The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-16

was left in security. Russia was dismissed
back tobarbarisn, ridieuloas ;,,il csntemp-
ti6le, but entire. She had bartercd her NO.
nor, but was suffered to keep her territory.
But towirdsSpain no mercy has been saewn.
The means employed to destroy her were
most signaily ungrar6tul and cruel. Treason
and parrcideS@cre the auxiliary crimes put
in motion against her sovereign; rebellion
and insurreceion were encouraged amongst
his people. and the road to her final subjn-
cation has hcen cut througtfthe carnagesand
massacre of the most loyal of his subjects.
Having withdrawn herlbcst troops, and
immured them in some distant fortresses Of
Germany having encourae.d a cowartlly
sycophant against the heir apparent, and
made him equally master of the person Of
the queen, and the power cfthe king, Napo-
leon, persuaded of his affection to his own in
terest, which must necessarily cease with
the existence of Spain as anindependeat ma
ton, changes his Instruments, and pulls down
his once 4avored upstart 10y means of his for
mer rival
Having destroyed the prince of peace, he,
| excites the heir apparent to rebel against
his father; and when this rebellion becomes
successful and popstar, he changes sides,
| and supports the cause of the rightful mon
arch.
| Thus alternately fayoring and dsgracing
every party, and cutting up the roots of
all .pubic confidence in any, he throws the
Kingdom into such an unnatural fernient
/ that his army seizcs the pretext for marc CHI
ing into the capital: and when he fears re-
sistance from the old castilion loyalty and
valor, he plans an insurrection to put it down
| by massacre as.
! Never, we believe, in the annals of histo-
ry, has more atrocious lYpocricy been ex-
posed, nor fouler play ,practised for any o.
Their than this-His purport and final aim
are obvious TO the most short sighted-Ha-
wing destroyed all respect ard reverence for
every public character in Spain that could
aim at government, he paves the way for
the entrance of Spanish sceptre. n1r
Spain will soon become politically extinct,
and no longer exist as an appendage of
France If not governed by the same mo
march, she will pass into the same family,
and a Bonaparte will reign on both sides OF
| the Pyrcnees.
| The tall of Spain, however to be regretted
affords us yet one lesson Of reasonable COM
fort--lt is, that the enemies of France, as
they are more respectable, so are they more
secure than her friends-War then-war
with such Power? Eternal inextinguisha-
BILE war, before we submit to the contempt
and danger of her hollow frientlship.--The
Sword alone can cut US out Treaty worth
having the pen, III the present state OF things,
is the most fatal instrument we can employ
i-!t would I've cen"emience Bill BIZ &c 3 !e
of every thing the most preciou. and valua-
bic that is left us-This we are glad to see
snow the popular sentiment, more confirm
ed than ever by the recent example and
bleeding image of Spain. j.,
WAR then with. France, though Com
merce and Colonies should both fail us in tn e
struggle: enough.sif upon the ruin of this
accumulated wreck, we can climb 10 the le-
vel of our towering enemy, and save the Ca
fifoH Inamo6ite Sarum of the British Con-
stitution.