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SOUTHERN
RECO: IDE
VOL. 11.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1333.
published weekly,
BY S. GRAYTLAJW if ft. M. QRME,
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all cases, must lie post i*aid
f'roni the National Intelligencer of Dec. 27.
We copy to-day some interesting in-
formation, apparently of an authentic
character, touching the condition of
Mexico. There is every appearance
at present, of that country achieving its
independence—or at least of its 90 far
accomplishing it, a9 to acquire the right
of electing its Monarch from the Euro
pean stock, or from a stock of its own,
*„ as to he ruled by its own consent.—
We do not see, in what lias occurred in
that country, the germ of a Republican
government. It appears to be doubtful,
t, s,i> the least of it, whether that part
of the American continent is prepared
for Republican government. Its terri
tory is too extensive for a single state ;
ami we apprehend the federative system
cannot he put in operation among a peo
ple whom neither habit nor education
have vet prepared for it. The existence
sf an independent nation on our borders,
however, is a fact of no little moment,
pregnant with consequences which we
arc Willing that others shall anticipate
with ;;reat pleasure—with the sincere
hope that their loftiest anticipations may
he realized. For our part, we shall re
joice iu the Independence of Mexico, as
we would do iu the prosperity of a neigh
bor, without enquiring whether or not
would have the effect to depress our
selves m the scale of society.
With regard to the Republic of Co
t.0.11 u 1 a, we'have, of late, such informa
tr n as is condoling to the friends of free-
d .111 throughout the world, and particu
l.nl, delightful to all genuine Republi
can;. 1 he boilings of our fears are fal-
»ni • 1, beyond our most sanguine hopes.
Th'> People of Colombia have establish
ed a form of government, the principal
difference between which and that cf
the United States, is. that the President
b eb'cted for seven years instead of four.
.And even this is a difference in theory
o 111v—for the practice of our govern-
m lt , unless in extreme cases, is cer-
t , , i\ settled, that the President may
s t ve for eight years, and thereafter be
j, , ij„ibie. Not only is the constitution
of Colombia such as proves her to be tit
for freedom, but her laws, as tar as we
have seen them, are the emanations oi
iu elligence, and even of political v irtue.
\\ „ find them embracing the primary
ehic.cls of all good government—the en
couragement of learning, ol agriculture,
of manufactures, and of commerce. In
some of these provisions, we find a libe
rality which our government need not
di»diin to imitate, borrowing from them
a little to repay the great portion of them
* V sten. which they have borrowed (torn
We will not particularize the sever
al arts to which we refer, or others m
winch they have nobly followed our e«-
amnle. Our readers cannot but have
remarked them, as from time to lime an
nounced. Let one suffice for spec al
notice—we refer to the abolition of the
Slave Trade, a stop worthy of the hearts
and heads of a Congress of ireetnen
with such a chief at their head as Bou
var has shewn himself to be. A r
tunu'.e soldier, he appears aLo to be a
patriot statesman. We are so much gra-
titled with the accounts we
were disposed to have engaged in nn
alliance with these new governments
whilst yet in embryo—a measure happi
ly averted by the prudence of the Execu
tive, who foresaw that such 11 measure
would have cast us into the vortex of Eu
ropean politics, and wisely steered our
course clear of the Charybdis which
menaced us. Iu the course which Pre
sident Monrof. has pursued in this res
pect—nnd not only in this respect, hut
others—it is with pleasure and pride
we have seen him treading in the steps
of Washington, not disdaining to take
for his example the man whose worth
and wisdom have entailed upon his me
mory the reverence of all mankind.
Thinking upon this subject, we were
induced, when we had gut thus far with
it, to recur to the text-book of political
truths, to be found in Washington’s Fare
well Address to the American People.—
We find iu it a few passages so entirely
applicable to tlie topics of which we
have been speaking, so emphatically pre
senting the ideas we wished to have of
fered to our readers, that we are per
suaded our readers will be obliged to us
•or concluding this article iu the language
of the father of his country. >
“ Harmony, liberal intercourse with
all nations, at e recommended by poli-
“ cy, humanity, and interest. But even
‘ our commercial policy should hold an
1 equal and impartial hand—neither
1 seeking nor granting exclusive favors
< or preferences ; consulting the natu-
‘ ral course of tilings ; diffusing and di-
‘ versifying bv gentle means the streams
1 of commerce, but forcing nothing ; es-
‘ tabli-hing, with powers so disposed,
‘ in order to give trade a stable course,
‘ to define the rights of our merchants,
“ and to enable the government to sup-
■< port them, conventional rules of inter-
“ course, the best that present circum-
“ stances and mutual opinion will permit,
“ but temporary, and liable to be from
“time to time abandoned or varied, as
‘ experience and circumstances shall
1 dictate ; constantly keeping in view
1 that ’(is folly in one nation to look for
“ disinterested fovors from another ; that
“ it must pay with a portion of its inde-
“ peader.ee for whatever it may accept un-
“ der that character; that, by such ac-
“ ceptance, it may place itselt in the con-
“ dilion of having given equivalents foi
“ nominal favors, and yet of being re
“ proached with ingratitude for not giv
ing more. There can be no greater
error than to expect or calculate upon
"s from nation to nation. 1 is
real favors from
an illusion which experience must
cure—which a just pride ought to dts
1 card.”
From the Philadelphia Aurora of Dec. 24.
MEXICO INDEPENDENT.
We have been so fortunate as to ob
tain, through a respectable channel, some
important information from Mexico
r . I -..I .Anintm ( ttni.
private letters and several printed docu
ments of great interest, of which howev
er, wc can give only an outline. I he
general tenor of these advices is of such
a temper as must be gratetul to every
friend of freedom, and the great family
of the new world, but the details would
of themselves lorin a book.
make from the
The following extracts we
original letter, dated,
Mexico, Sept. 215, toil.
11 T| ie general (Yturbide) entered this
city yesterday, at the bend of 20,000
men. The provisional junta is now as
sembled, and a regency will he formed
tinea vvivu n«-- - fj in the course of a few days. Eve y
the recent history of the government of erfecl | y quiet, and every pr
that country, that, with the lights which f - { continuing so. 1 send you
that com. y« , we should be bUc documents, which will con-
to some j . , .ic ike dLita nf things
we have on the subject
disposed immediately f f ,
offer to that people the right hand of fel
lowship, to he tendered, in the name ol
, b „ Uniced S l ..e., b> . .r.c l a»2 oo
Hie medium of the r»“ c j“ f “" b0 '
vej you some idea of the state of things
here. It has been a most extraordinary
revolution, effected without bloodshed,
and has been predicated altogether by
the vile policy of the beloved ferdtn-
lt is now well known genet ally
that FeVdinand had sent secret orders to
Apodaca, to overturn the constitution iu
New Spain, and re-establish the despo-
.. _ it,P Bourbons. Apodaca
Executive, a( i v isable to pursue
ground, may think it auvt 0 „ r per-
a different course. T eaa ,
tic regime of the Bourbon
'4m.sr«.d confiderulions
.1 ,iih the existence of mde-
co,,n . eC e( ' i Lets on this continent,
nieution one
erto, when we bay
of the foreign world
id to Europe solely
as un-
ouly
Hilh-
tam
nendent governments on dm com.,
° l ll> re’spoken and written J^^^and'it ran through the country
1,1, our thoughts have I* wll(U }, e . Three fourths ol the
iolelv, with the nations. „ troops joined the mdepen-
the in-colored flag, and adopted a policy
calculated to deceive Apodaca, who at
that time might have crushed him in the
but Apodaca allowed it to spread
planatory of the reasons which governed
him in signing this convention, which is
dated on the 2Gth of Aug. last, at Cordo-
Wc shall give u sketch of the sub
stance of this letter, which must have
been in the Havana nearly four months
past. When some time since wc pub-
ished some advices received at Havana
concerning Mexico, we stated that while
Vera Cruz remained under the royal
authority, no advices adverse to the roy
al cause would be permitted to pass that
way , and ull the advices by way of Ha
vana would be as had so often been the
case in the advices from Venezuela,
suppressed or mutilated so far as to per
vert the truth. This public document
is now received : the port ol Vera Cruz
being open, and under the authority ol
the independent government. We shall
now state an outline ol the despatch to
the governor of Vera Cruz, which is an
act of authority exercised in the name
and in behalf of Ferdinand VIE by his
authorized captain general.
The dispatch enters circumstantially
into a detail of the relations wuich have
existed between old and new Spain—the
actual situation of Mexico, and all the
provinces dependant on its government
the afflictions under which it has suffer
ed from a false policy and gross misrule,
for a length of years ; that the subjec
tion of the people, the obstruction ol
Agriculture and industry, by a latul poll
cy had produced great poverty, and a
mass of discontent, which had been coti-
entrated by the spirit of the age, and
produced sentiments which having their
foundation in nature and necessity, per
iled all parts of the provinces. That
the greatest errors had hitherto directed
the policy pursued towards the Medi
ans—that they are a people of peculiar
rganizatiou and of great susceptibility
of character, incidental to the happy na
ture of their climate'—and that the evils
>f internal war, acting upon their minds,
had stimulated them to assert their rights,
and however imperfectly they had Tur
ned their opinions, they were such as
were to be found iu tbe heart of man,
whenever his intellects are brought to
act in that direction ; and partake ol the
awakening spirit that characterises the
whole woild at tins time ; that Mexico
stood in the same relation to Spam, as a
child to his parent, by whom, in infancy,
he is nursed up, who luliils his duties
and obedience till he becomes capable
of acting for himself--wihen without, a-
tiating his love or disregarding his first
ties, still leads him to act independently
by the instincts of nature, which are
superior to all human contrivances.
1’hot Mexico beyond disputation had
long reached that point ol selt direction,
and possesses all the faculties which are
necessary to fulfil this destiny ; and that
to respect and recognize them is the true
policy of Spain, which may forever en
dear them to each other.
Alter dwelling in this strain with a
most eloquent and fervent traukneas, he
commands the governor ol Vera Cruz,
to cause this despatch to he made pub
lic, so that the governor himselt, and all
others, may be directed by the spirit
thereof. He adds that he has learned,
there was a detachment of 400 men, or
dered from the Havana, by the captain
general of that island, to re-iuforce Vera
Cruz. That the landing of those men,
iglit give cause ol distrust in his good
frith, and he therefore ordered the go-
ernor, to prohibit their landing, should
they not be already landed ; that if land
ed, after affording them every supply
necessary for their accommodation, they
should he re-embarked, and ordered tor
the Havana, or another contingency, to
be sent to Tampico, or Campeachy.—
Should they not have arrived, that the
vessel best adapted for despatch, should
be immediately ordered to cruise in the
track, by which the troops might be ex
pected to arrive, and that positive orders
should be given for their immediate re
turn to Havana.
lie then eaters into very judicious rea
sonings, on the folly of expecting to ac
comphsh any object by so small a force—
that no military man could, for nn instant
suppose that such a force, in any for
tress, even of the first order, much less
in Vera Cruz, could do more than capi
tulale on the first assault
This sketch is a very imperfect one
the despatch itself, is masterly and in
and says, the ties which uni
ut 1-
independent of all foreign authority
guala 1 promised you it should hr so ; 1
have already traversed the vast space which
separates slavery front liberty. 1 have em
ployed all the means which appeared to me
best adapted to assure to every American
the right to express freely ami securely his
opinions ;—those causes which have hither
to excited apprehension ami constraint, are
removed, and concealment is no longer ne
cessary ; where evil or perverse dispositions
have prevailed, they learned to become
moderate ; und liberal ideas have superced
ed those that wi « contracted and unequal.
Therefore it is that you now see me iu
the capital of this great nation, w hich it is
my pride to have entered without shedding
one drop of blood ; without having been
the cause nr the instrument of making one
widow, one child an orphan, or causing one
parent to load with execration, the destroy
er of bis child ; I have traversed the prim
pal provinces of this nation, and every
where have found an unanimous pei
overcome w ith joy—addressing to the am j
of tire three guarantees, the. most chcevin
and gladdening congratulations—and pour
ing out their ejaculations to Heaven on the
independence of their country. These de
monstrations have given to my inmost soul
delights that are inexpressible : and haw
repaid with tenfold interest, the f»tigo"s
privations, and nakedness of my lelloiv sol
diers of the country, who have on all oc
casions displayed cheCTlulness, valor, ami
constancy.
Already you know how to become free ;
it belongs to you now to deliberate on the
means best adapted to secure and perpetu
ate your happiness. The Junta shall lie in
stalled, and the Congress assembled,, and
laws prepared, adapted insecure your rights
and properly.
I must now conjure you to cast away
from your minds ungrateful reflections—ob
literate from your hearts and language, the
odious and frightful word extermination, and
henceforth substitute in your thoughts and
actions, union and unshaken friendship. It
is the duty of every man to contribute to the
service of his country, his particular knowl
edge and experience towards the formation
of a code of laws and government. Abstain
from the too common practice of salyre,
and the malignant passions. Maintain or
der, mid the authority and respect due to
your Magistrates, and co-operate with the
sovereign Congress in completing the great
work which I have begun.
Nor let me omit to re-call your regard to
that state of things which has but a short
time been changed, so that you may see
what Providence has done for us, in placing
in our hands, and committing to American
wisdom arid prudence, the accomplishment
of that freedom and happiness of which we
are so susceptible.
If all my efforts were due. to our country,
and that what I may have done, should in
your opinion, entitle mu to any reward, I
ask only this, that you display your devotion
and fidelity to the laws, and let me return
to the tende.r embraces of my beloved tami-
ly, desiring no more, than that you will oc
casionully remember with esteem,
Your friend YTURBIDE.
Mexico, ilth Sept. IHSR
These advices place the affairs of Mexico
in a very different light from the Havana
representations. The conduct of Q'Donohu
appears unusually magnanimous. But vyc
shall bo very much surprized indeed, if its
sagocious spirit will find a corresponding
one in Spain-
The terms imperial and empire, are, used
in those public treaties—lint, as the whole
is to be submitted to a Sovereign Congress,
it is with that body, that the final establish
ment, and form of the national institutions]
will rest. We may gather enough from tin
sentiments which are indicated by the tree-
dom of the press. The example of North
America, and of the Colombian Republic
that Mexico will form one of the great com
munity of Republics of the new world.
[.Aurora.]
protection ",1,
Franco. Tin V
soothed in) r
prosperity,
source ol co ■ >1
my heart le Is t
lie will
subjects surr .e
My relatii
never ceased
firm confiden
so.
Great cala.
hope that tlic
and that the j
the Bowers v,
what religion
justly detuned
The naval I
comstariues, I ,
the Levant, h
which I coiitcn
ways cffeclmdl; . i.u
ofien have tbe
timely aid.
A destructive
of Spain ; 1 law t
tain, the 1 igoroti
our coasts and f. i>
If we lake a v
what motive ha- • we
deuce ! The sei
agriculture and t
nierce ; mid vci
multiplying the
and of traffic, wi
to all parts of the
The prosperity
ligihle exposition
fidelity to erigagt
public credit, and
the State.
The period at
you, and the ordei
the financial laws
to you, sufficient),
put an end to provi
hers will doubtless
intentions.
Our auspicious 1
of internal and exit
ready admitted of
the most onerous o
attacks reproductio
charging landed Jiroj
so assessed w ill wilt
1 desire that succesi
the exigencies of tl
of France will per
which constitute the
investigated, and, if i
ished, or better asses
The laws are reap
he lias vouchsafed to
• with which Heaven has
y, grows with the public
ylimics to be In me a
•n and hope. This child
lent, will be worthy of
no love with which uiy
cradle.
, foreign powers have
amicable, and I have a
hey wilt continue to be
ffict the East. Let us
■icli their termination,
and cordiality of all
•e means of satisfying
Und humanity may
deli, undo* these eir
tinned iu the seas of
tiiplished the object
Our ships, have al-
*Vd my subjects, and
ed to misfortune a
* desolates a portion
lied, and l w ill mnin-
' lions which protect
from the contagion,
f our domestic state,
hot to bless Provi-
'ogress of industry,
.ttest that of coin-
1 new Chanels, by
oi communication
al tile gcneiul good
(iuanecs, tlic intel-
mblic accounts and
have consolidated
d the resources of
[ have convoked
fist my desire to
rants: the Cbam-
rer to second my
1, and the return
uiquility, have ul-
nution in oue of
xes—that which
source, by nver-
Nuxt year, those
y this reduction,
and us soon as
*0 and the dignity
on various taxes
. revenue shall lie
n acticuble, diiuin-
itsp
rb
arms of my power
and more imbued w
und discipline, reign i
Every where pass
suspicions wearing a
11 ensure to acknovvii
>y your loyal co-ppi
FROM HAVANA.
By the regular trading schooner,
Jane, capt.Macwilliam, we yesterday re
ceived a tile of the Noticioso Mercantil,
of Havana, to the !7lh ult. and from our
Correspondent a series of El Indicador
Constitutional to the 10th.
The elections in Havana, etc. for de
puties to the National Cortes, and for
mnintiers of the Colonial Government of
i:i,;; I Llnvebeen.au,
crllt to culti-
it is true, but to C
vale amity, it > ' not g0(ne danger,
g , ?l T C e" hail consider the powers of A-
that we shall cor IIO u -
ultivate vt-
\
S.’S hiSTnot been for the oppor-
rival of O’Donohu, Mexico being
that
‘ 1, fie rent light from the povv-
merica in a difl - ® standing in a dif-
* of Europe, and a • J" ^ , vC
ferpnt relation toward:
lerpm rei«u™ 'Y„j,;i,nl reserve, and,
‘““H'W iSStUi-
the maxim, which has >< l * ilh
■ - from entangling alliance.
hon garrisoned by 4000 resolute troops
ini-ffffhavc shed much blood, and held
out a time*
So far the letter ; among the papers
which accompany it are the JoHorn^
of a very marked character—bu which
are too voluminous for instant transla
tion. The first is a copy of the oflicial
despatch addressed by the general O -
1 r . ... .u„ m.iitarv governor ot >
members of the Colonial Government
Cuba, have terminated, it would appear,
in favor of the party friendly to the Con
stitutional System, and in opposition to
the wishes of the Creoles of that island.
The Havana papers abound in extracts
from Mexican Gazettes—dates to the
11 tii October. The Independence of
that interesting section of Spanish Ame
rica appears fixed upon a firm Inunda
tion ; the cities of Guatemala und Cicu-
dad Real, in the Province, of Chiapa,
were among the last in which the decla
ration of independence was promulgat
ed. They also furnish a complete list
of the Mexican Cortes.
His Excellency Sen. Don Juan O -
erf illy contributed to all t u* good
Let us persevere ill the wise measures to
which such prosper#flfs results must be at
tributed. Let us persevere in that unity m
views which has so efficaciously defeated
the vigilance, arid restrained the last efforts
of the spirit of trouble and disorder.
In this the repose of Europe is not less
interested than out's, ft is thus that all the
generous sentiments will bo developed with
which 1 know your hearts abound : and
that you will establish, upon tin* gratitude,
the love and the respect of my subjects,
the Throne, which protects the liberties ol
all.”
When hi* majesty had concluded Ins
speech, the Chancellor having received U10
King’s orders, informed the newly elected
Deputies who were present, that Ins Majes
ty would permit them to take the oath bv
fore himself. Ho then read the formula,
und the minister of the Interior, calling over
the names, each Member stood up in his
place, and replied by tile words, “ I swear.”
The following wiis the form of the oath.
1 swear to he I'aithful to the King, to o-
bey the Constitutional Charter, and the
Laws of the Kingdom and to conduct my
self in all respects, as befits a good and loy
al Deputy.
The Deputies having thus taken the oath,
the Chancellor announced, in the name of
the King that the Session fur the year tliJl
was opened, and all of them were invited to
assemble nn tbe following day, in their res
pective Chambers, to cummencu their la
bours.
His Majesty descended from the Throne
amid the liveliest acclamations of Vive le Roi!
which were prolonged for a considerable
length of time. , <
* I Donoju, Lieut, of the Spanish armies, and
• one of the. Regents of the New-Empire
gemous , _ „ .
ted Spain and Mexico, no longer hind
thev are not indeed cut, but they arc uu
loosed forever. ! of Mexico, died on the Uth October.
Tbe Governor, Davilla, discharged Uq e ag om . readers will remember,
the order, but threw hiuiselt into St. J jim principal leader in the revolution
New-York, Dec. 25-
FROM Sl'AlN.
Capt. Prince, of the ship Benjamin, has
favored us with Cadiz papers to tie 4th ult.
mid Madrid Gazettes to the 2Glh October,
A considerable agitation existed at Cadiz, in
consequence of the appoinment of Gen.
Vkmf.oas. as Capt. General of that place.—
The people had assembled in multitudes and
resolved to oppose, by force, bis entrance
into the city. They had signified this de
termination to the. principal magistrates,
who bad sent 11 deputation to the king, with
a petition that hi* would accede to the w ish
es of the people by annulling the appoint
ment. Similar proceedings had taken place
at Fernando, mid Xerezde In Fronterii, trom
whence spirited remonstrances against the
appointment, were forwarded to the King.
Jean d’UUoa.
We thought it fit to give this abstract
which separated Mexico from Spain, and
appears to have been as much lamented
in the tvs instance, because it shews L s j )e bad been deservedly esteemed
that so long a to as the 2Gth August, the
connexion of Spain and Mexico was se
vered forever.
with equal force to all natiion. - fj| ,
tv- it. nk there is some g*
"t” ”
Donohu to the military ^veroorm v era
Cm/ (Davilla) enclosing a copy ol a
convention entered into by that officer
with general Augustin Yturbide, m which
the independence of Mexico of the au
thority of Spain is recognized, and ex-
[Charleston Courier.]
The following is the proclamation issued
by Gen. Yturbide on Ins entering the city
of Mexico.
PROCLAMATION.
Gen. Yturbide, commanding the Mexican ar
my, to the People.
Mexicans !
You are already in a situation most aus-
LATE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Speech of Jjouis XVIII on opening the Ses
sion of the Chambers.
Gentlemen—It is always with eonfi
deuce, and, on the present occasion, under
favorable auspices, tliat I come to open this
Session.
und on the el-oast ol bito no,
long the Kurlsland*, that is to .- ay,
Irani Behring Vaits to the Ninth Cape
of the Island oVroop, in 4b ol N. ud.
nro permitted uu-.-ian subjects exclu
sively. 1
“Sec. 2. Evlforeign vessel is con
sequently prohiLl, not only It0111 land
ing on any of thkasts or Islands speci
fied in the forebg auction, hut also
from appioiichinlem within a Kss dis
tance than one lilred Italian nitles —
Wlm over shall Bate. the. ptohibi ion
is liable to coiiliiion of ship uud car
go.” kc. \
fie deferonti* recommend this
piece of inl’01 midiVto the committno
raised, on the mnk of Mr. I l»yd, tor
inquiring into thejpediency <*f occu
pying the mouth one Columbia liver.
If they do not bit themselves, tb«
Emperor of all the lussias w ill be be
forehand with usAr when he B* ,s
down as low as the ill degree ot Ninth
latitude on the VVe]rn Shore, he "ill
lie on our border*.
'J'lie inquiry, in thlllouse of Repre
sentatives, into tbe kpunse ol trans
porting heavy ordoale to the mouth
of the Columbia, luisA e believe, been
thought to be rather |l'inat’ii'e ; but, it
appears from the ahoh article, that it
was not so very prenitun.-—and that,
perchance, there mat lie occasion to
use it to defend Ame i^n citizen* plant"
cd on American soil.
The ground taken nthe report of lh*
, committee of Congres if the last year,
18SKBES —. «!■« *» u- w*"H»«•— "*
sovereignly over the territory on the
Nortli West Coast, as*,ir North as the
sixtieth degree of nortl latitude.
If this extent, howevir, be deni<*d in
our right over the soil, '1 is asserted *s
indisputable that we are he proprietors \
of the coast from the 4 is degree to the
completion of the 53d d i e.* of North
Latitude. The Ukase,of the Emperor
of Russia, it appears, dcnotnces confis
cation of ship and cargo to any foreign
vessel approaching within \00 miles of
the 51st degree of North Latitude ; thus
encroaching two degrees, and an hun
dred miles mo re, on what has beeu as
sumed, by a committee of the House of
Representative* of w hich Mr. Floyd vva*
Chairman, to be the unquestioned pro
perty of the U. Stales.
We are not apprehensive, however,,
that any thing serious will grow out of
this conflict of jurisdiction between ,u«
Emperor of Russia and Mr- Floyd. But
it is no very violent presumption to sup-'
pose, that this edict of Russia grew out of
the report, above referred to, made by
Mr. Floyd at tbe last session of Congress.
If so, it is a denial of the title of the U.
States to any part * of the North West
coast Nerth of 51 degrees. It would
appear, further, to he a decree put torth
for the purpose of controverting the
claim advanced in that report--since it
cannot be pretended that Russia could
sustain any injury worthguardingagaiust,
by the visit of half a dozen vessels pef
year to the vgst region of sea and coast
embraced between Behring’s Straits and
tbe 51st degree, of North Latitude—an.,
extent of coast Gvice as large as that of
the whole coast of the United States from
the Bay of Fundy to Cape FloriJa,
and an extent of sea half as large as lhft
Atlantic Ocean. The report of the
committee of the House of Representa
tives of last session affords a key to this
decree, which, we apprehend is to ha
found in the following passage of the
report ofthe committee of Congress.
“ The committee believe, front th«
usage of all nations, previous and subse
quent to the discovery of America, the
title of the United States to a very large
portion of the coast ofthe Pacific Ocean
to be well founded ; nor have they been
able to ascertain that any other govern
ment than Spain has made claim to any
part of it, from Cape Horn to the sixtieth
degree of North latitude.”
lt is now beyond doubt, that another-
government than Spain lays claim to a
part of that territory South ofthe sixtieth
degree of North latitude, viz. to the fifty-
first degree, being a difference of nice
degrees only !
If this decree, therefore, appearing
just at this moment, has no other effect,
it gives interest to the proceeding in
Congress relative to a settlement at the
mouth of Columbia river. It will not
lie a matter of surprise to us, that it have-
the effect to procure the passage, in Con
gress, of an act to authorise the estab
lishment of a post at the mouth of the
Columbia, which, however earnestly
proposed by the mover, has, hitherto,
hardly been seriously entertained by the
House whose attention has been called
to it.
With regard to the true northern li
mit to the claim of tbe U. States on that
Rnd the deposi-
uveiy day more
ir spirit. Order
rmy.
it subsiding, and
ind it gives im
ijcntlemen, that
you buvt potv-
FRO* TIIE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
The following article is copied from
a Philadelphia paper :
In an Imperial Ukase, dated St. Pe
tersburg, Oct. 4, the following, among
other regulations, are laid down for the
trade of the Aleutiau Islands, and in the
Russian possesions on the northwest
coast of America ;—
“ Sec. 1. All trade, whale fishing in
general, wil every branch of business
itmi
coast, should any difference finally ag
in the [iots and bays, and in general a-
In preceding years I was compelled to j on g jf )(i whole northwest coast ol Am?-
participate my griefs with you.
More happy now, I have only
rica, from Behriug’s Straits to 5t deg
picious to yonr happiness ; your country is j
thS^SWpLer^eLSI N. lit. as aLo along the Aptian L.amb
pear to exist between Russia and the 1
States, there can bo no doubt of its be
ing amicably settled the moment it be
comes a point of discussion between the
two governments. When Russia and
the U. States fall out, it will not be ebo-A
any thing so unimportant, we hope, as
the nominal title ton de -ree or two of
almost an undiscovered land.
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