The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-18 00:00:00

ADDRSSS OF TILE SUPREME JUNTA.
4g4;PANIARDIO.--Otir enemies announce, as po.
&Jody certain, a perm in Germany; and the
Circumstances *hick acc.impenv this notice give it
a character of truth, which leaves little room fur
doubt. They already threaten us with the power-
fel reieforcements w hick they suppose to be
leaching to contelete our ruin. Already, proud.
.I.tted with the favourable aspect which their
also' in the North have assumed, they insolently
,wharf us to submit to the cleinencv of the Cou-
queror, and tame') bow our necks to the yoke.
.6 What unheard-of in-oleace! unparalleled
e'runtery! ‘ii,.ll poiterity will scarcely believe,
~faith-tanding the testimony of public re-
catis. Titus do these barbarians dare to impute
ti us the calamities which this country has suffered
fern their scandalous a..-gression, and thus make
tit rt.t‘potbsible fur those which are about to hefal
u, duets., should we prolong out resistance. But
aht.ti have we ever seen the innocent victims ne.
,aged of the (eruct t v with which the iubanran tyrant
sacrifices them ? Their declaimers very soon forget,
tt:ett their armies entered Spain, how they entered
—what posts they occupied—what was the signal
of combat which they gave—and the *hole series
itf gratuitous and uni.tralieled vrorities which
they committed against its. ll •CAllSe in their own
e,.graded hearts they tied nothing but servile sub-
mission when they are feeble, rind insolent ,atro-
cily when they are strong, they, forsooth, ima.
dine that the Spaniards, equally destitute of the
emport of native fortitude, will remeince their
jest and lofty elpectations. %Vito has told them
that our virtue was tuerha be assayeth drew by
rester obsta-
so low a stan-
dard ? They may,. pps, g
cles our way. We will redouble our efforts to
surmount them. Our toils, our dangers, will be
augmoted. We shall acquire the greater glory.
No I slaves of Bonaparte, waste not your
time in practising hacknied artifices, which, at
this time of day, can deceive nobody. Speak out
frankly, and say, 6 Because we think ourselves
the most powerful, we are resident to be the most
wicked of mankind.' This language, however bar.
barous the setstiment w hien it conveys, w ould be con-
sistent and intelligible. But do nut attempt to per.
suede us that the abandonment of our just lights is
wig lour, and cowerdioe prudence. Thoisgh your ini-
quitous aggression has placed us between ignominy
and death, what alternative can you expect a mag.
eanimous nation to adopt, except that of defending
itself to the last extremity, rather than consent to
so disgraceful a submission ? aut; murders
waste, and destroy : that you have been clothe
for these twenty months past ; bet with what eft:
feet you well know ; aft lsu also du the provinces
you occupy; where, in proportion to the injuries
you indict upon them, ilicreases the insuperable
aversion they bear tewards you, the etern tl ran-
cour and implacable revenge with which they in-
cessaatiy swear to pursue you.
64 To yield !---Are these sophists really aware
of the advice which they are giviiig to a people the
must jeabeis of thyir bottom' of eey nation upon
the face of the globe ? After such admirable eft
forts, such incredible successes, it wadi! be au
act of infamy, for which no precedent Can. Ile
found in the pages of our history, to fall deal at
the feet of th- crowned slave that Bonararte has
sent us fur a king ? And fur what should we du
su ?—That, from the 'mast of his impious orgies,
the pimps• and paeasites who an him adulation,
and the impure prostitutes who accompany bits,
lie may point out with hie linger the temples which
arc to be burnt, the manors ehich are to be parti.
tinned among his odious satellites, the virgins and
matrons who are to be dragged to his seraglio, the
youths who are to be sent uhf as a tribute to the
French MinotaiN !
66- Think not, Spaniards, that the Junta thus
addresses yen to excite your valour by the arts of
language. What occasion is there for wattle,
when things speak for themselves with such per.
suasive energy ? Your houses are demolished,
yonr temples laid in ashe,., your fields ravaged,
your families dispersed, or hurried to the grave.
Shall we have made so many sacrifices, shall the
flames of war have consumed one half of Spain,
in order that we should shamefully abandon the
ether half, to that much more destructive peace
which awaits it it the hands of the enemy ? Surely,
malady can be the delie of the insidious parade of
reform which the French hold forth ill their
Proclamations. The Tartar, who governs
them, has decreed thit Spain shall have nei-
ther industry 7 nor connnerce, nor colonies,
eur population, nor any political representation
whatsoever. To be turned into a vast and so-
litary sheep-walk, in order to breed flocks which
shall supply the French manufactures with our ea-
limbic wools; to form a nursery of human beings,
to be hurried away to slaughter ; misery, ruin,
degradation in every part of the Peninsula:—
such is the fate to which he consigns the country
the most favoured of Heaven of any upon earth !
But shooM our apathy even go su far as to in-
duce us to abandon interests so highly valuable,
could we ever consent to the total destruction of
that holy religion in which we were born, and
which in all our proceedings, civil and political,
we have sworn to preserve ? Shall we, thee,
abandon the interest of Heaven, and the faith of
our fathers, to the sacrilegious derision of a frantic
banditti And shall the Spanish nation, cele-
brated in every quarter of the globe for their
fervid piety, forsake the sanctuary, which,
for seven successive centuries, and with the
loss of thousaads of warriors, our ancestors de-
• 'led against the impious ferocity of the Saracens?
Tau- -.1 Cu act the victims who have fallen in
Were we ^ontest would lift up their heads
this MeMorable ,
from their grave., ana.-air to 0.17' Perfidious, ou-
t Have we TA.l.cn sled.
grateful wretchee our eyes.
so
fice ? Is our blood of no estimation td
No! brave feitow-countrymen,
din
no more, rest
in peace, and let nut that agonizing solicitude dis-
turb the repose of your eepulchres. Your glori.
on; example has taught 'us our first and
that greutthe
est
duty, end we are perfectly Convinced
vote which we ought to seek is not behind but
before us. It is through war and combats it is
valour
through war and combats, it is by
tad noble doing,, that we have to Procure that

tranquillity, that repose, of which those trai.
tors have despoiled us. Do we fear death ? Men),
of our companions have already met it, and sealed
with their blood the solemn oath which all of us have
taken. Who can fly from it ? Who shall dis- ,
solve that alliance of glory and danger to which
all of us are subject. Our country is laid wash:,
and we are insulted, and treated as a vile herd of
cattle, which are bought and sold, and slaughter-
ed when our master pleases. Our Kiug--Spa-
',dards I Would yon have infused into your hearts
that ardour and energy which lead te victory.
Remember the vile, the treacherous manner in
which this abominable usurper tore him from our
111T13. Ile called himself his ally, his protector,
his friend ; he pretended to give hint the kiss of
peace, but his embraces are the folds of the ser-
pent whieh twine round the innocent victim, and
drag him captive to his cavern. A perfidy no.
known to civilized nation', and scarcely practised
among the most barbarous, was reserved in store
rot our unfortunate Monarch. Behold, con-
demned to groan in solitude, surrounded by
guards and spies, the idolized object of our hopes;
him whom yon destine to the glory of the Throne,
that ins may govern you with benevolence and jos.
lice. See him incessantly fixing his streaming
:eyes upon his country ! Hear him, amidst the
anguish of his sufferings, imploring the valour of
hid beloved Spaniards, and calling upon theta for
liberty or revenge.
Lie be eenfinteed.l

• This Day was published, Price h.
ALETTER. to the Hight lion. Lout ELLEN.
BOROUGH, occasioned by big CHARGE to the
JURY, isa the TRIAL of the KING v. F. WRIGHT,
D. WRIGHT. and MARY ANNE CLARKE. Accotn-
partied with 041141 Docuovntt., illustrative of the Evidence.
liv GM. LI.. WARDLE, Esq.. P. -
Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Pdterivoiter-row.

Arrived. I)ae.
1
ll
e Gottelaborite 4
Cadiz 0
. Li•bas 1

i

PRICL ()V st.)l.;liS fill
3 per Reduced 69ii
per Cent.... 841).
Cumuli. for Ace. 01§
Long. Anne .114 3.16

IM Y AT ONE O'CLOCK.
0 um.. ...•..11/ Sprat.
80ad5....114.
Ete:i. 1111 k. Ss. lib.
Lottery Ticket: 9.1 i. 15*.

7'HE STATESMAA.

'soros IT NIA X.

LONDON:
11011 DAY, DICZNIBIL 18.
-.r--

Orrtct.tt. accounts from Seville, of the disas.
trous Battle of °CANA, were received yesterday
at the Foreign Office. Spanish Papers were also re-
ceived last night by the conveyance which brought
over these dispatches.
The Treaty between France and Austria has
called forth an Address from the Junta to the
Spanish Nation, in which a forcible and energetic
appeal 1:, made to the Pouple of the Peninsula, to
redouble their efforts in resisting the Invader.—
Their case is hopeless.--they have wasted the pre-
cious moments in which the contest on the Da.
moth: occupied all the disposable force of France.
What hope can now be entertained of exciting
the peopi e 4#l tlee Peuinsala tu general activity
and resistance? - __

In a letter from Bailajoi, of the 30th of Nov. '
Lord Wet.t.lnsreon is said Co ls:tvc returned from
" his hunting excursiux to Villa Viclosa."—
NAroLt 0!4 defers his hunting excursions until be
has completed his business. ‘Ve well remember
the English hunting matches in France, about the
period of the siege of Valenciennes, and the sub.
sequeut attempt on Dunkirk. Nu one can have
forgotten the result of that Expedition.
The Spaniards in vain attempt to disguise
their defeat. It is asserted that they saved their
artillery—the loss has, however, been great, and
their army is disjivrsed. The British Army its'
Spain, which is yet very sickly, must retreat.—
`'This we have long known to be inevitable,
and *our greatest apprehensiuo is, that they will
linger until the arrival of the enemy, in whose
presence a retreat certainly cannot be so conve.
niently or deliberately effected as in his absence.—
Gerona had nut surrtindered.

The Evacuation of Walchercn is, perhari, at
lungth effected. Tile arsenal appears, by a
letter, to have been burnt, and the fortifie.itions
-are blOwn up.

Tns report of Lord hitt.mi..a's appointment
to the Admiralty gains ground. The Under.
writers are inconsoleahle under the apprehension
of lusing their deer Lord Mut.savre•

Tam Meeting of Colonel WAR DLL'S Frien&, at
the Crows and Anchor, this day, ii expected to
be very numerously attended. Stibicriptions have
already been opened in the country. At Wor.
cuter, much zeal and activity have been mani.
fested. The Letter to Lord Et.t.essonousso, and
the Appendix, will be found in the columns of this
Paper.
--........-.

Tua report of an issue of ten shillings notes by
the Bank of England, we are assured, is without
foundation. Some reports had guile so far as to
say, that an issue of paper dollars might be es-
• pec ted•
A Mail from Flushing, with letters to the 14th,
arrived on Saturday. At that time the whole of
the troops were embarked, and lying in the roads,
with the ezception of the sth regiment, which
formed the rear-guard.

•It•ty 1,

(it 'a • r II! ar• ' grj ;p:t

„ •AL.1`;...-....1"”'