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Show JOUHN1\L OF A VOYAGE docs by the men. By her he has several children, onr now an officer in the service of his royal m~ster. The two friends agree perfectly in one point, their hatred to tyranny of cv ry kind ; and in a secret d •tcnni. nation never to sec that ilouri hing part of the New World, subject to any other European lvrd, except him, whom they think their honor and loyalty bound to defend with their lives and fortunes. But should Bonaparte seize on European Spain, I risque nothing in asserting, those two gentlemen would be the fir~t to throw off the yoke, draw their swords, and assert the independence of tb,~ir country. Before I close this subject, it may not be improper to state, that we owe to governor Ilerrara's prudence, that we arc not now engaged in a war with Spain. This will be explained by the following anecdote which he related in the presence of his friend Cordero, and which was con· firmed by him. vVhcn the difficulties con1menced on the Sabine, the con1mandant general and the viceroy consulted each other, and they n1utually determined to maintain (what they decn1ed) the <.lominions of their master, inviolate. The viceroy therefore ordered H.crrara to join Cordero with 1300 men, and both the viceroy and general Salcedo, ordered Cordero to cause our troops to be at· tacked, should they pass the Rio Oudc. Those orders were positively reiterated to Ilerrara, the actual com· n1anding officer of the Spanish anny on the frontiers, and gave rise to the xnany n1cssagcs which he sent to general Wilkinson when he was advancing with our troops; but. findmg they were not attended to, he called a council of war on the question to attack or not; when it was given as their opinion, that they should imn1ediately commence a predatory warfare, but avoid a general engagement; yet, notwithstanding the orders of the viceroy, the com· TllRUuG II THE INTERIOR Pn 0\"IN"C' J:S, &c. 271 mandant general, governor Cordero's and the opinion of his officers, he had the firmness (or temerity) to enter into the agreement with general Wilkinson, which at present exists 1·clative to our boundaries on that frontier. On his return he was rccci vcd with coolness by Cordero, a~d they bo~h 1nade their communication to their supenors. Until an answer was received, said IIerrara, " I " cxpen.e nce d t h e n1ost unhappy period of tny life, con- " scious I had served n1y country faithfully, at the same "time I had violated every principle of military duty." At length the answer arrived, and what was it, but the tha~ks of. the viceroy and the commandant general, for havmg pomtculy disobeyed their orders, with assurances that they would represent his services in exalted terms to t~1e kin?, What could have produced this change of sentunent IS to me unknown, but the letter was published to the army, and confidence again restored between the two chiefs and the troops. Our company consisted of lieutenant Jn. Echararria, who commanded the escort. Captain Eugene Marchon of New Orleans, and father Jose Angel Cabaso, who wa; bound :o the camp at or ncar the Trinity, with a suitable proportion of soldiers. We can1e on 1 G miles to a place called the Bcson, where we halted until the n1ulcs came ~P· Marched again at four o'clock, and arrived at the nver of Guadalupe at eight o'clock at night. Distance :lo miles. 14th June, Sunday.-When we left Saint Antonio every thinP" ap d b . il . h. . ' o c peare to e In a ouns mg and Improvino-statc · t> . ' owmg to the examples and encouragement given to Industry ' polit encss an d . .I. . . CIVI 1zat10n by their excellent go-b \'Crnor Cordero and his colleague I-Ierrara; also the large ody of troo · · d · h • ~ ps mamtame at that place In consequence of t,\e dificren · · b ce CXIstmg etween the lTnited States and Spain. |