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ed ? What commerce would that conlirry expeet, if
Spain, -ailing herself of her natural rebotirces,
should attend to her own navigation ?
" We, cannot` expetit now the moderation exer-
cised by Louis XIV. in the, ftilhlment of the early
proett entertained by France. That• Sovereign; it
is true, endeavoured to putt to sleep our energy, in
order to enhance the -indu,try and.commerce of. his
own uation; but be_did not attack the
_first elements
of our existence ; he did 'not apply the axe to the
root of the tree.; he respected our ancient.-lawslL- he.
cultivated the pious maxims of our religion ; he de-
fended the intregrity of the Spanish territory. Not
40 the reigning power in France jn pnr.tlay ; with.an-
iiopious and cruel-hand he endea%Tours, to hurl to the
earth the Spanish Monarchy, in the hope that. it
will never'be restored; be surrenders to the flames,
the religion, the laws, and the venerable customs
of this atipst nation, always 'feared, and alw:iys. ,en-,
vied by. France. He again employs 07„,thcie artifices
by WI i,-11 li'is too succe,stully seduced the inha-
tg;
bit.auts of France : he declared, :that- our Constith-
tion was too old ,and .infirm to last•lOng ; •that the
sciences and arts, which he lovedand admired, were
b.misliedfrom. our 'country ; and.by such tricks and •
he endeayodre•d to,loll Spaniards into blind
obeirience, :as he had before practised with the Ita-
ltaii-kand French. At One time some weak Spaniards
listened to his fallacies, who in 'French books had:
drank,of the poison.of revolution and atheism—who
from the influence, of the bad education of a Court,
and'of its' hOmble foll Overs, indulge in the toolish
almitation of the sayingi distributed in' short corn-
pendiumsor diffuse dtctionaries. But the enlighten-.
ed part orthe nfitVon, who, notwithstanding the so-
pe:intencience of the aloft' ignorant and immoral
st•citesown, retain their-natiN.estrength and judgment,
did not.listen to, the-promises of the seducer, and
cubic; not _suppress their indignation •vt the prostitu-
tion
,of the Madrid Journal,; filled wjtlt the procla-
mationS of MURAT, which were no sooner.publishr.,
.How
,can all these, expedients be
successfully employed upon a nation which, since
the:Apr(4oon of Fran:cc, has been accustomed to
obsehe the changes diat, nation has undergone—
which_ has witnessed` the retrogradation of the arts
and scis.niceS, the declension ,of her, manufactories,
tire ruin of her "commerce, the det'-ast'atiOn of her
pronces, .the 'contributions exuacd !rpm
,the..per7
5,)17,,i and property of her inhahitants;":4l)'d the aespo-•
of her Government, whichek,generated.frOur a
d,emooracy to a military tyril'
ean stch'ipeoPle dare to denoiniii.ito a dedining
nation a
.country where-such custorns,.,Eueli opt-
pions, and. such resources prevail fs- the,roild yoke.
of the Gospel severe ? Is the litnittd monarchy of
Spai tO be regarded as despotism ? Are `we destii.ute
to 'of the fair philosophy of •seionce, because
we do not • blot our paper with theimptnities, the,
.fi-ivolities, the atrocities which dis,..,aie:,:the -Parisian
PiesS ? The Spaniards are the same people who ap,
plied to.the'study of the sciences in the ti me of, the
.gingusti; the Claudii, the Trajans, the Ferdinands,
the- Charles's, and the Phillips. lint thus much
cthinot"be said of the French. , The)" are not the
saw: to-day that they were yesterday, with the
sin-
gle exception of their garrulity: Frenomen under
tne. dominion of the Bourbons were opP" and ge-
-11
nerous; under the inthority. of 8u0,,,,t:.,ARTE they
are, close and mercenary. But 'let :French: en, with-
Cut our 'interfence, possess theirown mode
fovillent, their dwn empire, their own,~reii ion,
their own arts, and their own literature..`• cannot
envy them ; 'but in the opposition to their riptloris of
happiness; we place our' own felicity."

MANIFESTO OF THE SUPREME JUNT.

MURCIA.

[FRom Taal CORfINNA GiZETTE.J.
" Provinces and Cities of Spain ! Our sentitint3
are uniform, and our Will been marvell'ar.als :d
unequivocally expressed. We are lia4tening
defence of our .country, and, the pres'ervaTion of thfi,
ausu6t titles Of our amiable and ench:ard FErtnt-

NAND the Seventh. Let us beware of clisorgani4a,
tt,n; were any disunion to steal among Its': Se.there
..„
iiß.voice..heard in the Peninsula, Lint wl2,ai -eklies
t 4 - -
union, confraternity, and minnal defence. Let us
•
be meat, and despise. the frivolities of precedence.
Let us a solid central Government, to which "Gil
the Provinces and Kingdoms may hay..s, recourse by
rneans' of Representatives, and froth „whom order's
;end institutions may emanate under :ti, e' name of
tE.C.DINAND tie Seventh.

e• The general Cortez held in the year 174, have
sworn by Prince of Asturias as Heir of the Crown',
the dignified, a&ual monarch. The Deputies of the
Cortez, and*Ling Charles the Fourth, have sworn
on'the o.Ospet mutually to preserve q-le,
laws: sttutei, CrstOnis, and usages. The GrandeS
and the. Nobles have rendered theifsolemn
mice, according to the use and pra6tiCe of Spain. By
this mu ual bond; neithell can the stibjeels castoff"
their obedience pledged, nor. the King contravene
the soleinn promise to" uphold the laws; -Statutes,
custom;, and institutions of the'natirin.. 7 •

L• Tho,prineipal, and perhaps the most. essential,
is the'sticces§ion in the kingdom, established in our
great code, entitled, .ck la 'Partitlow, by the laWs of
which the ir,eces:;ion has from the r.tmotest anti-
quity been fixed. This nation has not'. chosen to
iet'erse' or alter this' method; and thus,' I'vben oar

Loud Philip the Fifth meditated the suly,'ersion of, it,
infendiho:' to intrOduce the Bzlic law of France,: by
winch
fernales:are excluded, and iris solicitude re.
•
giving
ill the said Cortez; it was by .an uhahirnity of,
dotes declarecl, that his I.‘lajesfy could-, not alter. the
bider of 'sUcces,,ion in Spiiin, the-obscriiaittoq,
•
which ~ Tia sworn to maintain, cnctcckiiA4--piently,.
the 'Princess charlOtterof Bya zit was toile>
ic the CIQW,II,- linkfablt of her rhale'64h-,..-„
Underthii faa, by Which .tho I,2vf!
. .
plecig(M lll3i, tclelity; and the Scverc-:gn.- tilt;
citheir oath., it i Glanifst to 'the