Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-03-06
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los, hrst secretary ofs.ate and ofd;soa.. h.
mas communicated by ROYAL order To all
the councils. nnder the date of the day he.
tore'yesterday, the Manifesto, whose lille.
raj tenor is as follows:
The re establishment Of peace, which
Iufope beheid wish 81 much pleasure By
the treaty of AtnieoS, has unfortun atclv
oeen OF very short duration FOR the wei
fare of nations Hardly had the public
reJoicings, with which such an aispici ms
event was every where celebrated. been
nnlshrd, when The public tranquility be-
gan to be disturbed anew, and the ,Sles
sings vanished which pence had nsonis.
ed. The cabinets OF Paris and London
held Europe in suspence and wayeyia,y
between fear AID hope; the result oftheir
negctiatlons becoming every day more
uncertain, until Aiscord had again kindIed
between them the flame OF war. which
might naturally he communicated IN al hes
powers inasmnch' as it, was extremely
difficult for Spain and Holland, who had
treatedinintly win France at Amiens, and
whose Interests aud political relations are
so intimately United, TO desist in the end
from taking part in'thc injuries and often
ces com nisted AGAINST their ally.
Uader these circumstances his nla;ea-
~, resting on the most SOL d princi;lcs OF
s"od policy, preferred the pecuniary sub
sid'es 70 the contingento ftroops and ships,
with which he was bound To assist France
IN virlne OF the treaty Of alliance OF 1906 /;
and as well through the medium Of bis
minister in London, throuel, the medium
OF the English agents at Madrid, he sip
ni6ed, In the most positive manner TO the
British government, his decided and firm
resolution TO remain neutral during the
war, as an earnest of which he had the
consolation OF observing that these. iugs-
nuous assurances were apparently we'll re-
ceIved at the Court OF London.
But that cS,inet, which must before
hand hays resolved ia silence, Tor its pri-
vatc purposes upon The renewal of the
war wit. spain, w;ebsnever IL could de-
clare it. no, WITH the forms aud soIemni.
ties prescribed by the law cfnations, but
through'he medium Of positive aggressi.
ons, whics might produce benefit 70 IL,
avalcd Itself ofthe rrost frivolous pseiex.s
to question the truly neutral condael of
Spain, and to give importance at the
same time to the desires Of the British
king 10 preserve the peace the whole
with view 70 gain Time by luIling the
Spanish government, and keeping 10
uncertainty the public opinion Of The En-
glish nation, respecting It's premedi,ated
and unjust desigas, which could by no
means be approved by that NATION.
Thus il IS that AZ london il artfullv ap.
pcared IN sustain various claims of private
Spaniards Addressed to it, and is agents
at Madrid exagg s5ated the pacific iDten-
tons ofiheir sovereign. yet they never
showed themselves satisfied with the frank
ness and friendship with which their notes
were answered, but imagined and exag
gefsted aymamcnts which never existed,
and supposed CONTRARY 10 the most posi-
tive pro:estslions on the part OF Spain)
that the pecuniary succours given 70
France were not merely the equivalent oil
the troops ard slips, which were siipulat.
ed IN the treaty OF 1896, but an indefinite
and immense sum, which did rot admit
them In consider Spnia otherwise than as
principal party Ia the war.
However a. ID was not yet time 10 dis.
pei the illusion under which they were
aching. they required as conditions neces.
sarT 10 consider Spain as neutral, the ce 1
saiion OF every sort Of arlning in these
ports, and prohibition of the sale ofpri
zes brough, into them: and notwiihs'and,
ing both conditions. although solicited il
tone al once TOO lofty and unusual in DO
iificai tran$actions, we're thereafter reliei
ousIy fulfilled and observed, they yet per
sisted ia manfcsting want OF confidence
and hastily departed from Madrid even az
ter receiving couriers from their court, n
the contents Of which they communicate
no part.
The contrast which results from all TIL.
betseen the conduct OF the cahine,s o
Madsid and London would be sufficient
c'cafiy to egince to all Europe The bat
fa''h add the hidden and perverse views G
she Engi'sh ministry, even if Il, had no
sesnIIss,cd Them by the aboininable out
rage Of surprising, lighting and taking IN,