The National Register.
London, England, 1808-07-17 00:00:00

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JULY 17.

But now• I demand, exact, and ordain, that all disturbance
s all cease; that every thing shall return to order; that all per.
s.a s, according to their different ranks alai stations, shall sub.
mit to the (7onstitteed Authorities, who all depend from the Su.
p eme Council of Government, at all times solicitous to pronion
he putil,c welfare, and to procure the best alliances and means
o secure a successful issue of our undertaking : Let the laws
re.g.s, and all arbitrary proceedings be avoided. The most en.
I Ahteiied and civilized people only disgraces itself by demand.
it! the death of any individual. The field of battle, where Mitt
s repelled by force, authorises alone the elfusion of blood,
w:tich is otherwise The Sovereign himself is not master
of the life of an offender, unless be has forfeited the same by th
laws of his country.
These laws prohibit in all countries; even among the most
b trharous nations, sedition and disturbances of every destrip.
tion ; we are bound to obey and respect them. This is the only
.neans to secure a successful issue of the contest in w hich we are
engaged, and not to offend either against the God of Hosts, of
the Sovereign, whose sacred rights we have sworn to defend.
In order to avoid an unnecessary multiplication of public:is
o ,s, 1 now address the French, who reside in this city. The
-.upreme Couto 11 has used towards you the utmost lenity and
•,s•pes t ; after having taken the oath of fidelit % to the Spanish
qatiou, you are permitted to remain in this country, and your
;froperty is respected. Grateful for this valuable blessing, you
should not he vipers, w hich destroy the bosom that gave them
wiener. On the contrary you are bound to skew the utmost
Ito% alty and respect for a Government which treats you in so
generous a manner; by such conduct you will not only avoid
Ole odium of the good inhabitants of this town, but also obtain
heir love. Should you act otherwise dread their justice, they
will punish with the utmost rigour, and without the least mcrey;
even meetings which you may hold among yourselves, ani dis-
loyal e% pressions which you may make use of in opposition to
our cause. Should any one of Sou he so far devoid of reason as
not to respect it on account of its equity and justice, he will fall
a victitn of his is ickedness or pride.
Cadiz, June 14, Ififid.

MORLA.

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OP CADIZ.

The commotion more or less violent, which has taken place
in the whole peninsula of Spain, has been of eminent service to
rouse us front the state of lethargy in which we indulged, and
!o make us acquainted with out rights, our glory, and the in-
violable duty which we owe to our holy religion and our mo-
narch. We wanted some electric stroke to rouse us from our para-
lytic state of inactivity; we stood in need of a hurricane, to clear
the atmosphere of the insalubrious vapours with which it vas
loaded. Fortunately, the only antidote which could save us
has proved efficacious. It is, howeier, necessary to know,
that if the use of heroic remedies he continued, after the good
effect w hick was expected from them bas been obtained, they
destroy, annihilate and kill ; that excessive efforts bring on in-
,itrect debility, which is worse than direct weakness, because
he very principle df strength is emaciated. }fence it is, that
although the popular ferment which has pervaded all the Pro-
' axes has been of considerable use, yet, if not checked, it will
produce a state of putrefaction, or, in o her word., prove ex-
iri.itiely destructive. It it necessary to return to order, and to
'lave confidence in the Magistrates, who from their knowledge,
s tidies, and experience, are able to deliberate, combine, and
determine as circumstances shall direct. Without the most in-
! imitate knowledge, the Wisest are liable to err, and how can
mob possibly steer clear of etrors, which is mostly guided by
the cries of women and boys.
But not testricting myself to this city, I really believe, that
all these observations are perfectly useless, because the inhabi-
tants of this city are more enlightened than any other, on at-
count of their trade and intercourse with other nations. 'There
are hut few ideots in this city, who are merely guided, as it
,were, by instinct; and mach smaller is the dumber of those,
who, from their vicious habits, can only exist in confosionand
disorder. These few have been joined by others of the neigh-
bouring districts, who neither enlist for the Ironoarahie and gin'
lions setviCe In which we are engaged, nor apply themselves to
reap the plentiful crops with which Providence had been pleased
to bless us. These are the men who have not looked out for any
other employment than that of d'sturbing the peace and tran-
quillity of this place, and of preventing the rest of the inhabis
taut; nay, the Magistrates, front performing their duty. They
are well known ; sad unless they amend their conduct, and all
furelgoen withdraW to their ditiereut habitations, they vfla