The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-19 00:00:00

SPAIN..
' THE suPßrur JuNTA.
•
I'm smartie.; aonoiince, as positively
many ; arid the 'eneunistatiers whirls
give it u characteenf truth which
mild. They already threaten usiwith
eincuts which they sippose to he
our ruin. Already, proudly slated
sect which their adobe in the North
silently exhort us to submit to the
tree, and tamely bow our necks to the
insblence ! unparalleled effrontery !
caroely believe, notwithstanding the
bus de thew harbarmits dare
!alantities which Illia country has sus
dons aggreasiou, and thus make U 4 re.
els ;re &mat to heist Of aolew, rhyild
Cr. Dot when have we ever been the
wit of the ferocity with which the in-
s Sheol These duclaiment very roost
ie. entered Spam, how they emceed—
led—w hat was the signal of combat
the whole voles of gratuitous and Mt-
then citinsnitted against us. De-
rided 1ie.:1.L4 they find nothing bOt ger-
they ire ti ebb., and Woodcut atrocity
they farsooth imagine that the Spa-
te of the imprint of native fortitude-,
ist and lofty exOectstioiss. Who has
blue was to be sisayed by so low r
y, perhar, throw greater 'dietaries
eduuhle our efforts to sorms!iat them.
, will be augmented : We shall acquire
naparte, waste wet your time in prat-
es, which, at this time of thy, con
out frankly, sad say, t Berets we.
nit powerful, we are resolved to be the
red r This !sorter, however barb.-
Oda it conveys, wintlit cousi.tein
do not attempt to monastic as, that
or just rights is wisdom, and coo Md.
igh sour iniquitous aggression hoe
mins and death, what alternative can
moos Salton to adopt, arc-pt that of
last extremity, rather titan c unarm to
otitis ! R..b, minder, waste, and de-
' been doing for these twenty months
'Well. you well know Ltd at also do
espy ; where, in proportion to the
pun them, increases the insuperable
ands yen, the eternal rautmor and im.
which they incessantly seem to put-
arse sophists resity aware of the ad•
ring to is• people the uncut jutting of
.tiou on the face of the globe After
to, such incredible surceases, it would
r which no precedent Call be found in
y, to sett down at the feet of the crown-
tie has sent us for a king! Am! foe
—That, from the midst of his impious
parasites who offer him adulation, and
a who accompany him, lie may point.
ie temples which arc to be burnt, the
oe partitioned among Isis odious satel-
patrons who use to be shagged to his
Ito are to be sent MI as a tribute to the
nits, that the Junta thus addresses you
by the tuts of language. Whit ores.
Is, wises things speak for themselves
,nergy ? Tose houses are demolished,
d.+, your Melds ravaged, your families
to the grave. Shall we have made so
the games of war have etansinued one
r that we should shamefully ahaudua
at mach snore destrpetive prime which
of the reresy ' uoly eau be
an parade of rt form which the Frei. I.
'randasmatiosis. The Tartar, who go-
that Spain shall hive 'wither Milos-
rVulonies, urn populatioet, nor any poll.
alartilorres To he tinned into a vast
ialk, is order to breed Rusks whhis
-orb nsaitisfirtnree with our valunble

cry of human hemp, to be harried away
resin, degre.lation in every pint of the
the fate to which bn construe the
urerl aliment of my Nom rank' blot
ms an far as to iodise, us to *Modal
table, could we et ir rainiest to the lull
my religion ea whirls we were had, and
ea.disirs, civil and political, we have
Mail we. awn, abandon the 'Menet of
of one fathers, to th.:seralegton. deri-
kill ! And shall the Spanish !Nation,
otter of she globe for l'• me fervid piety,
, which, Cw .eves soccetove centuries,
liessantla of warriors, our ancestors &-
pions ferocity of the Slltliffe• ' Were
ims who have fallen in this memorable
p their heads from their gravy*, and say
ngrateful *retches ! Have we fallen ail
r blood of no estimation in your eyes
awry men, now no mere, rest in peace,
wilting solicitude (hatreds the repair of
our glories.. example has *unlit us MI(
ty, and we are perfectly censored
ought to reek is sot behind hut beheic
Far and combats, it is by valour and '
e have to procure that tranquillity, this
sae traitor. have despoiled us. INa we
of our companiem have already tort
it blued the /01C131.1 oath whirl, all ,if u.
Neatly from it ! Who shall donsilte that
d danger to whirl, all of ns are subject
.sate, and we are insulted, and 're reed
ittle, which era bought sod sold, stet
r master pleasea. dote osiz—ettraniai.ls '
teed into year heal N that. ardour and
to victory ! Remember the vile, the
is which the. abominable usurper lure
He called \inns& his ally, hie motet.
pretended to give hint the kois,orpeme,
e the ("Ws of the serpent, which teem
victim, sad drag hint emptier to his ca-
&sown 6/civilized nat. c, sad searrely
most boatman, was reversed is store
lonareh Behuhl, condemned to mom in
1 by guards said spies, the idolned 1111-
bins whom you destine to the glory of
may miserly yeti with berisevoletice noel
itessaatly fixing his streaiveleg eyes upon
it., aiaadst the anguish of los sutler-
..slaw of hie hi lured !manes-do, aud,
of liberty or revenge.
re—there eau he 1111 peace ass this state
ton should be free' was, and still iii, the
the elation ; or that it may become an
vast sepulchre, talon the accomalated
led Spaniards shall exhibit to future ages
igauetiuy.
sot so inimical xis virtue as 'o leave to its
nielaucholy shernative It is written tti
tort of all ages attests the :act, that the
&dip attached to their liberty awl mile-
sattly establish theme in despite of all the
violeme of tyranny. Victory, %Web us
in of fortune, taint be the reward of for-
e. What bat thew defended the small
from the babarvuanivasion of Xerxes?
capitol when assailed try the Gaels!
iwm the arse of Hannibal ? What, a
rescued iha Swiss froinGennao tyranny,
mace to Hollaud, ootwithsesodimg the
attestors? What, in Sos, lapines at pea
ilk such heroic resolnlicm, Hist, though
side by entente*, and abandoned by thew
ri fever in their rocks, and on the sum.
use, and burl denims and &feat sto thb
onqueror of Paniale ? Let us bravely
,le; our situation is the same; we are
same axdotar, sad should support our.