Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-02
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=. From SPAN w have different accounts.
,h,y who rtccnliecr inc times OF Charles
the Flf,a, aAd all the II ly Juna, will DIS
c,Her the spirIt oh tbs naiIon, and be aoie
60 reconctle inc most formidable assocla-
lions with a dissipation at The cloud with"
cut a tempest. From Por,uga! We most
assurs div had that the Fir nch have entsr-
ed Por;usai, and have commenced an 1ther
siege az aimcdia, whiie IN y are as Yet dn-
disturbed in thrr trenches, AM without
moiesta,,ou from th- BRUSH. Ine proud
es, paragraphs cannot make the operations
speak any other language than that u The
power ald success OF the Frcnth.'
The hatred which the democrats I've
meaa th1ir ieaders) in this county bear
10 every thing like liberty and epublicansln,
is con,Id, 'ed by some as one oil the slrang
est aaomai.s Ut human nature. Such rsa-
son>rs have yet to learn how natural aud
how universal are the :" associations OF
DEMOCRACY and Dlspotism. Mr. Ben,ly
IN this Instance, although he is almost as
CIRCULAR as nslal, evidently IA aas to sneer
at the IS formidab.e associations" Of The
Spanish. Portu 3uese and English armies,
and TO intimate thai thos- :" associations"
may be reconcile (in the mind Of the
rrader) WIN the dissipation Of ihe cloud
without a tempest" that is, thar hose who
recollect {lhe ns,orv Of the times # Charlcs
the fifth and ths Holy jun,n, nty asiy
imagine thar the spirit Of tie Spanish na-
ton will be as ineHcc ual Ia the t,nlss of
Ferdinand lhr Se.,0;n and the Junta of
Seville as i, was Is. sae ,,,u IS to .tHi.h he
had alluded. An he eyut;s excessively at
this prospect declaring ,hatW hat, vermay be
the I" formidable ass3ciaIinns' of ,as pre-
srnt moment, :" the pFoud~ss paragraphs
cannot ma&e. the oprratiaHs speak any o;her
Iaugusgr liian that OK the poS CT aud SUCCESS
Of he French"
In ,he time of Charles V. the commons
ct Castiir, animated by that spirit OF ration
al liberty which wiil someIimvs display it
SET even under the mos; despotc govern
mem, attempted to obtain redress Of pub
lie grievances, ana the organization Of as
complete system of public liberty rs was
consistent with The monarchical frame nf
TIE governments unticr which, they lived.
Their olj,ct was neither anarchy Nor usur-
p2liOn, but the ,Stabiishtpe ut Of their Just
tights, and The security otrcguate d Tree
fnm. Il ia rsma'k rd by the eloquent and
'nstgeiic nCPERTsoN, that in none of the
Great Euronraa Kingdoms was the feuGal
Nsem II thar titne so favourable to liberty
a''n Spain. This hr asoribes 70 the num-
Der OF great cities in tha, county, a oircum-
stance WHICH l-nded 10 MAKE the feudal in
'EutsoGs comparatively nlld in their ci.-r
ac,rr and operations, and ,u give a liberA
c'a,o IN existing form OF government.
The v, al which results from eommere,
and winch IS alWays, IN the early stays q.
Tie progress e a commercial peopir, acea-
Undated in ci,is, gave tone OF 'ndePen.
a'Nce to the oaint!, wh!ch was productive OF
'o n"n"uraoi- spirt and character. Even
O'o'r the mos, despoilc governments, there
s"mvIh'og in tie municipal arrange.
"sa's, and habits Of cislts, which IS nota
VIE favorable to the idea Ut freedom.
'"e 'ePr.,s ata;ives IN the Spanish Cortes
al "hS been distinguished by their resls-
<'''e I" en,rnachm-nr and oppression,
'''Nrr proceeding from inc crown or
~ ne Prisl, dgediorders. 1, will not be
''Snd7d tnss lnr.r spiri, Of ind pendence
> 4a'n'nsied with aHbi'iun. " They en-
'''''a (s.ys the his,orian) 20 extend The