Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 May 1816 — Page 4

countries ac quiring indefrnd encc have for tfie bafn otMieir policy the frightful alofciAgtives of I'ubmitTion or cxtermi nation. Knowing the United States are bey ond the reach of their (trength and drcad-

I came to America with a determination to u(e all my efforts to effect its fcparaiion from a government that for tin ee centuries had filled the new world with chains with ctr nan nriH wirli trjf s. hen

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ing an extended operation of I undertook ihis enterprise I

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POETICAL AST LUM

their free arid independent tyfleitl ot government they direct all their eff orts to crufh in South mcrica, as they have done in France e'e Ireland the fpirit of Republican liberty n thh, however

knew the fate that awaited me in cafe 1 did not fucceed ; but to thole w ho are infpired

wertern hemisphere and the firlt flep in this holy enter prize, lias been taken by the pious and magnanimous, ferdh.and. The progrefs of liberty in the new world filling the potentates of Europe with difl may. The vicinage of the U States to the Mexican empire excites not only the fears of

From The Charleston Courier Tttt UXIOXOF HEARTS. Oh ! ')rght ?as the morning that fiinl'd on nir youth, An I werf my ttuolll of bliPs ; Wbt A the fit Ui ot my tail) fondly plighted h-r truth, And ft 4 I'd hs Jrr pledge with a kifs. TfMl the- itttpulit f love ' lw .s the t r iVim, h t Df1tt)l tt lv s UieJrrd of the hert ' twa the inter ( btngc 1M ft, Of ft ction it f ol and of mine?, Butlh--tw-s the rapture -the beiUtifttl

Lhat was went with atT sflion to fhine,

droop'd its Pie head, itwu fuappd fr deviling independence Hi a

Hate of nrowtnriflltti. fh.-

nd chang'd to a bio (Torn divine I , n . 1 . , 3 A

uTir wiint ur imeucaus muii For iferiph whofw it 5c rode on th bem hi fjrj) f3?eS be 10 f vor Ot

Thai to t hr rifli its LwtttfteU w s given, ihff OPPreflW! io r it h tot ea.thdeem'd it & hallo W1 tht . .

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flrcam, Thai nuitureg its beauties in Heartn. And there gaily fpringin it tlpfM to bloOItt As it drink of the Heavenly fat ; And rxhalti from its cup the dclittoui pcrf u m r , That fwtCteM the m h n H ( . r; s of dy. Oil ! when the Lift hour of my piljjrimge From rrth this frail hrirr; to fever,

with love of country, who Spain but Great Britain. It feel that their actions are fix million of Mexicans begounded on the freedom &c come identified in intereft 6c 1 I i ' . 1 s

ever nappmcii oi tneir feiiow cm reeling vvun tlic citizens or

th re can he no doubtntey zens ic is fir hkciv ihev are the II States, ive mipht then

will he wholly on fueceisufr- to be deterred from purfuing bid defiance to the machinaMexico and South mejiC7l thole patriotic view merely lions o! (be old world. T he are rifing above the political becaufe they are expofed to vail and growing population; horizon beneath Which a de death ami perlecution. If or the ellern parts ot theU. baling colonial lyflem had so Wafhington and his atiociatc S ates would find in the in long depre (Fed them I hey had trembled at the nenac(5 terntl provinces of Mexico a Cannot fail foon coi uertng of despotifm the L1 States vatt and permanent vent for their independence an J pro would never have become in- their fur plus mduftry. ving what has alread been fo dependent. The gold and filver cf Mex. Fiequemte exemplified that it A Tiffins have been !)ircd ico in place of flowing dircdt

to niurder me, as can be to Great Britain & Spain, (Sc proved by authentic docu furnilhing the ftnews of am. mentsin my pofieffion. h bi"s wars would find a P's on my life have been channel to and thro' the Uoi. made more than once inthe led States ; anew and power U. Mates. Ferdinand VII. ful Wmulus would be thus gi. it appears has demanded me Vf n to the itlduftry and en. of the Ametican government terPrizc f lhr country and i.i order to increle the vaft he period is perhaps not re number of viclims already im- note when the U States could molated in honor to his re- Pply all that Mexico re, turn to the Spanifh throne & quires ascheap as can at pre. I luppofe ihe next thing we lc,,r oe done rom Europe, (iiall hear is a bull from the I o promote thtfe objecls Pope hurling the thunders of may be deemed criminal by the Vatican an linfl the He. defpots and by tbofi? who af.

is as imrjolfth'e ir is unj id for one nflon to keen anoth-

A Lover of Liberty.

r From The Louisiana Courier I he .11 tic le pubhfhed in the newf papers ci t this city, extracted from i lettei writ ten by Air. 7 B, Robert fon, did not excite my fui pi iie. That I Ihould be brofiu

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III frizr the fvvect fljw'r

To Oloom on my b fom fvirevcr ! AN ACkUS? IC. Thou prtcioui Bov k vsht-ic k;tvrs unfold, ll vers bnic-il t re a fure pitted tjoii

l i umi crantcJ meiheimhtsot """oii un wo. my me memncrj

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uous victim io the hatred and

vengeance of the Spanifh gavernment w ill not appear extraordinary to thole acquainted with m principles and ca reer.

hospitality.

It does not become mi

anticipate the conduct of A merican crov e nment on

occaiion, further than to re-

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BjiIJ tby Uvervs pfftptl in my heart. -'v-r we fi vl thr to lifr, B ' ih ' i i n thi to til ot ii ift, LnvM W ok, til tUfp thf-r Io mj brraR, Knjoy thy fwttti which fitnla carcfit'd.

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Vati mat intelligencer

I had the honor to be a- mark, I feel perfectly tranquil mong the members ofiife under the guardianflnp of the Cones at Cadiz, that werf,avvl ot nations as well as animated with zeal for the ,,re of the u- States ; and

frPPHmn rrlnrv nfniir rnnn mtichdol Willi thtt t had

try, and detirooa of breaking nothing elfe to disturb

rhH fr:.-,c .,1 HifTlnatinn iu cuiify, bnt the Puixor

MLXICO& SOUTH AMERICA prejudices hich tor ages had

L had myVe tic ml arch.

Io i Jed a nd dffgrated ihe pa -mih character, h i tor ihole exertions at a memorable e poc h that m y le It and cj! leagues have become obnox

I he following able article

r:m the pen ot vhe patriotic

South American roledo, appeared in the Louifiana Cour ier of the i(l of March-no

tiling tuither need be fald to ions to the defpot f eidinand recommend it to tiie perufal and his fanatic counsellors, of the citizens of the Luited Ihe fame Ferdinand ho Stages. It pel ites to what owet his lite and his throne to ouch t and mull forcibly ar- the patriotism of a few meme tti their attention It relates bers of the Cortes during the to Mexico and South Amen- moll it or my lea fun ot the res ca. in the hrm eflabldliment Volution ; the fame Ferdinand ot whole Independence the I . hnce his return to the throne States and every commercial has already immolated on the country are deeph in ercfted. altars of revenge and ingrat There can be hale doubt tude almofl every individual that the i dperity, freedom of the Cortes that thought, and independence oi thefe Ipoke or acted as I have done

and had I not taken the rciol, Ution c t departing from that land ot defpotifm at the period f did, there is no doubt that

naces of a fanatic mon

During the campaign a gainff the 3riti(h in Louiliana, I had the honor to act aa a lc)ldier, and 1 (hould be prtiLd ot an) t ut ure occafion to ma ircH my zeal in the lervice or the U. S. ates : and if during

ot freedom but to thofc who have been born and bred in the land of liberty, my views and motives 1 hope will be appreciated and fupported. It has been said by fome po. liticans that the Mexicans arc nor yet fufiiciently advanced in civilization to be fufceptible of rational freodom. Alas ! how little are thefe people known or undarftood. Fherc is not a people under the fun ot more mental aptitude than the Mexicans, j his homage has been p ii to them by cv, ery hb. ral traveller that has vilited ihem. But the pre. lent Hate of the revolution fpeaksmore decisively in their

favor. lfrnt fnroirn

my rehdence in this country, a . B . ti i i l c siltance vithout (careety a I ihould be so fortunate as io . , , n , . 7 . f . ,. sujgie muikc t and in fact with infpire this government or , n . , , ... . . oi iy iloneand club, they be. tne people v ith a uilpohtion 7 , . y tr ( ' c ii t dn l,)C revolution air,unft to am id, fellow citizens uf to. . a V1 . n , r their cruel opprellors. hey Me xico, in their ilrupole for , . ' r L t t , , hh have at la(t lo tr luccccaed

nnei ty i man not j nope, on

this occafion be conhdeted criminal either by this nation or in the e) es of the univele. It I am not mitiaken Ve

as to make the catife of ttce. dom felt and circulate from the Mexican guiph to the ex. tremitiet of Caiitoi ia. Or.

States are o jt t ol m dig Dant jealoud) to thoiV gov trnments hofc tharacl i it tic nr cup! ny and corruption. Th fe flo eminent s 1 . Ilema

my name long ere this would

ticalh hotfile to tl ptinciple have been added to the cata- lure crofade againfl the liberot oppt tilled atid conquered logue of facrificcs. ties ef the human race ixi the

V (ill , it I . U 1 I lid IWVkwiAU I U i are faft approaching that tK mut and a conitution foood. ii r U at m . . t .... a

puvii icgniniMc ed on repubican principfc.

iiii'uai (.us rmrope v ill openly aow their hodihty to the Ametican republic. Al

ready are they maturing a f u

1ms been rormea ; arm not. u itldlanninp; a traio ot diffi. culties more Icrious atid nu. merous than ever before a people had to encounter, rhey (Gmtinucd in the ur Page J