Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-08-12

interest,adiusted. recalled my troom 4
Portugal, and ordered those iii Maori
vacuate that capital, and directed them
semble on several points of the monasa !
This was not done for the purpose q !
doning my subjects, but on the coutran
order to maintain more worthily the plos
the crown. My long experience consn,
me that the emperor Of the French, con-,
entity with his own interests, and tAe
tended political system Of the con,as
could entertain no wish prejudicial a
house. But in the mean time, what
your conduct? You threw my whole 3,
into confusion. You instigated my III
to turn against me. Your father Wa I
prisoner. My prime minister, wS3|
had reared and adopted into my faalii &
dragged bleeding from dungeon to dunp,s
You have disgraced my grey hairs; 4
have bereft them of crown worn Il
lustre by my ancestors, and which | n
preserved without stain; you have acc
ed my throne, and put yourself into /
hands of the people of Madrid, who alsl
stigated by the members Of your party, \
of the foreign troops that have entered j
city.
The conspiracy at the Escurial was ]
colnplished, and the acts OF my goyenne
were consigned to public contempt. G|
and loaded with infrmities, could \
Withstand this new misfortune, and Hsl |
the French emperor, no longer as a king |
the head of his troops, and surroundsdH|
the lustre Of the throne, but as an unioaI
nate and abandoned prince. have bn
place ofrefuge and protection in tiemid
of his army. I am indebted to him fora|
life, for the life of my queen, and chat /
nv prime m;aister. I have followed nj
to Bavonne. You have brought affairs i
suci, state, that henceforth every hl|
must depend upon the arrangements u
protection of this great prince. To hr
recourse to insurrection Of the people, /
plant the standard of faction, would be u
ruin of Spain, and would reduce you're
my kingdom, my subjects, and my fanf
to the greatest wretchedness. Ihaye os|
ed M whole heart to the emperor. He
acquainted with all the insults I have rtesr|
ed, and the usurpations imposed upon NJ
He has declared to me that he will nsFs
acknowledge you as king, and that the Ell
nv OF his father can excite no confidence /
the breast Of stranger. He has, besldsj
shewn me letters, which contain proofs
your aversion for France.
Under these circumstances it IS evmen1
nv right, and still more evidently my di5I
spare the blood Of my subjects, and 4
at the end of my days to adopt ecEI
which would expose Spain to IRE and sE'
and reduce the country to most vretc1
condition. Assursdlv YOU ought, ta'a||
to your duty, and to the feelings Of natr
to have rejected the haiterous councils g.
you. Had you constantly appeared byI
side, ready for my defence, and had wal |
till the usual course OF nature had ralscd!r
to the throne, then the political intetess
Spain might have been brought to conaj
with the interests Of all. Doubtless toEt F
SIX months circumstances have been VI
critical bat such rs they were | sne
not have feared TO meet them, supported
the good conduct of my subjects, and e'
nv own feeble efforts, but, above ali,
the mora. power which | should have
scssed in proposing to my ally an ana
ment calculated to reconcile the Elterss'
nv subjects and my family. In deprns|
me Of my crown, you have broken VI
own in pieces you have stripped h.a1
that was iIlustrious, of all that renders II
cred ia the eyes Of men.
But your conduct towards me, and "
intercepted letters, have erected bas
wall between YOU and the throne or Sr
am king in the right OF my anesSp
My abdication was consequence Of :.
puision. have, therefore, nothlngu,
ceivc from you. / can consent to no ~