
conituitted: by the Turks," the merciless cruel-
iics that liayc followed every.«partial.-success
they ll'a‘ve"gai'1ieri, slrow that; in tluiglcoiny re-
cesses of their vengeance, they have devoted
this whole people is the tvrctclted fate wh_ilch
thepmiserable inhabitants of Scio have been
compelled to's‘ul?er.
Grecian race be»spa‘.red, the abandonment of
their religion‘, their language, their hterature
-aml arts, will be’ the conditions ofsuchndoubt-«
ful ntcrcyd Inlthe ccntemplationof t_hese’e-
vils,f Englishmen have recently exclaimed-
we owe every thing, after religion, most val-‘
uable--sciencc, art, poetry, plrilus'cplty—-tliat‘
that land, with all itsmcolfectioas, its images
of beauty, its temples worn by the footsteps of
heroes,its sacred mountains.audpoetic streams
of barbarians, without feelings to ‘sympathize
for departed grandc—u'r, without generosity to
.pardon the unsuccessful devotion of patriot-
ism ;. witltoutreliglon to‘ stay the sl"rugli_te,ring,
hand when despair pleads for m‘e'rcy"."',Ifsuch
are -the feelings of Englishmen, wnat’,,le_t, us
ask, ought to beltlxe language and conduc_t;_of
Americans?‘ .. j “ ~
Let us not, fellow-citizens,‘sulTer'our sym-
palhies towards‘ this unfortunate people to be
extiaigttislterl,audthc generous innpulscofour
benevolence to be repressed, by the calumuies
against theurwliich a few, even amongst us;
have been eager to -circulate and ready to a‘-
dcpt. If-in the first burst of ven'gea'nce a-
or mercy: they have by theirsubsequent-cow
.'.Cluct,.nobly, re_dee.med themselves from there-
proac-h,;md have extorted the admiration e-
ven oftheir enemies. And when we reflect
on the abuseandridrculc once thrown upon
ourown government, institutions and Inau-
ners, need it excite. surprise, that the Greeks
just starting in the race-offrcedom, should ‘be
assailed by similar calumnies ?; This resem-
blance. iu their fate, to our c‘nar'.tcter— and for-
tune, gives them an additional title to our
sympathy. . _ , _
_ _It is most unjust to say, that the Greeks of
the present (lay are aniggnorant people. ' The,’
solicitmle which they have generally evincml.
within the last thirty years, in prosecuting all
the means ()l‘_,llllClleClllill improvement, enti-
tle them to our admiration. ~ Within that pe-
riod the stxulyofthcir- ancient language has
been revivcd and ardcntly pursued. Their
present language has been improvctl, cultiva-
ted, and fixed ; and numerous translations-
have been made and circulated, ofthe‘ stand:
ard works in the languages ofmodernEuropc.
Tltciraltcntion tothe education ofyouth,and
their excellent system of public instruction,
are alone suflicieut to ‘establish their claim to
the character ofa civilized nation. Many of
their sr;lm.ols,we speak from the highest au-
thority,-‘ compare advantageously with those
of lslurope, and that of Scio, before its late de-
struction, was equal to any seminary oflcarn-
ing that we ourselves possess !" Of the com-
mercial spirit of the Greeks-, their skill" in
navigation, their talents for maritime enter-
.pr.i'/ze, their great activity and industry, . it is
useless to speak. Those are qualities which
they have so publickly and constantly display-
ed, that their possession ofthem, has not been
questioned by their worst enemies. A
But it is the knowledge which the Greeks
have manifested 0f~the principles of liberty,
and the (leterniinution they have evinced to
maintain at every hazard,a free government,
that principally claim our applause, and de-
mand our support. That indepcndence,which
some doubted their. ability,to preserve, they
declared at an ‘early period of their struggle ;
and the‘ government which they then organ}.
zed, and unde'r which they have continued to
live, is, in its form,_truly republican.- In their
C()nSllllELll.lf)l]' or government, they have pro-
claimed and embodied the great principles
which fern‘: the basis of our own ;—the right
of. the‘ people to choose and displace their ru-
~lers.; lltccligiliility of every citizen. to the
'h‘ij;hest offices of state; the ,abolilion of all
distinctions of rank, and the entire r.-quulitv.of
political rights; the toleratiou ofall religibns,
theseparation of the "ext-cutivc,legislative and
judicial powers ;——and the accountabil'uy.of
every public functionary, for the-abuse or vi-
olation of his trust. We may deem their
frame of government, in some respccls,deftc-
tive; but one of the benefits which they will
derive from an intimateintercourse, between
them and us, will be the knowledge of the
means by which those defects, ‘in their exist-
ing constitution, may be remedied.
But the Greeks have another, and we. may-
say a still higher claim to our sympathy, and
support. They are 'Christi'ans, professiugall
tltc"esseuti‘al principles nfthat faith which is.
destined to raise our fallen nature to its high-
est state.ofiinprovcnfent. 'Let us not forget
that the Greek Church is entitled‘ to 'our ven-
eration as the most-ancient in the -world, and
in which alone the scriptures ofthe new. tes-
tament cd'hti‘nuc to be read in the language in
which they were originally‘ written. To
Christians, then, ‘we address ourselves. '3Ve
solicit, with co'nfid‘e_ncé, the "contributions of
those who remember by tvltomtltey are_con1-
unmded, ‘to love one another.’ Already,
‘our Missionary Societies,’ to use the words of
a learned and eloquent writer of our own
country, ‘ have their envoys ‘to the Greek
Church, with supplies ofbiblcs and religious
tracts for their beuighted ‘flocks. A But, in the
present state oft-his uulrappy people, this is
not the only succor they r’equi're. They are
laying the foundation of civil freedom," with-
out which, even the blessings of the gospel
will be extended to them in vain‘; and while
they are cementing with their blood this'cost-
ly edifice, they arein the condition of the re-
turning Jews, of whom every one, with one of
his hands, wrought at the work, ‘and with ‘the
other held a weapon.’ ‘We would respect-
fully suggest to the enlarged and pious minds
0fl,h0Se Who direct the grearwork of mission-
ary charity, that at this moment, the cause of’
lh8.Gr8Cian Church can in no waybe so ef-
fectually served, asby; contributions to the
field ofthe great struggle. The war is ‘em-
phatically a war of Crescent against the cross.
The vénemlile patriarch of the Greek. Faith,
torn from his Altar and ltanged.at the portals
fifllis Own church, gave the signal of the un-
holy Uulrages which weretov waste ‘his flock.-
And "0W,.'whenever the armies ofthe-‘Sultan
prevail, the village’ churches are levelled with
the dust, or polluted with the abomiu_ations'of
Should a'por'tio_n or the
‘. we/v.vil| not endurc".that the land to which;
should be left desolate, a prey to the ferocity-
gaiust their perfidious and inexorable oppres- C
sors, they exceeded the bounds of moderation '
Mabbrttetrn't_ls_m_
Gt'e§?li§;"t"l"é' rzr
i‘u,.t.lre‘ world; ‘ _ ._
créu-‘vot'u'_iu’e may _ tiled under;
foot,h_y ,th'c_-bar-bgtinxajns. ,A_t,:‘_ lltibjcrtsis, the
nresseuger “of -the -Gospel fratertnty should
come: in-other‘ guise. than as the ~distr'tbutor of
the Word ;~a~m'J wind the broad and deep cur-'
rent of relig_ious'bouuty be turned-into a chan-
nel to reach the seat ofthe vprlncipal distress,
it is not going too far to s_ay,‘that it ought be
the’ means of giving‘ nnotlter“ independent
country to the Church ofC-_htlst; =l"Il,d0 "1079
to ed‘:-c‘t‘*tlie laaliislnircnt of t’l1_e-f,Crescent"l0
the deserts of'I_‘aI'.fé\_if)', ill?!“ all tllqt has _yet
been acltievcdgby the" courlsels ,ufcl_ii‘|sl~eud(uti.’
Let us not listen, fellow‘-cittzens, to. the av-‘
gtrmentsof those who would .pe,r,sllad8 ’l|-‘N0
w'ithh'o'ldl.our”aid,on the frivolous pretext that
little bene1ltcaiiliedei'ive_d tothe cause. OWN’-
'Greelrs,‘frum any contributirins w,hich.we can
"furnish. " It 'is”of money, of'clotliing, of." arms,
of military supplies," that t_he_y"ar_e,in want ;—-“
and‘ the ex‘:unpl'e of our rev0ltI'tl9I1|m.I5t be
lost mtlrosewvlro deny that in a war like that
in _which_the Greeks are engaged,‘ Fconjunc-j
.,t_ures rr_1ay,‘and.;frequeutly do arise-in which
_,.the importafnce and .valuc-even of" smallsup-_'
_p_lies,,may. be b.eyond~the-power ofcalculatinn.
._But.\\'liy.slu)11ld we .lisu=.n to the‘ predictions
and potinsels of avar:i‘ce.~?" .Why‘ should our
1'
_ contributions be scauty,a'nd our supplies small?
_If,. on this occasion ,we*are»_,a‘t1irua‘ted' by the
spirit which we ought to feel,iL'is-in ‘our pow’-
er to decide the contest; and.to_s,r.1y, GREECE
13 Farm. ’ "5, _j »'-'
By "order of t_,’he'Conunitte"e.of the Greek
Fund. " VV,M.",BAYAI{D, Cltainnan. -
CHARLES Ktixjc, Sec’_ry. . l
Rumors are aflbat”o'f-advances made by the
‘British niinislry to tl1e"At_ncricau governnrent,
‘in regardilo an uvniderstancliug. and evcnleague
for the defencelofthc new Spanish American
States, ‘ago-inst the H'ol.'"_v'All,iauce. VVc should
distrust tlie'sincer’ity of such advances, ifrea*l'-
ly made or" to be’ made. _ 'l‘hcdeporunent of
the "B'ritish cabinet towards'thc__.[talian and
Spanish peni'nsula_s, and their dei*oti0n to the
-principle of mouarcl)y,_are good grounds of
.~u.s‘picion and cautir')n_for our national cuun-2
cils. "-Formcrl,v,'wheu no alarm existed in
Europe for ruouurchical institutions, the _ru-
Jets. of Great Britaiwlooked with most solici-
tude, andjfiu the first place, to her commercial
interests; but since thrones have been ‘suppo-
sed to be universally thre:-itened,'» and-the es-
prit de corps -has been alarmed‘ and incensed
in all royal governments, the policy of the
British may have ceasedto‘ be mainly and pri-
marily. _commercial—.' -3 F .‘
. It may not.be deemed‘enough,'=that the-Em
ropean continent is.se.curcd in the fetters of-
Lcgitimacy with all its‘ padlocks for the mind.
Mr. Canning has ridiculed the idea of assist-
ing Spain as Quixotic; it might be more so
in his estimation. to co-operate in consolida-
ting Republican institutions in Mexico or C0-
lombia. Let us not.be cajoled,,nor.lulled in-
totreacherous hope or security from any quar-
ter. It is upon loot“, own ccurlage §n(l‘:€rep-_
arate resources tint lve must re . -II‘ or.
Al’Count manoeuv_re<l against thév Neapolitan
patriots ;he left the. pauish conslitutionalists
in the lurch andhas,;fo,rmu_lly-congratulated
Ferdinand Vll. on the restoration of his lib-
erty: Lord Strangfinjd~str.ppresserl in his com-
municatiom with l,lle'1gLll)l'llll‘(]£ P(prt_e. wlhen
acting as the orgau'o'f.1uss|a, er eman s in
favor of the poor’ Gréek‘s‘,- who will be sacrifi-
ced by 'En.g]aI_1'd,‘if.’_rhey l)e’1t0t fully compe-
tent to maintain their own cause tvqtliollt all-J9
and in spite of hollow'friend_slup. ll hen‘ they
shall be subduerl,aud more thandccunated by
t-heir infuriate conquerors, Mr. Calming will
turn their rueful late into a joke or a trope,
and twit the Britislt whigs with their fully in
imagininiagthat Engand ought to have inter-
posed to prevent the ‘pritastroplte.-—-p'\v"ut. Caz.
Capt. Tear, of tltcbrig Ruth, arrived at this
port from Gibraltar,"s‘t'atcs that the U. S.‘ slnp
Constitution, having on board‘ our Minister to
Spain, Mr. N¢lson,,was expcctcrb to sail for
Cadiz‘ about tlie_Sd of Nov. We learn from
the same source, .t_lp_tt a French-fleet, sailed
fromA,lges_iras on the 1st .l‘v'_ov._an(l‘proceeded
up the Mediterranean.-—,1’[zilrrdelphia paper.
.A well iuform'ed-‘person at Cadiz says, un-
der date of-Oct. toll;-—‘ his now ‘ pl'a_cfed' be-
yond doubt that the Duke d’.-‘\ugoulem_e gain-
ed over Abisbal, Morillo, Ballasteros, and Vil-
jlacumpa, before lre;§él't France, by the instru-
-mentality of Don Julian Sanchez‘.’ '
An eye-witness at=tlre.sei'ge‘-of‘Cadiz states,
that on thcgnight of‘ the bombardment ('-'1.-‘ill
Sept.) Arguelles, the celebrated orator of the
Cortes, was serving as an‘ artillet'yt1tiut, atone
of the guusnn.tltc ramparts, greatly exposed
tothc euem-y’s firc,.-and that all tlteotlier Ci-
vilians were at-posts olhlanger. '
'I‘hc.Lon<lon-Prlottting Chronicle observes :,
.—.‘-Down 1n thelal.est“imnni=ut, En'g;lun(l has,"
been eruploycd in aa'uua.i‘g 'th
in Spain and Portugitl.’ ‘
Advices front .Hav_ana to Nov. 2520, state
tltat‘intellig_rence lmtl been reccivedrfrom the
utotlier country ofthe liberation of.Fc-ulinand;
accompanied with, orders. for restoring the
gwertuneut ol"the lsland to its nltlfooting,
whic_h had been Ca_l‘l'lell,lIllQ effect.
It_w_:ls estimated that the coffee crop,” at-
lr-.ast’within the ‘compass of the jurisdiction of
Havana and rVIulanzas, will not-bc~Inorc.than
equal to onehalf _of_.that,of last year, or be-
tween_ "6,autl .7,00,000 arrobes only, for con-
sumption" and exportation. Sugar was expect '
cd to reach the average maximum oflast year.
The_i,ntcrruptiou.ofthe trade between Hu-
vana and Mexico has had a scnsibleelfect on
the sales ofsuch dry goods as are adapted to
the latter market.-—JlIerc. ./Idvv. Dec. I6. ‘
_e"I:4iber_al party
.N'rw-York, Dec. lf8.—TheU. S. schr. ‘Vea-
-sel, Licut-. Comm’llt Zautzinger, arrived at
this port last evening in If days. from Havana,
with specie. She sailed on the 7th inst. The
latest accounts from Spain, which had reach-
‘ed there, werereceived by way ofthe U. S.—.
The Island was in a very unsettled state—a
munber ofthe principal inhabitants o_f Ha-
vana--aud Matauzas wereiu prison. General
Morales »arrtved ' on ‘the 4th inst. front the
.M-uin, No new piracies had been heard of.
The ‘Weasel left Key‘ West on the L1_5th ult. _at'
which time about-'50 cases of ‘fever and ague
and intermittent fever existed. She has ,bro’t
dcspatches for government. ' ‘
Advices from St. Salvador to the 12th ult.
-state thatall was tranquil there. Th_eBrazillian
troops had 'left'I3'uhia._for Rio 3:. 1’ernambuco_.
la u_tl_;t__lie, _rgl_l_g¥pn§_ .l_rou§es all 1
ondo_h.' She brings intelligence that the el _
eg‘.i'ut":p_acket-shi'p'Paris; Capt. Robinson, on
hes--'se_coud.voyage _fr.oru this. port to"!-lavre‘,
was drivt_3I_1‘as_hore on the 1st of Nov. near
.Clterbourg", ziudilhat the passengers and crew
were” all-s":rve_d. lt_is stated that they were
drawn asliorejn baskets by a hawser.
"We,have' received London papers of the.
f7th', -9th and _10th ,No_'vem,b_e"r, (evening) _The
Spanish and South American stocks were ,a.
‘gain fluctuating and dcclin'i,t_1g ; and it was
"currently“reported in London,‘ that England
-‘was fitting out furtl:er_ naval expeditions, and
that some t‘_egiinent s ‘of troops were under or-
der: for 'ern'barka,tion. ,
The capitulation ofBarceloua, I-Iostalrich,
bcc. was ratified by Mina 3 the French were
to ‘take possessioli on "the 5th Nov. .
Lerida was to be occupied by the French
'o'n' thefld Nov. The garrison, 5_000men_,wer_c
prisoners Inf’ war.-—.—’-_-All the Constitutional
chie'fs‘ufEstrumadura, except the Empeciua-
do, have sent in their submission, Badajos was
occupied by the French on the 29th of Oct.
‘It appears there had been some disturbance
at Cadiz. ' An order dated Oct. 29th, directs
all the officers and soldiers of the disbanded
army remaining in the neighborhood, contra-
- ryto‘ the kjn"g’s couunands, to_l_eave lhere,
within 24 hours. '
Ballastcros has
ofAngoulemc, dated at Port St. Mar_y’s, Oct.
7rh,«remonstrating -'.t_<_{aiust the proscriptive
decree ‘ofthe l-st'of October. ' l ' ‘ ‘
accrnnpa-uietl by only 30 guards. _ 4
The King of France is said to be 'alanning--
ly ill, from an attack of gjout inlhe stomach. ‘
The dissolution ofthe Frenclt_'Cltamber of
Deputies, was to be announced between the
lath and 20th Nov. Chataubriand_,_wh0 op-
posed this measure, had retired from Paris. '
Portsmouth, Nov. 8.-—Orde‘rs have arrived
to equip the Cantbridge, 80, for active service,
with a crew of‘ 700 men—-supposed for the
South American‘ service; the Windsor Cas-
tle, 80. is also ordered to be equipped in place
ofthe Asia.’ The 12th reg’t of foot embarked
yesterday on board the Ganges, 80, and Su-
perb,'T4, for foreign service. ‘
_ Cm-dova, Oct, Q8-—-Don Victor Sae-z,— is oc-
cupied by orderof, t,he.King with the grand
'a.‘l'.tirs of the colonies; these litre and rich pos-
sessions, will soon, we do not doubt be again
in possession of the Kimr.
. From the London Courier,-..N'ov. .10.
- It seems strange that any persoils should
view our sentiments upon the SouthAmerican
States, as breathing either war or defiance. It
ropean Powers have no right to interfere with
us—nor (lo we pretend toiutcrlere with them.
Theyimay, or may not, acknowledge and treat
with tl1o.se,States:.that is their business.—-
But they cannot justly complain of our exer-
cising the same privilege. And here, in or-
objections thatltave been urged, we must de-
sire the public tohbear this in mind, that it is
not thecase of an incipient insurrection of
the Colonies against the Parent Stato-that
it is not a struggle in which the power of one
side is balanced by the power of the other,
and the issue dou_btl‘u1——”u‘ is not a casein
which a third party, stepping in, turns the
scale, and decides the conflict in favor ofthe
side to which it carries its weight. It bears
no resemblance to the case of our American
colonies, when France and Spain interfered :
the conflict is decided——-the issue is arrived-
and Spain is not‘ more divided by the seas
from her ancient possessions, than she is by
the difference of their respective institutions:
nor has she more Sovereignty over them than
we hadover France, though we ‘continued to
hear the empty title-of her King. The ques-
tion has been well put by one of our co_tcm'po-
raries—‘ As to Independence, the question is
at rest-—thc States are free—Ihc ‘acknowledg-
ment by Spain is not worth a straw to Eng-
land——all Colonies are de jure Sovereign
States, the moment in whic'h they achieve
their independence,’ de faclo. This, for the
clearest ofall reason, because thejfoundation
nftheir allegiance is their enjoyment of pro-
tection from the Parent State. When the col-
onists cease to want protectiomtltey are no lon-
gerbouud to pay the price of it ; and this is
one ofa class ofcascs iuwhich power becomes
theevideuce ofright.’
This is whal.we wished to lay down in li-
mine. The South American States are to all
intents and purposes free and independent
States, with which any other State may treat
and ncgociate, and f(n'm‘ullia‘nc'es, without a-
uyuviolatiou o.f.trcaty'or "good faith towards
any other Power. ’ ‘ _ ' ‘
But it is said,_Spaiu has ndt acknowledged
their.iudependeuce’,“ and tlterefore ‘ you are
guilty of an attack upon her sovereignty.’ In-
deed ! Let us-see tlre"ahsurdity to which this
position would lead. The South Aruericau
States .mi_;,ht have established, asthey have,
theirindependence-—might have exercised all
theacts of asovereign and independent pow-
:-.r—-mi,<:,‘ht have entered into commercial and
political relations with other nati‘ous——Spain
would not be able to takeany step,’ to do any
act, ca_lcul'.-itcrl to resume her former authori-
ty. over the States, or to arrest fora moment
—‘the march and exercise of their independence
——u,ay, mightremain totally inactive and su-
pine; yet,because she refused to acknowledge
"them as free States, we are’ to refuse all inter-
course, _all political relations with them what-
ever !‘ Why, does not every one see the" utter
absurdity and childishuess of‘ such reasoning.
if reasoning it can be called ? e ' '
But we are told ofa Congress ofF.uropcan
Powers to settle the fate ofthe American Col-
onies. -We should -like to see what sort ofa
preamble such a Congress would draw up to
their deliberations. ‘ Whereas, a certain tract
of country, some thousand of milcs distant
from l<Jurope,containing about 470,000 .-qua't"'e
leagues, and a population of l7 millions, has
determined that it will be governed by its own
institutions. and will no longer continue in
depenaduce, (which they (lo'nnt want and
which is injurious to their best interests) upon
a nation containing 9135.000 square leazzues,
and ten-millionsofinhabitants; We, the Pow-‘
ers of Europe, are assembled in Congress to
devise the best rmeans of putting an end to so
unsatisfactory a situation of afl'airs,and ofcon-
cluding some arrangement that shall be more
congenial to the policy, 8Lc.”!! Congresses
may deliberate and re-deliberate, paSS.pI'0l0-
4
_ Frmnlhe Mer't:ez_t1fz_'le_.}.lll_'t.'crlz'sar QfI3ec.19. . ‘
Chi-isiianfly FROM l§I.IROPI3.-g,--The's|1,lp London,
‘andthe sa"-‘~ Cap't".‘Allyu,..-"arrived here on the,fl.7,_th from
vaddrcslsetlja note to the duke
The ‘Duke of Augjo_rrlerne,' and Prince of-
. Cariguan, arrived at M‘-.ulrid on the 1st Nov.
is a policy upon which, we conlend,othcr Eu- '
der to clear away in lrimiue the ground ofscmc -
col upon protocol, -multiply conference upon
conference, but what ~v.-ould.-the 17 millions
on the otlter,si_de of the _Al_latuic say ? Or what
means wouldthe Congress:-‘possess of enforc-
ing their ‘edicts? 'I‘o;fr-auierresolutions which
you haveno 'In_eaus,bf _executing,°7'or, to as.
an old proverb‘, ‘ to show. your teeth when you
cannot bite,’ is, in private concerns,‘ not a ve-
ry wise,pf_00U¢(li.ng ;-but,‘in'- public matters, in
_the-intercouse between nations-, not only idle
but positively dangerous. ‘We think the Con-
tinental Powers will pause before they hold
any such Congress ;~. but.-twltclhcr they do or
not, we shall ueithcrbe a party toil, nor send
.a Minister to it. We shall leave-tire‘-Corrti-'
nental Powers to act. as they like, Wl|il_q[ wg
shall act aswc think best for our own ihtercsts.
' ‘be American States have achieved their e-
mancipation—-achieved it by tlieirown’efl'orts
—-wltlmut foreign aid, foreign councils, or for-
eigu encounjagcIu‘ent., We,-wvlfb, ofall nations,
could have reuderedtljettt.-the most powerfigl
assistance, did not, t,hr.ougJt our Government,
6.XP"€.S.-‘ even a wish in their favor. ’They
fought the light, tl1ey_gaiucd the victor_v,with-
.uut'l1S- Tlleir illdependencejs c.st~ablished--
the tide cannot be rolled back. The Ameri-
can States are_ free sovereign ~Stalbs' with
which any nation is at liberty to treat, with-
out affording. any just grounds of offence or
coutplaiuLto any other Pow er. '
' We have sent Consuls and-Commissioners
—o1ther. Powers may; ‘and. probably will, do
.tl_re same. We‘ call this step a de facto ac.
k_nowledg_meut of the Sovereignty bf the A-
mcrican_States—-—.au<l we may expect ‘furtlter,
l_lHIt.a lfIg,l9er_-dipl.0txtatic character will either
be sent out, or that some one ofthe Cpmmis.
-sionershas, or will have,.the power of gaging
upon himself'"that character, as soon as the
different Cousltls have ruade their reports up-
on the sitttatiori ‘and feeli-ngs of f_l1e'Stu_tes to
which they have been l‘espectively':seut'.,
Polar Expedition.~—-We lllllclyerstrfnd‘ it is in
the contemplation of th’e.Admiralty' m.‘¢o...-
-mission Discovery Ships for ‘another voyage
to the Polar seas, -with this di'fl'e'rence, _that
«their route is nowto be by ’Belu‘ittg’s Straits,
whence they will sail eastward. The distance
which must be traversed before they can well
he saidto commence prccecliztg to the object
uftheir mission, and the consequentdifiiculty
of preserving the necessary supplies, has hith-
erto been the obstacle to_t_he attempt by this
passage. ‘This latter" it_np_c_diiuent' it is ‘now
proposed to obviate, by semung-‘a superni1m-
erary vessel, laden with neces‘saries,’_ which
will probably accompany",thetn to the,ineigh-
honrhood ofthe Karripsclt‘_aIk'an coast. ."Capt.
Parry is again to‘take‘c9_iumand. Lo’,nd,.'p:1.
FROM C.-'fD‘l'»5.‘--Tl)CSc_lllfO'lTCf Blucl1er,capt.
Smith, arrived at‘Balt'imo'ie on‘ Tuesday, in
33 days from Cadiz,-' bearing despalches for
government. -She left at that port the U. S.
frigate Constitution, and ‘s‘ch'r._Nonsu(.:‘li_. Tire
forrmwlauded our minister, lMr.' Nelson, at
'.|dl2'I, on the 3d -of ‘Dc'cembér, and w;fs to
sail for Gibraltar on the 8th,‘ all well. Tluare
were also in the port of Cadiz two French
ships ofthe line and four frigates, with sever-
al smaller vessels. The French were putting
naval stores for three years in the city of Ca-
diz. '1‘hcrc'wcre about three thousand men
lhere. The-Spanish mcnof war, as they ar-
rived from sea, were sent to the navy. yard,
stripped and .l'._rid up. The Spanish _troops
were not permuted to be under 'a'i'm‘s"-In the
city. The French frigate Le Tounant ‘sailed
from Cadiz on the 5th Nov., with - a Spanish
Governor for Havana, and to bring home the
present one. Cadiz was ovcrstuckcdwitli A-
merican produce. ’ »
Gibraltar papers state,th.-it tlre.ele'ven Gran-
decs who served in the Volunteer Militia"-'of
Spain, are banished from Llladrid- A
Mannm, Nov. 5.
Execution qfRt'ego.——Don Rafael del'Ric-
go is condemned to the ordinary punislnucni
ofhauging, and he shall be drawn on a huddle.-
to the place of exe.:utiou—his property shall-
be confiscated, and he shall pay the costs‘-of
suit. The prisoner was placed in cupilfa-‘at
10 o’cluck this murnitw. _ ._ .. S
Madrid, ./\/‘av. 6—'1‘lns (la y at noon the or-
dinary puuishmcnt of‘ hanging was inflicted
on the pcrson.ofDon-Rafael del Riego. The
public that held his crimes in’ such detestation,
hasslimvn on this occasion, that it can (listiu-'
guish between the crime and the criminal,
for not the least insult was offered to him by
the immense crow.ds that filled the streets
through which he passed,-and it was only at
the moment of execution that.-the shout of
Long live the absolute Ki2_zg,\vas heard.
CONGRESS.
- _ S1:.\'A.'1‘E,1"r-iday Dec. 19..
The following petitions were presented to-
day, and r.efered.to appropriate committ'ec's,-
viz. :——By Mr. Lowric, the memorial of the
City and County of.Philadelphia,prayitig a.
revision of the present. tariff. B_v'Mr. Noble,
the petition of Eliza 1)ill,. one ofthe heirs of
Gen. Arthur" St. Clair,-» stating _that the Gov-
ernmeut is indebted to her latc'fatlier- for—mil_-
itaryservices, and praying 'for.the'relie_f of
congress. _ The resolution ofl’ercrl,-yeslcr-'*
day,‘ by Mr.’ Holmes, of ;‘«Ia-ine,in.-’truc'ting the‘
Committee of Finance to inquire ‘whether a-‘
ny further provisions arenecessar-y to prevent
frauds in the revenue, on the eastern frontier‘
of the U. States, was again read and passed. ‘V
_The joint resolution offered’-yesterday by
Mr. Benton, proposing an amendment ofthe
Coustitution,so as to give the election of Pies-'
idcnt and Vice Presideutto the people,in pri-
mary assemblies, received its second reading.
On motion of .Mr._Muco’u, it was-ordered"
‘that, hereafter, when Ilte. Senatemljourus on
Fridays, it will adjourn till tlreeusumg Mon‘-
day, unless otherwise ordered ;’ and the Sea-
nut
House or Rr:Pru:scN'r.u'tvr-:-s, Dec. 12.
After many other Ies()ltIli0ns‘0f merel_v'
local interest, Mr. Fuller, submitted the fol-
lowing: Resolved, That tlte»l’resi<.leu't ofthe‘
U.S1atcs be requested to .coImnmticafe to this’
the Navy of the U. States. ‘ -'I‘he,resolntion
lies on the table for one day ‘of course. On
motion of Mr. Cobb, it was Resolved, that,
the Committee ofWays and Means beiustruc—_
ted to inquire into the expediency of=repeal-
poses a duty on imported salt. ‘ '
On motion bfMr. Tou,ili'nsou_, it was‘ Resol-
ved, that the Committee cfCommerce-be’iu-
structed-to inquire whether it be expetlient so
to amend the act, entitled “ An act to regu-
late the collection of duties on imports and
tonage,” as t3 abolish the ofiice of il'lcasurer:
to provide that the duties heretofore perform-
e adjourned till Monday nexl,at I2 o’clock. “
House a plan for a Peace Eslablisluuent""of ’
ing so much ofthe law ofthe U. States as im- "
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