The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-01


tor in the midst OF The divided Spaniar,ls
showing them on side the anarch,
which Threatened them, and Oil the other
England ready to profit BIZ their divisions,
aut, TO make use OF them 20 suit her convc-
nience, and pointing out to them the way
by which they might be saved frer this
oouh'e danger, by constitution ever pro-
fi'-m, proper To provide all of which they
s'~l in need. and in which liberal ldacs
ittcrniScd themsc,ves with these ancient
y vli
< iirhe expectations Of your majesty have
h..n deceived Individual Interests foreign
IMrigues, and the Influence os foreign Cor
raptOr have prcr1';ed. IViiy is it 81 easy.
e. le,Al nations 10 their vain hy letting loose
tier passions? In former report. have
made yolr majesty acquainted with the in
Msnce which ;hc EnS'.,h were acquiring
~ Spain, the numerous party that t'iey had
formed. the friends whom thev had ac0u:r-
Ell in the commercial, towns, by holding on.
to shcn the prospect OF 4 revival cs their
trade; had pointed them out to Won as
autaors o. the seAit;nn which overturned the
throne OF Charles N. and the favcrers of the
pcnuiar disorders which arose az that C
liach. They had burst through that saiu-
tary restraint which keeps the people in
SOUTHWESTERN, by operating upon their interest.
The popuiace OF Spfin, having shaken Of
the yoke of authority. aspircd at governing
Engish gold, the irtrigues of the agents OF
the lnquis'ton, who were afraid OF losing
their authority, the influences of the hume
rons tribe OF Monks in Spain, who dreaded
reform, have in this critical moment oc-
ca;ioned the insurrection of several Spanish
provinces, IN which the voice of the more pal
dent class has been either mistaken or sti-
ned, OF whom not few have fallen victims
to their courageous opposition to popular tn
multi, and dreadful anarchy has been seen
to diffuse itself over the greatest part of
SPAN VIII your Majesty permit England
to say. "Spain is one of my PROVINCES, my
Ing dr;vcr from the Raltic, the North Sea.
the LeNant. and even from the shores of
Persia, rates in the ports of France !"-No
never, sire TO prevent SO much shame
and misfortune 100000 of brave men are
ready to scale the Pyrenees, and England
Will be cased from the peninsula.
1t the French fight for the liberty of the
seas, they must to conquer, begin by wrest
Ing Spain from the influence of the tyrants OF
the ocean. If they combat for peace, they
cannot obtain it until they have chased front
Spain the enemies of peace.
II yoar ma esty, embracing the future as
we'll as the present. aspircs to the noble OBJ
ject of leaving after you, your empire calm,
tranquil and surrounded by powerful friends,
You must Begin by securing its influence in
Spain.
Lastly, If honor is the first sentiment, as
wei; as the first object of Frenchmen, your
majesty must promptly infict vengeance for
the outrages committed against the French
name, and the atrocities to which so great Il
number OF our country-men have fallen VIC
TINS. Frenchmen established in Spain for
more th2n 20years, exercising in peace their
useful industry, and almost regarding Spain
as their country, have been massacred. f
very where French property has been seized.
he consular agents of your majesty have
experienced treatmen- which wculd not
nave been suffered in the most b RIB lrous
countries. What estimation, what consi-
uerarion will the French name enjoy in Eu-
rope, If IN a country so near to us, atrocities
spontaneous and so public, remain unpunish-
ed Reparation ought to be had for them
buta PREPARATION consonant to FreDchmen by
victory.
tits nosmali advantage the probability of
at length meeting the English, of fighting
them man to mai, of making them taste the
evils CT war-of war, of the dangers of
which they are igr'rant having only caused
it by their gold. The English will be bea-
ten, destroyed. dispersed, or at least they
will make haste to ny, as they did at Ton
len, 1t Inc Hcidcr, at Dunkirk, in Sweden,
&evtr where whcrethe French armies have
been a..e 10 find them but their expulsion
from Spain will be the ruin of their cause.
ms last Check VIII exhaust their means,
ann'hliatiDg at the same time their last
hopes. and peace will become more pro)a-
bic. The wishes of all Europe will in this
contest be with France. France and Rus
aa make common cause against England
Denmark supports with honor contest
which she did not provoke Sweden, be.
trayed and abandoned by the ally to whom
iii insane cabinet has sacrahced her, has
a!ready lost her most important provinces,
and is Fastening to that ruin which is the
inevitable eject of alliance and friendship
with England.
such will be the fate of the insurgents in
Spain When the contest becomes serious
the English will abandon Spain, after making
them the sad bequest Of a civil war---of d
war for foreign interest, and for anarchy,
the most cruel Of scourges 1t viii be for
tic risdonl and benihcence of your maj esty
to repair the evils Of which they will be the
cause.
The court Of Vienna has constantly tes-
tined to your majesty the most amicabe in
tcntions; indignant at the policy OF England
she mas recalled her minister from Lon
don sent back the minister who was at VI
emma shut her ports against England, and
placed herself in a state OF hostility with
that power She has added To these mea-