The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-09 00:00:00

rncl the atrocious Rime/M*oe, and who aloe. now
'offering in France part of- their
.punisianent for
the crime of: treason against their
hat the circomstanee'of their .haviT.; been spu-
rious and
.traitorons,.;.Spaniards, and . ost perni-
cious to their brethren, is not to cause the.iii; the
least harm.

Thus far as to the contents of this fitmon.s treaty,
into which we shall not search furthevat present ;
but shall content ourselves with saying,•Spaniards,
be. upon your guard By fraud Buenapar e over-
came. us in I SOS': by ford of -arms, he could not.
subdue•us in Six years or_contesl; by fraud Buo-
naparte seeks to overcome us, again. With, this
view he means to avail = himself of -intrigue, se-
duction, plots, - passions, and all other infa-
mous means, s.uggested 65, his infernal -poli-
cy. Humbled so far as now to•despair of Con-
quering Spain, and to .acknowledge the unfor-
tunate-Ferdinand for he is Obliged to
look about him for .other objects. We already
see him, endeavouring to embroil us with our al-
lies the EUglisb ; and w'e shall soon 'see' him (if
we apply no remedy), introdue discord and dis-
union among ourselves'. We shall see him send flat-
tering proposals and. offers : as he has already scot
the twoSpanich emissaries , theDukeofS.Carlos and
Palafox, we shall perhaps see hiin send The Infant
Don Antonio, • or even Ferdinand hirnself--perluiris
also Charles IV, and Maria Louisa ! The. work-
ings of fraud 'and intrigue are about to recom-
mence :—it gwould not be at all extraordinary
were he to send ns King Ferdinand, the better to
subdue ,us at his leisure, surrounding him
persons under. Frelich influence, who may* give
him lessons of despotism, and lessons of arbitrary
government. -More vigilance is trecessary now
than ever ; mere- perspicacity to free us from the
snares .which the insidious tyra.nt is laying for ua ;
more firmness in our resolutions ; and more policy
to .counteract that of the Corsican.

It must he observed, that this Convention pre-
supposes, that the Corsican does not treat at the
same time with *pain and with England. ‘‘ He
will make the English evacuate Spain ; he binds
himself to demand of.E»gland the restoration of
the French prisoners." Is it not then evident,
that the Corsican thinks to treat only with us ?
and can we disjoin our cause from that of Eng-
land ? and 'can King Ferdinand have consented to
and signed such a treaty ? It appears incredible ;
but we well know the vile arts which the tyrant ,
practised at Bayonne, and captivity accounts
for it.

There is not a good Spaniard who does not de-
sire the return of the unfortunate Ferdinand ; but
he wishes it for the good of his country, and not
so to expose it to greater evils than those it has
already Suffered. Ferdinand most return in the
w'ay in which Spaniards-wish it, and not as Thio-
naparte means it. • tie must come• to make us
,happy, and not to be the cause (though the inno-
cent .one) of new ealamitieF. Happy will he the
day on
,which Ferdinand, restored to his loyal sub-
jects, may be thus addressed ;----‘‘ Here is yc)ne
throne, preserved by the loyalty of your subjects ;
here is your crown, ransomed by the blood of,
Spaniards; here is .your royal robe, tinged with
the blood of 'thousands of c ictims who have falleri
that you might preserve it : read our history—in-
form yourself of all that Spaniards have done for
you—and never forget' that to the Spanish people
you owe every tiling ! . 'Never forget that you are
come to be the Chief of a nation, the Monarth of
subjects -who have abolished the vestiges of des-
potism : it is the law whiCh orders—the King is
the executive Magistrate." But that such a_ day
of jubilee may arrive, King Ferdinand must re:
turn absolutely tree—neither intluanced by the
Tyrant of France, nor by Spaniards ignorant of the ,
state of Spain, or who view our institutions with
repugnance. •