A considerable body of Americans celebrated the fourth of July, with great glee, at Montreal in Canada. Among the toasts drank on that occasion the following are worthy of remark:

Our country-May she never doubt the fidelity of her absent sons in the hour of danger. Patriots of '76-Your children best know your worth when borne down by overbearing spirits.

Sojourning Americans-May you all be ready at your country's call.

coasts, by the British, that they are noticed in the papers as mere articles of intelligence, arising from the nature of things-"the whole sea belonging to his majesty."

It is stated that a great deal of smuggling is carrying on to the eastward. If the British have managed for so many years to force their goods into the continent of Europe, whose coasts are lined with troops, it is not wonderful they should be able to manage such matters in the United States. They have reduced the business to a science; and it is to

Brother Jonathan*--May his great gun be loaded be hoped, that one of the first acts of Congress will with true American principles, wadded with trai-be-to enforce the non-importation law, by putting tors, and pointed at the enemies of liberty. Yan-into commission a number of small armed vessels kee doodle. -or, to repeal it. As it at present stands, the May Washington and Franklin never be forgot people are demoralized; the government defraudten, and may the words of Algernon Sidney never ed; and our own manufacturers disappointed in perish.-"Where liberty dwells there is my country."their calculations. Many in one (e pluribus unum) the motto of the United States.

The American Constitution-The greatest piece of human ingenuity, the safeguard of our union, and the shield of our liberty.

Our native country-May she have a speedy and amicable adjustment with all nations.

Yankee doodle-More powerful than the shouts of rams' horns, which brought down the walls of ancient Jericho.

King Joseph has issued a decree convoking the Cortes of all Spain to Burgos, the capital of Old Castile. They are to assemble in the present month.

The congress of the new republic of Venezuela consists of 45 members, deputies from the several provinces according to their population: to witfrom Carraccas 24; Bannas 9; Cumana 4; Barce. lona 3; Merida 3; Truxillo 1;. Margarita 1;—

Total 45.

Dreadful conflagration. Two thirds of the city The British merchants trading to the United Smyrna was destroyed by fire between the 10th States, generally called the "American merchants" and 14th of June last. The greater part of its im have tested the sincerity of the British ministry, as mense magazines of goods, particularly of cotton, to their desire to revoke the orders in council on fell a prey to the flames; and, in consequence a proof being adduced that the French decrees have great rise of the productions of the Levantt has taceased to have effect. It appears from a late Lon-ken place in Europe.

don paper, that they applied to Lord Bathurst, pre

sident of the board of trade; and, on his affecting ituate on a spacious bay of the Mediterranean, and Smyrna, a city of Natolia, or Asia Minor, is to doubt whether said decrees were revoked, they has one of the most commodious harbours in the said, that proof could not be expected while his world. The city has been several times nearly de majesty's ships captured all vessels bound to France-stroyed by earthquakes; but rebuilt from its eligi. but one of the deputation offered to send a valuable ble situation, being the common rendezvous of the ship and cargo, then at the Mother Bank, waiting for merchants who trade to that part of the world, and orders direct to France to afford practical proof of the great deposit of the rich productions of the the state of the case, provided his lordship would east. It contained about 20 mosques, with several grant to said vessel a protection against the British churches for the Greeks, Latins and Armenians, Cruizers-WHICH HIS LORDSHIP REFUSED TO DO The hike application was made to the marquis Wellesly, with the same effect.

The sloop Express, from Oporto, arrived at Philadelphia, was boarded by a French frigate, said to be from the isle of France, bound to Brest, and robbed of 1500 dollars in specie, and a variety of other articles, on the 8th of September last.

and eight synagogues for the Jews, and about 120,000 inhabitants; the greater part of whom were actively engaged in commerce and manufactures. It was the most busy place in that part of Asia the whole town being represented as a continual

fair.

The locust is also making dreadful ravages in those portions of Asia situate on the Mediterranean A letter from captain Thomas Quail of the schoo- sea. The accounts we have of the numbers, or ner Honnd, of Philadelphia, dated " Prison, Cape quantity, of this insect would be incredible, were Francois, July 2, 1811," states, that on the day after not the fact attested by so many travellers of unimhis departure from Aux Cayes, (Feb. 6) he was cap- peached veracity. They are said to come from the tured by one of King Christophe's fleet, and carried deserts, and in such prodigious swarms as to obto Gonaives, from whence he and his crew were scure the light of the heavens; consuming every marched to their present prison; detained ever since green thing and sometimes covering the ground in dungeons, without the use of the air, and allowed a foot in thickness-wherever they pass, says Mr. only a biscuit each, per day-his royal majesty has Volney, one would imagine that fire had followed not deigned to assign any reason for this treatment. them. "The noise they make in browsing on the But-" Kings can do no wrong." trees and herbs, may be heard at a great distance, and resembles an army foraging in secret." When The amount of British captures since the revoca a strang wind off the land prevails they are driven tion [or partial abrogation] of the French decrees, in such quantities into the sea, and drowned, that so far as we have heard of them, are stated to amount when their carcasses are driven on shore, the air is to more than fifty valuable vessels. But captures infected for several days to a great distance. The and detensions, are so common, even on our own

Samarman, a bird esembling a wood pecker, attacks them with such fury, and kills them with such amazing rapidity, that it would seem as though the Americans are stigmatized in Canada with the great Author of all things had designed it for this

epithet of Jonathan.

very purpose. Those birds are much respected by

he people and no person is allowed to injure onethe voter on oath, whereby he shall swear that he of them. Fortunately, the locust does not often possesses truly and bona fide, at least 50 acres of appear in so great quantities; unless the preceding land in the territory, for at least three months past." winter has been very mild, they do little injury.

Pennsylvania election.-Simon Snyder, Eq. is, doubtless, re elected governor of Pennsylvaniathere was no candidate in oppo-ition. In the city of Philadelphia the federalists have carried every man --the majority is about 800.

WM. C. C. CLAIBORNE. Late intelligence, by an arrival at New-York. LONDON, August 24.-Advices from France by the last cartel state, that the proceedings of the Council at Paris had been resumed, and it was supposed that an arrangement would at length be agreed upon by Napoleon and the Pope.

The annexed article is copied from the "Time Moniteurs of the 19th, and other Paris papers of Piece," a spirited gazette, printed at St. Fran-18th, were received this morning. The Moniteur cisville in West Florida," as it is called. The of the 19th contains the following declaration made document is interesting as shewing the organiza by Bonaparte, in reply to an address from a deputation of the territory (or part of it) heretofore intion of the Ionian isies: dispute; the right of the soil having been claim ed by Spain.

By William Charles Cole Claiborne,

GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY

A PROCLAMATION.

OF ORLEANS,

"I will never abandon the islands which the superiority of the enemy has placed in their power.

In India, in America, in the Mediterranean, erery one that is and has been French shall always be so. Conquered by the enemy, by the vicissitudes of war, they shall return into the empire by the other events of the war, or by the stipulations of peace, I should always consider it as an eternal blot upon my reign, I ever sanctioned the abandonment of a single Frenchman,'

WHEREAS by an act of the legislature of the territory of Orleans, passed on the 24th day of April, of this present year, 1811, the biennial elec tion of representatives to the general assembly, is directed to take place, on the first Monday in October The king of England was alive on the 29th Aug. next, and the two following days; -1 do, therefore, issue this my proclamation, hereby requiring that-It was expected that the British parliament would an election as aforesaid, be holden in the several assemble in October for the chief purpose of investcounties of this territory, and that there shall being the prince of Wales with full powers-By advi returned from the county of Orleans, six repre that the French fleet, consisting of 17 sail of the ces from off Flushing it was understood in England, sentatives to the generally assembly; from German line and many frigates, had exhibited some appearCoast, two; Acadia, two; La Fourche, two; ance of putting to sea. The French have also 3 Iberville, two; Attakapas, two; Opelousas, two; Point Coupee, two; Rapide, two; Concordia, ships of the line at Goree, and 5 in the Texel. A one; Ouachitta, one; Natchitoches, one; and from part of the fleet at Toulon ventured from the port the county of Feliciana five representatives, of which in the beginning of August, but returned on the there shall be returned three from the parishes of appearance of a British squadron, which exchangEast Baton Rouge and Feliciana; one from the ed some shots with the batteries:

parishes of St. Helena and St. Tammany, and one from the parishes of Siloxy and Pascagoula.

The king it seems was not expected to survive many days. All the ceremonials used in the proclamation of a new sovereign had been prepared and arranged, and the principal officers in the College of Arms and other departments concerned, had received notice accordingly. [N. Y. paper. Another account says "the king still lives, and many people think he may continue in his present

And I do further direct and requile, that due notice be given of the times and places of election, in the several counties and parishes aforesaid, and that the same be, under the direction of the parish judges and other officers, conducted in the manner pointed out by "An act prescribing the formalities to be observed in the election of representatives of state for many years." the territory of Orleans,” passed on the 4th of June, 1806, and "An act supplementary" to the last mentioned, passed on the 14th April, 1807.

The Editor's Department.

Given under my hand, and the seal of the territo- We have prepared for the press a translation of a ry, at New Orleans, on the first of August," ma ifesto by the confederation of Venezuela, to the eighteen hundred and eleven, and iu the 36th whole world"-an article of much interest, and well year of the independence of the United States worthy of record-but its great length and the preof America. occupancy of our pages, prevent its insertion in this number.

WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE. NOTE. "No person is eligible or qualified to act as a representative, unless he shall have been a citizen of the United States three years, and be a resident in the district or territory; or unless he shall have resided in the district three years; and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right, in fee simple, 200 acres of land within the same."

"No man is entitled to the right of suffrage, unless he shall possess a freehold in 50 acres of land in the district or territory, having been a citizen of one of the states, and being resident in the district, or the like freehold, and two years a resident in the

district."

The History of Spain, from circumstances beyond our controul, is not continued in the present number, but shall be resumed in our next.

The editor tenders his thanks to gentlemen at a distance who have interested themselves in obtaining subscribers to the WEEKLY REGISTER-and of them, and all others well disposed towards him or his work, requests information of irregularities or omissions, for some such yet there are. thankful to postmasters to give him notice of whatsoever may promote the speedy or safe conveyance of the Register to its places of destination. They are packed up with uncommon care, and ought to reach

He will be

By an act of the legislature, it is made the duty subscribers without being injured. of the judges or commissioners of election, "to Among other good things" we have the pleacause the title of property of the voter to be exhi-sure to Register the names of 140 subscribers since bited, or in defect of such title, to administer to the last week. Present number-2144.

VOL. I.]

BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1811.

No. 7.

Printed and published by H. NILES, Water-street, near the Merchants' Coffee-House, at $5.per ds. m: -I wish no other herald

"No other speaker of my living acaóns,
"To keep mine honor from corruption
But such an honest chronicler."

A Manifesto

Shakspeare-HENRY VIII.

of the rights which linked the state together, the uxury of the palace, the misery of the cottage, the

By the confederation of Venezuela, in South Americiumph of vice, and the oppression of virtue: in ca, of the reasons which influenced them in the for America, the increase of population, the necessamation of an ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE ofties created by it, the expansion of agriculture in a Spain, and every other Foreign power. Drawn soil new and vigorous, the germ of industry under up and ordered to be published by the general con-fa beneficent climate, the elements of the sciences gress of the United Provinces. in a privileged organization, the disposition to a America, for more than three centuries con-rich and prosperous commerce, and the vigor of a demned to hold an existence only as subservient to political youth, all, all accelerated the progress of the political preponderance of Spain, without the evil in the one world, and of good in the other. smallest influence or participation in her grandeur, Such was the advantageous alternative which enwould have become, by a succession of events inslaved America presented beyond the ocean to her which it bore no other share than a patient resigna-mistress, Spain, when oppressed by the weight of tion, the victim of the confusion, corruption and every evil, and undermined by all the destructive conquest, which have disorganized the nation, principles of society, sae demanded to be released if an instinctive sense of their own security had from her chains, that she might fly to her assistance: not dictated to the Americans, that the moment the genius of evil and disorder possessed the goverhad arrived when they should labor to reap the nors: resentful pride occupied the place of calculafruits of three hundred years of inactivity and pa-cion and prudence: ambition triumphed over libe tience. rality: and, substituting fraud and perfidy to gene

If the discovery of the New World was one of rosity and good faith, they turned against us the the most interesting events to mankind, the rege very arms by which, in the honest simplicity of neration of the same world which has been ever our attachment, we had taught Spain the way to since degraded by oppression and servitude, will resist and triumph over her enemies, under the be no less so. America, without passing through banners of a presumptive king, unfit to reign, and the political gradations of other nations, having rais-with no other right than his misfortunes and the ed itself from the dust and chains, will, in its turn, generous compassion of the people. conquer the old world without invading or enslav Venezuela was the first to swear to Spain that ing it. The revolution of America will become generous aid which she believed a necessary homuseful to the whole human race, when constituted age: Venezuela was the first in her affliction to and governed by itself, it shall open its arms to re pour upon her wounds the consolatory bal-am of ceive the people of Europe, weighed down by poli- fraternity and friendship: Venezuela was the first tical exactions, put to flight by war, and pursued to discover those disorders which threatened the desi by the fury of every passion; thirsting there after truction of Spain: she was the first to provide for peace and tranquility, the inhabitants of the other her own preservation without breaking the bonds hemisphere will cross the ocean without the ferocity which connected them together: she was the first or perfidy of the heroes of the 16th century: as to feel the effects of ambitious ingratitude: was the friends and not as tyrants: as petitioners, and not first to suffer hostilities from her brethren: and will as lords: not to destroy, but to build: not as tigers, be the first to recover her independence and civit but as men, who indignant at our former disgrace dignity in the new world. To vindicate this meaand feeling it as their own, shall not convert their ure of necessity and justice, she has thought it reason into malignant interest, nor seek to make due to her own respect and principles, when about our annals again become the annals of vexation and to occupy the high rank designed her by Providence, blood. Then shall navigation, geography, astro-to present to the world the reasons by which she nomy, industry, and commerce, brought to per-was actuated.

fection by the discovery of America to its co-t, be! It would be superfluous to exhibit to the view or converted into so many means of accelerating impartial Europe, indignities and vexations whic v consolidating, and perfecting the happiness of both she has often lamented whenever that privilege was Worlds. denied to ourselves: nor would it be less so to ex

Nor is this a pleasing dream only, but a homage patate upon the injustice of our dependence and which reason pays to Providence. It was written degradation, when it must be looked upon by every in its ineffable decrees that one half of the human nation as an insult to political equity, that Spain, species should not groan under the tyranny of the a small spot of ground, depopulated, corrupted, and other half, and that the last judgment day should plunged into disgraceful inactivity by a des po ic gonot arrive till every portion of its creatures should vernment, should usurp to her own exclusive Use enjoy their rights. Every thing combined to for the industry and activity, the precious and incalcu ward this epoch of felicity and joy. In Europe,lable resources, of the continent. the shock and fermentation of opinion, the con The interests of Europe cannot be in opposition empt and overthrow of the laws, the profanation to the Eerty of the fourth part of the world, which

is now opening to itself the fecility of the other and good faith. There was no existing law to prethree; the southern peninsula could oppose the vent their plans; and every expedient, however interests of its government to those of the nation, adverse to the principles of equity and justice, and excite the old hemisphere to hostilities against which could favor this new order of political freethe new, for a time, but they have already seen masonry, assumed the force of law. The declaratheir inability to oppress it any longer It is against tion of the captain-general to the audience, that their attempts, more injurious to our dignity than there was no law nor will in Caracas but theirs :to our prosperity, that we shall oppose the reasons the intercepting and opening the papers addressed which, since the 15th of July, 1808, have drawn by don Pedro Gonzales Ortega to the central junIrom us the resolutions of the 19th of April, 1810, ta: the carrying our citizens out of these provinces and of the 5th of July, 1811, which three epochs and confining them at Cadiz and Porto Rico : chainwill form the first period in the records of regene-ing and condemning to public labor a great number rated Venezuela, when the impartial pencil of his- of good citizens, dragged from their homes under tory shail trace the first lines of the political exist- various pretexts, without even the form of a judg ence of South America. ment: revoking and suspending the determinations Having made known in our manifestoes and pub of the audience, whenever they were not conformlic papers nearly all the reasons for our resolution, able to their caprice and will; appointing a Synall our designs, and all the just and honorable dick contrary to the will of the council; causing means we have employed to carry them into effect, their officers to be received without titles or authoit will suffice to make an exact and impartial com-rity: having numerous disgraceful disputes with parison of our conduct with that of the govern- the audience and the council: and then forming a ments of Spain, in more recent times; to justify reconciliation with the magistrates, to the end that not only our moderation, our measures of security, these despots might with the greater impunity carour independence. but even the declaration of an ry on their project against us. irreconcilable eninity against those who have di- Under these auspices, the defeats and misfortunes rectly or indirectly contributed to the unnatural system adopted against us. Let those, who have borne no share in our disgrace, and seek to take no part in our dispute, hear and judge; and let thein not lose sight of the solemn act of our just, necessary and modest emancipation.

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of the army in Spain were concealed; pompous accounts of their triumphs over the French in the peninsula and on the Danube, were forged and promulgated; the streets were illuminated; bonfires were made; the bells were rung, and religion itself prostituted by singing Te Deum, as if to insult ProviA long habit of obedience, the apathy which dence and render our evils perpetual. That no time despotism had created, and the fidelity and good might be left us to reflect upon our situation and faith of Caracas, were for the moment superior to discover the snares which surrounded us, conspiraevery combination and even after the despatches cies were formed, parties and factions were feigned, of the lieutenant Murat had been received, the French squadrons and emissaries were said to be in people of Caracas continued faithfu!, without fore- our seas, and on our shores; our intercourse with seeing the evils to which such generous and noble the neighboring colonies was restrained and limited; conduct would expose them. Influenced only by our commerce was destroyed; all with a view to a sense of honor, Venezuela, refused to follow the keep us in perpetual agitation, and divert our attenvoice of the nobles of Spain, when, in support of tion from our true interests. the orders of the lieutenant of the kingdom, they Our patience now alarmed, and our vigilance exacted from us the acknowledgment of the new awakened, we began to mistrust the government of king and the other anthorites; declaring and pub Spain and their agents: informed of their intrigues lishing that Spain had commenced a new existence and machinations, we discovered all the horror of from the moinent of the cession of the Bourbons our situation: the genius of truth raised above the and the introduction of another dynasty, giving an thin atmosphere of oppression and calumny, pointexample thereby to America for the recovery offed out to us with the finger of impartiality, the true her liberty and independence; but as soon as the state of the peninsula, the disorder of the govern central junta saw that we were determined to pro-ment, the exertion of the mhabitants, the formida vide for our own safety, they began to vary their ble power of their enemies, and the small hope language of liberality; they perfidiously held out of their salvation. Shut up in our houses, surFernando as the talisman of our fidelity: the simple rounded with spies, threatened with infamy and and lawful project of Caracas to follow the example transportation, scarce could we lament our situaof the government of Spain, was with deceitful tion, or do more than mu: mur in secret against our severity stifled in its birth: and a new kind of des- vigilant and crafty enemies. The consonance of potism began to be established by those who usurp-jour sighs, breathed in bitterness and oppression, ed the sovereighty. created an uniformity of sentiment, and united our New governors and judges, instructed to adopt opinions: enclosed by the four walls of his house, and support a new system against America according and allowed no external communication, the citizen to the policy of the other hemisphere, were sent out of Caracas could do no less than think that the moin consequence of the surprise which our unexpectment was come when he should be forever free, or ed generosity had caused to the central junta. Am-give his irrevocable sanction to a new and horrible biguity and cunning were all the resources of their servitude. frail administration; as they saw the empire expos

ed, and their own authority depending upon that of transactions at Bayonne.the invalidation of the rights Every thing conspired to shew the nullity of the their constituents, they thought of nothing but to of Fernando,and of all the Bourbons who had concur support each other under the shelter of our delusion red in certain illegal stipulations: the ignominy with

1 See several papers which were published in the commencement of the revolution in Spain.

2 The project of the year 1808 to form a conser vative junta as in Spain.

which those who had placed them on the throne in

3 A receiver of fines and confiscations.

4 Of all this we have authentic testimony in our archieves.

opposition to the pretensions of the house of Austria, demption of mankind, was the day which Proviwere now delivered up as slaves; the connivance of dence marked out for the commencement of the the self created governors of Spain with the plans political redemption of America. On the 19th April, of the new dynasty: the fate which they were pre- holy Thursday, fell the colossus of despotism in paring for America: and the necessity of taking Venezuela, the empire of the laws was proclaimed, measures to defend the new world from the evils and tyrants expelled with tranquility and modera which the nature of its relations with the old was tion which have filled the world with admiration.

bringing upon it. They saw their treasures buried Who would have supposed it possible for a peoin the unfathomable gulph of European corruption;ple to have shewn so much forbearance in theact of they had to lament the blood of Americans mixed freeing themselves from their oppressors and reco in strike with that of the enemies of America, to vering their rights! Venezuela faithful to her prosupport the slavery of their country: they penemises, only secured her own destinies, that she might trated, in spite of the vigilance of their tyrants, even fulfil them; and if, with one hand she drove off the Spain itself, and saw nothing but disorder, corrup agents of her misery and slavery, with the other she tion, factions, defeats, misfortunes, treasons, ar placed the name of Ferdinand VII. in the front of mies dispersed, provinces invaded, a hostile army her new government, swore to preserve his rights, and a government weak and imbecile. promised to acknowledge the unity and political Such was the general impression which the agents integrity of the Spanish nation, opened her arms of tyranny, sent to maintain at every hazard the to her brethren of Europe, offered them an asylum infamous cause of their constituents, made upon the in their misfortunes and calamities, procured the people of Venezuela; every word was followed by generous alliance of England, and was ready to proscription: a single speech was cause of trans take part in the happiness or misery of the nation portation to its author and every attempt of the from which she has found it necessary to separate Americans to better their condition, was considered forever. as sufficient cause for their ruin and disgrace.5But this was not what the regency demanded of Such mistaken calculations could only multiply disus. Whilst in their theories they declared us free, putes, increase the popular discontent, and prepare in their practice they subjected us to a diminutive the combustibles which by a single spark should and insignificant representation; believing that take fire and consume every vestige of their misera-those to whom they thought nothing due, would ble condition. It appeared that Spain, though pil-content themselves with what their masters chose laged and necessitous, with her fate depending on to give them. With this liberal calculation, the the generosity of the Americans, and alinost at the Regency sought to keep up our allusion, and pay point of being struck off from the catalogue of naus in words and promises for our long servitude, and tions, carried herself back to the 16th and 17th cen- for the blood and treasures we had spent in Spain. turies, endeavoring once more to conquer America We well know how little we had to hope from the with arms more terrible than the bullet or sword: policy of Ferdinand's proxies: we were not ignoevery day was pregnant with some new proof of the rant, that if we were not dependent on the vicefate that threatened us; placed in the horrid predi- roys, ministers and governors, still less could we cament of being sold to a foreign nation, or of groan-be the subjects of a captive king without rights or ing forever under a new and irrecoverable servitude, authority, a government null and illegal, a nation we waited only for the happy moment which should incapable of maintaining their right to another, or give impulse to our opinion, and unite our endea-a peninsular angle of Europe, occupied almost vors to assert and maintain it. wholly by a foreign power: but wishing to gain In the midst of the general exasperation we heard our liberty by means of generosity and moderation, of the irruption of the French into the Andalusia we acknowledged the imaginary rights of the sou the di-solution of the central junta, and the abortive of Maria Louisa, we respected the misfortunes of institution of another new proteus government, un-the nation, and imparting our resolution to the der a name of a regency. This announced itself regency, which we disavowed, we offered never to with the most liberal ideas; and foreseeing the ne- seperate from Spain provided she should establish eessity of creating an interest in the Americans for a legal government,formed by the will of the nation, this extraordinary government, they endeavored to and in which America should bear that share to strengthen the illusion by brilliant promises, futile which justice, necessity, and the political importheories of reform, and presages of what would be tance of her territory entitled her. our condition under the hands of the viceroys and If three hundred years of former servitude were ministers, and not of the governors; at the very not enough to authorise our emancipation, we had moment that these agents were receiving the strict-abundant cause in the conduct of the government est orders to watch our conduct and our opinions, which arrogated the sovereignty of a conquered lest we might discover through the flimy eloquence nation which could not have the smallest claim to which glided this specious act of emancipation, the America, declared an integral part of it; though chains prepared for us. they sought to involve it in the conquest. If the

At any other period this would have dazzled the governors of Spain had been paid by their enemies, Americans; but the central junta and that of Se. they could not have done more against the welfare ville, had now to our reproach, laboured too long of the nation connected, as it was with America. to deceive us with hyperbolical promises, which With perfect contempt for our importance, and the only served to redouble our vigilance, unite our justice of our claims, though they could not deny sentiments, and form a firm and invincible resolu-us an app arance of representation, they subjected tion to perish rather than any longer remain the it to the influence of their agents, to whom the victims of cabal and perfidy. The day on which election was entrusted; and though to the provin religion celebrates the solemn mysteries of the re-ces occupied by the French and the Canary islands, a representative was allowed for every fifty thousand

s Witness the transportation of several officers souls, elected freely by the people, in America a of distinction, and of citizens of rank and probity, million was scarcely thought enough to give the by a decree of the emperor to the 20th of March, right to a representative named by the viceroy or 1810.captain-general, under seal of the council.