Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-09-09

Tered some insult 20 Captain Beaver Of
the Acasto ashore, he was immediatelv
cutdown BY i Spanish Ofieer who was
present, aud the populace t6re him to-
Some others also suffered, and
the whole would have been cut up into Ia
sage -. Jofk Beef had il mot been for
the interference Of the Acassto,s OFF
GERS They are however al IN the
Cazanettes and well secured ID irons.
& BcDapate's decline, il l. ny firm o.
.Pinion, vii now Be q rapid % his. sie-
walton has been and We may vet see
Europe rtPlaeed according % thes old
Our correspondents ct Havanna, has
enclosed % the following translations
from th( Spanish papers published nc
that place BY authority. 49,. ~ NJ q =.
+ I SRvtLLE-7ofhe Portuguese.
!" Your fate has been perhaps more se.
we're than has been suffered by any peo-s
pie upon earth. 80 4 Si ~
. Your kings forced 10 az from Won. j.. .
md the same which has happened Ia
SPaihis an irrefragable proof 81 the alb
solnte necessity under which they f,he
kings didit. You have been ordered
not 70 defend yourselves, and you have
NOT defended. sJunok offered to make
you happy, and your happiness has been
% be treated with more cruelty than he
most ferocious eonquerors have used
people whom they have suhdued By
force Of arms, and after . most obsti- =
nate resistence.. 3- / - &z.$ /.
" You have been deprived of youf
kings your lands, usagss, customs.
goods, liberty, Of life itself, and of thar
holy religion which your enemies have
never respected, but which accordinR 10
their custom, they have promised %
protect, and have even feigned TO prac.
tice themselves. Your mobility has
been annihilated, your goods have been
eonhscated, % punishmsnt for your
hdslity and loyalty. IKE 2..s*
You have been dragged Wildly to
toreign regions, and you hive been for
ed 10 become prostfate &C the feet of
hat which has caused you 90 many evils.
md which BY The most terrible per6dy
las usurped your empire, and rules You
With IN iron sceptre. Already your
rocps have passed your 6orders, andko
chained 20 die in defence Of that which
has oppressed you, of that which follows
4 epirit profoundly wicked % dessroy
those which ought % Be yo1r strenctH.
and make them serve with their lives.
20 their triumphs, and 10 thae ferocious
glory 20 which they aspire. Spain has
seen, between grief and destruction.
your servitude, and al the horrible evils
which have followed IL. We are our
brothers, and pant to iiy 70 our succour.
But some chiefs, - governments either
weak or corrupted, has arrested Il, and
prepared the means BY which the ruin
ofour king, Of our laws, our indepen-
dence our liberty. our, lives, The same
holy religion which uni.es Is, that an I
should accompany your own destruction
and By which that barbarous people might
accomplish 1 triumph, and the slavery
Of the rest Of Europe. Our loyalty, our
generosity, our justice, could not suffer
q wickednessl 90 atrocious, they have
broken the restraint. Letus 70 tot6ght.
We have armies and chiefs, and there q
hut one cry throughout Spain-Io die
adm defence b The country 6uf aiso u
n'aks these vie enemies ~ lau z,ifh ~. 81
e q Come, then, generous Portuguese. 4
tounite yourselves with Spain and die
for the country. Its standards e4pecf
you, and win receive you with gladErss.
q brothers UNANIMOUSLY oppressed q The,
cause Of Portugal and Of Spain Is she
same. Do net learn troops ;--sheir
desires are the sam6as your own-and
with their arms and iottes you may reck-
on-upon security.
Y. Within yourselves ron have an OBJ
jest foryour vengeance. Do not obey
tie authors Of your calamifies attack
them. They are ! handful Of dismayed
5wretches, and already vanquished ~
tie very per6dies and truelties which
thew have committed; and in the eyes
Of Europe, and ofthe whole world they
IRE covered with disgrace. 4ss
Rise IN q mass AVOID to stain
yeur generous hands with any crime !;
FIT 60 to Fight againstit. and destroyit-
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