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Show JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE Maynor, s W.i th our fr1·cnd Malgarcs. Wrote a letter to go. vcrnor Salcedo on the subject of my papers.~ 16tb April, Tbursday.-Spent the cvenmg at these. cretary's Don Villamil's. . 1 7tD, A prz. 1'. Lr,oi rt. da y.-Sent my letter to h1s excellency. Spcnt the evening with my friend Malgares .. l8tb April, Saturday.-Spent the evenmg at Cabera· . , . &c w rotc to governor Allencaster. ne s, IHtb· April, Sunday.-In the even·m g at a F• a nda•n go . rJOtb April Monday.-W e this day learned that a~ - ' fM' . ThiS •' 111crican officer had gone on to the city o extco. h .. d.. • • • d hat t e was an enigma to us mexphcable, as we conceive t d J• ealousy of the Spanish governm~nt would have prcvente any foreign officer from penctrat·m g t 1lL : c~u ntry ·' and what the United States could send an authonsed agent t0 the vice royalty' when the Spanish government had at the scat of our government a charge des affairs, served but to darken the conjectures. The person alluded to was. ~r. Burling, a citizen of Mississippi Territory' wh~se ~sst;; is now well known to the government. We likewise . ceived an account of a commerci· a1 treaty h av ing been en· tered into between Great Britain and the United. S~ates, which by the Dons was only considered as the prehmmary step to an alh.a nce offensi· ve and d Cc1 ens1· ve between the two nations. d'n 21st April Tucsday.-Prcscnted the comman 1 g general w'i th a let' ter for general W"1l km' son, w 1n. c· h he pro· m.ised to have forwarded to the governor of Texas: d CJ2d April Wcdnesday.-Spcnt the day in readmg an ..... ' . 'l' studying Spanish; the evening ~t captain VIllamt s. Val· 23d April, Tbursday.-Dtned at Don Pedro. lois ; the evcm. ng w1. th colonel Maynor ; b1'd h1' m ad~eu as • See .A ppcndix to Part III. [No. I 4·] p:.gc 7 8. tHROUGH THE INTERIOR PROVINCES, &c. 2~3 he was to march the next day. In the evening r ceivcd a letter from the commandant general, informing me my pa. pcrs were to be detained, giving a certificate of their num. bers, contents, &c. &c.* 24tb April, Friday.-Spcnt the cv ·ning at Zulo. aga's with his relations. About sun down an officer of the government called upon n1e, and "told xnc that the go'~ vernment had been informed, that in conversations in all " societies, Robinson and myself had held forth political " maxims and principles, which if just, I must be con" scious if generally disseminated, would in a very few "years be the occasion of a revolt of those kingdoms; " that those impressions had taken such effect as that it "was no uncommon thing (in the circles in which we as" sociated) to hear the comparative principles of a rcpubli# " can and monarchical government discussed ; and cv n " the allegiance due (in case of certain events) to the court <c called in question ; that various characters of considcra'' tion had indulged themselves in those conversations, all "of whom were noted and would be taken care of; but, that, " as it respected myself and companion, it was the desire "of his excellency, that whilst in the dominions of Spain we "would not hold forth any conversations whatsoever, ei- " ther on the subject of religion or politics." I replied, that " it was true I had held various and free conversations on '' the subjects complained of, but only with men high in "office, who might be supposed to be firmly attached to "the king, and partial to the government of their country. " That I had never gone amongt the poor and iJlitcratc, "preaching up republicanistn ar a free government. That '' as to the catholic religion, I had on I y combatted some of '' what I conceived to be its illiberal dogmas ; but that I • See appendix to part JII. [No. 15 & 16.) page 8o, Sr. |