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SPEECH of JJnn Jlnuuel Loreuz
dr Viili'itrre Minister J'rum P rii
open ngfth?dyfricai C i
1830. 1
JTll A N S CA T-E D FOIl 1 HE NATIONAL
' GAZETTK "J
After a few introtlu toj lein.rks, ihe spea
ker si! J
This day theigrcat American Con
gress, whir h is to be n council in th
linur of conflict, I Ie faithful interpre
ter of treaties, a mediator in domestie
contentions and which is charged
with the formation of our new body
of international law. bat been organ
ize! and inves'eu with all the power
competent to attain li e important and
din Hed end for which it is convoked.
All the preeioos materials tire pre
m M A
fiaed to our hand. A world regards j consent to it.
our own day, Gordon has written a
eiiiiie ui) 'he same subject Thi.
.! m Idy realizes the laudable vi w
fthe kinand the philosopher. L
i avoid ivar by a common nfld uni
form reference to. ' negotiation'; 1 The
consequence of war is conquest; one
slate increased by the destruction ol
another 11 each victory Napoleon
mMhiI now territories to FranVef The
fi rsi'symp't urn o f w a r i ft" o n r , p 1 a i ns a n d
(notintaiiH, will sound lik a peal "f
t It u ii it r throughout the continent and
elands. Fe what, indeed, are we to
contend? Our product!! are even
where abundant; our territories exten
sive; our ports commodious and safe
One republic has no cause to envy an
otlier. Shall the rich sheppord dare
to rob the fold of his poorer neighbor?
What injustice! The diet will never
confederate.
J'anama, 22d June, 1826. 1st of
the Great imer can Con":ress.
our lubfitfTs with the deepest atten-
As alliances have frequently given
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ticji Proo. the most powerful mon-:u"'" l" .imeni-u win emcr inio
tteb,lo the humblest peasant of the none but by the common consent of all
Southern Continent, no one view our t the contracting parties I however
task with indifference This will be obttain from pursuing the Mibject
the last opportunity for the attempt !,ere a anticipating the decision or
to prove that man can be happy the Congress.
Mi fiiends! the field of glory troden The second danger may h: pfoVi
tiYpoTW; San Martin! 07i ns de again. t by simple precautions.
Sfttflup lies open lous. Our name l,,e p "Tederated republics
... Iiunni . or perpetual shame. Let us earn other. 2d. Lvl no greater
the orotidly stand forh the repre pnwer be entrust d to any individual,
nentativs of million of freemen, unil Is neeeary to the end far nhich
iiixpiml with a noble complneency. il conlid d. S. In proportion to
uss'imilate oursflves to the Creator e"t ha power is given be
hirn" If when he first , gave laws to.vv re poosible to the p" ple us
ths Lj'iverse. (distinct from thp military. 5. Lt no
.Ajiimated with celestial fire, and standing armies be allowed io timeof
lofikinsiiteaiIi.lv and with reverence pence 0. Let us avoid generally the
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to Author of our lit'int;. diltieul evil io w men i nave auuueu, so nine
inarms. Let us ratheiyby decisive . these beloved objects, and uplifting it,
neasures, compel our enemy to, give ajit o(ti iug to ihe Swpreme Ueing,
p bis rashness atod Caprice. All teach it in tender ttccents ti give
Europe disapproves of his conduct, i thaiiks for the inestimable benefits wo
Not even the princes of the hou' of have received. Let the Greek ccle
Uourbon venture to hold out the least j brate his exploits in leaving Troy in
encouragement. No nation feels ah iishen; the representative of the A
interest in the continuance of Ihe war; ' inericon Kepublics will boast of hav
tlie genernl wish is for peace. With ing promulgated laws, which secure
out it commerce is interrnpted gener j peace abroad (is well us the internal
My, to the prejudice of industrious i tranquilitv of the states, that now
riu trading communities liow l i i -ferent
was the situation of Great I5H
taiu when sho rocognised the inde
pendence of the United Siate! Wise
Krt'lish' teach and guide these blind
Spaniard.!
WhiUt Spain obstinately resists
the mediation ol the powers that pro- j
teet us, the products of her soil of all
kinds as well as her manufactures,
are totally prohibited. They are
seized wherever they are discovered;
and those who are convicted of break
ing a law. with which we cannot dis
perse, uniformly lose their cargoes.
The manufacturers of Valencia and
Barcelona have ceased, unable to ex
port their goods; their indurtry is par
alvsed
himse
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in
Germany. -A series of lettfers from
jenntiiiy is in u cure of publishing
n the Utica (N V.) Sentinel and Ga
zette, in winch Die writer gives man
interesting particulars of (he Colle
ges in that country, and of(ihe man
ners, habits &c. of the iiilrahif ants.
In his thiny eig ih It-tier he (bus de
scribes (he modes and means of oh
tau!rt; n submtenee by the poorest
classes:
A ompany of tenor twelve from
the duke dom of Nassau, (il is the
is'
ties the' most aupaling shrink into
insignificance The bsi of our eon
federation is firm: Peace' w tli the
whole word reipect for Kuronean I
ual principles are diametrically op
. po-ed i o tiSe arknouledgeu in A
inerira,ree commerce with all na
lits. and a dimiiiutiHn'of imponfs on
the triid of such as have aeknowl
ed'-d our independence; rel giuus tol-
' ertitipn f-tr such as obnervo different
rites from those established by our
coiigtitu' ion. How emphatically are
we Uu''it by the blcod which fanati
cism has nilt from llie lime of the
Jfvt io tbe commencement of the pre
Sent century to b vnm asiontt ami
loleraut to all who travel to the same
point by different paths. Let the
turner of whatever mode of faith
C'lue hiiher; he, shall b? protected
and letpecied, ufiless his morals, the
true standard of rebgion, be opposed
to the yntem given us by tli.e'Mesi
ah. Let him come arid instruct u in
atrrii'iiliuro and the arts Let the
ad and abject niintenaice of the
p or African, bending nder the
c!a ii of rap city and oppression, no
Io gr be senii in these elimes; let
huh be endowed nith equal privileges
with the whil- man whose colour he
tin been t might in regard as a budge
of superiority; let him, in learning
that h is not distinct from other m n,
learn to become a rational being.
Imm rial P.tt! elequeul K.x! inter
rupt for a moment jour sluiebr, and,
raising yourselves fiom the tomb, be
hold that the regions, once emphuti
, , cally the regions of slavery, are now
" J those where your philanthropic pre-
V cepts are most regatdrd.
A respects ourselves two dangers
are principally to be avoided: The
dpsire of agrnhdixement . in one state
' at ine exn nse of another, and Ihe
posx'bility lhat some amhilii u indi
vidual will'aspire to enslave ahd ly-
ratnize over his fellow citizens.
B i'Ii these are much to be apprehend
ed, as the weak efforts of $ he Span
ii rd are to, .be contemned. Human
piusi' its will always operate and can
never be extinguished; nor indee
should hp wish to stifle them, iViaii
with pretext popeRtion: lie has al
wys bn iniquiioos nnd can ve
I Ferdinand VIL persuading ..Ijr1"-'!! employment of that poor
f, that by withhold.ng his re-!,,,1Btr,ci0 were ' "5 cart load
ion he forces on us enormous V Wll, wa.re" f p 'tteries of
f-fieri 1 1 in n
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i uir oniiiu iiiouiciii ucairgjs nit; I r -
men.
reeoncileable with the interests of
society, by all the means that pur 4
bility enables us to employ and honor
and prudence recommend;
i. k : i imvn virvr inrrvAiiati lukl .cuaa. jv
scu it curuer ui mo cusuuriai or ine
palaee at Aranjuez, plans for new ex
peditions against us are now forming.
The history of Spain, however, gives
abundant n root ihut ihev will lie una
ailing Did rhilip II. nnd his
grandson reduce Holland to subjec
tion, or could Philip IV ever recover
Portugal." Would Catalonia have
ben reenvertd but for the generosity
of France? Hits Gibraltar or J injaica
ever been restored? The hislorv of
her treaties is little else than that
f suceeive- renunciations o( her
rights and territories What she
gained at the buttles of Pavia and St
Qoinlin, she lost by the treaties of
Vervins, Westphalia, t lie Pyrenees,
Netn gu. r and A x la Chapf lie. The
North Americans compelled her to
surrender the Florid whieh she had
acquired by the treaty of Paris.
Let us recall to memory other cir
cumstances Philip II. permitted his
diamine energies of a kingdom al
ready torn by discord, and groaning
under a foreign yoke. If ever be per
suaded ho-v useless is the altemp' lo
recover what i is impossible to re
tain - if he could be convinced thai
in America there are no factions and
strong holds of which be can av&i!
himself Americans would ihvn use
a different lantruase towards him.
We will not buy our iudependrnce
Our souls revolt at the name, of freed
$Al.CPJBTOMtt sareJstitu-
Europcim States. Wo are mdii spon
taneously united, and only hound by
the compact which in the full exer
cise of reason we have formed. If
iburg, a (stance of nearly two
hundred miles there to be exchanged
for g iods which thes? People were to
retail thr.ugb diflereni sect ions of the t
country on tbefr return. Half of this
company were women, dressed in the
peculiar costume of that distri Tj the
petticoats reaching not half way
down from the knee, and the whole
dress so fastened about tlje waist, ,
ihat the figure had the appearance of ,
two sugar loaves, placed one on the
other, the upper one being "inverted.
.5lIy..-?.afi:l. leir baskets an their ., - ,. 1
ry singular appearance. I he average
puy'of the men and women was
scarcely three quarters of a dollar a
week, and yet this must be a prodl
Ferdinand will reenrnirp im and .mer S,r,,s,y ,iar(I ?rvice. Hut the fol-
into terms like those which arc offered j low,"5 in8lunce . U'liicli occurred - the
in a spirit of perfect c;enerositv. we ';exl W 8eemit t,fa "til! harder char
will forget the injuries he has" done juc,er- lt WAs thftl " middle aged
us, and the day of peace will be a j wman, from the Ha-z, the seat of
day of sincere reconciliation. It isi,hlSreAt iron works of the country;
with extreme reluetanee that we con- j w,, vvftS carrying nbout ni!s to sell
tinuR thewar. We will end it wilh!l) ,he P0"11"- she carried
the most lively satisfaction, if wo can i"1' u' on ner shniiMers in a large,
end it without dishonour. 1 - ibttsket, containing also her provis-
the wholo weighing at first
IV I. niv friends! recognition id not!,,,,,!',
the paint of most importance to us. e,S ,l.v P0,Inds, and still, after tra-
llalland was rich and victorious be
foro her recognition. Swi'zerland
formed alliances with the sovereigns
of Furope before the house of Austria
acknowledged her as a nation. The
veiling 30 or S3 miles, the weight
was but half diminished. Thjg g!it
did every two .r three weeks, and
it commonly took her a week to
dispose of her stock. She earned
troops to tfiipport themselves by ra
pine, and ihu gradually exhausted the on it ioternal political organization.
patience of ih- Hollanders. Cl aries I Let us secure the best. Let us main
II. exacted taxes to the amount of fif
teen per cent, and tralfieked Kway
the Vieeroy&lties of Mexieo and Peru
to support hi armies Such was the
policy of the Spanish monarch when
the sun always shone on some portion
of his dominions, and when passive
obedience characterized his sabjeets
At this day what ean he accomplish,
striped of his colonies, without union
at home, and with a hundred thousand
Frenchmen quartered in the Peninsula-
We nil know by what means the
existence 6f a state depends on other iaD0UI a spee a M ty; the family
ciicumstancea; recognition otily pro-ftf home lived chiefly on potatoes;
cures the extensi n of her foreign re- !but vv,kfir traveling, she treated
ci ¬
tations; it being much more depends
herself to a little rye bread. This
is, probably, a fair specimen " of Ihe
mode of living of a majority of the
large population, of the Harz, We
knovy, in our country, nothing of
poverty and hardship but the name."
PU2ASUUK.
Pleasure is to woman what the
sun is to the flow r: if cioderatelv
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dire experien c e o Lt he. raya gt I w h i c h.
tin r i ni rMi'ed pastin has canted j
: i ' - t.t' I iy h lU I f en ry . ; I V, f r 4je e cd "r
t r i I s i i I ii 1 ! i c 1 1 s h r u I d s a v e K 1 1 r o p
fr'uaa ihe firat of tbsc tnlaiutties. tn
tain a propriety of demeanour; let us
admit no foreign agents without re
gular diplomatic credentials Within
our harbours no flags are permitted
to wave, but those of the Sovereigns
and Republics that allow Ihe entrance
of our vessels.
Above all, let us form one family enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshens.
and forget the names of our respective 1 and it improves; if Immoderately en
countries in Ihe more general denom- joyed, it withers, violates and des
ination of brothers; let us trade with- troys. But the duties of dom sticf
out prohibitions let articles of A-i life, exercised as they must he in
merieao growth he free from duty iu retirement, and calling forth all tlie
expedition of 1820 was fitted out; the all our ports- lelU8 give each other sensibilities of the femalerre, per
indemnities paid by the French, the ' continual proofs'of confidence, disin- haps, as necessary tto the fill! de
privy purse of the king, all were ap- J terestedness and true friendship let ; veloping of her chains as the liade
propriated. Kvery resource has been! us form a body of public lavv, which nnd the shower are to the rose, con
ex'hausted; vessels of war are wanting; the civilized world may admire; io It, fining its beauty and, increasing its
the last decayed hulks in the service a wrong to one state shall be., regard fragrance. -
have been despaehed to the llavanna; . ed as an injury to all, as in a Well re- j Without virtue, good sense, and
arms are not to be procured, and gulated community injustice to an in-j sweetness of disposition, . the finest
ppantsu troops evince mite uisposi- atvmaai concerns ine resi oi inert" isei oi icujures w u, ere iouk, cease
tion to perish on our shores by either puolic L t us solve the problem as
the swnrds of enemies or the mbrlali i to the best of governments. The form,
ly of the climate. Tjr.--- ; which we 'adopt, securing to individ-
It is not my mteniion to euvife our ,uais an possiuieneneiii anu io uio nu
disarming ourselves: oh ihe contrary, t'on the greatest advantages, is that
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our military and naval forces should
oXi ITh nT vvTl h afiTvTli f Tust b e1 n Tea g-g 4 H5 filt "Tl TiJHk I htw' F d "t ITT C -1
1 marl
tice.-' I trqst wt can; he has haavlniiun inactive ana.jn quarters we
should strike a blow which may kppal
a nation nt once Su obstinate and
blind lo lis own interests. " To, wait
to be attacked would be to
t he M ctjii'o fu and t o reajRin
which, beyond doubt, reaches the
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lure i susceptible,' the highest perfec
tion of humuti institutions. '
And vvhen oiirlabirHfs' Are .conclu
ded! let us return to our homeland
to please but, where these with
the graces are united, it must Iford
platiou. ; 1
JV1 r Fox, in a eanvass, having ac
greatpsr fetlctiynf whichirarnaTirtvti7osTed1Ta
solicited' for his -vow;, the man an
swered, 1 cannot Mve$'"U "y support;
I ailuiire yonr abilities, but; confonnf'
ivour iiriruMtlnb r - Vt-' t r.T .-rpfinil"
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it ait ' for- surrounded by our children aud. grand -My fnendj I applaud you for your sin
trnally ' children, let t;a gfjcci the Jiuiiget of rcityl)Ut coufiuml vjax
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