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IDDRESS ?O till SPAWN ARMIES.
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MADSID, DEC. 28.
By His Erectly' cy the Prince of Peace, and Ge-
neralissimo of His Catholic Majesty's Forces, the
following Manifes:o has been published
The King has ci intescended to commit to me, as Geneit-
liasimo of the Bile ai Armies, the couituti of the Wer cern-
meoced with Goat hritiin; arid he commaiiits, tint all the '
pnoeipal Officers in his dominions correspond privately with me
nu the subjetl. entineded with this event. To comply with
the terms of the cur Frluce reposed m ow, end or fulfil the
honourable 'finis.- ereeeined ;lie in.the supreme authority oser
his 'pliant troops with winch I aM invested, it is expedient
that I call into activity my loyal t -al in his cause, vet adapt the
most effeitual means to diseharge this high and important
office. •
" It is universally known, that when we were in a date of
profound peace with England, hostilities were commenced be
that country, by the capture of three frigates ; me was de-
stroyed in the contest; a regiment of infantry, destined Lir
filiiturea, was made prisoners; many vessels, laden with grail
were taken; and °thereunder the hurthen of 100 tons, were
destroyed. When were these robberies, these act, of treachery
and assassination, soul. tatted ? When our Sovereign admitted
the ships of that nation to a free and undisturbed commeree,
and gave the necessary supplii sto their ships of war. What
profligacy and degradation in the ate; what honour and dig-
nity in the other ! tea the view on this perfidy, is time a Spa-
niard wl:o.e indigeation will not be excited ; is there a
soldier who will not grasp the weapon of de,truction ? Brave
seamen, three hundred of your brethren have had their
mulled members ecatteriel to the welds; uric theusatid
are deprived of the light of heaven in the dungeons of yens
enemies. Valiant 101(111111, an equal numher of your cum-
',entomb in arms arc deprived o: the swot is they know how to
wield, and are carried tu a rein etc Wand, where they will either
;neruh with hunger, or becometrained to uni•e with the milks
of the detested foe; remember, then, your sacred °Wig diens.
Generous Spaniard., a few innocent and defeisceiese fishermen
are reduced to the lowest stee of human misery, arid theil-
afflicted wives and (keened offspring, implore your pity, and
demand your protectiun. lit fine, thousands of families, ex-
pecting support from the wisdom of the State, in a season of
famine, are brutally deprived or the subsistence mended
for them, acid exclaim, w.th the voice of thunder... Veng-
eance! Vengeance! Let us then, my countrymen, obey; the
King expects it, aid honour and justice require it at our hands.
Ii the English have forgotten that the blood which circulates in
the veins of Spaniards is the same which Sowed in the breasts
of those which triumphed over the Carthageenii, the Roman,
the Vaiidal, and the Saracen, it is time that the recol ettion
'lima' he revived; it is time to convince them that we will
',rvery* the fame of oer aocestors unsullied, and chew to theta
that we will perfume our duty to posterity, if it require that
our ranks should be thriticil, to add to the glorious catalogue
of essellian hcruiaro. It these distant islander, hate at-
tritiutod our desire to preserve tranquillity within our borders to
lamentable weakness, or to dishonourable fear, let them at least
be taught that the latter vats never disgrace the beimin of a
Spaniard, glowing with all the ardent and liberal impressions
secular to this country. Quickly will, we teach them, that a
loyal, •inuous, and brave people, attached to religion, and
• enamoured of tree giery, can never be insulted with im-
punity, meth lees can it erdure an instance of sanguinary
violence directed against its dignity and independence. If the
English, unmiadful of the principles of humanity respected
:itlithig ems dived manias, aba:diuding all shame and remorse,
bane oily sought to obtain Neeession of our treasures, which
we Mould have peaceably delivered to them, had they been en-
titled to the property, we will rectal to their nieniery a feet
which we rraited ban bees, universally acknowledged—that the
abuse of power, the violation of public right, and the mail ex-
cesses of deseotim, have ever been the awful pre-age of the
fall of Empires. Let them hide their dishonoured heats;
let them neonate in tine contemplation of this ill-begotten
wealth ; let them shudder before the bloody victims of their
ag-
gresion; and let an eternel rrark of infamy be impresses, and
universal detestation be excited for these examples of public
atrocity.

" Valiant Spaniards', the nobleness of your character no
longer admits you to be inactive witnesses of these dislra:eful •
scenes. The love of our King for his iieciple is perfectly k't ton,
and leaves no doubt that his numerous vassals will coincide in
his wishes, and ritify his expectations. To areas then, my
fellow-soldiers and countrymen, and engage in the war in the
way most likely to hurl a terrible de.truction upon our enemies;
but while we spread the t:rrors of' battle, let us net, in nuns-
-6011 of out enemies, detest them general maxnus of liiimaiiity
%shush are respected by all iegidar Governments. le order that
the Chiefs of the State may proceed iii this important bimitiess
with the energy which the occasion requires, and the King
commands, I pioclaini, in his royal name, that if the success
of any enterprise should not he equal to the wisdom hr whAt
it is planned, and the gallantry with which it is exectittd, they
will not be considered responsible fur the event; but they will
be liable to the consequences, if they du not put inactivity the
full extent of the resources with which they are entrusted. Na.
thins not provided with the means with which we are supplied,
and placed in situations much Inure critical, have known !tn
well how to economise their limited powers, as to make that
people, which dared to trample on their rights, feel the effects
of their resentment. Fan the public ardour into general con.
fl agration; avail ',outsets, of the magnanimity of a whole
country, and prodigies lase their character, and become
fainii. ar.

" Under the present circumstances, it becomes the Guvernors
of tiV7 Provinces to spread the generous spirit of enthusiasm
amongst the troops louder their orders; it behoves the vene-
rable laignitaties of the Church, and the Cird ()them in the
various political departments, to animate all orders and ranks
of Inca to assert the honsiir of their King and Country, by
the powe.ful indocile: of example, and by the attractive
charms of eloquence.
" In cases out of the ordinary current of events it veil( be
e::pe•lient to recur to means equal to the occasion ; and erieh
province of the Empire will, according to iu ?eculiar situatirs\a,
vary in the efforts it dusts to anno► the common enemy.
Learn how to blend wi.loni with patriotism, and let every

Commander, and every district in obedience to him, present
before the Sovereign mid Citirent of the State, and before the
eye% of all F.titope, deeds worthy of the country to which they
belong. When any importunity he afforded of destroying the
foe, wait trot for orders from a distant Officer of government,
let not delay tho impressions of nascent valour, and
let not the natural courage of man be frittered away to the col-
lision of idle formalities.
" Contemplate contraband commerce as the highest time
—it is conducive only to satisfy the avarice of nor ettemiesi.a.
the roa•iiihiclures they offer you are prepared by the reek-
ing hands of those who are bathed in the blood of your
fathers, and your brethren. Impress all around you with
a sense of hero: at the practice of this nefarious inter.
cosine, and when It univevsallv felt, when not a Spaniard will
disgrace himself by this pernicions conitection, when Europe
shall understand her genuine entered+, and ever, port a the
Continent shall be closed' u;Arri these intruders, then will
our vengeance be complete : the insupportable arrogance
of the Islanders will be h00d... . they will be lest amid
the clues of their own mi..; aiit thr v will be rectig.
mined only as the violators of public r.ght, add as the tyrants
of the Ocean.
" May the spirit here applauded be that of the whole nation;
stay we allof us readily sacrifice our private indulgence to the
gisteral WOW ; it tit :re should hr an insulated character
among us not animated b this noble disposition, may he catch
the flame of patriotism from his emaciates, and n it disgrace the
Spaniel% name by fogi:ity and indifference. The age and in-
firmities of some will not permit them to take a personal part in
this gioriem enterprise, but they mar, by their opulence, or by
their rotiotcl, conduce to the genciAl d.sign • art this his Ma-
jetty expects, and I ,iinpline of them • and !thus, by availing
ourselves of eveiyernti;nce with whicitgod and Nature have
ni furs:ierl 1:s, the of our in Aviation will by terrible to
our enemies. In foie if any part, Attar Merahcr of the State
shoMill wish exc,,siveily to underta're some scheme which he
thinks to anode the English, An 1 fur which he shall re-
gime the awistaoca of Government; let him common ens his
rojeo to nie, and I will pnertile hist, with Ow necessary means,
If his puny ere should be so well ynnied as to Conduce to the
injury of Britain, and theglory of Spain.
(Signed) " PRINCE 01 PEACE^
Ia Illiberid, Dec, 10, 1?04."