Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-11-04
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that kingdom and its colonies.
! II in the arrangements made BIZ YOUR ma
Jesty, the security of France his been your
principal care. the interest of Sp ain herself.
has, however, been dear, & in unit ngthe two
states, by the most intimate alliance, thu
prosperity and the glory Of both were equal.
ly the objects proposed. The troubles which
have manifested themselves have particue
larly excited the solcitude ofyour majesty,
IN deprecating their progress, in foreseeing
their consequences, in hoping 10 prevent
them by persuasive means. and by meas
ures of wise and hum ne policy. Your ma
ljesty interfered as mediator in the midst
OF the divided Spaniards, shelving them on
one side the anarchy which threatened
them, and on the other England ready to
prof. by their divisions, and TO make use
NJ them to suit her convenience, andpoint-
ing out tn them the way by which they
might be saved from this double danger, w
constitution, ever provident, proper to
provide all OF which they stood in need, and
IN which liberal ideas intermixcd them.
selves with those ancient institutions which
Spain wished 20 be preserved.
The expectations of your majesty have,
been deceived. Individual interest, foreign
intrigues, and the influence of foreign cor
rrption have prevailed. Why is IT so easy to
lead nations to their ruin by letting loose
their passions IN former report, nave
made your majesty acquain ed with the in
fuence which the Eng ISL were acquiring
m Spain, the numerous party that they had
formed, the friends win IN they had acquir-
ed IN the commercial towns by holding out
10 them the prospect Of revival of their
trade ; had pointed them out to N on "a au-
thors of the sedtion VIII CHI overturned the
Throne of Charles ~ and the fsvorers of
the popular disorders which arose at that
epoch. They h d burst through that salu-
tary r straint which keeps the people in
submission, by operating upon III ,r int t.
est. The populace of Span hsving shaken
Cd the yoke ofauthorty, aspired at govern
ing. -English gold, the iDtr CUES of the a.
gents of the Inquis,iion, WHO were afraid of
| los ng their authority, TIE iuRlsncs Of the
numerous tribe Of Monks IN spain, who
dreaded a reform, have, in this critical
moment, occasoned the resurrection Of SEA
vera, Spanish provinces in which the voice
| OF the more prudent class has been either
mistaken or sri1ed, IF whom not a few have
fallen victims To the courageous oppoS til
ON TO popular tumuit, and dreadful anar-
chy has been seen 20 Il fuse its-if over the
greatest part of Spain. VIII your majesty
permit England 10 be able to say, Spain 10
one OF my provinces my flag, driven from
the Baltic, the Nrrtf' SEA the Lcvant and
even from the shores o! Persia. ru1ss ,fl- tlc-
ports of France % No, never, SIRE Ito
prevent so much shame and misfortune, two
millions ofbrave men are ready to scale the
| Pyrenees, and the Engl sh wth be chased
from the Peninsula. II the French fight
! for the berry of the seas, they must, to
conqSer, begin by wrestling Span from the
influence OF the tyrants of the ocean. If
Ithey combat for peace, they cannot obtain
II until they have chased from Spain the
en- mics of peace.
Ii your majesty, embracing the future as
wei as the present, aspres TO he noble OBJ
lject OF leaving after YOU your empire calm,
tranquil, * surrounded by powerful friends,
you mas; begin by securing its influence in
ISpain
Lastly, if honor is the first sentiment, as
well as the first object OF Frenchnen, your
majesty must promptly inflict vengeance for
the outrages committed against the French
name, and the atrocities to which so great
a number of our countrymen have fallen
victims. Frenchmen, established in Spain
: for more than twenty years, exercising in
I peace their useful industry, and almost re-
garding Spain as their country, have been
6 massacred Every where French property
mas been seized.
,, The Consular Agents of your majesty have
. experienced treatment which would nSl
have been suffered even in the most barba.
= rous countries. What estimation, wha, con.
. sideration, will the French name enjoy in
: Europe, if, in a country so near TO us, afro
cities so infamous and so public, remain un.
f.. punished Reparation ought to be had foI
D. Ithem-but reparation consonant to French
o men, by victory.
= 1t is no small advantage the probabilit,
\ of at length meeting the English, sf fightinl
- them man to man, of making them also fee
the evils of war-of war, of the danger
W of which they are ignorant, having only eau
y sed it by their gold. The English will b.
d beaten, destroyed, dispersed, or at least the
n, Will make haste to fly, as they did AZ Fou
ID lon, at the Helder, at Dunkirk, 10 Sweden
q and every where the French armies hav
been able to find them but their expulsio
from Spain Will be the ruin OF their cRus'
'- This last check will exhaust their means
l. annihilating 1T the same time their la,
1d hopes, and peace will become more proba
IN bic. The wishes of all Europe will in tn
contest be with France. France and Ru
r. STA make common cause against EngiauC
r. Denmark supports with honor a conte
RI which she did not provoke. Sweden, be
!. trayed and abandoned by the ally to who
an insane Cabinet hes sacrificed her, hi
% already lost her most importan, province
~ and is fastening to that ruin which is u
~ inevitable effect OF allanCe and fricndsh