Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-04-17

ience. the devastation you re su"e'
nor -u,r in short, to recognise your independence
VOW noIiticaI and civil liberty, the luhoameh-
i 1--we which must in future secure your
rrosne- ;,y, your glory and the integrity OF the
monarchy. No, he minds OF tyrants never
geeI the impulse of virtue, with whose nature
thew are unacquainted. The mstHct OF NaPo'
leon is to do evil. The same motiSes' w.ien
impelIed him to seize, with pcrldy, your KING;
to take possession of your fortresses by fraud !;
TO murder YOU while asleep, and 10 ofer aoh
slavery or death 1.-The same motives no" I'M
mel him to prepare this new plot, which 1t Is 10
be feared, he is laying for you. 10 hoid you
in subsection, TO rule over you, to make you
the Instruments ofhis destructive Pi:,ns to con-
vert YOU who have Just become ircemen, INTO
vile slaves this was his first desire, TINS lie
must now desire and this he must ever desire.
Your admirable perseverance and your pro-
dcous resistance have overturned all inc
hopes and projects OF his iniqulty. You pia,!i'
" see it: his plans are Disconnected. ne
rule, of Europe, who with foolish PRIDE, de-
creed that all kings and nations should DC 't-
tachcd to his triumphal car--has learned III
immortal Spain, how inponent ere inc ehoF's
OF tyranny against the love OF ntdePenocn''
and has found in your noble enthusi"s!ff your
indef,tigablc va!or and invincible perseverance
punishment. ruin, ard confusion. Wnat
must be Done" the tyrant perhaps has sad,
e what must NC done to dmin!sh the communal
and enormous loss, the immense cNpcnces,
which the w,r occasions to France how aVo'a
the necessitv of maintaining there SO great
proportion of the forces OF the empire, "hicn
arc swallowed up in the peninsula nc
principal virtue OF the SpaELras, IS the'; 10y
atty to their princes and their chlhuSis.S!H
for Ferdinand affords me tie means OF placing
NV woke upon them. Let Ferdinand goto
Spain but as my adopted son, or my slave;
let him in reoily belong to 40, rot to h,nseii
let him command peace, tranquility aiit order;
ard let him propose terms OF accommodation
which would be viewed with horror if oaor-
ed them, bur which they will adopt with
ervton, i announced by him let him speak
and writ, Whit dictate 70 him, and let his
hand sign, While iillne conducts it. America
viii cbcv lis orders, and that country, SO much
the object or NY avaricc, and so impossible to
reduce. Will, hv iris means, become mine. 1t
every thing shall n So happen. the S paniavt's
will be divided; thiS !rn and unprecedented
union, which S hitherto rendered them IN
vinc!b'e, viii disappear afford preteXt 10
the feeble and tic wearied, an oppcr unity to
the base, and motive 10 the cgotist.to desert
from tae banners of their country. Loyalty to
Ferdinand viii serve them for shield, and
lend ali az; :. ut mask TO treason and to sla-
very. Tn r,ihce, which the patriots have
rsised vi! fail crunlbled to the ground; and
Abandoned by their allies, divided amongst
thelnsclTcs, ard separated forever from their
brothers ot Amerlc., they will be compelled
70 bend their neck to tyranny and submit 10
the sacrifices, which my vengeance will i'm
pose upon them
But, Spsniards, all this train of ill-devised
Vaccinations will vanish like cloud, before
your rccttude and your true interest. You
are lovtl to Ferdinand VII What nation has
ever given such proofs of loy<y to their
prince HIS name is written with indeiible
characters On your hearts; with letters OF
gold on your banners with the blood, you
are shedding for him, OF the stones of the ruin
ed fortresses and on the field OF battle you
prepared his Wav to the throne in Aran)uez,
delivering him from the domestic oppression,
u. der which re groaned you proclaimed
him again in spite of the French bayonets,
and Notwithstanding his own remuneration, cx-
torted by the violence of MS oppressor you,
il short, upon declaring yoursclfa free nation,
as first act of this liberty, acknowledged and
swore him to be your monarch, and the SUI
preme enforcer of your laws. No prince II
the world, however Just, however Denefcent,
however beloved, ever received from his peo-
pie such tributes of veneration and respect;
and the bloody laurels. which adorn the :vrant,
fade before the glorious deeds by which you
have adorned this innocent and captive prince,
whom he keeps imprisoned and concealed in
Nalency.
Surprising, however, that Bonaparte should
bring him to Spain, will he, who now returns
10 you, be this same monarch, this adored
king No. Ferdinand Napoleon cannot be
the same person with Ferdinand of Bourbon.
In lieu fine diadem, with which you crowned
him, that he might be obeved by Spaniards
and respected by all nations, he will bear on
his brow the mark of servile dependence,
which the Attila of Corsica imprints on the
crowned slaves in his service bas~ French.