The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-20 00:00:00

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SPAgaILPAPER SO
NIMPBIO.OI.
Atha rooElt.
219reale hots of Valenta to des allter
Jose s. mullaininktlrs semen) Obeys is tem.
ematils $ emir& Swats, tiit ahoy us WWI tbs maws.
Al tastites is to &lead tie' rtgitn. of
bower lo be our fate. Lsrope
Etats& adroit* i‘jasibou too loyal to toe de-
Id% Igo •ailie-cli for so long o tow ,
r.* e, tabAhe will of its Soveregpi ;
•• as se thesseetij which it now
though it haspfess segular troolts, and •OM port
of its territory, and the ...nal-a:secs of' it- frontiers.
• mil oceasswelo by the oneurr. io not less worthy
• atitnitegasst. that en lusty lour OMNI, differnig
ri
genius, clatreethr„ and et: 112 IllitlYst, hare, at tile
MUD* 01001.111. ‘IttIOUI CO:ISU9.I.Ig 1. ueh outer, de-
clared be their Mn{, agreeing tot only ut the opo-
Hato. bet in the *sumer in whirl, they oualtt to aet,
fanning tlismiger wishes., t iiricg the rattle mos-
*rot, and ustahlisliing the .anise fon= of govern-
anent.
The eavae form was thautest suitable and couve-
triont.for the partiettior government of emit pro-
vince. but it is not sufficient for the onion of all.
wad it is indispensably necessary is Mitt a greater
**tension to our ideas. To form a single tuition,
them must be one supreme owthoritj, which, iii
the name tithe Stet reign, eneystaite the direction
of all the branches of the public tuinsinistration i ip
one world, it sdi be necessary to cult together the
Cortes, to form a sweat, body. composed of do-
r:Lea from the provmeeti, in whit.' may reside the
• y or the W11;00113. the alltroute governing
eultzety, and the naticetal representation.
greatest &Noting& we tut give to .or toe-
l...Milk and on soist.b they probably calculate. will
to suffer each prosieese to remain detached, and
ildiect is its own pollinator gOverninent. Spain
model- oust be a kiogdont, but an asseuthlage of
ellenibt governments, exposed to the convulsions
sod eleortlent coturally produced by popular
in-
and tousequeittly feeble, and easily stilt-
on* after the other.
it the midst of the ardour which now unites us,
vs" m i ...A lose tight of the passions to which
boassaity is sit:•ject. To the just enthusiasm
whiten row animates us may meeeed j .slousy,
and of

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reqoinr; wheiice it may
may ce sttele au ariulaice, wt..
thailarly oureolonislo, may remain seta*, without
ear ahminiag either the general and well-secured
libsolgrai our cmninander, nor the certainty of **sly
asirittitions„ merely•tolenited, and 'tot sop-
bg any tom antee.
The miltary operations require a direction, ra
general iuspait.c, which canqot be guided by the
will of each province, of which the persist ditpo-
Mimes may. sometime be cobtrailictory to these 'of
the other. The orgaliattinn of the otnty mid the
appointment of its Offeetit Crauhut be aimed with-
out' forming u monstrous body without a head.
The same moist be said of the navy ; the three de-
partments, each 'of which is at present solneet to a
distinct Covert iiiii tit, without essentially forming
otte body ; and' if they are bo,' whet a compb-
cation of authorities must result from the
erterbegrueut. Who is to ctirkt the gelwral
mammon of the nary', silatailing to the ge-
neral iitu•rests of the state ? "Veer province, Perry
political body, would pretend is tife et liberty to au-
cede to the ii-.thes c.f the reds, sad to concur, with-
out my kind of enispultions to the individual
hetaearee of thirealser; siermilhe In their own ()pi-
- moo. To what weskurss and division should we
be exposed by the went of 'union of the national
authority ?
Al/ the other breaches of pnblie as
Mier glrOHllda for similar observations. To whom ;A
the g sterol law of the kingdom to be entritated ?
To shot authority is the ~election and repiomment
of the Magistrates and superior officers of each go-
verament to belong Elmwood* boy
&mood less is point of union ; the relation with
the Com& of flame, the rota, the inquisition, the
ateashaatiou to hisloopricm, owl other dignities, c.
Hew can a nation possibly exist is this cind &c.
ition
for soy length of hon., at least neofor that iwtiod
which political eakulatioti permit, us to hope to
*list
gat there is one very materiel pieta, which must
more particularly attract our attention, namely,
.
the preservation of our in America, :mil
Other forri;rn parts. 'bat authority are they tr.
obey ! Which of the provinces of Soitin is to give
to.thate countries the necessary n014e'.11,3 and direc-
tion, relativig,tistiwir governtnent, to dm appoint-
ment and inotructioo of their Magigtratas and Of=
freers, sad to other-pnitos totiehiwg OW keep thou' itt
a dote of dog/Memo •Not depeuditig an.; longer
12411106 say 1/114heauthority io the Mother Country,
every colony ,41.44 entstlith•ho independent goverti
'mist of its own, as havbeen done in Spain. Their
distaute, their situation, their wealth, and the ne-

Province
and yaw-

bevy, ditleretice or opinions, ROA want of agree-
usesit, which -asayelesisioy the harmony of the pro-
eiatee, to which the &di:mut character of the in-
bessteuis ..in netlike! to cent «Mute ; a truth, which
emelleee esenewees.wf owninsentry men.
ailizrad
lot it we avi•l in these principles, it is
,rya tnet we • .smit to lose a moment in
lidepeollhe•. • wawa to pvoiluce this
onion eallosity.
swer
411 ate Convention into between the Su-
-1111111014 Jam biii Wr " mid Grenada; the points
NO etesidiehed.Wws the two government,,
voids, in fisol..exis Allieseltive will *vie, wail
iessi ' pew fialmodo Nu. ate be- reared
Oar the ' - 'hy testrokise the Coda,
I;or41•411 . OW euesett the general
arillnellabArThe rot 4 the provinces
NSW tiblorwrimpla 114 isms lasi sammeing
Oa ilik ionaoikleava oratiat top Aug, and that,
4is the oplle tileliamuer,m„,.einay maintain its
elesteelllllloll - Geurernment.
Illre t 04111441 ste ,to latter ourselves with
ileitimosbich may teitake reslieed; use even shotild
11111,tioaaselLy- rea6ard, bow long norm reutai u
tray pee rat state. I'u the mesalds" whet body
there to fariatath a corm-Taoism, w'th Amigo
pewees rsedwerthein will nut 4breasity with a
aitophr poleaxe& Theutratrat duet taw be attpeeted
la, list there shoul.l be sewer roselicelar end pro-
eitiviesiry owlet al ent with some of its military chiefs,
erbds_ may lessulterol by th«ir sat:milers a* to set,
without. being expressly oetherised by them, Ise-
eurdinic as the urc:unwesstais 4 the Moment loaf
i. ... a .... .....h 'lll.mi /*is may...rig..lt