The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-21 00:00:00

On 'bearing- that the Viceioy of l'axico lia:l
be,err brought a prisdner to -Spain, upon. :3 mpicio.a
of treachery; thejoY of the Junta was unbound,
eil: It never. :occurred to them to examine the
'grounds of accusation : nor did they onceeOnde-
scend to reflect bdw greatly the ties.of sehordina-.
.tion must he.relaxed, when a handful of persons,
under no legitimate authority, could force the seat
of. G svernment, and seize the Chief Magistrate'
with impunity. The Junta was- weak, andof course
suspicious : a denunciation; therefore, in anyshape
was welcome to- them.
Meanwhile advices of the ferment, Which was '
rapidly spreading through the colonies, arrived by'
every packet. The .declarations of their. au ...fe11...-.
meat had been sincere ; but some time had now
•. elapsed, and as the first imps essions of sympathy
grew fainter, the colonist's began to reflect on their
situation, and to grow weary of the protracted
. ho-Pes of that atnelioration which bad been pro-
: inked to them in the most positive terms. The
Central Junta conceived that the repetition 'of
H tli6fe promiSeS would he -sufficient to lull tied.:
arraiminto anatley; ,and •a pompous proclamation
was issued, in which the colonies were declafed
equal, to the. Mother -Country,' and - the. Spanish
Americans toll, indirect terms, that they belong-
ed t.6-ndbody ; land,_:that:,they were Masters Of,
tlicV own -fate. : - . - -.:•
'What tb fate would Have been, had" the cause
of SPain been crowned with the early success that
was anticipated; .it is- needless to-
,conjecture..- Its
i itStiM )19y e fer, to the.Anwicans, }ye must say,
that from the 'sentiments, which they constantly
manifested with regard' Spain, there is every
'reason ter conclude that they Would have confirm.,
ed faithful to- her; if the unhappy course-of :events,
in the Peninsula, and the more unhappy system of
the Central Government had not obliged theni to
take those steps which have progressively con.'
ducted,theintaai state of open:rebellion.
~'• ,
Two-years' had elapsed since the Spanish. Ame-
ricans hail beard of the vietorieS of Baylen,-Valen-
. cia, &e. and of the uprincipled 'invader a their
mother country being driven to collect his.scatter-
ecifOraes-behind the 4bra. A Supreme Government
bad heen created, and every blessing Was hoped
from the political principles which._ its menitm's
..
t\si'irl
'Thoughnha.osi'tiee
si..-:loinefodt
bad ostensibly-adopted. But while the' ,distance
of the scene raised the expectations of the Spanish
' Americans to-the highest pitch, and they Were .
' daily expecting to hear of the restoration of Fel.-
dinand the Seventh, news arrivA that Ilaonaparte.
fthe -
Must have been proportioned to the exaltation of
ed through the whole extent of -the. Spanish coin:. •
flies.- Supplies were regularly- dispatched to the
mother .country; subscription's 'raised-among. all
had increased with the misfortunes of their Euro-
pean-brethren: These misfortune were attributed
Madrid,i:asp‘,pi noii)nttothimna teont
.fiti the
commotionCentralo Junta hail
with difficulty escaped to Andalusia; that several
Generals had been inssgacted by their troops on a _
suspicion of dissaffection . that Others, among
- whom was Morla, bad openly betrayed their
country, and that tho public opinion had Scarcely
any one in whom -it could venture to repose the
'slightest confidence.
Americansap p ear
classesdf people ; and it seemed as if their lovaltv
to treason, and the Opinida of the Spanish super':
I ority remained unshaken. i . .

. . -
The Austrian war restored them 'to de' pleni=.
tulle of their first hopes, and.the news Of the vic-
tor! cif Talavera came in time to confirm them.--=-
But, alas ! • this was . but a passing gleam of sun.; •
shinelalong period of gloom rapidly followed :
the Spanish .armies completely defeated ; the Jun=
tas of Seville and Valencia protesting against the
Central Government : the brave Romana
ing, a manifesto, in which the power of the Suz
preme Government was declared-illegal'. Ail this,
regularly dispatched, and carefully Spread through
the colonies by the discontented parties of the
insala, naturally weakened their confidem,,
gave the first shock to their enthusiasm.
The decisive blow was now ,impending. The
French had dispersed tie whole Spanish army at
Ocatia, and nothing could stop them in their wrry
to Andalusia. The boasted works of Sierra Mo=
rena were found to, be a deception on the people,
and the French entered Seville without the loss of
a man, while the members of the Central Junti,
dispersed, and insulted in their flight; could scarce-
ly escape the popular fury. These men, publiclv
proclaimed 'as traitors, assembled in, the isle of
Leon, and still tremblitvg at the death with which
they bad been threateue4bastened to deposit their