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nothing of these publications who every one of them is there does not know, that these articles struggle now going on; and, cerare not only not published without tainly, Spain has acknowledged the previous approbation of per- the independence of neither of sons that we need not name; but them. If the making of loans, inno that they were not written, that deed; if the borrowing of money no part of them were written by of the Jews and Jobbers in Lonthe wretches who own or who don; if that were enough to make conduct the Courier. Every man a state independent, some of them knowing any thing at all about are independent: But, to talk of the London press, must know that the thing having been decided in the articles were written by others another way, is to give the lie to and sent for insertion to the the well-known facts. Is if1not wretches who own this paper, and notorious, that in Mexico there who, if justice be not banished was a counter-revolution, as it from the face of this earth, will, was called, only about fifteen in due time, have their reward. man named The next thing to remark on is, ITURBRIDE had been proclaimed the strenuous endeavours mani- Emperor of Mexico. He talked fest in these articles to prove that of his royal family in his prothe States of South America clamation he talked of his royal ARE independent; that the family in as bold and fine a strain question is settled; that the inde- as any of the Guelphs ever did. pendence has already been ef- But, all of a sudden, his emperorfected; and that, to attempt to ship was toppled down, and recolonise these countries is to deemed himself to be extremely make War upon free and inde-in lack to escape with his head pendent States. Great pains is upon his shoulders. Is Mexico taken to establish this point, as settled, then? Will even the immay be seen by a reference to pa-pudent, base and bloody Courier ragraphs 2, 7, 8 and 9. As to pretend to say that Mexico is inthe fact, how stands it? In every dependent! It is only about fifof the States, in that of teen months since ITURBRIDE was Mexico, that of New Grenada tumbled from his imperial throne. and Venezuela, now called Co-The pretty gentlemen at Whitehall lumbia that of Peru, that of have voted into their hands by Chili, that of Buenos Ayres; in the Lord Johns and the rest of

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them every year about fifty thou-same Mexico? What part sand pounds for secret services. South America does it form? They cover the face of the land" Only a little bit of it," the and of the seas with their am- Courier will say: "indeed, hardly bassadors, commissioners, envoys" any of it; for the far greater part and consuls. They have an "of Mexico is, in fact, in North enormously expensive envoy in "America." Aye, beast, that is the United States of America. true enough. But you say there They have an ambassador there are seventeen millions of people or envoy or whatever they call in the whole belonging to these him, who, together with his off States that are in question; and cuts and slabs, cost us more, every then, my friends, we have little year, than the President of the more to do than to remark, that it United States and all his minis-is perfectly notorious that elévén ters of state cost that country millions are contained in Mexico our pretty gentlemen have all alone! So that, it appears comthese means of getting at informa-pletely undeniable that of thepeople tion. And yet, I would bet my of these Spanish colonies, two-third head against Mr. Canning's ink-parts, or very nearly two-third stand, that they will not, even parts, at any rate, are in a are in a state of after the Parliament shall meet, actual, revolt; in a state so far be able to say what sort of go- from being settled, that nothing is vernment that is which is existing settled belonging to the country; in Mexico! and that no man can say, at th to Well, then, is the affair settled moment, that there is in that so completely? Is there no ques-colony any thing in existence tion about it? Ah, but the prosti-worthy of the name of Governtuted wretch who writes in the ment. Courier; the prostituted knave Indeed, our pretty gentlemen who sends it these articles will themselves appear, from their own say, Ah! as to Mexico, indeed: acts, to be convinced that there is as to that particular province, nothing worthy of the name of gomay be some little doubt. vernment in any one of the coloThings may not be completely nies. It is entirely their fault that "settled there, perhaps." And there is not, Had it not been for thus, my friends, it is to be fool as them, there would have been setwell as knave; for, what is this tled, solid, and good governments

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Works of the United States of North The sending of Commissioners America had not they passed in place of envoys or ministers of their Foreign gn Enlistment Bill, and any sort, is a clear proof that that our had not they done every thing in pretty gentlemen themselves did, their power to annoy and distract not, only three weeks ago, look the South American Colonies: upon the States as independent. n the real fots ago, look had they not done this, those colo- What has made them independnies would have been really inde-ent during the last three weeks? pendent long ago. But, no mat- What proofs of their independter; that they are not independence has been received during ent; that the thing is not settled, that period? None, and, all that that there is much question about has happened to produce the pre190 borog vor the matter, what proof do we want sent measures is the completion other than that furnished by the of the conquest of Old Spain, by pretty gentlemen themselves; they France, a completion that might have sent out COMMISSION- have been foreseen long and long ERS and what are these Com-enough ago. It is impossible to mismissioners to do. They are not understand this. It is impossible envoys, mind. They are not sent not to see that our pretty fellows to any body. They are sent to abhorred the thought of South find out whether there be some-American Independence. That body to be sent to. Precisely what they were resolved to prevent it if was done by the Government of possible; but, when they saw the United States in the early part France in complete possession of of 1800 has been done by our Spain; when they saw the mighty precious pretty fellows NOW! port of Cadiz fall into their hands, In 1800 the United States sent then they who had passed a Foout Commissioners. Since that, reign Enlistment Bill to prevent they have in one case or two sent the South Americans from becomenvoys; but, because they chose ing free, and who had kept that to do this, does it follow that the bill in force, observe, apparently States are independent? They for the express purpose of present an envoy, I believe, to ITUR- venting the English from assisting BRIDE; but when his imperial ma- the Spaniards of Old Spain against jesty got tumbled down, the cre- the French; these very men;

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out to be sent to recolonise South dependent, there are from a mil America, they began to regret lion and a half to two millions of that they had not acted at a more persons of the seventeen mil 1 4 39 out of the lions in this independent State; that, Mexico and the whole of and this independence, observe, isto Hide the whole of South America must be consigned a grant from the Cortes of Spain to France, or that war must be a grant by convention, the country! declared war must declared by this untry; they being still tributary to Old Spain:| r Buy were, in fact, at wit's endin It is not denied by any body, and, half frightened out of their except by the tools of corruption. wollst at bout senses, and having still more It never has been denied by any ot hopes of the effects of bullying, body but them, that the South Amerit they resorted to the expedients rican States ought to be independ which we have seen. But, they ve seen. But, they ent, and that the interests and well know that the question of in- honour of England loudly called dependence is decided in no one for the acknowledginent of that to of the American States. They well independence; but, I contend, and q know that there is nothing worthy so will every man of sense and juś- »! of that the interest and 3597-5110vernment in tice, contend, t -fried 01 (06 112me uras ga of England have demand t of the whole of the population of ed this ever since the year 10179 the States in question. They well The knave who writes in the Cou↓ of know that in New Granada and rier; the tool of corruptions that Venezuela, containing a half of is now putting forth these para 2 the remainder of the population graphs, after noticing what the

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this monstrous villain of the ECLAIR telling the people of England that these powers are all hypocrites

French journals say about a Con gress to settle the affairs of the American colonies: after express ing his contempt for what a Con- that they pretend to what they do gress may say or do in such a not believe; and, the base and procase; after this, the tool of corrup-fligate and prostituted tool of cortion proceeds thus, in paragraph ruption has the barefacedness to No. 3. Let us not be deceived: tell us besides, that these very "Hone of the Powers of the Con- powers object to the independence ❝tinent desire the independence of South America, because and " of South America. They may only because, that independence "PRETEND that their reason for must be beneficial to Great Bri"not desiring it is, that it tends to tain! Item qo's "the spread and encouragement of But, if the powers of the conti“revolutionary principles. But nent be these hypocritical and en"the real cause is that it must vious enemies, what shall we say "lead to the enlarging of the for the pretty gentlemen who have "sphere of commercial inter- had our affairs in their hands for course; and therefore may and so long a perjod? Did not they,

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Now, then, tool of corruption, the devil, if he never deserted you before, has certainly deserted you now. Seven hundred millions of debt, besides the current expenses of the war raised in taxes, has it cost us, to carry on a war to deliver the powers of the continent; -to make them free; to deliver Europe; and after all this; and after our attending at all the Congresses of the Holy Allies, here is the villanous, base, bloody Courier newspaper, who has been crying up those allies for the last

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disposition, hese continental powers? Perhaps not. At any rate, it is possible that they did not, though that possibility supposes them to be wretches almost too stupid to be suffered to live. But they knew the interests of England, did they not? Could a thing be so manifestly beneficial to her and to her more than to any other power, and gentlemen: so pretty as they are not perceive it? What, the astonishing Wellesleys, the profound Scots and Jenkinsons, ́ the keen-eyed Cannings and Huskissons, the awfully deep Fanes and Ryders and Melvilles; surely,

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