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FIIDM Till ENQUIRER, GENERAL MIRANDA. IN giving the following com munication to the world, we do it with thnt caution which the sub ject of It is calculated1 to inspire. Thai subie t withut Souht un- comrrionlv in.teretinff. The sail- inc of the Leandcr and her con .sorts from NcW-Yok, the manner in which they were, equipped, and the suspicions which were attached I to them while tney were m port, were evidently .calculated to raise every thing about ihem, more es pecially the point of destination and the end of so singular an rquip- jnect, into ohjects ot unvommcn cvriositv. Party spirit U o stepped V in to aid the natural impulse ot the occasicn. 1 he federalists did not Tan to srize upon the mytterious cover under which the plan was enve0'ed, itnd to create the most - extraordinary charges agwimt the administration. The project of Gen. Miranda, according to their representation,, wai eithe r directly promoted or indirectly connived at. T he federalists therefore enquired. to collect the materiaU for an attack : th republicans, to detend the ad ndnUtration. Under such clrcum- stnnces. the expedition of General Miranda ha become an object of considerable interest. Fables have been formed ; conjectures hav been offered j almost every one has been anxious to explain, hut none has vet positively ascertained, the ohjects of this mysterious en terprise. The field of conjture is ct oDen to the imaeination and the race of monstrous absurdities is not yet endtd.i We shall not therefore presume to voiu h for the Veracity or a single fact contained in the fuhowing communication. The authrr indeed professes to be 'confident in the truth of his theory. He is an acquaintance, of 'Mirnn da ; converfcant wi.h his plans, and convinced of their reality. But this ;s an affair between Gen. Mi randafand nimlf. Far be it from our wiah 16 make it a subject of contention between a and the pub lic. We give it to them'as thoy give it to us. We are the organs but not authors of thp communica tions. It is put to the press undci the persuasion, that ; if it will not enlighten by its accuracy; it may amuse hp the novelty vof the fable : and that whether it contains fictions or fat:ts, it may serve to invite the at;ention of the public to the future developement of the plot : COMMUNICATION, That Miranda ha3 embarked at Kw-!yoik that he has actual. gone from thence, with the hxed design to emancipate his country from the yoke el Spain, is a noto . riousfact. Standing alone, this m'ght be deemed a project of a mere adven . threr V ;but when ve read the iol- . "lowing short history of jthis man., the mind must expand wish won der, thut it has been delayed so long. Sor long since ps :6v, there vere five delegates from five pro rinces ol S. America, at -Madrid . icrrto complain of intolerable grie vances ; they were denied redrW ' through haughtiness and pride, jus as our agents wtre, before our dis rjUUi wert ended by war. Om .of tmse delegates, was intrustec to make certsm. propositions to G ... - - nniain. JLo:d Chatham (who h ao Wm thiee nnii.;. r T """'' i c:u . s a Year, or - - ii 't-i ' ' i .-iiitVW. nr. nhavetronfe Wr.-'in rffvnbt Ks quimi-noiw tetters, ciuirivy; embraced those proposition, gave the ageptIOOOy early, till the de si trn should he carried into'eftect : he vvlrpaifflhi pension uo longer tnan tne iiie-time 01 mm Mumu: tratibn and' the agent was. (yith: the other four, sacrificed Htf theiresentment of S)ain. ' In 1784, RIiranda4 who was b rn in Caraeas, sk cityabout 12 miles southif X.ieuira, made his appear ance in this country ; he is vell known by many of our most emi nent citizens ; possessed a strong mind ; and since his travels tnrougn all Europe, he niay tie supposed equal to any mun, now living, as to intelligence and capacity, for the most important affairs , His object has been nothing short, and nothing else, than to deliver his country from an into leraole and humiliating frondage Wnen England ft tied out a large fleet to sunrjort tht'tr claims aUito the present order ot things Nootka S-jund, Mi iranda was en- i gaed o more than aid the. a in i those claims, but the1 expedition was aandoBed ; thf cause max he conjectured, but time only vrii' deiope the facts. Disappointed, till the revolution had created vrar between Ivance Knd paiu, he vrent to Pans ; be came a General in ihcir 'armres. That fatal defeat ol the' left wins under Dumourier, wbi h he com manded, caused suspicions, that having. come ov r from Eng and, they might have 'been betraed, out all the Americans in Paris (a mong vhom Tom Paine and 'Joel Barlow) gave it as their decided opinion, that -his priiiciphs were strictly pure,hofcoiable and strictly republican; he proved also, thnt he protested agaiast the mo le pi attack tne nigh: before the acviop and that he refused Dumourier pressing solicitations to emigrate aong vith him He would have embarked with . an army froni France, for the directory hud it in view, but. ao opportunity offered till peace was concluded, lutein on the same objtct, he. oner mott offered his ietvittcs to England; they were once,, more ' accepted, and he was once more deceived. When jvist upon embarking, lie found, contrary to erery previous and soknm compact, that Mr. Pitt meant conq .icst and not eman cipation of his 'country. lie re nounced a l participation in the ex pedition, res;t his commissio in pieces, reproached him wich perfi dy, duplicity v and lies, and em bat ked for America. It is ' unnecessary to say more than that the doors wdt be ontned in three previses, now organised ; they know our example ft id vy it? loi.orT n : no couaitions rema n with th government of. England ; ail nations will be invited to their ports, none so much desired as our own ; offers of fraternity and friend ship will, if we are willing, unite this whole continent like the solar ay stem, by one common attraction; every part holdii.g.its due propor tion inns' own orbit giving beauty and har mony t the who la. The above sketch is to satisf public curiobitv ; it is enough for the moment ; a:s to the means, tiiu place of destination, or parts to be first opened, it wot 1 j be impf oper to say any thing farther ; tie plan' is well digested ; miracles do not come everyday and unhss a mi racle docs come, Miranda must succeed. A FEW SiiCTURES. The preceding communication is without doubt cjurt mely com plimentary to the design and cha racter of Gen. Miranda. Bdt it is incumbent upon us to re mat k, that there are other repress niations of -a veiy different uature. With respect to the design itself, some have venturetrto suggest thai the object of Gen. Miranda is no? to liberate hi country ; but to com mit a predatory excursion on the oast of S. America, to "sack the wealthy city of Buenos Ayres, m to seize upon the treaur' of Peru , while others have dispatched him n a commercial speculation, nei ther so honorable as the emancipa--on of his country, njor sip lucrative s the seizure of its riches. lithe design of Mirndabe real v what it professes to be, some x - HALiiiG: firm i.-i-T. rf r , 0,s n,n,,, r,rr .r'' icrtiMits not. excc?din? twenty Lvtes, r .te z have uointed him out, m the rus tory of the wafsofFrance as a diS graced, and cashiered Ge n eral i the have illustrated incapacity jpf hi sQull the Sequent miscar riage of his -plan$. Fevr like our communi c ator have yentured to extol his intelligence and capacity for the most important affairs; w 4Butlet his plans be ever sornoble,- or rus qualifications ever so great j marry have doubted the probability of hi succeeding in the emancipa tion of his country. We know not, and our communicator carefully avoids to" touch upon the point of his' destination : whether it be Mexico, NcwrGrenada, Peru, or Buenos Ayrcs. But in aU those countries, difHcu)ties would sur round him. The people are the devoted slaves of the Clergy in all the Spanish colonies, and the Cler gy are bound by their rich enehcs 1 1 .ii. .... 1 heir poiiticui preju-lices ars no not less oostinatc tnn tneir ecclesias tical : they have learned to be con termed. The very monopoly oi commerce which prevails among them, has the effect of shUttingout another of. the grtat means of ini provement. Few strangers viit their country, and the miserable T4estee of Mexico and Peru has no opportunitv-io proiit by ti.e dis coveries of more civilized coun tries. But why may not the Spani Ji colonies become as independent as the British colonies formerly did r We may reply, that their condi tion is different in two important circumstances. Not only was our people freer than the Spanish colo uiv are at present ; much freer t h ast in proportion as the British government is mdre enlightt d than the Spani -h j but the government which was established in our colo nics was much better celculated to' ive success to a rt volution. The legislatures, which were previously established in our colonies, survi ved the downfall of tiie British so vereignty, and were admirably fit ted for collecting together the force of the nation, iiut in the Spanish colonies, no such organization ex ista for concentration of the public force, The whole business of 1 gisdation is in the hands of Vice roys or other subordinate agents ot th.e crown. E lectors and oect d, constkuentt and representar liveware names without a '""mcan'mir in tl the Spanish vocabulary, rhese circumstances are stronc: y. calculated to produce doub;s o fa: .'success of Miranda's protcssed i ie success oi iviiranua s p enterprise, under the present state of the Spanish colonics. On this subject, however, weare bound t(pcak with all the humility ot j doubt. We know but little of the present state of the Spanish coio (nu;s; the strength. of the govern J ment, the chaiacier of its present ificcrs, or its military resources. i Wre know still less of Miranda's means or the resources of his ad herents. If " three province" arc already tfc Organized if Miranda is Assisted, U notbv the Treasury, :it least as it is said by the Admi rany -lioas Ifn rV It' nr.!rirrl if thr mil- ot dollars have been fur niihed by his American asso- fciates or , Ji.nffiisn speculator : v. success snouia crov.n nis nrst exertions and Ihe treasury of the King of Spain should full into his hands ; if the aiilitary force of that country be feeble or its discipline imperfect ; it ia certainly probable that 'Miranda may become the Washington of his country. What we mean to assert is, that even if a fct miracle does" not fc come," i . i t r .still Miranda may not u succeed." From the "Nition! Intelligencer. The Philadelphia Gazette of the 19th inst. coBta'ms the following queries in the shape of a comaiu- ideation ; -''Serious questions to Mr. Madison. 41 Did Mirandago to Washing ton about the middle of December t ? : , Had he tiro long, interviews vith you? . 'M: , U he not present you the ia ol asi cxreditinn animt' tU- .irovince ofiCaraccas Ii f " Dui he suppofte "probabilitvJ success by the exhibition of va ? jr'r 8Y h ,tPaiktJCa To i.i z- .'Z. '-if"? y jnM w goveriihehre Irttendc-yO estab lish irt those provinces ? Did the Peesidcnt peruie the said plan of government, keep the manuscript twenty-tour hours in his possession, and return H after- wards to miramia, approving um general terms ? Did $ou observe to Mirenda that Congress did not appear in clined to go tQ war with Spain? ; Did Miranda reply that if go vernment was not so disposed, he could carry the pjan into execution himself, if the v did not interlejff about his preparations? 41 Did you answer him, after a long pause, that government would shut their eyes provided he should act with the nseessa-y caution so as not t commit them? ' a y Did Miranda return immedi ately to N. York, to make his pre- 44 Is it possible, is it credible that if Miranda had not met from vou a kicd ef indirect encourage ment, he would immediately on nis return from Washington, have proceeded to expencea that a little vigilance alone would have render ed usejest ? k Is it credible, that, wUKout th-Jt indirect support, tvvoOflicers of the federal covernmeht, at the . y - .... pert of New-York, cpivld have en ffaged in such a.nelarious pro ceeding ? k Is it credible, that one of them would hav rmittcd hi eldest son to attend General liranda in this depredatory expdltipn, in ca pacity of his aid ? is it true, that the Leander, in which this young man embark edf had on board many muskets, rifles, pikes, field pieces, howit zers, a munition of ail kinds, regi mentals, two printing presses, witri ten or twelve journeymen printers ? Is it true, that this vessel re mained in port a fortnight altei clearing out at the custom houe, to embark recruits, and that the ohje ti of hr delay were generally known at New-York? Is it to be supposed, that if the administration had even not ad any previous information of the scheme, they could be igno rant of tnese transactions, known to every body eUe 7t :Even adm't ting for supposition sake, that they H had not a previous kaowiedge, wonld not their supposed ignorance bs: a giarir.g proof of the most cii- minai aesr ect : o u Ha not the , honor and neu tralitv of our country bee com mitted in the mon scandalous manner by an kosrle armament fitted out in our p h is under the eyes of public officers, cooisting of Ameri a ships under the A merican fla, with Aiueviean offi cers, American rew8, American voiunteers, American arms, and maay other American implements of war, with the object of attack ing the colonies of a nation with whom wo are at ace ? V Are not all ' the -e circumstanr es together, sulficiently w iglv.y to influence the Spanish comaianT ders, if Miranda's attempt takes i i i ... i oicc, co iao an emqargo on all American property within their jurisdiction ? - , . ' Will not, the inriqeent rper chant of the United Sta tes be ex posed to the most ruinous and dis-, astrops consequenc es if an e vent of thi nature should tak placp,? " And should they not contidir either a criminal connivancelbr a not less culpahle neglect oi th part of tkose through whose au thority such scandalous proceed ings could have ben cheeky! and prevented as the the true causes of their misfortunes ? ; f 44 These questions are made by every body, and we must confess that dail circumstances occur yfi in our opinion tender a satif farfery answer morVand'more dif ffcult. We submit them to the public, as immediately interested in; the clearing Vp a mystery which appears to hang over this af-' fair and whicftseriously threatens the interest of otirfeUotv citizens. ?r Xhe first imprest reader by a perusal of these Ques tions isj thatthcy aie the qfisprin of some man) whi Yctt JUA Vi' ... ri , v .n cue vices ot European trovernm en t 'lis undertakth, through ignorance thz StaWv ' '-ivai dv tr W th.' Hrinti anrl Kw w a tiuartttr la erery sttccwdin wh?.julm;n,5ter- our ayurm J :lfrttfA-ifUr t'.C- ' ;f-mu.l'-3 tiLll inOtf COlVt, f ced lr' trmsatUntic adrriMw ion ., ia short, that thev ar .'. production of some for-;, - :rom causes easily assignable Ky every man conversant with so0"it recent occurrences, or from thoe of an inexplicable nature, is thus infamously employed in despoilin one of thefpurest characters ii the nation of his fair fame, and aiming a deadly blow at the character 0f the whole . gpvernmcnt. Th charges -ascribed to the Presideat aad Mr. Madison cannot have e, manated from an American hert or ao American head. Thev are too absurd and too malignant to be 1" ftr.o ests arc embarked in our cnnQjj destiny. How' they received ad mission into an American p:- unless it was to exppst hereafter disgraceful motives from which they sprung, ii not easily t be ac court ted for, To enter into a serious refuta tion of such charges, preferred un der the mask of an anonymous signature, were worse than useless. It were to ihvifne it possible that a pari of the A merican people were made of such materials as to be the dupes of s uch cahimnies. I f they were composed of such materials, it would be of little consequence what opinion they entertained, For their esteem could confer honor, 'nd' their censure be no tiis. grace. It may not, ho vi ever, be amiss to notice one source of reprehen sion, which goes un the ground that the goyerment must have been apprised of the expedition of Miranda, before it took plrce, It is alleged that every body knew it, and, of consequence, that the ac,' ministration could not have been ignorant of it. If this is, a fart, how comes it that the Spanish Mh ister jenew nothing of. it ? If be had been apprised of it, he surtiy would not have been silent. How comes it' that the Spanish consul was ignorant of it ? Jiow comci It that the agents of France were ignorant of it ? And how conns it that it was unknown to the mer chants of N. York, that very clacs of men whose interests are sdd to be so comprcmitted by it, an wno, ii they had known it, would not have been backward in using A ci sive mean to defeat it? Ho? comes it that it remained unno ticed in ad the newspapers ? The facts, as we nave had thtna represented to us, are thse : The JLeander was 'statigned at a considerable dis ance from the city of New-York." The supples with which she was furnished were sent from tixc to time, by lighters, in detail. And Miranda, all this time, was absent from the city. That he had his confidants is al most certain ; but it i equally cer tain that they did not b-trny trust reposed in them. Under the circumstance?, i may well comport jsrith a forei :acr' the subject of a government,: .vnosc jealous eye is fixed upon th ac tions of all its subjects, to infer ;S4 our government manifests a like vigilance, and exercises a,: like re straint over the actions of its citi zens ; but we know better ; we know that the government movei in that sphere, and in that only, which the constitution prescribes and that even in this limited sphere its predominant mot.ve is coafi derce and not distrus Marquis de Yrujp. 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