The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-10

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unconscious now ridicuiousiv cit they are to be-
come~tiie squites Of these 0,.iAoues, IN whose
iniatiAtion they sympathize.
But cm Ioio, says some more diGident enquirer,
how Wilt end what good will 1t produce what
effect +!
1t will accelerate the peace of Europe and Of
the world.
Had the new dynasty been quietly established
as MAS at first supposed it would |; SPAN would
have been lutte better by the change for refor.
matio, would necessarily have been gradual, and
power mast have tcmporiscd with prejudice
The constitution which Joseph bonasartc pub
| l,shcd WAS disigured and degraded by AN avow-
III which never could have oceaa matter ufclloice,
and which musthdre been a tcmporising eNpedi-
emit was diat the saTxiSi,i0g shtalG &c breSey0cd.
Undou5tedN IL WAS never intended 10 preserve
s.ct. IN institution degrading 10 the gospel Of
Christ. and ao!urreit To every benevolent and Ii.
beeal feeling. The resistance maGe iii ut least
produce tins efiect-Ihe iaqsiSition ana ~ece!esi-
..Stic9i iyraany ssiU is both exsiSuishs.i.
Another eitcct--had the revolution proceeded
IN the first instance, as was expected, there would
have been another a~filiction 10 Spain preserved,
VIVA, are called its aosiHty-yeIy appropriately
It's no-a6iiity, for 4 more ;mbeclie race, except
their kindred noble Portuguese, the face of card,
has never exhibited In the shape uc man.
Like al other classes OF men, iu doubt, there
werc and arc n.eIt inlbacd with science and dig
mined by virtue alike superior 10 the supersit.-
ON AMI Untouched by the inbecility which the
spanish Institutions, and all siiliiAr Institutions
are calculated 20 produce. But ticse few are
NOT the men vino compose the counsels, and in
'oive the destiny of Spain in It's resistance ti;ey
are devoted To be placed either in the tunlbs or
III the ranks OF tIicir specIes-tJ DC restored to
tue condition OF men, uuhappily ior them with
out the faculties which conserve dignity and dis
unsulsh the species. 1t has been often observed,
bnt seldom So conciscly and perspicuousl, us in
ute sentiments from the Morning Chronicle of
London, that" since the commencement of the
French revolution, the old governments of Eu-
rope seem one after another 10 lisye been i'm
fe1tea Gy some irresistible JatGGty to their RUIN.
" Instead o! prniitirg by the lessons which they
might have learned from this momentous E.
vent, or attending TO the warnings which it
= held out, they persevcredin their old systems,
wiich sprung from corruption and produce on
" ly umbeciiity."
The resistance then made to the new DYNASTY.
WIZ Dc to Span equal to n Regeneration in antic.-
patton, perhaps OF i century, III jdSor ef the beo-
PIE, compared with what might have been the tar
ty progress OF science and civilization, under
the 6alanee Of pOser Of iMqssi:toyia! monks and er.
ratio mobility.
The whole gang of Ricos IGNORES and Ricos
hombres, OF Spanish princes, dukes, dons, their
diuiaoios aiiIi i,tisigoes, cavaiieros and cscude-
ros, VIII be III fact eXtiDguished the names NAV
perhaps survive, has the names viii pc given to
new men that pride q 0Aod SO stupid, 80 con.
temptible at al times, and So eXtrayag.;ntIy stu
pa aad absurd a. IL relates 10 u n.iicn composed
OF sach heterogeneous materials "a, their vanity
never lee them perceive these miserable beings
descended OF Phenlcians and Carthasenlans, SUI
eVl 11d Aiani, MoOrS and GoIlis, and Visirotus
and Gets, and Vmdals and Iews, and Centiles.
will new mix with their cllnv-men and IN ,in,e
pyihtermiXture, produce d race mors robust and
more worthy of their creator.
Talents, science and intellect viii, with the new
dynasty, DC the credentials OF Robility-thc Span
ISL legion OF honor, perhaps The tide of
knightsiof St. .Toscph, or The order OF tue Cid,
may disguise men worthy, by their talents, OF be-
ing the countrymen of Lacam, Martial, S!.Y.as
Ifakfcas, Seneca and PTN9rEtiu8 =; and AN apotic-
osis to the sfsa:b OF the exquisite and prosecuted
o8aveara, may do justice 20 his fame, wIncl the
ingratttude OF the pitiful races of kings which
have reigned over Spain, aud their equally pitiful
mobiles, have neverdiad sense, Justice or patriot
Ism TO raise to his memory. That inuuisition
winch, according to Mtriang, a Spanish l,istori
an OF high reputation, sent, iii the administration
OF only one inquisitor general, 100, 900 per sonsto
the torture, and 5000 to fire and iaggot, will
once more admit MISREPRESENTATION consider
lng philosophy inpious.
These institutions, deplorable in any shape, but
winch and an excuse Ill the blindness and ego
tism OF so large portion of mankind, will, ut
least, snooti'e tlie path for genius 10 obtrude from
the iabyrinths OF obscurity, Indulgence, and the l.
~ SS'NH ". b0i ~ INSTITUTIONS. 4 ne
trtal by jury, already established in France, will
reach Spain. These are among the effects 10
SPAN, which Cannot but spring from the revolu-
ton, from the change in her dynasty, and which
VIII be accelerated by the blind resistance, into
which hcr in,becile rulers lave, for i shadow.
plunged Spain.
Ay, these are philosophical fancies. So they
arc but similar isncics, anticipated ten, seven,
iodryears ago, are now history, and these ~
destinedt 10 be at d much shorter period.
But what flows Immediately from the conflict
will not the British serve the French as tI,cv did
at Lisbon ?
1.-THE French permit the British to march for
EnSi%nd through any otter route than the higl,
road VI Bordeaux, and the centre of France, il
VIII surprise Us much ElOge than the caaitdllti.
ON OF Junot. In All probability about the 26Ul
November, MarsAai bessieies was in fuli marcl,
by the route OF VaiiadJlid, Salamanca, and Civil
dad koderigo, TO cut oil their rc,lcat through
PORTUGAL and 10 throw in a force upon Cadiz.
HbiciIshodid Illustrate the march Of Con. Klosrc
Tor t1at quar1er, which WAS evidently intcndsdto
cover CadIz and curry uifth Spanish .iii French
meets which iay in that harbor.
II was evidently Tor tlis, that don Thomas
MORA, who refused to admit the Brush feet
was Calico from Cad,z 10 Araniuez, and placci
ut the head OF the Spanish artillery, q title wholly
iormai, and winch gave 40 yigoT nor power 10
the energy Of tisir Cannon.
Lie Brittsh, VIZ nevertheless, believe, will car
~ oil the iccts, aud we should no. be surpnzed
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