The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-27 00:00:00

PROCLa MA nos OF THE KING OF 5.".115.

T'l R.Na TIP Int StII.ItCTS IiCTOND TUt SRO.

Spa! ish Ames icansl—When, in the year I tll4,my
arrival in the capital of Imperial Spain wa• announced,
fatality ini!uced the restoration of certr.in lostilitsions
Wiiirh l.; sg and eontirmet habits hs.l caused Its to re-
!rm.., as s, !feller to others, wisk:s, beir:4 mute :.tv:ient,,
w •re me. imeilahle to sittiting• pre,soli es, and eoted
1.,11 lie uotilini .1 in any distinct forms. The onhapry
isperiooee s f six year::, and the ilisgraesiful evils
u men 'sent on ase. umulating by those Livens which
t, *re deemed to produce cniversal lappincoi,
the resters! complaints it* the pe-rde in hot', he-
mispheres, and their energcti.• cow
iiss:e4l sue of it e necessity of retu nins back to that
line from which we hitil desist...lt and
using that the g. urral wish of r.e isat'on, impelled
by twit princleie which had distio aished and ele-
vated it on the ere.; stage of ae er.-rld to that
heigist which it should hold among. o:he: nhii.m.;,, in.
dewed rue to adopt thus • sew's:lents, identifvi•iir me-
self snot sincerely and cordially si itis and
lac to adopt, rocogni re, OA sweat' to, r.:.-ordi:•ci to
smosaneous proyi•siti in, 0.. Cit:isti••••. f:rmed
Cadiz by the Vets. sal and F.xtroor :13,1
prer!aimed in that city in March, I st▪
s.t. :s.rhing
pOtbSibly l'XCee 1 my satisfaction ot tis.• usilver:..il re-
joicing which tool: place; a::d the real ber-ii.•
sity of the 'work, who are susrep.ll.l.• of but
Lot of crime, will quiclily obliterate its. reeollei lion
past evils. The Sr: niarOs at tbie. day pr.-sent a
:p-macie for adu.ir...ion to si Europe, cols rlW,g+,
peg tbenvelvs.: to tl:ea 4.unstitiatio%al SeA which
justly esti...atos :h: siatii-s between the iCA•
;ion ..and the I L rine. A tate rip cecur..!v poised, end
^tottniltd un th•• mos: i:i:raule basis, • a. e bot-
tomed alike trill liht r_ ..nd i•u'dic credit, 1 ristoisieg
that the new institutions shall f.::d their best sccurity
in favourable and remanent r. suits, combinitg ;Le
improved stare of s.denci.• with tLe eietate; s.stuil
toltuy, and establishing the tulitts•y and naval 'Sr. ntz is
ot the nation on principles aisles will tinder it the
most eiTectually applic-ble as ciicuusstrices stall re-
quire, and bidding fair to restore in all thing.: thai,
grspert and consideration risidi we have 1 sh.
A now P.oesil of light is shed mrusr. both Sil •nnlsls
hemispheres, an ! nothing can exceed the refulgint
Iris! btaeas which already ilk:mines, or the ats'our
whisk is felt front tLe sacred fire of patrio:isni. I
coagratulate myself as the first to fed this sweet and
generous emotion ; I also exult in having to announce
it ; and 1 exhort you to haste to enjoy sill h ja.:lV•rise
.berrenta, by acci•pting anti wearing to a Con,titutitn
Isliich is frs.mtd for the felicity of yon and yours.
;affirm to yin 1 sacrifice nothing, when 1 feel that, by
coals:wing this LandaLental law, I shall secure your
happiness; and, though it might be productive of toil
to ate, I should equally hare acquiesced, reran:aid
t6st the bosour of majesty should weigh as not! int;
when placed in competition with the public good.
Ausericans! lon hairs greatly ilzviated from the
lino of your trove interest—you fret by this time w!
pine misconduct has cost you—those immense fatlitues
—those perils sritis ut end, sani:ttinary wars, frightful
Aistergations, and ti.a extremities of ail sails. - NW'
thing has resoled to you but tean ant griefs, teens-
leiter and heart-burnings, cruel imprisonments, star-
vi.tion, destructions by ti:e, devastatiou, at:hoard
horrors—resul;s which will but entail iii•grace upon
iou to future generations. What can you hope treats
such ? Hear the so..,thing 'vie •of your King and
tatter. Expel that disquietude and r.,tlss distrust
which agitate you, and replace those in your boionn
by aff.ictiimate and patrons sentiuients. Ni' longer
legs:3 vengeance as a virtue, nor odious animosity as
obligation. The two hemi-phercs have nothing in-
lorent in thesis to profs:hit lo•ting andraiprutol
• ships ; nor is it in tutor.. tisat iou, nth., are true bro-
tl..tr:, can be enemies. You •pcak bat the muse lan-
gusze---eon profess but the same vligissa—yon are
gov,rned by the same laws--adhere to the same cus-
tams —and, above all, you are adorni•il by the same

et:elm:a—vicars the true uffepring of valour, of
ge-
utrosity. and the supreme elevation of great
It-.new with the suotherwountry those relations,
wLich, fur three centuries, your progenitors. the fa-
ti4UTC children of victory, have labuored to establish.
Renew also th.ise reciprocal relations which the new
liegs of the day, and the system of a Repiesentative
nernmen. re luire.—Throw aside your arms, and
cease that destructive warfare which Las occasioned so
many terrible evils, which must be r.:eordcd in history
in letters of blood. With arms so wielded the lives
ut kindred individuals of the same families must be

sszrifiled—sacrifices which must involve self-tiespera-
Lou anti self-abhorrence: 'fhr universal station is

:ratted by my wishes, and will enable me by all its
s to triumph without violence over those obstacles
which but prolong a state of public calamity. We
are adopted a system more ample in its principles.
an .1 conformatle to those which you yourselves have
cersli• 41 for; our distito. tire 4.! ...racier directs the re-

clinical observance of a frank and loyal conduct, on.
wed to that of a mistaken and too cunning
itisaei by its flue ar:.l intricate combinations Call hat
seldom latipe fur factorable results. The mother-
coucry gises you the example ; follow it, Americans,
it sill • but Ineu-e your present and future felicity;
gin to the mothei-cuuntry a ground of hot e, that in

as age s.) pregnant with great and extraordinary
events, the love of under and the general 1;ood accords
with all. Pour wills, ong results from your uniform
opinions.
The L'ortes, whole name ;.lone is a favourable pledge
of important benefits and successes for all Spaniards,
is about to assemble. Your brothel of the Peninsula
anxiously hops, with extended arms, for the accom-
plishment of their wishes in your hastening to frater-
nise, to unite in conference with them as equal sub-
jezts, on thon, remedies whic:i the necessities of the
country require, and of your own particularly ; the
wittily of your person:, is guaranteed by the laws of
nationalkhult,:ur, and which sacred code the country
has sworn in the face of the universe religiously to
observe. Reunize, therefore, v.:th the fathers of the

wantry, condi:a.e wise predilections of the people,
contribute to the safe:y of the State, fix for ever the
appy destinies of the two worlds, and entitle your-
selves, abn•e all, to that itumortal crown which is coo-
.
lecred hi the hlrmitiAs of a grateful i.osterity What
h-netits, shat felicity will oat this wucb-desi: d anion