Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-24
From Ahe Baltimore FEDERAL Gazette.
- SPANISH PATRIOTS.

;. thsmselvss, could not give their hearts 70
the best Of causes, until they saw whether
Spain was united and since they have seen
+the Spaaiards, were every where dstsrm'n.
ed to live free or die, these pretended
.friendso OF liberty must wait to see oPan
delivered from her invaders, before tney
can wish the patriots success.
:, The fact is, and am sorry to say. there
are such beings in existence, aud still more
so. ,tha, they should be found in any class
of nv countrymen; with those who stand
aioef here, success will justify any crime,
: they never had hearts to bleed, OF good
wishes to give, for any good cause.
~ It-ias become fashionable with that class
, of people in which the enemies Of Spanish
liberty are found, to consider the whole
race !pf mankind divided into tue great
ronsesIing parties, one otwhich IS headed
! nv France, aud the other nv Great Britain,
J. distinguishing their own independence vo-
|, unfairly, they cannot suppose j. is possible
u:hers should retain theirs; and every man
I'm Asia, Africa and America, as we'll as IN
;. Europe, must belong TO one or the other OF
,hese great parties. It is vain, IN their
conception, to strive against the power OF
both, or protest against the Influence OF
either: Determined themselves, as they
b.cag.s masters Of the state, to put it under
the protection Of one Of these great parties,
and which, it is not difficult to discover;
thew also determined, that he who should
oppose them in any way, should be set
down as attached to the other. \
A cabal under Washington became a
marty under Adams and when the party
became the government, the government
became member OF the grand confrdera-
.iep of barties and national character and
love of country lie buried together.
This baneful spirit may be as fatal to
America, Is 1t is psejudicial to the Spa
MAIDS; and Lean no longer write on the
subject but with view to my country, ra-
,her than to It's friends in Spain. =
The homage that is paid to France and
Great Britain, BY placing them at the head
of retrospective grand Parties, is no doubt
very fla,tering. lt'is distinction in favor
of'6th, 'theugh sne Of them be distin-
rui.hed by cur hate, exclusively. But,
how contemplate do zue endeavor to make
Other nations appear To what msanness
are rve reduced ourselves
The descendants of men who would not
suffer an abridgment of',heir civil rights,
our ancestors, IL may 60 call the heroes
Of cur revolution, embraced the srss OF.
nortupity 10 obtain their political righs
and The declaration Of independence sealed
Ly the best blood Of the country, wHs thle
70 rank among nations. For twenty years
eve maintained the title We traded with
eyery nation without asking leave Of ano.
,h., many sought our friendship on the
most catering terms and you, Oh, Spain!
ever under ,he.reign of the weakest Of prin-
ees, was. amongst the panber. .
How cruelty have. you been paid -
Washington. nor Washington maxims. no
longer govern and you are the first victim,
after ourselves, OF the deplorabls change
this loss of national independence and cha.
racter. . - ~
II was not necessary that the usurper Of
she crown Of France should invade, the ter.
riiories Of Spain, to make you feel the con-
sequences of our degradation. Our rulers
thought you equally contemplate, and won
dsred you should complain on being plum.
dered Of colony yet this did not prevent
them from offering the price Of your com
plain,s .othe very instrument who had plum
aered you. Whilst yet uncertain whethe,
cur treaties we're violated by your OWL
hsnds. or by. those which have since be-
come 90 visible every where, it was propos'
81 10 maintain right 20 the navigation ol
; ~. mississippi by force but We elected .
I,cap, Ia preference, by paying the price
OF Louisiana, and At once displayed ou'
;nsra,i,ude, our cupidity, and osr cowar'
dice. Away then with all ,his jargen a.
boot ,ransfsss of crows, and kings ds fastg