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NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY; VOLUME V.1 1822.: NUMBER 217. -TD AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BX PASTEUR WATSON, . 3 per aunum half in advance. tNlTED STATES AND SPAIN. Menage from the President of the r ave of a resolution f the Sen & sundry papers relative to the vcroTMtioa of the Independence of the South American Colonies. i transmit to the Senate, agreeably to their resolution of yesterday, a Re L from the Secretary of State, with espies oi t-rr- . - . u L! Virion. ii relation to the recogni- L of the South American Provinces jrcshingtonl 26th April, 1822. DEPARTMENT OP STATE, 25th April, 1822. rt.- QrrPtarv of State, to whom h been referred a resolution of the 5.- nf this dav, requesting the vAtnt to communicate to the Sen ... anv information he may havej proper to be disclosed, from our Minr ater Bi ,uumuj.vi - -i Minister resident in this country, con- V r?o?nition of the Independence jfthe.South American ooionies, anu afthe Dictamen of the Spanish Cor- has the honor to suomit to uie Preside .t copies of the papers partic- i'arlv rei'ened to. JOHN QUINCY AlJAiMJS. ) EN'CLOSURES. The Spinish : Minister to the Sec- .etarv taie, via Mrwi) iJ-r Translation.) Secretary of State to .the Spanish Mifii,ier,'6th April 1822. Spanish .Minister to the Secretary of State, irth April, 1822. fTRANSLATION. , 1 Don Joaquin de Andaaga to the Sec retary of state. Washington, 9th March, 1S22. Su: In the National Intelligencer, cftiu day, I have seen the Message jfntby the President to the House of J Rrprcieutatives, in which he propo- ir Uje recognition, oy we united States, of the insurgent governments )i jjuuish America. How 'great my sunrise was may oe easuy uagea o - - . ii Hi acjjiinted with the conduct of :3iu loaras ttiis uepuonc, ana who I 1 ii- k.j.vs the imtnonsp sacriflces which it", bis made, lo preserve her "friend- j'.p. la fact, who could think that, ia rciurn for the cession of her most "aportaut provinces in .this hemis j .ere: tur the J.rgi'tting of the ulun- ?rcf her commerce , by American Wizens; for the privileges granted i meir Navy 5 and for as great proofs :i inendsliip as one nation can give siuther, this Executive would propose 'iat the insurrection of the ultra-marine possessions of Spain should be recognized ? And, moreover, will jt his astonishment be augmented to -e t:ut this power is desirous to. give destructive exaniDles of sanction- "i; the rebellion of nrovinces which iive received no offence from the mo- fviT country to those to whom she "trantea a participation ol a free oasutution and to whom she has r-ended all the rights and oreroffa- f-of Spanish -citizens? In vain r- 4 paraitei De attempted to be hn oetween the emandnation of -J republic and that which the Spa rebels attempt ;'. and history is went to prove, that if a harrasrf pi persecuted province Has a right ore.-. its chains, others, , loaded 1 benefits, elevated to the Hih fct treemen, ought only to bless -ate mure cioseiy me protect i ouatry which has bestowed rTrs UJon thon. 0i s even admitting , that morality . -.t toield to policy, what is the 7 il3lr oj wpanisn America; v, i re us government ' 10 en h'31 to recognition ? uehos I . -Mss-inkin the ' "most complete L. sand each dav sees new des- Jet: p ' . irr .rem, conquered by , near the gates of iu - rv-. rem nnnnnnuJ kj its capital -'n:sn armv. t rl nri I,,. Tnt In Chili, an in- 'inb--S-Uppre4ses lhe sentiments of , 'tants, and his vinlpnrp nrp. t . change. On the coast rs a ... 1 , - . , i all " an, u ' llle Pan'sh banners' self b nsu,rent Generals are In every question relating to the in Hrreliing with their own , dependence of a nation, two. principles compatriots, who prefer taking the pan oi a iree ouwci iu mai ui ucmg the slave oi an-atl venturer, in .iex - ico, too, there is no government, and the result of the question which .the chiefs commanding there have put to Spain is not known: Where, then, are those governments wnicn ougni to be recognized ; where the pledges of their stability ; where the proof that those provinces will! not return to a union with Spain when so many of their inhabitants desire it ; and in fine where, the right of the United States to sanction, and declare legitimate, a rebellion without cause, and tiie event of which is not even decided. I do not think it necessary to prove that if the state of Spanish America were such as it is represented in the Message; that, if the existence of its 1 governments were certain and estab- ' lished: that, if the impossibility of its re-union with Spain were so indis- putable ; and that, i fthe justice ot its recognition were so evident, the pow ers of Europe, interested in gaining the friendship of countries so impor tant for their commerce, would have been negligent in fulfilling it. But, seeing how distant the prospect is of eyen this result, and jfaithful to the ties which ui.ite them with Spain, they await the issue of the contest, and abstain from doing a gratuitous doing a injur' to a friendly government, the advantages of which are doubtful, and the odium certain. Such will be that which Spain will receive from the 17- nited States in .case the recognition proposed, in the Message should take effect; and postetity will be no less liable to wonder that the. power which has received the most proofs 'of the friendship of Spain, should be the one delighted with being the first to take step which could have only ben expected from another; that had been injured. Although I could e'nlarge. upon this disagreeable subject, I:thlnkii useless to do so, because the sentiments which the Message ought to excite in the breast of every Spaniard can be no secret to you. Those which the King of Spain, will experience it receiving a notification so unexpected, will be doubtless verj disagreeable ; & at the same time that 1 hasten to communi cate it to His Alajesty,? 1 think it my . duty to protest, as 1 da solemnly pro test, against the recognition of the governments mentionedlof the insur gent provinces of America, by the U nited States : declaring that it can in no tony iv.nc, or at any time, lessen , or invalidate, in the least, the right , of Spuia t) the said provinces, or to emj)Loy wautecer meansKmay be in her poicer to re-unite them to the rest of her do uiniuns. I pray yen, sir, to be pleased to lay this protest before the President; and 1 tlitter.myself that, convinced of the i-t : .. spna reasons which have dictated u, he will suspend the measure which he has proposed to Congress, and that he will ijive to His Catholic Ma jesty this proof of his friendship and of his justice. I remain, with thejnost distinguish 'ed consideration, praying God to guai d your lite many years, your most obe dient humble servant, JOAQUIN DE ANDUAGA. John Q. Adams,' Secretary of State The Secretary of State to the Minis ter from Spain. Department of State, Washington, tith April, 1822 Sir: Your letter of the i?th of March was, immediately after I had the honor of receiving it, laid before the President of thp United States, by whom it has been deliberately consid ered, and by whose" direction, I am, in replying to it, to assure vou of the earnestness and sincerity' with which this govern merit desires to .entertain and to cultivate the most; friendly re lations with that of Spain, . . Thisvdispositioo has beeri manifes ted, not only by the uniform course of the United States," in their direct polit- J ical and commercial intercourse with Spain, but by the friendly interest which they have felt in the. welfare of the Spinish nation, and by thexordial sympathy with which they have wit nessed their spirit and energy exerted in maintaining their independence of foreign control, and their right of govern ment. other ofrzc The former ex y uicrpcuuiug upuu iuc.uciciuiiimiiun . or me nation itself, ana me.iaiier re- . suiting fro:rithe successful execution - of that determiuatiori. This right bas been recently exercised, as well J the Spanish nati&n in Europe as several of those countries in the merican hemisphere, which had iarj j concluded in Cordova, on the 24th of two or three centuries been connected; August last, between the said Gene as colonies with Spain. In the con- : ral and the traitor Colonel Ion Au flicts which have attended these revo-j gustinJturbidej it had been faUely Jutions, the U. States . have carefullyj supposed, that the former had power abstained-frorri taking any part, re-j from his Catholic Majesty ibr that spectmg'the right of the nations con- act ; and in a little time the correct- V.crueu in i (it ill, iu maintain ui ivT organize their own . politicalconstitu tions, and observing, wherever it was a contest by arms the most impaitial neutrality. Out the civil war, in which Spain was. for some, years involved with thtMiihabitants'or her colonies in i America, has, in substance, ceased to ! exist. 1 reaties equivalent to an ac- knowledgment of independence, have been concluded by, the commanders and vice-roys of Spain-...herself, with the Republic of Colombia, with Mex ico, and with Peru : while in the Pro- vincesof La Plata, and in Chilij no Spanish force has for several years existed to dispute the fndependece wiich the inhabitants of those coun tries had declared. 1 . ' Under these circumstances, the , ff government of the United btates, far from consulting the dictates of a poli- i cy questionable in its morality, has yielded to an obligation of duty of the highest Qrder, by recognizing, as in dependent states, nations which, after ' deliberate!' asserting their right to that character, have maintained and established it against -all the resistance which had been or could be brought to 'oppose it. This recognition is nei ther intended to invalidate any right of Spain, nor lo affect the employment of any means which she may yet be i disposed, or enabled to use, with the view of re-uniting those Provinces to the-res"t of her dominions. It is the mere acknowledgment of existing facts with the view to the regular estab lishment with the nations', newly formed, of those relations, political and commercial, which it is the mo ral obligation of civilized and christian nations-to entertain reciprocally with one another. ; It will not be necessary to discdss with you a detail of facts, upon which your information appears to be mate rially different from that vthich has been communicated to thfs'govern ment, and is of public notoriety ; nor the propriety of the denominations which yoii have attributed to the in habitants' of the South American pro vinces. It is not doubted that other and more correct views of the whole subject will very shortly be taken Dy your government, and that it, as well as the other European governments, will shew that deference 6 the exam ple of the United" States, which you urge as the duty or the policy of the United States to shew to theirs. The effect of the example of one indepen dent nation upon the councils and measures of another, can be just only o far as it is voluntary ; and as the United States desire that their exam pie should be followed so it is their intention lo follow that of others upon no other principle. They confidently my that the time is at hand when all the governments of Europe, li iendly lo Spain, and Spain herself, will nut only concur in the acknowledgment of the independence of the - American nations, but in the sentiment that no thing will lend more effectually to the welfare and happiness of Spain, than the Universal concurrence in that re cognition. I pray you, sir, to accept the assu rance of my distinguished considera tion, a JOHN. QUINCY ADAMS. Don JoAftUJN DC Anduaga, ' Envoy Extraordinary, fyc 8fc. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Re presentatives. ''-Jjp. . 'I transmit to Congress translations of two letters from Don Joaquin d'An- duaga to the Secretary of State, which have i been, received at the Depart meiL of State, since my last message. communicating copies of hb corres pondence with this government. HIV JAMES MUINKUL. Wrihingtm; 6th May, 1822 ' ; !'"'.'. i4F . 11 ' '' !!r "f fTRAN SLATIO JJ.l ? Don Joaqutn d? Anduaga to the Sec- ; retary of state. Philadelphia; 24th April, 1822. Sut ; As soon a the newi w re- assertion ; and ! u new tpain, ajivr inernvai i. vera oraz oi me uaptain Ueneraf and Supreme Political Chief appoin- ted for . those Provirices, Don Juan by H V Dorioju, and iorrie papers were seen by relative to those same" transactions; it A4 was feared that; Jorl forming the trpatv j i ;iuwc auspicjuus ras iouna, as, arnong other things, the said O'Oono- ju, whn on th..26th of tie same Au gust, he sent this treaty 16 the . Gov ernor of Vera Cruz, .'notifying him pi' us prompt and punctual observance. i'ii .null, IMrtl, the 1 enmsula, preparation for the in- dejjendence of Mexico was already thought of, and that its bases were ap proved ibf by the-government, and bv a commission 01 ine Agones. Uis I Majesty on sight of this, and of the I fatal impression which so great an imposture had produced in some ul tramarine Provinces, and what, must withoutfdifficulty be the consequence jainong tfie rest, thouqhtVproper to 01 jder that, by means otfa Eircular to all the chiefs and corporations beyond (seas, this atrocious falsehood iiou)d pe oisotkiieved ; and now he has deign' jed to conmand me to make it jknown to the government of tie Uni ted States, that it is false, m lar as jGeneial O'Donoju published beyonti ihis instructions, by pointing out tu it itliiit he fever could have been furnish jed with other instructions than those conformable to constitutional princi ples. -'J; ; ...In compliance with this order of his Majesty, I can do no les thaii ob serve to you, sir, how unfounded one of the reasons is in your note of the 6th instant, for the recognition by tins government ot those of the insur gent Provinces of Spanish America, that it was founded on the titatv 1 made by . O Donojtf with lturbi.de; stiuctioh; to conclude it. it is cleatlv null and of no value. I I repeat to. you, sir, the sentiments 6f my distinguished consideration, and pray God that you may live 1 years. iiany h- JOAQUIN D'ANDUAGA. I I translation.! Don Joqqum d' Anduaga to the Sec r retary of State. 1 Philadtlphia, 25th April, 1822. Sir : ;I have received yottr noteof the 15th insfant, in which you are pleased to communicate to me the reasons which- induce the President hot only lo refuse to his Catholic Ma jesty the satisfaction which -fee de manded, lin his royal name, for the jjisults offered by General Jackson to the Spanish commissaries and officers, but to approve fully of 'the, said chief's conduct. J Before answering the contents .of the said note, I thought it my duty to' request instructions from my govern ment; and, therefore, without delay, I have laid it before them. Until they arrive, therefore, I have confined iny- self to two observations: 1st. If, in jnv note ot the loth .01 Aovemuer last, I said that, as General Juckson had not specified the actions which m m 1 .1 -ft" had induced him to declare tne Spa nish officers expelled from the Flori das criminal, nor given proofs of them, I thought myself authorized to declare the accusation false 1 did not this through inadvertency, but upon the evident principle that every pers&m accused has a right to declare an ac cusation destitute of proof j false,' and much more an accusation not' preten ded to be proved. This assertion ol niihe does not presume that I am not persuaded of the merit of the saidGe neral, and of the claim which he lias upon the gratitude of his country to eulogize arid reward his eminenusef vices, yet it will be lawful for the re presentative of a power outraged, by him, to complain of his conduct. i cannot persuade myself that, to ag gravate my said expression, you could have thought that I bad been wanting in due respect, it not being possible for that opinion to have entered your mind, when by his orders, Mr., For syth had sent to the Spanish Minister, 'on the 1st of September last, a note, in which, complaining of the Captain uenerai 01 tne island ot iuna, ne ac- 1 wwl,j wne 10 cons-oer wnetner a cuseshim of dishonorable pecuniary portipri. of the capita! thus employed motives, in not having delivered thel oufd not be advantageously emp'loy arcfciTeij without giving any - prouf i euV & impfcJving tbe living machines ? '. ! Owtw. i must remark, that the rank orAeneral i A?ahy in Spain, is at least as elevated as' that of General Jackson in the U-t nited States, and that the services per formed by him to his country Have rendered him as worthy as he of its ' jconsideration and respect. ' S 2. Although you are pleased to teH jpie that part of the papers taken froin jCoIcnel Coppinger j are ready to be Irleliyered, which the Americanjcoin ;rcissloners after having examined them, have adjudged to be returned to Spain, I do not think myself author ized to admit their return in this man ner, but in the mode which I demai Itled in my note of the 22d of Novem ber last. . 1 1 As I have seen by the public pa pers that the President has communi cated to Congress the note," w hich you W ere pleased to address to me, dated f lie 15th inst. that it has been ordered .t.rbe printed, I take the. libeit- of re questing that vou will have the Oo,d ress to uss your influence that this ' ny answer may be treated u 1 1 the s ime manner, that Congress and the ( public may be informed that if I have iot answered the first part of it, as Respects tjie general business, it is. on $ to wait for the instructions of iny . ghvernment, but that 1 have answered h't was personal. 1 renew to vou, sir, the sentiments , 1- ; . my disiinpuished consideration J ( ) A QU I N 1)' A , D U AG A. o JojHs Qli.ncy Adams, Secretary of State. . MISCELLANEOUS. Explosion of d Mine in Ohio, a. A singular explosion tbok place on the 15th ult. about 11 miles N. W. fronf Cincinnalti, at a salt welf situate oil Tayloi's Creek, a brancir of the m'g Miami, where General. Harrison ami Ijfndlay have perseverinly employed ajtiunibei of men in search of saline i. . . f spnnjL'S. ijAftrr the well or shaft had been djjg to the solid rock, the miner's au ger ws introduced, and a perforation rtiade in the rock to the depth of three hundred feet when boring1 at (his de)th lhe augur Ltruckjinto an exten sive subterraneous cavern of watel- tliji rods plunged down seveiul feet, ant! the water instantly, rushed up to 13 feet of the earth's surface. ' I The boring rods sunk 50 low tliat they could not at that time: be wjihdrawn the water rose very co pfjlusly, and was accompanied with an inflammable gas, suiposed since to be carbonated hydrogen. I At this stage of the j business five men descended into tli well in order tdextricate the rods, and iuadyerleut ly i jcalled for a liht, which, when brought to the mouth of the pit, in stantly set the gas on fire, and it ex ploded with a vehement report. I wo men on the top ot 'the pit were severely injured, but those in thel bottom much more sohaving the skin i scorched on I their hands, their faces burnt, their hair singed, their linen an light apparel consum- d ; no lives however were Inst, but it is said that two are "dangeiously. wounded. The force of the explosion carried away the boarded covering from the pit. head, and the report was heard to 'the distance, of a mile or more. - The' inflammable gas continued for eight days to rise . up through tlie whole of the rock, causing the water to bubble briskly at its surface. yhen flame was afterwards com municattd by way of experiment, tle gas would ignite and continue to burn at the water edge., The les infor med, country people were somewhat in alarm imaging that the water was burning. On the 8th day after the opening of the Vein, the gassebus ebullition ceased rather abruptly, and has not since been resumed Snu. Men expend lartfe sums in procur ing the best devised- furniture, the most; perfect mechanism of wood. brass, and iron; great pains and ex pense are, bestowed in keeping thera in good order, and to prevent them from going to decay. Years are spent in the study of the various parts of ine mecnanism, and the most minute calculations are made of, the advan tage derived from the improvement of those inanimate thinpsi It is well i . . . . - .1. C - ; . 1 1 i 4 i x i t' . ' t .1 ' '.' .i I : i M n . 1 4 1 s are involved one of right, and the !