The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-09 00:00:00

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-) demand of England to restore to this, infernal
Corsi-me the prisoners fakes inSpain-: an obligation
to observe the Ts oily of Utrecht, as far as . respects
maritime rights : the renewal of the old Treaties; of
Alliance between Simin and Frauce : the restitution
of their property, r: venues, dipitiesi ,employments,
pensions, &c. to all the Spaniards who declared
against their cons', ry by attaching themselves to the
blockhead Jcseph and the atrocious Bonaparte,. and
*hears Slew suffering in France part of their punish-
ment for-the.ctlipso of treesturogainst their country;
so that the circumstance of thoir haring bsetgis!leus
wed traitorous Spaniards, sail most pertiosieusltilloirt
-_brethren, is not to cause them the Mast harm.- - -A,
Thus far as to the conteuts tkak-fainniss triaty,'„
into which we shall not tesicittirthofttpriskent : bolt
shall content oursdies with -saying,. IlAtsiarils, be!
:Upon your guard ! Ky
.frouttßd4tiparte eiercsawt
-us in 1606: hy.r.tree of tiolls Iw oeisid not 'subtlest!
-us in six years of omteat ; fraud 'iteufajpitte sorts
to to overcome u 4 a,txiu. Wlth.this vitililinslerans. •to
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„avail himself of int. igme, reduction, piAal,sastents,
iiiirtbef isantooste- memos suggialtettW hie, in-
• Okla - Madded to far as Nowt otes*? of
&rue uerleg sod ea. scknowiedge tkelnitisste,
.eate Ferdinand for King., he Is obliged to took about'
lithe ter other ohjuoto We already/see hint endea-
vouring to embolit es with. our allies the 'English :
;end wee &half roan see him (if ne appbr no remedy);
introduce discord and disunion among ourselves.—
.We MB see hint send flattering proposals and o rs :
:as be has already sent the two Spanish emissaries,
the Duke of S. Carlos end Palates, we sheik pto loam
-100 kite lend the infant Don Antonia, or even I.:v-
-4101nd laltaself--perkaps also Charles it V. and Mu ria
'Louisa t The workings of fraud .and intrigue are
'bout to.reconuneuce: it would not be et all extraor-
•dineiry were lie to send us KiniFerdinand, the better
to kebdoe as at bit leisure, assitrovntling him With
:parsohalaisder.Frieucle influence, **O. nay give him
lessons of desphtiensf and lessons of arbitrary go:
-verunaut. Mere vigilance is 'necessary now than
ever; more perspicactty to free us from the snares
which the insidious tyrant is laying for or; more
.firnsuest in cur resolutions ; and more policy to emm-
teract that of the Garth :in.
It toast be obsiorred, that gib coarsatleit pre.
supposes, that the Corsican does not treat it the
same time with Spain and with England. ' " He will
Make the Ettel.sit evacuate Spain : he binds himself
dfiliidd of Kegland the restoration of the French.
prisoners." Is it not then evident, that the Corsi!..
tail thinks to treat only with us ? And can we dis•
join our comae from that of • England ? And can King
terdinsad have oonsentelito and signedsitch ttesty'?
It itspears incredible; but We well know the vile
arts which the tyrant practised at Bayonne, and cap,
Wily *moulds for, it.
• °ThOt•linet iigisod Spaniard who duet not desire
thellttiarn of. tn., unfortunate Ferdistand ; but he
wishes it for the good of his country, add not so to
upee it tb greeter evils thole those it has already I
sulieretl. Ferdinand must return in the way in 11'
Spaniards wish it, nod not as Bonaparte means it.
ik melt conic to snake us happy, and not to be the
mune (though the Innocent one) of new calamities.
fleppy u ill he the dry on •whieb Fetdinands'revireti
to kis loyal subjeetstesay_belhes addressed t " liktre
is your throne, preserse‘by tibstiftialty of your sob.
,jests ; here is your ercwn, ransomed by the kissed of
Spnutardi ; here is your sceptre, which Spittle con-
ittancy places in your hands; here Is your royal robe,
tinged with' the Wood of thousands of vietifes who
bare fallen that you might preserve it : read-Our
tory,-.-inform yourself of all that Spaniards have
done fur you,--aud never forget teat so the Spainisk
people you own every thing ! Never forget that yost
are collie to be the Chief of a nation, the :Monarch of
subjects who have abolished the vestiges of despot'
ism: ,it is the law which orders—the King Is the ex-
ecutive Magistrate." But that such a day of jubilee
may arrive, King Ferdinand must retorts abanlately
free; neither influenced by the Tyrant of Frt C's.
ear by Spaniards ignorant-of the state of Spain, or
*ho view our institutions with repognauto