The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-05
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SPANISH NATION TO EUROPE.
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Dated at the Royal Palace Of Aicasdr
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Dated at the Royal Palace Of Aieasdr.
@ SEVILLE, Jan. I, 1909.
Thus. after having exhausted every thing that
perhdy contains most vile, and atrocity most obi.
Gus, those insolent sophisters still dared to sneak
OF constitution, laws and reformations and not
being able to show any title whatever, either lust
or apparent. for their usurpstion, they wished to
8iid over, by giving themselves the specious
name OF public reforrlers.-But nation oftwelve
millions Of souls does not require tutors. And,
great God, what tutors Tile same persons, who
after having constitu, ed themselves the defend
ers ofrights and principles, only boast of tramp
ling them under foot, both within and without
france. who are these instructors! They are
persons who have never made a law, which they
have not abrogatsd never Constitution which
ney have not destroyed; never government
which tn y have not rendered infamous and cor
rupt persons, who have committed and suffer.
ed crueltes without end. to establish a liberty.
winch they knew not how to enjoy, have finished
their career by becoming the vile instruments of
the most insensate ambition that has ever exist
ed in the world, from the days of Tameriane, un.
I'll the present time.
The last chapter oftheir history, the last exploit
OF their heroism, is to deceive good King who.
conhdng IN security, which not even the free
booters OF the desert would dare to invade, nus
himself into their hands, and is Immediately
stripped OF his crown, deprived Of his Liberty, &
his very life threatened. Then, because of the
people, owing to love for their king, dissenting
TO SO unjust an usurpation, they suddenly give
the signal tor slaughter and spring like Tigers
upor u'er guests anu friends. And, these peo-
pie belong to nation which called herself civil
lied and these are the persons that proclaim
themselves the heroes of Europe They are a
banditti, not warriors, savage monsters, notmen;
against whom every means of vengeance, and e.
very way to extermination, however horrible.
however unexamPled, are authorised in equity s
in justice.
The Spanish nation, thus insulted in the Der
sons OF her Princes, thus sold i'm her confidence
and SO unkinuly reconnpensed for her hospitality.
suddenly cried out aloud, and ran to arms in a
body, IN order to defend her liberty, and chastise
those barbarians In vain did the advocates of
the usurpation bring before their ewes the i'm
mense power of the tyrant, the great discipline
OF his troops, their unparalleled dexterty in mis-
Chief. Men, who being SO inhumaniy treated
can coolly calculate on the risks of vengeance
are either towards ortraitors, and in either ca.
ses are wretches But even the calculations cfe-
gotsm badly agreed. on this oc casion. with the
mtamy of suffering. What, said the good men.
Will It avail us, If, seduced by the love of peace.
we should now remain silent, and should receive
the yoke which IS presented to us? Will we.
Tor this reason, cease to suffer the rapacitv of
these plundcrers OF the globe, who are come TO
deprive us of the riches, which we have accu.
viii we cease to be the vassals of a subaitern. a
petty king, placed here to communicate to ms the
decrees ofthe tyrant Will, in short. our youth
cease to be dragged to foreign countries, to plum
der and cut the Threats ofnations, who have done
them no INJURY, as we here see tho wretched
sacrifice OF bloodis absolutely NECESSARY. it Il bet
ter to offer 1t as Holocaust to our country than
to the ambition of tyrant It is better to strup.
sic and die within sight of our parents upon the
bank OF the Tagus, the Gaudalquiver. and the
Eoro' than TO go and stain with blood the fro
zen and remote borders OF the Vistula and the
Danube. N,.f
Having taken this generous resolution. the
provinces armed, proclaimed anew the king to
whom they had sworn obedience. and Sailed
forth to meet the phalanxes OF the French. which
We're already extended throughout them. Mo-
.nlng couid resist their impetuosity in the begin
nng: twenty-three thousand men in the flower
oi the French army, headed by one of their best
Generals, are routed in the plains of Balen. and
forced TO surrender themselves prisoners Va
ientIa receives at her walls the attack of Money!
and drives nm to the centre of the French aamv
tneh established at Madrid. Farther on, the
Catalohians, notwithstanding that the fortresses
ofFiguras and Barcelona were occ,rpied bv file
enemy, make within sight of them vigorous in.
surrection (; Manresa and Gereno are The rocks,
upon which the divisions sent from Barcelona n
reduce them, split, and also the graves which O.
Pe"eu " receive tbenl III short, SarragOssa. o.
pen on all sides, without any other defence than
the breasts her inhabitants resists the anger of
Napoleon, who like demon OF hell Illuminated
from Bayonne desolation and destruction ,,non
an hitherto harmless people, whose sole crime
was their loyalty to their king The shells. the
balls, and all the warli1e instruments sent there
were taken from our magazines of Psmpelona
and the ammunition made by us for our de fence
having been treacherously sold and perf;d;ousIv
seized, served, Oh horror To our destruction &,
was discharged against Spaniards But the Ar.
ragonese, who undertook the defence OF their
unprotected city, when fortified towns. ,,uder
the same circumstances, might have surrender,
ed with honor, the Arragonese then saved tl,ei,
capitol, which points out the blood in il streets
by inscriptions OF victory, and the ruins of ITS
houses, by splendid trophies.
In hne, the French repuIsed on all sides
shamefully took to flight, and encamDed On The
banks OF the Ebro ---Frotected there bv the fnr
tresses, which they at FIRST seized so perfdiousIv
they wated for the renf0rcements which Nano'
leon promised them, and with them returned r.
the contest, in hopes Of better success. The
Spanish nation, of character and prfnciple fro.
from the falsehood of the French does not die
sembie to Europe, that in the second epoch. CHI,
was not so MUCK favored by Providence as in the
hrst Our troops have paid a tribute TO theirex
Perience, and IN consequence OF tile successes NJ
EsPinosa, Burgos and TudeI,, the ,emv AGAIN
TOOK possession of the capital VVi,hfhe;r ac
customed arrogance, they were already shout
ing Tor victory, as it the whole monarchy yer,
comprebeDded within the precincts of Msdr;d
he a.. Il