The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-09-06
EUROPE.
Imhortans SPANISH Documents,


PUBLISHED BY TIE PATRIOTIC CHIEFS.
IS Tie strength of a Nation is tie .Loyaltg of the
People"
THE KING DOM OF oALLIcTA, AND THE GE-
HEkAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.
BRAVE SPANIARDs.
THE abdication of his kingdom
by orr Sovereign Ferdinand VII. officially
communicated to US, is the most striking
proof of the violence he suffers. He there
by nanifests US his want OF liberty and pow
er ID the grief lie feets OH being coHpeii-
ed, by despotism and tyranny; to separate
himself from his subjects; he Implicitly de-
mands our assistance. u is intended TO sub
stitute in his place a naughty and peridious
conQueror. who meditates the effISon Of cur
blood, to satiate his samguinary appetite and
mis- bounaless ambition, as he has hitherto
l.rofusely she'd the blood OF the nob:e, brave
and loyal French nation. He means 80 drag
by main force, the most iilustTious Spanish
youths, whittier the good faith OF our mo-
march has already sent part of them, with
ont any o.her object than TO aggrancIi2c a
man, for whom the world does not aD-
pear to be sufficiently extensive, and who
quits on human blood. The reward Of that
generous act. has been pcrfiaious conduct,
unprecedented in the annals of civilized ma
tons. The stratagems, the frauds, the trea-
cherries, arc notQrious, which Napoleon has
employed to introduce in the quality Of an
intimate y4iiy md flifhfiii Friend; his troops
to our very capital, and make h.n.clf mas
ter Of the fortrcsses Of oui. frontiers to ha-
rass the feelings Of orr Monarch to cause
disturbances ameng the people; orob US Of
orr king, princes, and infanto, and to con
trout with an iron hand the dcliberation of
our government, Which, without Liberty, gives
orders which it abhors, ruled as they are by
a foreign regent and intruder. This scan
dalous conduct, and that which he has com
mitted with regard to Etruria, and our neigh
bcrs the Portuguese, point ont 10 the degree
of fdelity and faith which VIC may expect
from the high sounding promises with which
ne means 10 cloak his malignant desighs,
treating us as people at once iusenSibie and
dasta rdiy.
Shall cultivated, brave, and generous ma
tion, bend its neck unttr the yoke Of perfitIv :.
Shall it allow itself to be insultcd Nv injud
juFies-the most pertdious, immoral. an
disgraceful committed in the face of the
whole world and submit to the most huni-
Gating slavery prepared for it? No, noble
Gaicians, such are not the dictates ~ your
noble minds. Glowing with the most virtu-
Gus ardour and no5iest enthusiasm, YOU have
already expressed Your sentiments. worthy
Of The praise and imitation of all Spaniards.
You rather wish Ia die. than to see your in
dependence trauped under foot, your rel-
gion destroyed your King in captivity, and
yonr country threatened with yoke equally
hurthcusomc and unjust. Quicken the ge-
ncrous Sertiients OF your noble minds Fly
to arms not like that monster, to indulge an
inordina'c ambition; not like him, TO yio-
late the rights oe humanity and the laws cf
nations; not 10 render us oiious to mankind !;
not 70 offend a generous and friendly nation,
ruled by monster already become iusulfcr-
able upon earth.--Fr, e. arans, toaSsist your
couptrynen; to rescuc yom King from cap
tivity; to restore to your government, liber-
ty, energy, and vigor to preserve Your lives
and those Of Your children 20 maintain the
uncontrolled right OF enjoying apd dioposing
OF your property; to assert the independence
OF your native soil; and above al, TO defend
your sacsl religion. Employ the arms
which she tenders: arm Your minds with the
fear Of GOD implore the aid ef the immacu-
late conception, and Of the glorious apostle
So Jacob, "iF Patron and confident Of sue
cess 10 81 gloiiaHs n cause. rush forth TO
gasp the yio'ogy aich is prepared forycu
lY their mtcrcesson, aad The justice Of your
cause.
And We, corporations and private indiei-
daa's, WHO, from your circumstance, Cannot