The Delaware gazette., 1810-04-11
SITUATION OF SPAIN.

SITUATION OF SPAIN.
The fears and tender yearnngs of the fcderal;,,,
and other friends of monarchy in this country towxa
Spain. are now about to be realized All Their ho
of restoration of the weak and imbecii. E.,E...,
to the throne, justly forfeited by him through nd.
cision and want of energy all their confidence in tho
happy reorganization of the rack and nousition and
OF the bountiful spols which would fall to the shave
OF their British friends-al, all, have vanished in,o
thin air From every rational conclusion we tbinl-
the fate of Spain is decided that the citv of a.
dla must fall and with it the Juna,the LAST and orI,
hope of the de'udcd Spaniards. We say aeku9ed for
although the love of country certainly the nobes,
Oh passions YET when through the proHigacy Of the
Prince of Peace, the impotency of the monarch the
corruption OF the court and the persecution and ava
fce OF the priests the situation of the government of
Spain, in the relative connection of the people wax
rendered like the fortune Of desperate nan-so bad
that any change must have tendency to the better
1t was the height of madness and delusion for small,
portion of the people TO endeavor re-establish mo-
nrch already in the safe keeping of Is powerful enc.
ny.a successful man, whose will is law, who uniform
y admits no other right than power and who, in the
" ful tide o successful experiment." has almost the
audacity to excIam with love,
........" If I but stretch this hand
heAve the gods, the ocean and she land"
by our latest accounts from Spain (via phi.adei-
ha, per the Caladonia) we find that the Frcuch af.
rr he passage of the Sera 11oyraa pass in which
Ne S'Anards placed all their hope. of successful re-
!: &c. had taken Savc and driven en- ,nas.s all
t'e country before them into Cadis The JuNrA
70. al their faithful attendants and a number of de-
SPA rr aL;sans, had .~i.a., ~r .r ca.
dil ~, =. sn.lI town called Iea. The French had
posse u themselves of Port Maria lor St. Mary's)
oppas,c e,a miles from Cadz, where they,
we're enrU hns themsslves and all along the coast,
.sartess the tres Of the British, from two deck.
| and forty gun.boas From the sudden migration
vt .uea an unexpected number from Savle and the
laeeni cou Try provs were very scarce, and the
rop'e alreaGr began feel the suDcrngs incidental
! M the want Of supply Of water. All business
and. and notwithstanding the determination sf the
pc 1e to hold out 10 the last hunger, ,hrs; and we'll
supplied and successful enemy. presented bur slight
hopes CT success rem obstinate perseverance. The
| French fave regularly summoned them 10 surrender,
|
piled, ,ha, the recognized no other sovereign than
| seur Ferdinand VII
Ii is a very mistaken ica that has obtained in
dern day that CaAz msulnerabe ;he assaults of
an eoeny b. laud morn IFS want of natural supply
OF water, Cons cl e S,caes saninas of sege) from
its con.a'hios uearly 1G0 900 inhabitants and being
situated u,on barren peninsula, assaled by
m, hav.as posGass;on OF the main land, and full
controu tAe watering place, what prospects can
be held q lis ea'acity Of resistance Where there
is rious French army there is no boys play;''
and nothing short Of the n;erposrion of miracle,
which all the isaaicrial priests in the Junta cannot
effect these days possibly enab it make
a resou c stand but for short period.
; In 1896 Caiiz conquered by the British, undcs
the command of the earl Of Essex and general How
ard, and was. short time after. dsgracefuly
abandoned. In 1902 another enterprizs planned
against it, prevent its falling into the hands of the
Bom5onS; but was relinquishea owing misunder-
standing b:twecn the British commanders.
The city Of Cadz is situated the head of two
bays, within the Others and is built on body of
rocks which regulary rise in clusters above the sur
face of the water at the extremity of sandy spit OF
EARTH often covered with water, supposed to be the al
uyion of several small rivers which disembogae them
selves into the hays. The city is surrounded by mill
tary works. but sufficiently and skifuiy manned
the resistance which the French may find from these
fortihcations will admit of but small calculations in
favor Of the Spaniaras, when take into view the
battle of Talavera. in which 40 600 French baMed 3o
:, 900 British. aided by $4,000 Spanards the march
from the Danube to Isonzo. to the Vstua to Vienna
or to Tl.it the taking Of Morena, and all the Other
y ,rssxc, &C ,hs rr,Deb troons whe,eve, ,hev have