The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

.certain means of armed interveiiiion, „will not fail to make un-
animous efforts•fOr the terminatiott of a state of things contrary
to the principles of (Wier, peace; . and of thilization-7the'
constant aim-of theexisting policy, and the object, truly holy, of
the grand alliance Of theqhfsti.tuiK.O.Weri.
In the first place, Spaitiz4itay be convinced- that thereebie
military means at the disposal of her revolutionists have made
ua, ;eject the idea ef:rifaiorMEL.' V.ventidn% That cletermina.
401: On:the part -of Powers in comparahly suPeriOr to could
hive ho other- motive. than `the' Conicientienkconvietibneofithe
imptatticability,or Olitaining•in that /Way the general. welfare of
Europe, orthe'partietilarWdfare-of Spain. The itprightand
firm pOlicy 'of the arbiters,er peace .and war' does Ytot'44ede
from obstacles, :but• from the fear .of :causing evhi as 7Sgridos
as those which it 'is wished to termimate. • It is net Weak-
ness• that bends, but. wisdom ind.powel‘thait panse,..
But after this motive' fob military inaction, whit ulterior.
.views can the Powers have as to thefuture in Spain ? We 'per-
c,eive only .two possible. views., Qne ....is a -cruel indifferenee,
which should:-regard it ,as useful for the repression of-the ex.:
travagsmt Ideal o!: the-democrats of Europe to allow the Spanish
• revointion to devour itself,,apd to perish lay the .tuins of its
own-excesses, under the: ruins of a destroyed Monarchy and a
desolated country ; the other wild bea magnanimous, hope of
prevailing on Spain toiisten to The counsels of .friendShili and
the advice of experience-4irflealiirig by .a pacific-intercession
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those numerous classes of victims, pitiscribed ar!d incarcerated,
*hale only Crime is Atria-partaking .In. the -opinion which is
for the inanent triiiiii.Pha4:..; in fine, of recalling' to the rank,
ofa civilised state that .I.enerous Withih the
walls of Cadiz, so gloriously-resisted the Usurper of hethrone
Of the Bourbonsvand:first Cast :a • dart at the flank of the
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Colossus which oppressed Europe;.-
The wishes of France Cannot be cloubtfutl The•heretiltary.
magnanimity of our Kings, the national generesitY, all our
sentiments unite with all :our interests, to make us desire that
Spithn should again become a powerful and rich Monarchy,
possessing a good naiy,'ltiad be flourishing and tranquil. We
know as well as the Spaniards, that to secure to their, country
these advantages, it islienceforth necessary that they should
have a vigorous and a wise system of liberty—a Constitution
'capable of guaranteeing the -rights of every individual, and of
assuring to the enlightened part of the nation the superintend-
ence of public affairs. • We are far from counselling Spain to
purchase repose at the expence of her liberties ; and we do not
hesitate to declare, that the re-establishment of absolute Mo.
narchy at Madrid mould prove only a new source of alarm for
Europe, and of misfortune for Spain. •
Can the Span iards.deny-• that anarchy is now' committing in
their country more terrible excesses than were ever exercised by.
their Peter the -Cruel, .or :Torquernala ? Can they deny that
the absolute power:at present legally assigned to the authori-
ties, annihilatei liberty Safety, and:tranquillity ? What indi-
vidual is safe from imprisonment, and what prisoner out of the
reach of the fatal hammer (rnartillo)g Are not the tribunals
controlled yy the tumultuous.ciies of a mob, who dictate sen-
tences of death .to a Magistrate ? Are not the dubs the daily
theatre of shameless declaimers, _ who make a sport of exciting
the passions of a blind and erring populace ? Do not the sol-
diers every day revolt against chiefs; who, having themselves so
lately conducted-them to revolt, can no longer invoke the prin•
ciple of obedience ? Do-not towns—nay, 'whole Cantons—re-
fuse any. longer to pay contributions ? - • -
Such is the disorganization, I will not say of the Govern=
ment alone, but of the whole community.
Will it be said that it- .a. foreign Power which, in support-
ing the insurrectionary armaments, is the cause of this disor-
ganization ? But insurrections exist •in the whole interior of
the Monarchy--:in pro's ihees the least accessible tt. foreign in:
fluence; Merino, in Old Castile; Joannis, in Galicia; two or
three Chiefs in the mountains of St: Ander; Zaldivar, in An-
dalusia ; Jaimer, near Murcia ; an entire corps of insurgents
in the mountains of Teruel; are all these supported by-foreign
aid ?

No, it is the spirit of persecution and political intolerance
which Multiplies at all points, and among all classes, resist-
ance, insurrections, and plots, of which not one bears any re-
semblance to the other, whether in the end or in the motive. A
perfect fury for inquests, condemnations; and proscriptions,
seems to have possessed the Cortes since
,their establishment in.
1820. Whoever does not think like them on all subjects is an
enemy---a traitor. They search into the past, and every where
see only guilty persons to-search for and punish. Of 10 or 12
little ministerial coteries, who have attempted to seize on
power in the six years froM- 11114 to 1820, none appear- in
their eyes less guilty- than- Others ; they pursue equally those
who sent them to the' • galiies and those who -released
them. Even the most wise 'and liberal opinions, let them
diverge ever so little from the infallible system, become poli-
tical drakes. Positions enforced-by -necessity are imputed as
crimes. The josephinoi are condemned, though the friends
of constitutional monarchy ; the Perscs are condemned as the
partisans of despotism, though they only seek to revive the any
cient Cortes. No public man can preserve-his reputation for
patriotism ; a Jovellanos, a Toreno, a Martinez de-la Rosa, is i
in turn decried, 'and their- wise counsels repelled with horror ;
the heroic Quiroga, and the divine Arguelles, fall into disgrace.
What do I say ? The Ministers even of the 7th of June, those
so pure descarnisados, are at present attacked by the party of
the Zurliogo, in the celebrata4ournal which bears that
name. -

Dons. To bring
about this conclusion or the American revo.
hitimii, Castilian pride' will adinif.that the support of a naval
power is necessary.
. But if Spain refuse to adopt measures a hundred times more
useful to het-thin to France—if 'she persist in disturbing us
.with the confusion of civil wars, then will Europe be compelled
to. exclude her from the community of civilized nations ; to sus-
pend all diplomatic and social relations, to shut: every port
against the•Spinish flaqg,*. and on- the:contrary to recognize the.
states formed in America ; finally„ to ',consider. Spain as a bar-
arous country, similar to .the empire of 3loroccO, or the Ite.
gency. of Algiers. : '