The National Register.
London, England, 1808-07-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

assemblies of people are scattered before a disciplined army,
like clouds before the gentlest wind. No, do not flatter your-
selves that you will gain by conflict. You must yield at last,
and then all will he lost. We cannot dissemble this. The pros-
perity of the State depends alone upon the unanimity and the
uprightness with which we all cordially unite with the new
Government, and co-operate with it in the meliorations which
it is preparing for the benefit of our country. We are indeed
fallen into a very hapless condition ; and what else has brought
us into this condition but the obstinate, unfeeling, and unjust
Government, under which we hilV! lived these 20 years ? What
remains for us to do ? To behave Labmissively, and each for
himself contribute to the organization of the new Government,
upon principles w hick cannot be shaken, which may preserve
the freedom, the rights, and the property of each individual.
This is what the invincible Napoleon requires, who is employ-
ed in providing for our felicity, who will deserve of our coun-
try, and gain from posterity, the appellation of its restorer.
Let us place no impediment in the way of this regeneration,
nor of the great good which will arise from our close union with
our might Ally. Such are the feelins which his Highness the
Lieutenant General of the Kingdom, the Junta, the Council of
Castile—which the supreme power of the nation have en-
deavoured to impress. and these are also those with w hick we
wish to see you penetrated, that, returning to peace and order,
you may await every thing from the mighty and beneficent hand
upon which we all depend. May Heaven grant that this sincere
remonstrance, suggested to us by the purest patriotism, may
have the salutary effect of presing the designs of the rebellious,
who labour to incite yriu to disorder, and of establishing, hence-
forth, peace and confidence among you!"
[The inauguration act of his Majesty, Don Joseph, by which
he declares his acceptance of the Spanish Crown, has also
reached us. The Proclamation is full of professions not in the
least interesting.]

DIPORTANT SPANISH DOCLINENTs PuTILISUBD BY

THE PATRIOTIC CHIEFS.

JULY 3.

troons—and God, for whose cause we are king to tight, will
watch over us, because, in the end, every mortal h;s a deter-
mined measure, and we ought to trust in his mercy, that when
his wrath (which we so much deserve) is appeased, hen ill pro.
tect us. The Standard of your Holy Patron Saint James is now
unfurled; let us follow it..

"licians !—The Asturians and Alouese have 80,000rten
enlisted, and already QO,OOO under arms—let us go and relieve
our brethren, these intrepid men. We shall thus save our cm-
try from becoming the theatre of war. This kingdom, which
has assNnbled through your instance, expects it from you—this
kingdom will reward those who distinguished themselves, with
every thing'in its power, and at the conclusion of the war it will
immediately give you your discharge, and enable you to enjoy
the fruits of victory under the shade of the laurels you will have
won, and consign to your children at your ease, the example of
your glorious deeds.

" DOMINGO VALAIDO DE PARO4, Sec."
" Corunna, June 5, ISOS."

PROCLA:,IATION
OF TUE COUNCIL GEN ERII. OF THE PRIWCIIALITY.

" LOYAL AsTrlZlANS—Beloverl Countrymen, your first wishes
are already fulfilled. The principality discharging those duties
which are most sacred to nu-n, has already formally declare(
War against France. You nary perhaps dread this vigorous re-
solution. But what other measure ;ould or ought we to adopt I
Shall there be found one single man among us, who prefers
the vile and'ignominious death of a slave, to the glory of dying
on the field of honour, with arit,s in his habl, defending our un-
fortunate Monarch. our homes, our children, and our wives/
If the very moment, when those bands of banditti were reedy-
ing the kindest offices and favours from the inhabitants of oar
capital, they murdered in cold, blood upwards of two thousand
people, for no other reason than their having defended their in-;
suited brethren,--vv hat could we have expected, had we submit.
ted to their dominion ? Their pecfidious conduct towards our
King and his whole family, whom they have deceived and de..
coved into France, under the promise of an eternal armistice, in
order to chain them r.ll, has nn precedent in history. Their
conduct towards the whole nation is more iniquitous than we.
had the right to expect from a horde of Hottentots. They have
profaned our temples ; they have insulted our religion; they
have assailed our wives ; in floe, they have broken all their
promises, and there exists no right Which they have not violat-
ed. To arms, Asturians, to arms! let us not forget that Astu-
rias at the time of another invasion, which undoubtedly warless
unjust, restored the NI owarchy. Let us aspire to the same glory
oo the present occasion. Let us ref.ollect, that no foreign tra
tion could ever lord it over us, whwever exertion it may have
made for that purpose. Let us offer up our prayers to the 6o(
Of Hosts. Let us implore the intercession of our Lady of Bata
ties, whose image is worshipped in the most antient temple of
Covadonga, and perfectly sure that she cannot forsake us in so
just a cause : let us rush upon our detestable enemy, and anni-
hilate and drive out of our peninsula, a people so baee and trea-
cherous. This demand is addressed to 3 ou, in the name of your
representatives, by the ProcUrator-general of the Principality.
" dic,r4ao FLORIN E47.41.1D.4."

MANIFESTO.
PROVINCE OF AERAGON.

" Providence has preserved in Arragon an immense quantity
of muskets, ammunition, and artillery, which have not treache-
rously been sold, or delivered to the enemies of our repose.
Your patriotism, your loyalty, and your attachment to the good
customs which you have inherited from your ancestors, induced
you to shake 011 the disgraceful yoke, which was prepared for
us by sedition, and by the false promises of the French Govern-
ment, which regulated F---'s conduct by the most abominable
Machiavelism, merely endeavoured to deceive us and all Spain,
in order to cover with shame and disgrace the most generous na-
tion upon earth.
" You have placed implicit confidence in me, and this honour
which you have bestowed on me undeservedly, obliges me to
tear the veil of the most detestable iniquity and injustice. My
life, which can only be of any value to me us far as it can pro-
mote your happiness, and the prosperity of my beloved country,
is the smallest serrilke I can make in return for the many proofs
of confidence and love with w hieb you have honoured me. Do
not doubt it, Arragooians, my mind is not able to harbour
crimes, nor to 11140Cilite frith theses who cherish and protect