The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-22 00:00:00

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blended the European Deputies with those 44 the
remote provinces of the East arid of the West; the
representatives of free and 'happy regions with those
of prevjnces lappreaaed 4ad iffijcted ; those elected
amidst the-apptause of a rejoicing ,rouitittide, and
those itornimtated with -trepidation 4ird alarm, amidst
the bayonets of the enemy. They all form one solore.
.pre,seu tatiun, without omhous'distinctions, withowt di.
:amity of classes or of rights, and alt participate ,
equally in the glorious cares directed to the salve.
lien of the country. The eternal and immutable
,towsait justice demanded that it should be so. The
emittioestion of the inhabitants of our provinces of
America, Asia, and Africa,' and the assignment of
the post which 4buir "procurators are to occupy in
thisanetuary Of the laws, has begun to repair a
great and extensive injustice, and to re-establish the
rights of oar Traiis.Atlari tie brethren, hitherto e..c-
evasively wegleeted, nut by the fault of the nation,
i which hai been anxious .to recognise them up ;
'to the very paiint attained, but by the misfor.
tunes and -calamities. of former times. There
will no 1040 be colonies atilt a.motber country,
but provinces reciprocally equal-integral and iota-
visible parts.of a rest and-powerful-empire—which,
distributed in the tiro floinispheras, and inaccessible
iu 'almost all • its event *vase' attacks of. the op,
pressor of the Continent,. will oppose to his imps.
tent 'efforts 'immune° and .hitherto unknown re.
.sources. The world, and that my Tyrant, shill
knows that when he proclaimed the conquest of
SPaiu c,e4114414di Itikitettant invaded more than its
(Randers nor contend/0114th more than its advanced
suard. Disgrace and eternal reproach to the wretches
who mirk, ander fates and. frivolous pretexts, to sow
division &mink the great family, and thus to favour
- the .detestable designs of the Clint rpor ! The weak
aid cowardly Spaniards, who believed the gigantic
pottier of Bonaparte' irresistible, and on that account
abandoned the Spanish cause, how can they do
less than behold with envy the fate and illustrious
i. Mai of its defenders? If the extraordinary pre-
pmatiens or the aggressor have not been able to
'subdue the ill.combitied resistance with which he
has hitherto been tnet—if he has already wasted
,in this enterprize a very considerable part of his
forces and his wealth—how can he reckon upon
subjugating Spain, when animated by a new spirit,
and drawing together by new and firmer ties the
communities which form the vast extent of her du.
minions ; she finds means to conceutrate her power
and her resources ? Hitherto a few provinces have
struggled separately; now the whole entire Spanish
sweet' comes forward to combat with the D:spot
of Fromm On the one side are justice, con.
stattay, sad honour ; on the other are injustice,
cunning, and perfidy. On the one one side, the
semorse and inquietude of crime; on the other, the
firmness and serenity of virtue. Ou the one side,
contempt of religion, and impiety, cloaked with
.iiie mantle of the most abominable hypocrisy ; on
the other, attachment to religion, and that confi-
dence in the Divine Favour, which, even amidst the
gloomiest reverses, has with atattifest tokens breath-
ed propitious on our hopes. On the one side, war.
like troops, 'but slaves driven by fear, pr urged on
Iby rapacity ; pit the other, undisciplined levies,
I but composed of citizens, who, though wrestling
1 with ami.orhity, have not despaired of time safety of
time country. On the tome sole, a throne founded in
usurpation, rnaintammied by violence, secretly menaced
•by the universal Jiseotiteot of the nations who endure
it with indignation ; nu thc other, a captive King,
hat who, even from his prison, reigns in the hearts
of his subjects—the only stable and solid support of
thrones. On the one aid.., a nation ; on the other,
one man : the former immortal by its nature, the
latter exposed to the comproun dangers of humanity,
and besides, to those peculiar to tyrants. On
the tine side, all the principles of
_debility covered
with the transitory and deceitful illusions of for-
tune ; on the other, all the elements of robust
strength which the most terrible disasters li ive not
sutfieed to subdue. ai the one side, 20tJ,000 sa.
Itellites, who in their hearts detest their Chief, and
are ready to abandon him if he is abandone‘l by
fortune; on the other, 26 millions of Spaniards,
who are determined to conquer or die. The sirup
gle may be abort or loug, but the result cannot be
doubtful.

DECREE OF TfIik.CORTES AGAINST THE AC-
CENTING OF PLACES AND PENMONS.
'ln the Sitting of the Cortes of this day, It ha been resolved,
thatnoue of their deputies, whether those now attending, or
those that may hereafter bcadmitted to complete their nuniber,
shall he permitted, during the period of their exercising those
functions, and for a year afterwards, to solicit or accept for
themselves, or to toilet: for any other person whomsoever, any
p lwino, favour, or reword, or nuy honour or distant:Lida what-
ever, from the interim F:secntive Power. nor front • any other
flovernosent that tufty hereafter he appointed under any de-
signation Whutsoevcr. From this reg,t:lation. however, it is
understood, that those penmen be exempted, who, from runt: or
age. ore acenstoined.tti succeed, according Iv the Rules, or Sta-
tutes, which are utweivr4 in Military, Ecelesiataieal, and Ci-
vil Bodies; nod, at toe same time, 011 Ch eases as may occur, in
which extraordioary and eonfessedly superior services per-
formed in behalf of the King and the Country, may deserve,
in the opinion of the Corte themselves, a rewardalso estrum.-
i'dlnary. ?tit Cartes direct as to communicate t':is to your Ex-
cellency, toad the Council of Regency, ri•criving the inform's-
lion. may take such ine.wures with respect to the .public offices,
as to carry the resolution into its full effect.--Lstl preserve
your lisedienCY man, sears.
EVARISTO PEREZ DE CASTRO, Secretary.
MANUEL LIJXAN, Secretary. ' •
To the First Secretary of Slide and Dispatches,
Royal Isle of Leon. Sept. 29, IRItL

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