The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-08
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0f eniiynyeacd men, and enlarged, ideas,
anxious to see their country governed by n
consultation calculated 70 secure The rights of
the nation, there arc great numbet III spain.
Ih9t hngdcul also boasts many meat whose
Wihses were sttachs 4 to fhe sue cess OF mary a
scoDe i'm the r=No|0.oi Of France
Gne Sd part q ti,c tcrri,6riai property IS IN
the possession al the secilar Clergy. TIC
monks. tur the INST part, i,hteratc and o
8ptted ~ he eNUemc. exercise a considera-
bic u -icncc o,er TIC minds os the lower Or
dtrs, who ae more ignor,,nt han the peo-
PIE OF any cthe: country, and have con.t =
quentiy ~ the lest century. only ;raSe pro-
gress IN superstition and ini",cpoe.
The events at the lscuriai and H~anju-
e. watch have H..dc {, deep inpre ssion on
the respect due 10 the throne, the convoca-
ton of a Junta at Bayonnc fQc the purpose of
forming the grounds Of n constitution, the un-
foreseen and extraordinary cvcnss of the 2d,
OF May at Madrid, aiithesc things have set the
passions at'oet, and have wound up beth hope
and fear tn the highest Pitch.
The English faction could not overlook the
opportunity to derive every advantage from
this state oftaings: 1t has all olong been We
/. ~ active aud powerful in the ports. s. its in
fiuence has been felt even i'm Madrid. Il has
by the public situation OF the continent &c
quired strength, and more particularly SO
by the SACRIFICES imposed on tie Spanish
trade by the cogency of circumstances
Thus seconded, t;eir arts were no: unsuc-
cessfui in establishing the notion OF giving up
the alliance with France, to form an union
with England, and this secret wish had
considerable influence on the events of Aran-
jurz anu ti,v,S ,i,s,t s e, a. 80 81.
The majority of the good ard enlightened
individuals of the nation, composing the no
b;lity and dignitaries of the church, was a
minated with a commendable Spirit, but the
party of the inquisition OF monks, instigated
by numerous agents sbpendiated by England
in Spain, availed themselves OF the blindness
and stupidity of the lower orders OF the peo-
pie. misled them by false rumcurs, put arms
into the, hands of the needy class, and ut the
end of May the insurrection. broke out, at
the very time that all the arrangements res
pecting Spain, had been perfected, and that
the Junta at Rayonne was meeting, and its
operations commencing.
Az Naliadoiid, SaragosSa, Valencia, Sc
vile, &c, miracles were solemnly proclaim :
ed: these Juggling tricks, which with every
.ether nation on the continent would only have
met with condign derision, have made upon
the minds of the Spaniards their fullest ina
preSSlOn. NJu tlC COASTS a numerous party,
known by its antipathy to France, and Which
was excited to make common cause with En-
gland, in order to recover the liberty of trade,
sPurred the people on, and feigned to give
credence to the superstitious annuncia tioEs,
Morta, disorders arose from such disposition,
which communicated at the same time to
the provinces ofNavarre, Arragon, Estrem-
adura, Castle, Leon, Asturia, and Gallicia
They began on the 18th of May in the
southern provinces. The counsellor Of state
Don Miguel de Saavedra was captain gene
raj of the kingdom Of Valencia, and attempt
ed to oppose the views of the insurgents, his
life was threatened and he fed to Requena :;
but the insurgents informed Of his abode,
crowded thither, seized hispcrson, conduct
ed him to Valencia, and there murdered him
near the hotel OF count Cerval'on, who SEEM
ed to have their confidence, but whose eff
forts, nevertheless, to rescue the unhappy
proved fruitless. The head of Don Miguel
de Saavedra was impaled, carried through
all the streets, and subsequently placed at
the top Of a pyramid, whist the Marquis of
Avaeva, on whom similar fate was impen-
ding, narrowly escaped it.
On the first burst of the insiirrection, tie
Insurgents demanded that ali the goods be-
longing to- the French residing in the king
dom, should be declared forfeited, and their
persons secured in the citadel. A few DAYS
after they dragged the crew of French shin
which had been pursued by an English fri
gate, and sought refuge on the Spanish coast.
into prison On the 14th Of June, they in a
fresh paroxysm OF fury, massacrcd these CAP
tives; however on the 18th June the mem
bers of the Junta, who had been constrained.
on forfeiture of life, to take part in the com
mittee, arraigned by a solemn act the au
thor of those atrocities, giving him up to con-
sttutional authority, and naming as such.
Balthazar Calbo, a minister of the altar
ard the member of the chapter of St. Isiti
ore, at Madrid.
At Cuenca, the corregidor ard the intef
dant were thrown into chains. and carried off
By the riotous Doors, who, before they de-
parted, pillaGcd the houses Of these two res
pecta5!e magistrates, and abused their faini-
lies. Al Carthagena the people murdered
the governor, who had for long time eujov
ed the public esteem. At Grenada, on the
50th of May, arrived general Truxillo, 20
vernon of Malaga he was murdered by the
people his body dragged through the streets,
cut in pieces, and afterwards brrnt. AtAl-
gesiras, the I'd OF June, the French consul
was cast into prison, and the rioters demana
ded his head but theresoiution IF the well.
dispbsed prevented. the commission Of this
hew excess. At St. Ducar de Barameda.
they massacred the governor of that =: &C,
a man equally distinguished by his rank and