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The sudden disiolution of the Constitutional Government of Spain, and the entrance of the French army into Cadiz without the effusion of blood, are events which too deeply interest the friends of liberty, not to render them anxious to obtain a correct account of the causes which led to such a lamentable result, and to be enabled to form a just opinion of the conduct of the persons who took part in the preceding transactions. Unfortunately, these things have hitherto re• mained unknown. Imposture and calumny have been employed in fabricatiog accounts which are regarded as authentic. The character of the Spanish Cortes has been unjustly blackened ; and Deputies, worthy of the esteem of all who re. spect virtue in misfortune, are exposed to bitter censures, more sensibly felt by those honour able men than all the privations, afflictions ; and mortifications, which fate prepared for them in the last moments of their political career. The implacable enemies of the Con stitution were not satisfied with the rain and the extermination of the Constitutionalists; they wished to degrade and defame them, and to root up the last seeds of liberty, by persuading the people that its friends are wanting in every kind of virtue. Force enabled them to interrupt the communications with Cadiz before they obtained their triumph ; and after it was obtained, being masters of the press, and exercising a most jealous police, they have taken care that the truth should not be published, and their false and calumnious statements disproved. The moment is now arrived for removing the dark veil woven by impostors. We shall exhibit the facts as they actually occurred, and prove the truth of our' statements by authentic docu ments ; and thus will the people of England, and the lovers of freedom in all countries, be en abled to judge with impartiality of the men who figured iii the late political revolution of Spain, and, be induced to refrain from augmenting the afflictions of those who did every thing in their power to prevent , so fatal an issue. It would be necessary to enter into much de tail, in order to explain the means employed to ruin the Constitution in the space of three years and a half, and to give a victorious refutation of the opinion which supposes that the Spanish people did not desire that system of liberty. Oc casions will not be wanting for undertaking this task : at present it is sufficient to observe, that in the year 1820 the Constitution was consoli dated in the course Of two months without resist. ance, though the Serviles were then possessed of all the power of the Government, and that to destroy the Constitution it required all the gold of the Holy Alliance, all the efforts of fanaticism, a foreign army of 100,000 men, a six months' campaign, and the defection of the principal Generals to whom the defence of their country and liberty had been intrusted. We shall not dwell longer on this topic, but proceed to our more immediate subject. The occurrences of Seville are already well known— those which gave occasion to the apathy of the last Ministers, who , tolerated a similar apathy in General Villacampa, notwithstanding the serious remonstrances made by the Cortes in secret sit tings. It was found necessary to withdraw to Cadiz ; and that measure was carried into effect, contrary to the will of Ferdinand—a Regency being created solely for the time of the removal. The Cortes removed in the space of forty-eight hours, and though the Deputies received no al lowance for their journey, and were exposed to the most iniqiutous depredations, they re-assem. bled to the number of 110, on the 113th of June, and held a sitting, in consequence of which the King was restored to the full exercise of his con. stitutional powers. In order that the English Government might not adopt an erroneous opi nion respecting the intentions of the Cortes, intelligence of the King's restoration was imme diately transmitted by the Spanish Ministry to the Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty, who had stopped at Seville. Sir Wm. A'Court, how ever, did not repair to Cadiz—a circumstance which gave encouragement to the supposition, that from that moment the British Government had broken off its friendly relations with Spain ; and the prevalence of this opinion greatly aug. mented the perilous situation of the Constitu tional Government. It is easy to conceive how this occurrence must have had an extraordinary influence, both in emboldening the Serviles, and discouraging the Constitutionalists; more espe- French had the powe r of ob cially when the structing all communications throughout the country, and could give to this event whatever colour might best suit their purpose. We shall abstain from further comment, and lay before the reader, in No. 2, the explanatinits given by his Britannic Alajesty's Minister on this point. It was of immense importance to the mainte nance o f public spirit, and the defence of the sacred cause of liberty, that the British Govern. ment, sincetit took no direct part in the support of that cause, should continue its good offices for the re-establishment of peace on reasonable and honourable terms, and that the conduct of its Minister should not afford ground for inter unfavourable to the C onst i tut i ona l Government : for this reason the accompan) ing note , No, 3, was 0 1 1 the 20th July addressed to the A m b a ssador. Neither this note, no r o th ers more energetic and expressive, which were after wards me . dispatched, expressly soliciting th e e . I Afterwards, on the 23d, the French squadron stood in to attack Cadiz, sending a-head a sle e p which thr ew t we l ve -pound bombs, 1 1 tartans and bomb- vesse l s , w hich fired nine- poun d gre nadeg, and 13 gun -b oa ts, carrying 36-pounders. They had in reserve '2O other armed vessels to support the combat, and their whole fleet, with troops for disembarkation, was in motion. It is impossible to describe the valour and enthusiasm which were on this occasion. dis P, lB Yed by the he to pe tl a m : giirrison, the n a ti o nal militia, anti the people of Cadiz. . seanizy :s. hi l oi t r l ec, t ri h ot e wwda b es a d t t t r e oc r i e e lsy s soarrky mostto the dismiss sdt artillery, to I any service or to I wiliell they could be ap plied, because the number thus collected embar. Iq~~, diation of England, produced any sensible effect, either in the way of advice or etwouragemeet to the Constitutionalists,. who now regarded themselves as abandoned by the whole world, while the enemy persuaded the Spaniards that all the Powers of Europe were against them.— Notwithstanding that the Cortes found them. selves in this unfortunate situation, they never belied their principles, and were always ready to make any possible sacrifice, rather than fail in their duty, or do any thing which might stain their cause. With these feelings, they concluded, on the 6th of August, their ordi nary Session, after having invested the Govern ment with all the powers which the Ministers thought necessary for maintaining the honour and independence of the Nation. Though, according to the Constitution, the Deputies ufter the 6th of August had no reason to sup pose they ought to assemble again and deliber ate, and were not bound to continue in Cadiz, they imposed upon themselves the law of resid ing in that city, lest the Government should consider it necessary to summon them as Cortes Extraordinary. We are not aware, that in pass ing this law, any of the 118 Deputies, who had at length arrived in Cadiz, were absent ; for only two were wanting in the last sittings, and they probably could assign some legitimate cause for not being present. Having their property confiscated by the decree of the Regency, re ceirieg uo part of their allowance from the na tional treasury, am! plundered of their property on leaving Seville, the Members of the Cortes submitted tp the most severe privations. now unjust, then, is it to rob them of their honour, which is the only wealth they now possess, and which they have preserved at so ,great a sa crifice ? When the Cortes terminated their ordinary session on the 6th of August, the defence of Cadiz presented an aspect sufficiently flattering. The enemy h a d, been defeat e d i n t h e sortie of the 16th of July; the stimulus of private inte rest was sufficient to discover the means of intro ducing provisions, so that no want was expe rienced, nor any other inconvenience than the rise of prices; the besieged army, though small in number, was animated by an excellent spirit, and the people of Cadiz manifested a devoted zeal for liberty. Fresh disasters and reverses soon put to the proof the virtues of the Constitutionals. Ballas teros capitulated with his brilliant army, in which the nation had placed its last hope ; and the Trocadero was taken by surprise in the night of the 30th of August. Previously, on the 17th of the same month, the Duke of Angouleme had addressed to the Kiteg the letter No. 4, to which Ferdinand VII. replied, as in No. 5. At the same time the Government addressed to the Bri tish Minister the note included in No. 6. The answer of the British Minister stated that the Duke of Angouleme would not admit the media tion of England, and that be had dispatched a courier to his Court, from which he had received no reply during the whole of the following month of September. On the 6th of September, the Government con voked the Cortes Extraordinary, and submitted to them an account of the state of the nation in terms which were briefly reported in the Cadiz Papers. Among the documents presented by the Government, was the accompanying paper, No. 1, which comprehends the Report of a Junta of Generals on the 31st of August, stating that the defence of Cadiz was very difficult, and attended with great risk. The Ministers proposed that the Cortes should hold a Secret sitting on this report ; but the Cortes, desirous of giving cow plete publicity to their decisions, resolved to dis cuss it in a public sitting. This was the resolu tion of the secret sitting—See No. 7. Nothing could be expected from the Cortes except grants of further powers, or contributions in men and money ; but as every grant in their power had already been made, there was now nothing to be done but to acknowledge the commtudeation ; but at the same time the' Deputies earnestly urged the Ministers to exert themselves with energy in increasing the means of defence, and preserving the honour anti independence of the nation. On the 9th of September the Govern ment convoked the Cortes. for another secret sit ting, the nature of which is explained by No. 8. The Cortes else passed, in a public sitting, the resolution which does them so much honour, on the opinion of the nation, and th e rules which the Government ought to observ e i n i ts con d uct. It is not necessary to say more on thi s resolu tion, us it has already appeared in the public Journals. No. 9. cont a i n s the account of th e t hi r d secret sitting for which the Cortes were convoked b y the Government on the 18th of September. Ou this occasion the Cortes found no business to transact, but the Government gave th e assur . ance of having d one a ll that he had been re. commended. rassed the operations. The heavy fire which the enemy kept up during three hours and a half, only served to p rove th e i r efforts were at th a t time made in vain, and to demonstrate what men are capable of performing when they fight in the cause of freedom. The enemy was compelled to abandon his enterprise with the loss of three large and th ree sma ll b oats ; an d of the whole of hie flotilla, including the reserve, there remained only 11 vesels in a serviceable condition. Eight were obliged to be towed into port. The inhabitants of Cadiz manifested the purest joy ; they mutually acknowledged each other to be worthy of the holy cause they were defend ing ; all acquired Hew courage to oppose the be siegers whenever it might be. necessary. All pro. wised themselves a happy result, and trusted that they would, by their firmness, subdue the French; more particularly when, after the disgraceful loss of the point of Santi Petri, they daily beheld boats entering, laden, not only with necessary provisions, but also with fruits and articles of luxury, of which there was always abundance.— Who could have believed that, after a lapse of eight days, without any renewal of hostilities, all these well-founded hopes were to vanish ? Some Generals and Ministers, who had b een constantly declaring th a t the defence was im possible, as if apprehending the failure of their prophecies, when they saw that the bombard. went, far from intimidating the defenders of Cadiz, served only to inflame their courage, in sisted the more urgently on the impossibility of maintaining resistance; and by their language and conduct induced some corps of the army to consider themselves as sold, and to fail in their discipline. Thereupon the General-in-Chief addressed to the Ministry the dispatch No. 11, and the G overnmen t convo k e d the Extraordinary Cortes ; in a secret sitting to which a report of this circumstance was made, painting in dismal colours the situation of Spain, which apparently afforded no hope of remedy, nor even the pro. spect of matters continuing in the same state for many days longer. This measure of th e G overn . went was very disagreeable to the Deputies of the Cortes, who were of opinion that the situa tion of Cadiz was not so desperate as had been described by the Ministers. They observed, such communications were useless, since the Cortes had no power to remedy the evils ; that nothing had been demanded of them which they had not conceded ; and that they were convinced the repeti tion of the extraordinary sittings would afford evil disposed persons an opportunity of inventing tales calculated to threw discredit on the national re presentation, and to chill patriotic enthusiasm. For this reason, after having made strong re.. monstrances to the Ministers, the Cortes gave them great displeasure by declaring that they were not satisfied with the communication which had just been presented to them. This appears from the extracts from the Report of the fourth secret sitting, which is hereto annexed under No. 10, the sitting having been held on the 25th of October. Nos. 14 and 15 include the first Measures adopted by the Government on the receipt of the General-in-Chief's dispatch. On the 21;th of September the Government, which had shortly before felt such serious die pleasure,again convoked the Extraordinary Cortes, to present to them the opinion which is hereto subjoined under No. 12, signed by all the Minis ters. Many of the Deputies were not summoned to the secret sitting which was held for this ob ject. Only 82 were present, others being invo luntarily absent whose votes might have had an influence in causing the subject to be publicly discussed. Notwithstanding that several remon strated against this secret discussion, yet it was agreed on by a very few votes ; and a committee was appointed, which was to present its opinion on the following day, as appears from the minute of this secret sitting, which is subjoined under No. 13. Ott the following day, the 27th, was held the sixth and last secret sitting, in which the com mittee appointed to examine the proposition of the Government presented two reports, the one signed by the majority, which is subjoined under N 0.16, and the other signed by the minority, sub. joined under No. 1 7. The first report being put to the rote,as the regulations require, it was approved by 70 votes against 34, who inclined in preference to the report of the minority. The document No. 18 contains the names of the deputies who approved the report of the majority ; and the document No. 19 contains the names of those who voted against it, because they inclined in favonr of the minority. From that period the Cortes did not, and could not, hold another Sit ting, because the Government did not convoke them for that purpose ; but the Deputies re. mained in Cadiz until the Ist of October they learned, without any preliminary information, that the King had embarked for Puerto Santa Maria, and they were thus left only to deplore the misfortunes of their country. Upon these facts two very important observa tions immediately occur. First, that the asser. tion of the flight of the Deputies, previous to the departure of the King, is absolutely false; for, on the contrary, several have fallen victims to their firmness, in not quitting Cadiz. It is proved by the documents, Nos. 18 and 19, that at the last sitting there were 107 present. Don Caye.. tano ViddQZ was absent, fulfilling his duties of Commandant. General ; Latre, in the exercise of his functions of Governor; Infante was with the army of the Isl a; G rases was a prisoner; Mega and Purnarejo were with the army ; Zulueta had gone to Gibraltar on a comniission of the Govern ment, and with the permission of the Cortes; and Gomosa and the Duke del Parque were PRICE SEVENPEN'CI. - • seriously ill : thus the number of those who did not fail in their duty amounts to 116. The second observation that suggests itself is., that the Cortes neither prostituted themselves, restored absolute power, nor authorized tin; late absurd measures of the Government. We' are persuaded that no o*e can blame the conduct Of the thirty-four, because they wished to support the vote in No. 17 ; and besides, if the vote op. proved by the seventy.three be impartially - exa. mined, no just ground of censure will lie found, nor will it serve to excuse the Ministers or Go. vernment for so inconsiderately and rashly adopting the resolution of delivering up the King. It is true that the Government spoke of that, as may be seen in the Exposition No. 12 ; but it is equally true that the allusion indicated some remote, and an extreme CAW still very dis. tam. The following expressions, employed by the Government, are remarkable iVithout prejudice to continue to make the efforts which are within its power ;"----" may be able to adopt in its case;".--and " previously delis hig the greatest possiblead vantage in favour of the nation and the inhabitants and defenders of this island." By these prof ess i ons, t h e Government imposed on itself obligations which have not been fulfilled, and Hines and circumstances are referred to, which did not arrive, since, on the Ist of Oc_ tober, they were the same as on the 27th of Sep. timber. Thus the Cortex could not be accused if they had concurred in the measures of the Government. If, after this observation, the re. solution of the majority be examined, it will be found that it does not extend to what the Govern ment required, r.or to any thing except to charge the Government to do every thing possible for the benefit of the nation, when nothing more could really be done but giving this recommen dation. It cannot be necessary to enter upon a formal refutation of those who blame the Cortes for not dismissing or punishing the Generals and Mini. stern for not managing the defence, &c. The Spanish Constitution did not authorise the Cortes to, extend its power to such objects; and the powers of the Extraordinary Cortes were reduced merely to pronouncing 6 4 yes," or" no," on the propositions submitted by the Ministry in the King's name. It has, however, been asked, why they did not assume the power which they did not possess, in order to WO the country ? To this it may be answered, that to enable the Cortes to exeeed their powers, a new revolution would have been necessary ; that their character and representation would have possessed no weight ; that with any authority they migla have possessed, they ctrdd not have relied on success ; and that then they might with justice have been severely blamed for having overstepped their powers. Let us hope that impartial men, on a perusal of this clear and correct account, will acknow. ledge the Spanish Cortes to have possessed ho.- nour, firmness, and virtue, worthy of u better fate ; while they must detest the calumniators, whose perfidy might heve led thorn to conceive a different opinion. DOCUMENTS REFERRED To ist—rstE PRECEEDING STATEMENT. No. 1. On the meeting of the Junta of Generals and Chiefs, as is expressed on the margin, in virtue of the Royal Order of this 21st day of August, 1033, t h ey examined with the greatest care and minuteness the reflections which were made with re. ference to the interesting object of their convocation ; and after having taken into consideration the means on which we, may rely for the defence and preservation of thelsle of Cadiz, together with those which the enemy possessed, and might posses, they decided unanimously, that the situation was a difficult and hazardous one, but that it was indispensable to make every pos s ibl e e ff ort to preserve the national! honour and liberty. Cadiz, August 31, 1823. Cayetano Valdez ; Gabriel Cheer ; (Jasper Vigodet ; Miguel de Alava ; Pedro de la Barcena ; Francisco Ferrer; Manuel de Imre; Francisco de Cope no y Navin; Juan Jose Martinez; Antonio Burriel; Juan Moscoso. Don Dionisio Cape; Major-General of the squadron, was summoned, but could not attend the Junta. Certified by JUAN MOSCOSO. No. 2. Seville, July 11, 182:1, The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Alinistdr Ple nipotentiary of his Britannic alajesty, has the imoottr to AV knowledge the receipt of the note frent his Excellonce Senor Pando, Secretary of State for Foreign Affiiirs to his Catitolo Majesty, tinder the date of the Itlth of .rune, which was not de livered to hitn until the 4th of Chi. Month, The undersigtoW will lose no time in making his Governmesit aettosinted with the note,and in proc ur i ng i nstruct i ons as to how bets to proceed. If Senor Pando's communication had been received' in due time, according to its date, the undersigned would probably , by this time have received instructions how to act in the event of his Catholic alajesty's resumi ng hi s aut h or i ty, and of his (Sir W. A"Court's) being invited to present himself to Cadiz. For want of these instructions, he' must now await the arrival of another courier. With the view, however, of avoiding any TniscOn struction which might he giVen to this delay, the nottersigned intends to quit Seville immediately, to proceed to Sao Loc a i and thence to embark for Gibraltar, where he will await the orders of his Government. From this neutral place his cOtn inunications with Cadiz will be much more easy, And irA circumstances should i n t h e mean time occur to induce ;he S p a y nish Government to procure the intervention of the 'British Mi. nistry for the purpose of addressing propositions to the I , Yenci2 novernment or to the Army, the undersigned has no scruple iii assuring Senor Pando that he may, withou t hesitation, apply to that Ministry, and that he may rest assured that he will al ways find it ready to become the channel for conveying such propositions, in case the Spanish authoritive should desire and solicit the intervention, 'rile undersigned take this opportu nity of repeating to Senor Pando the assurance of his blifhest. consideration. WILLIAM A'COUBT. No. :i. The undersigned gecretary of State for Foreign Affairs to his Catholic Majesty has received the nate which Sir Witha m ' A`Court, Envoy Extraordinary and Alinister Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Majegty has done hint the lioncur!to 'direct to him from Seville, under date of the I ith itist.,l - and he thinks: it his ditty, in reply, to inform him that the Involuntary delay experienced in the delivery of the official communication which the undersigned hastened to make to his Excellency on the pith of June last, has been BO much the more disagreeable to his Majesty's .Government, as it has given occasion to tta: contioutinceof; - Sir William AlCourt's stay in that city during the whole of at tittle. fie also thinks it necessary to state that his Majesty ' s Goveittment is no le ss aena ib le to tit.;,. unexpected °termination athipted by Sir Willi am ' A'Court to transfer his residence to. Gibraltar, in awitithk-g fresh in structions from iris Court, seeing that und er the present cit. cumstances there exist. to all appearunoe no. reasonable cause to prevent his Ex ce ll ency from resuming his important rune ft tiona at the Court of his Catholic lliajcsty, and thus destroy.