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of the people of Cadiz to his Majesty's orders, in re-
fusing to suffer the Baron d'Andilla to assume the
government of that city.
The Report then details the proceedings at Sevil:e,
which immediately followed those of Cadiz, and were
precisely of the same nature. The Commit ee limits
its Report to the affairs of Cadiz and Seville, they
being the only ones referred to iu the communication
of the Government to the Cot tes, and regret that they
cannot give a less afflicting picture of them. They
observe, that the question is wholly distinct fi.nn the
merits or demerits of the Ministers, and involves only
the disobedience of the Royal Authority. His Majesty
has the constitutional power of filling all civil and
military employments, and every Spaniard ought to
respect it, though he also has the right to censure the
conduct of the Minister who authorises an improper
measure, or accuse him if he violates the laws.
The Committee, therefore, does not confound die
events at Cadiz with those at Seville, in the latter of
which it cannot help recognising a certain character
of faction; whereas, in those of Cadiz, it is persuaded
that the whole has proceeded from an error, from an
excessive ardour and a distrust which cannot be
wholly condemned in those who love liberty, and have
suffered much for it. The error in some points, and
the aberration of some persons in others, are not such
that the Committee attributes them to their will, and
'they-cannot but merit the indulgence of the Cortes.
But the National Congress cannot but expressly dis-
approte, in the fice of all Europe, the disobedience
and illegal proceedings of those Authorities, which •
will, doutless, suffice to make them return to their
duty, acknowledging that they have erred.
For these reasons, the Committee, though it thinks
other measures advisable in our present situation, pro-
poses them to the Cortes in the second part of this
Report, which it presents sealed, intimating that, in
its opinion, the dignity of the Throne, the decorum
of the Cortes, the welfare of the Nation, and the cause
Hof Liberty, imperiously require that no debate be
opened, till in a future Session, distinct from that in
which they communicate to C:e Government the is-
solution which the Cortes may tak,t on this fir st part,
and confining itself at present to the Message of the
King, and the exposition of his Ministers, is of opi-
nion, that the Con, ess make a solemn declaration,
by means of another exposition to his Majesty, con-
ceived in the terms which it now preseuts separately
as a part of this Report.
M. CA LATRAVA then read the Minute of the Expo-
sition in question, the substance of which is as follows :
The Cortes having taken into consideration the
Report of the Committee appointed to consider his
Majesty's Message, will declare their opinion to his
Majesty with the frankness -becoming the lawful in-
terpreters of the general will. If it were possible to
look on the faults of the Constituted Authorities in
the same light as those of mere citizens, the Cortes
would be happy to throw over the conduct of the P-
olitical Chief and Commandants General of Cadiz and
Seville, the veil with which a paternal Government
should sometimes hide errors produced by aberrations
of opinion, or by an exultation proceeding, perhaps,
from a laudable zeal ; but as most fatal consequences
to the nation and to liberty would ensue, from autho-
rising Public Functionaries to seek in such pretexts
an excuse for their errors, the Cortes will always re-
probate a doctrine, under cover of which the greatest
criminality may be justified, as well as an impru-
dence or a mistake, and which would endanger,.. in a
terrible manner, the obedience which, in a constitu-
tional State, all the citizens owe to the Government,
while it does not depart in its measures from the line
traced by the law..
The Cortes are fully confirmed, that the observance
of these principles Inuit lead to a total dissolution of
society, and that whatever pretext be alleged to au-
thorise it, the abyss of calamities which would be
opened would be no less profound, and could not be
closed by tie tardy repentance of. those who, after
recognizing theit error, amidst pretend to seek their
defence, or exculpate their insubordination, by sup-
posing they had been obliged to yield to insults instead
of obe) only the voice of their duty and of reason.
The Address concludes with assurances of the de-
termination of the Cortes to unite with his Majesty
in-maintaining the Constitution.
A debate arose on the point whether the second
part of the Report, which was presented, sealed,
ilibuld now be opened and read, and it was at length
decided by 114, to 64,„ that it should not. The time
fixed for the duration of the Sitting being expired, it
was resolved to prolong it for one hour, and Marti-
nez de ha Rosa wished to have the Sitting declared
permanent, thinking the debate on this important
subject ought not to be delayed ; it was, however, de-
cided that the Report of the Committec should be
laid on the table, for the information of the Members,
and that it should be discussed the following day.
By the accounts from Cad:z, the yellow fever at
Port St. Mary's, Xeres, and Lebtija, remain pretty
neatly in the same state.