Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-01
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Translated fer the Philadelphia Gazette.

The following aFectionate address from the
patriotic citizens of Malaga, to his ex-
cellency general Castanos, as commander
IN chief, and to his excellency general Re
ding, the second in command, as conque-
rors of the French army, under general
Dupont, on the 21st J uly, 1903, at Bay
len, in Andalusia.
The four quarters Of the globe beng
reused by the clashing of our conquerlng
arms, they all hold out to us their captive
hands, praying that we may break the bar
barous chains which either enslave them
already, or threatens to Cypress them. he
immortal sons of Bells have torn the laurels
from tie oonquerors of the Danube, the
Oder, the Vistula and the Niemen.
The sword which Francis the first sur
rendered at .Pavia, has been snatched from
us by fraud and deceit; but it shall be sub
slituted by that OF Napoleon the first, which
was intended to be deposited in the taberna-
Gle of the Temple of Victories, in the CAPT
tai Of France, snail he at any time possess
the necessary courage to unsheath 1t In the
front of our armies. That of Dupont, SO
much celebrated at the battle of Jena, is; al
ready Frustrated at the foot OF the altar OF
the God OF battle, and consecrated to the
greatest hero of our kings, the glorious San
Fernando the third, the patron of Seville.
The .glories of Seville, its loyalty and
patriotism, viii at some future day eclipse
Ill others which for thirty centuries had IL
Illustrated the whole earth. The powerful
empires which the world has known, the
celebrated conquerors who have overrun
aud subiugated the nations, all have leftno
memory behind them but that of bloodshed
a ID Slaughter, robbery, conhagration and
plilage: but Spainnow presents herself on
the military theatre OF the word, under
more happy auspices.
The establishment Of her own real indie
pendence, and chat Of the liberty of all Eu-
rope, are the objects OF her vows and the
actuating principles Of all her enterprises
not of that unbounded liberty, Of that hor-
ride 'iicentioasness which was attained by
the unhappy French nation at the cost Of
ore million OF lives sacrificed to destroy In
fact, all tie bonds of society and morality,
all the si.s of consangninity, and in Short
every otAerthat had existed between heaven.
aud earth since the beginning of the world.
Spnin alone has thus much been able to con
ceive and undertake the glorious and noble
enterprise-aiways faithful to the God of
her forefathers, she would not consent to
bend her knee to the idol before whom ali
other people had Frustrated themselves
Field of Beyleh! posterity will contemplate
you with reverence and astonlshment; and
Will repeat to you with tenderness and tears
the beloved names Of Castanos and other
heroic generals of his army
Tie imperial crown which twice adorned
the heads of Our nlonarchs, shall again be
placed by our hands, on that of the Cesars,
which it had belonged to for many ages
Italy, the former theatre of our victories,
and principally the legitimate patrimony OF
our kings, repeatedly conquered with great
loss Of the blood OF our brave and heroic
forefathers, but since coded by shameful
treaties, will open to us their arms and re-
ceive us as their hberators, preferring, in
case of necessity, the domination Of Spain,
its religion and customs, which so closely
bind them to us, to the yoke Of the Infamous
oppressor, who has despoiled them of every
thing that was dear and precious. The ten
provinces of Flanders which are completely
lost by the unfortunate treaties of Utrecht,
have not forgotten that they had fought for
a long time in sur favor. Their fields vet
bathed with the blood of our heroes, viii
transmit to the remotest posterity, the me-
mory of our vaior and of our deeds, and if
we should even arrive before their walls,
they cannot hesitate between the liberal and
mild government which they enjoyed du- /
ring the time they were subject to our en-
pre-, and the tyrannical one which IN the
course or one campaign DESTROYED and amir