The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-10 00:00:00

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dacity,end being thoroughly convinced of the allb7nission and
of the inhabitants of these islands to the Government, and=
satisfied with the public conduct of those ems/eyed by the Govern.
ment in the fulfilment of the high functions wrist which his Ma-
jesty has been pleased to entrust he @lnsiders himself Wind
to decker to the world, as he now dssleeb that the whole enments
of the article alluded to, relating to the state of the Phillipihreare
false ! most false ! ! and a disgrace to the licensed gazettes of an
enlightened station, and so ridiculous as to Merit the censure of all
sensible mew, and to throw discredit upon its authors, the thief
aim of whom ought rather to be the dissemination of useful and
correct intormaion amongst their contemporeeita, instead of tar-
nishing the good name nod services of 4Gettel who luts-prnierse‘
himself with lunar in his military career—the delity of due Waive
defenders of the King or Spain in Lamm and the i ,ornnteet
lovalty of the officers of Goveruntent, and the inhabittofis:
islands, who are far finer ••• wishing to shake off the d
on account of the oppression w they suffer,"
Where is there a oauntry whom
from the laws, oe see more regarded y the • she
Phitipthes were Mr a:Model-of Sdelity and ittoehovern the
governtnent of King Ferdinand V tf. wOuid General 31ei4 ticitgotit
been able nn the 3d Junelll23, to here litippreAsed, with the velocity
of a thenderholt, the disturbance raised by a handful of niseroblrs.
'educed and ledxway by an illusimi—to have wholly extinguished it,
end in preserve these possesaiens to his Majesty in tranquillity. Geo.
Martinez hiund a people contented with their Ouverunient, evil not
oppressed, as has been generally believed. (In the contrary, there
nave been many instances of the loyalty and courage of the army,
Ind of ;he inhabitants whom he had the honour of commantlieg,
governing, and directing, and which he had then the honour of
reporting to his Majesty. To these principle', and to the constant
submission, respect and obedience. of the inhabitant' of the Phi-
lipines, are to be ascribed the peace and tranquillity clutch we base
enjoyed, whilst in other countries the deluded people wade through
fields of slaughter and riven; of blood, in pursuit of a chimerical
phantom which always eludes their grasp. . .
Since the arrival of General Martinez in the Philtipine Islands,
he has observed that the Ministers of the Gospel are adorned with
those virtues which ought for ever to be inseparable form their in-
stitution. They have always commanded his respect as well as
that of the public. Is it therefore to be supposed that they 'multi
sanction the meastirep of a government which tyrannizes over the
people? Because General Alerting has under his command an
army that obeys no other voice than his, is it therefore on that ac-
count to be supplied that lie hss declared the independence of the
country, and placed himself at its head, merely bemuse his Ma-
jesty has been pleased to appoint another to relieve him, judging it
proper to do so?
General Martinet commands not only an army of soon noldierh.
but all the militia of the Phill;trines. He is also at the headof
2.000 civil 'screams of the Government, and of about three mil-
lions of Inhilhitants, whose t delft, and attachment can always be
relied upon in maintaining the glorious Spanish? name against those
who attempt to disturb the peace of the coal-my, and who are
aluari ready to take up arms in defence of Spanish right and the
prerogrive of the throne. . , ,
Thetetote be silent, ye viperous tongues, who have attempted to
stain the honour of General Martinez—confusion to the anthhe uF
such falsehoods, as undeserving of credit as the anfountled.telports
of the death of Senor Don Marcum Rinefort; whose arrive. in
these islands is anxiously looked for every moment, who may him-
self judge of the upright conduct of his predeiessor, Martinez.
who will have the sweet satisfaction of delivering over the charge
of these countries in the same pacific and undisturbed tranquilli:y
in whith he has always maintained them, in conformity with the
pledge which he had the honour of making to his Sovereign, before
he left the Court of Madrid to proceed to the Phillipinea.
(Signed) JUAN ANTONIO filenxisttz.
Manilla, Sept. 117, 1325.