The National Register.
London, England, 1815-10-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER:

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guidvd us, and if taught by -experience, we improve our
instituti..ns by assimilating them to theirs.

Yes, Spaniards ! prudence will never abandon us; the
good of the• country must be our sole object ; our opinions,
out rivals nips, our private interests, must be silent before
such a :veal and important object. Fompelled by neces-
sity, ,eel-tg that truth cannot penetrete to the ears of the
King who Is; a, it were, hte.•tieci by his counsellors, unless
it is ,ttppnrted in a. manner to make itself respected, we
have taken the terrible, but necessary, resolution, to de-
by alms what bac been refused to more gentle means.
0 r object, like that of all Spaniards, is no other than the
establishmvnt of the monarchy under wise laws, which, at
th•• sa t•e •tote that they secure the prerogatives of the
El"g, mi‘ ,ikewise insure to us our rights. We re-
ti,itt• the eto,y, ca•ion of Cortes named by the people,
may make in the Constitution proclaimed by the
C .rtes those changes which our situation de-
lls ; experience has taught us, and which the
of the limited Monarchies of Europe require.
''•rrtes, uy introducing order into our finances, will
a•o of the soldier, will reward the deserving warrior,
insn his subsistence in old age, and place the nation
in a ,itnation to be respected and feared. The nobility,
if the% lose any trifling part of their privileges, may be in-
demnified by the changes which the ratites make in the
Constiiution, by giving them a poli•ical existence. The
condition of the clergy will be in general improved, the
parochial priests who so immediately contribute tia the spi-
ritnal salvation of the faithful, being he ter endowed. The
merchant, the labourer, the artisan, the manufacturer, will
again enjoy the benefits which they had begun to derive from
the changes made by the Cortes in their favour. The public
creditor, with a Ltood -administration of the funds of the pub.
lic credit, again hope to he indemnified for• the advances
and the losses which have been brought upon him by his
services or by his faith in the promises of the state.

T I,

These. Spaniat di, are the wishes of the Cortes; they are
ours, and they will doubtless be again the wishes of the
Coves when they meet. For such holy purposes, we invite
all our sis'er provinces to unite with us, with the brave (le.
fenders of the country, with their worthy Officers, and their
illustrious Generals; in short, with all the Spaniards of all
classes. Firm in our purpose, we will not lay down our
arms (if we should be obliged to employ them) till we have
olitained it ; and as we shall embrace every Spaniard who
shall offer to join the banners of the country, we shall pro-
secute without mercy those who, without love for their
country, and enemies to the King, would rather leave him
in the hands of vile counsellors than try to rescue him
from their power, and open his eyes to their pernicious
counsels. Our conduct shall be a model to our enemies;
property shall be respected, and personal liberty not dis-
turbed; but woe to those who, availing themselves of the au-
gust name of the King, shall venture to insult or to perse-
cute any individual; they shall he responsible, and if they
cannot be taken, those persons shall be so whom we con-
sider as hostages. Secure in the justice of the cause which
we defend, the world shall see that Spain, valiant and per
severing in defending her country, is no less illustrous and
courageous when she has to defend her rights and liberties.

tiy the Aletubcrs of the Junta,

ALAN DIEZ PORLIER.

The above is stated on the fitly to be printcd qt CO-
- ki hui Po) date WIMPCr.

OCT. S

OFFICIAL DOCUMLtsr.

AELOCUTIISI4*Or HIS HOLINESS POPE PIES TIT. IN THE
SECRET CONSISTORY, HELD I►T ROME, THE 4TH Or SET.
T EMBER., 1815.

VENERABLE BROTHERS,—You have pe• haps been sure
prised that -to this moment we have not imparted our joy
to you ; yet doubt not that it would have increased my sa-
tisfaction could you have sooner participated in it We '
would have wished to apprize you earlier ef the restitution
of several of our provinces, both that we testify out grati-
tude to the Sovereign Dispenser of all good, and also '
to the glorious Monarchs from whom, next to God, we have
received so great a kindness. But now that the Convention
relative to the restoration of our provinces, in execution
of the decree of Congress, is concluded with the Minister
of our dear Son in Jesus Christ, Francis H. Emperor of
Austria. &c. and our jurisdiction completely estate ished, we
may give a flee course to our joy, which we have whit diffi-
culty restrained, and following the custom of the Holy see,
let us rejoice at our success in this business. Cardinal
Gonsalvi, who was sent to Paris, fulfilled the commission
to his most Christian Majesty with which we had charged
him, and was received by the King with those demonstra-
tions of interest and love for us which we had reason to ex-
pect from his high virtues and his piety; and then pro-
ceeded without delay to London. where the Allied Sove-
reigns, with the exception of our very dear Son in Jesus
Chris', Francis 11. Emperor of Austria, wet e assembled. How
could we suppress the feelings of joy and gratitude with which
we were filled, on learning how our Envoy was received in
the opulent capital of so mighty a kingdom. He there re-
tiewed what had not been seen for two centuries, the spec•
tacle of a Cardinal Legate, and appeared publicly in Lon-
don, with the permission of the Government, decorated with
the distinguishing marks of his dignity, in the same manner
as be would have done in the capital of the Christian
world. Our Legate was immediately admitted to an au-.
thence of his Royal llighness the Prince Regent; he delivered
to him our brief, offered him our congratulations and our
friendship, as well for his Royal Highness as for the va-
liant English nation which has covered itself with such
glory. The Cardinal was received at the Court of the
Prince Regent with such mat ks of kindness and attachment
to our person, that it was impossible to manifest more. And
for this reason, professing ourselves strongly attached to the.
Prince Regent, and to all the classes composing that gene-
rous nation, for which we already cherished the strongest in-
clination, we most cheerfully embrace this opportunity to
give them a public testimony of our esteem, and of our
warmest gratitude. After delivering our brief to each of the
Sovereigns, our Legate submitted to them the cause of the
Apostolic See, and solicited urgently and severally the resti-
tution of each of the provinces of which the Holy Sec has
been successively despoiled, in consequence of tile revolution
which commenced in 17P9. He represented, in an official
note, all the reasons upon which the incontestible t ights of
the Holy See are found, and in our name implored the saute
sovereigns to be pleased to take the Romish Church under
their just protection. Such was the kindness of the Allied
Princes—such arc the proofs which they have given of their
good dispositions towards us, that we have more and mote
reason to congratulate ourselves on our resolution, and to
acknowledge, in a more particular manner, whht good
grounds we had to place so muck hope on their authority
and their kindness.

holiness then notices the departure of the Legate
for the Congress of Vicuna, and his conduct titcrc, 113,