Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-19
WEEKLY RETROSPECT OF
POLITICS.
From the Ligerpo9I Chronicle.

From the Liverpo9l Chronicle.
Dispatches have. been received, since our
last, from General Sir Hew Dalrympie, at
{ Gibraltar, and from Admiral Lord Col
Iingwood, at Cadiz, confirming the sur
render OF Dupont's army, and also OF az
vision. commanded bv General Wedel, to
the Spanish patriots. The substance OF their
dispatches have been published, and Will be
found in another part OF our paper. ne !.
same Gazette also contains an account OF
the retreat of the French from Madrld.-
The army the king, the court and all the
French resident in Madrid, have lett that
city in the utmos. consternatlon, III cense-
quence as is supposed, OF the defeat ana
capture of DuponS's army. King joseph,
before he left his.capital, is reported to have
robbed the palaces of their vaiuablss, and
his army following his royal example load
ed themselves with the spoil of the church
es, and other places. If this Information
be founded On fact, his catholic majesty
will not, IN all probability, venture to return
into Spain, when once he gets clear OF her
borders. The people viii despise ann as
+" a vice kings,
a cut-purse Of the empire and the rule,
I hat from shelf the precious dladem stole,
And pat it il. his pocket.
The patriot band Of Spain have been sue
cesssll .seyoud expectation they have 81
yena striking proof what people deter
mined to be free are capable OF, and hold
out a useful lesson to every government,
and to every king. Tyrants must read this
lesson and tremble, while they are con-
strained TO acknowledge, that'even hosts OF
slaves. however disciplined, cannot stand
against the nervous arm, raised to obtain
uafion's freedom, or to defend the glorious,
e n s,z,easse Of liberty. The popuiati-
- - 0s.iei eolliei 1ss---sil, from such an ex-
ample, learn to form a ptvt~r estimate 9,
Their united strength, whenever the time
shall rerder It advisable for thcsn to d.
maud their natural riphts Co. VI
oppressive and tyrannlc governors. Nati-
Gus may suffer long, but there is q point be-
yond which they will not bear. This ought
TO teach the rulers of the earth to cultivate
by justice, moderation, and due regard
to the rights oe men, the esteem and aifec-
tiors Of the people for the people are the
only friends upon which a monarch can RELY
IN the time OF difficulty or danger; and the
monarch Who properly fuifls the duties he
owes to the people, and IS in reality the "a
ther Of his people, viii not only find them
dutifnl children, but valiant defenders of
cause that Is alike the cause of the king and
people.
There Is no reason to expect that Spain
wall restore that government which the
brave General Castanos has called a feeble
ard coSardly government. In all probahi-
iity the Dourboas will never more govern.
SPAN: they Will sink into the obscuritv
they have nerited. To say nothing of Car
los, II Ferdinand was inveigled away by any
tinsel premises of Napoleon, he must have
been weak character, and therefore inca
pable OF kingly dignity. Il he was fright
ened by Napoleon, he must have been cow
ardly and unfit to reiSn--.f ne were cor
rupted by Napoleon, he must nave been
base, and therefore unworthy of a crown
Can 1t then be expected that such prince
shall be restored to the throne he has aban-
doned, BY heroes, whose blood has ferti-
hzed The soil OF freedom? 1t is not at all
hkely-Spain will rather become republic.
This is rendered the more probable, as the
resolution has been formed of assembling
the Cortes at Toledo in September, for.the
purpose on promulgating new constitute
on. 10 effect this purpose, it is said the
Duke of Montigo has traversed the vast Pc
nlnsula of Spain three times.
/ We learn that report prevailed at Wash
mgton, so late as the 9TH ultino that the a.