The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-02-11

snapped az the beginning oil his efforts IL IL
had snapped al the first door that he had tn
work througn,ao such desperate effect would
have been produced upon his mind and
think that NC set AZ defiance the dictates of
reason, II we do not conclude that our friends
in Spain viii he much more likely 60 despair
now than they would have been ii Lord Wei
lington had been driven back from Rodrigo.
The rcgen, has been advised to tell us that
toe southern provinces of Spain have bccm
detipered from the arms of France. To de-
fuer means, generally, TO sef free fran 5
hut, IL means further, that the party deliver
ed is placed beyond danger Of being again
placed in thraldom for the same cause. II,
therefore, appears 10 me, that this phrase Is
no, proper one. The southern provinces
OF Spain have, indeed, been evacuated by
the French for the moment, but they have
DOT been delivered from the arms of France,
uuder vi hish ss-s<l they may falI in month
or Two and, peshrps, have already faiiens
The Pr,ncr, in speaking of the sacrifices
wnich the French have been obliged to make,
should MOI, II appears 20 me, have omitted 10
express some sentiments or other respecting
our sacrifices during the campaign. The
French official report, after pretty ample
detail ot the several actions which took place
from the time that Lord Wellington begun
TO retreat, says, that We lost seven thousand
men in those actions. The Courier ncws-pa.
pes says, that this IL an cxAHsralion. !, may
be SO but think ,hat there Can be no doubt
~ all ot our loss having been very considers.
bic TO much greater extent, az any rate,
han we can immediately supply the place Of
by troops sent from home. OF this fact the
Spaniards are well aware, and they are all
! SO ot the circumstance Of Napoleon being
now engaged in war in the north of Eu.
rope. II, they will say. lha English uro On.
| able to keep Madrid now, how are we to
| hope, that they will be able TO expcl the
| French from Spain when the French army
shall, from whatever cause, have returned
| from the north This Is the question which
all our adhefents in Spain will put to them
selves; aud should like to hear what answer
| could be given. 10 it, In short, every view
| that take Of the matter, terminates in tho
conclusion, that our cause in Spain and Por-
| ugal IL moro desperate now than Il was
twclvemonth ago. The speech talks Of the
resources and exer,ions oil the Spanish va.
aon, seeming o take |, for granted, that all
the people Of Spain that, not only the ar
| mles raised .mongst the Span aras, and arm
| ed aud xcmms"ded by the government at
Cadliz that not only ali these are on Que aide,
but that the Uhafe cf fhe hrohtc are also ON
our side, and that they abhor the French.
Reader, most thinking" reader ! Do you
know, that thcr. arc eleven millions OF tnesc
people And do you consider that out of c.
!evcn mIilions there ought 10 be about two
millions of men capable OF bearing arms DO
you consider, besides, that the French, even
at this time, are rcprcsensed a. having only
about a hundred the saod men in Spain
And do you not wondrt, then do you not
marvel do you not ,hihk il passing strange,
that these hundred thousand Frcnchmen arc
able to keep possession Of tic greater part Of
Spain, in spite Of two millions Of msn able to
bear arms, who hold them 10 adherence, and
who are encouraged and allotted by al tboso
who are no, capable of bearing arms are
you not wondcr-stricken, that these hundred
thousand Frcnchnen, having opposed to
them population oil eleven millions with .
prodigiousiy large Spanish army, together
with all the forces that we are able 10 send,
not excepting The Kings German Legion,
are you not posed and puzzled beyond des-
criplion, to find out the reason, that these
hundred thousand Frcne hmcn, with all these
forces opposed TO ,bcm, have not been made
into crows meat long enough ago i---
Most thinking" reader, do not puzzle
yourself, do NOT pose yourself any longer a.
bout the matter but say with me, that there
never was, In this world, a nation Of eleven
millions ofpeoplo that suffered the army OF any
eDcny, however numerous, TO remain for four
yesrsio the country, IL that nation were heartily
disposed to drive them out. Being Of this o.
pinion, see with no plcasurc that part Of the
speech which SO clearly points at further and
larger demands upon Us sor the carrying on OF
the war in Spain. was in hopes, tina, tho
speech would have informed us of intentions
on the part Of the rcxeat seriously TO set asout
the work of henee for which the present cir
eunslances, though less favorable than when
Napoleon last rendered the oIyo branch, arc
by no means onfsvorable. We are told thae
he Is in Imminent danger in the north that