The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-19 00:00:00

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this State of things. That Spain should be free,
was, and still is, t 4 universal wish of trio nation ;
or that 'lt 41ei4f become an linmense 'desert, one
vast sepulchre, where the accumulated eit'eases of
Irrach and Spaniaids shall exhibit to future ages
our glory and their ingenuity.
44 But fortune is Dot soieimical tok, littru e as to
Leave to its defenders only that melanchory alter.
male.. It is written in Heaven, and the history
of all age, attests the fact, that the people who
are decidedly attached to their liberty and inde.
poodence must ultimately establish them, in de.
spite of ell the artifices and all the violence of ty-
etnny. 'Victory, which is starcqiiently the boon
of fortune, Must be the reward of fortitude and
cohottecy. Vlbat but these defended the small
repeblies of Greece trots the barbarous invasion
-of Ilene ? What protected the capitol when as.
Mile' by the Gauls? What preserved it frets the
arms of Hannibal ? What, in more modern times,
rescued the Swiss frost German tylanny, and gave
3adepewdessce to Holland, notwithstanding the
great power of our ancestors? What, in fine, in.
spires et tiltsebt the Tyrolese with such heroic re-
solution, that, though eurrounded on every side
*by••'seetsies, and abandoned by their protectors,
they tate refuge in their rocks, and on the sum.
mit of their.mosintainr, and burl defiance and de.
feat on the battalions ot the conqueror of Dentrie ?
Let us, bravely, imitate their example; our.situ.
anon is the same; we nee animated with the lame
ardour, and should support ounelics with the
same hope'. The God of armies, for whom we
light, will protect us, and in reward for the un.
shaken fortitude ssi'.h which we have encountered
adversity, will. finally conduct us through all the
dangers that surround us to the throne of fade-
piedEnc.e.
6,4 Spaniard!! the Junta announces this you
' tbatyou 'nay notice- a ;dement be 'tool
rant of the danger which. threatens your country;
they announce to. yen with confideuce, that you
will 'hew yourselves worthy of the cause which
you defend, and of the adiniration of the universe;
they aonounce it to you, because appointed to the
sacred duty of saving he 'State, and, convinced
that it is the unanimous' wish of the Spaniards to
secure their freedom at every risk, they will make
every possible effort to expel the enemy.
44 When the storm rages, the most valuible
treasures moil he thrown into the see to sive the
vessel from Onking.—Perish the min Whose eel.
fishnets an render him wanting in his duty, or in-
duce him to conceal what is necessary to be dis..
tributed among his brethren fur the common de-
fence!—Perish a thousand times the wretch who
can prefer his own interest to the delivery of his-1
cosietcy! All such the State will severely punish.
Ouc enemies omit no means which can be enitsinyed
for sear destruction, and shall we neglect any
which cameonduce to our preservation ? There
are provinces Ithich have driven, out the anew)
from among them ; and shall sot those who have
not yet suffered from such a scourge, saerlfi:e
• every thing to preserve themselves from it? Our
brave soldiers endure the rigours of winter, and
the scorching heats of summer, and nobly uncoun.
tee all the' dangers of hatter; and shall we, re-
maiming quietly at our homes, forgetful of their
incalculable fatigues, think only of mreserving our
wishes, and refuse to resign even the least of our
lexarleue 'enjoyments ?
• • 66 The tietory must be ours, If see continue-sod
etseellide the greet enterprise we have undertaken
w*h the same enthasiasm with which we 'began it.
The Colossal mum of force and resistance which
we must oppose to our enemy, must be composed
' of the forces of all ; of the sacrifices •of all ; and
then what will it import that he pours upon us
1/1411 this legions with which he has been successful
in Gernsony, or Vie swarm of conscripts he en-
*pours to drag from France. With 80,000 lies
troop, than we low have, we began the war ; it I
was begun on his side with two hundred thousand
. more. The eziwrieuou we have obtained in two
campaigns, and our very desperation, will consign
these hordes of einditti to the same fate which the
former have suffered. If some of the Monarchs
of the North have consented to become thu slaves
of this new Tamerlane, arid at the mimes of ages
of infamy have purchased a moment's respite till
their tern shall come to be devoured, what is that
to us, a great nation, resolved to triumph or pe.
risk? Whets we, twenty months ago, armed
spinet tiressey,did we ask their consent? , Did
• we not enter into the contest slnele-banded ?
Asst, for one campaign, maintain it single-
' handed? Europe, when she first heard of it, re.;
fused 19.11gieve it. When she saw it, Abe looked
Wien it as a sudden amid ephemeral meteor; and
yips now, contemplating the elects of our 400.
'fancy and oar magnanimity in the midst of ear
reverses, theasensiders.it as a-phenomenon, a pro-
Au, in the series of political events. • Let her'
• esetinve to behold us, she ought, with admiration,
ts if it
.itest be so, with terror. We are deficient
eon! oT pie means necessary for our defence.,
die cosseection is daily drawn closer with Acne.,
vkii In while assistance, equally well-timed and
generous, the Mother Country is so deeply in. I
deka', and In whose Sul and loyalty is centred
'a great part of our hopes. We are resolved to
paetsh or ttiemph. The alliance we have eon-
erected with the British nation continues, and will
continue.—That nation has lavished for us its blood
and its treasutei, and is lediled to our gratitude,
and thotoffutureagee. Let the machinations of in.
tripe, or the suggestions of fear, prevail with
week gerentuseitts, or misled epOineLs • let them
(gad welcome !) conclude Treaties of Peace, il.
Item us the part of hie who greets, and disgrace..
foal on tip part of thos awbo accept them. Let all
those Great Potentates rellequish the cause of ci.
vilised nations, and inhumanly abAndon their al.
liee—the Spanish people alkali firmly steed alas.•
amidst thedviee of the Iliernpean Ceistineet.
" Here is drawn, sever to be sheathed, the
ovoid ofiternal hatred- to the execrable tyrent;
here is raised,never to:be lowered, 'the istebdird'
if independence and jetties. Roam to it, all yes