Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-06-27


trymen, and we are happy to find that
the king, as well as the new govern
ment, are among the first to testify their
Acknowledgements. All these the brave
youths deserve, for we do not hesitate
now to repeat what we said when the
first news of the revolution arrived, that
the officers in La Isla were the flower Of
the Spanish army, and we pledged our
selves that they would never disgrace
the cause on which they had entered.
81 Madrid, AhrH 10.
Yesterday the Members of the
Constitutional Municipality were cho-
sen, and the elections have met with
general appreciation. Among them are
merchants, land proprietors, grandees,
sc. The unfortunate affair at Cadiz is
the only blemish our Revolution has ex-
perienced, and it is lucky it was not
worse, for a counter revolution was
plotted, and ought to have been carried
into effect on Maundy Thursday, the
3oth, but it was discovered by sergeant
of one of the regiments, who had re-
ceivcd 1000 dollars to distribute among
his people. Some arrests have followed,
and among those sent to prison are three
Members of the Junta de Rcemplazos.
In the place where they were in the
habit of assembling, 10000 dollars were
found, and it appears that few friars
and curates were the persons who under
hand had formed the project of suborn-
ing the troops. Fortunately these mad
and nefarious projects are of no avail,
and will only serve to ruin few ambi-
tious individuals in the opinions of their
fellow citizens. The troops in La Isla
will not quit their positions till the Cortes
assemble. In the provinces the militia
are arming"
=" Cadiz, April 4.
81 was just going to dine, when /
heard that the valiant Quiroga was about
to make his entry into the town, and that
every preparation was making to receive
him. | hastily finished my repast, and
on reaching the street of San Francisco,
l saw, descending from the square of
San Antonio, the battalion of Aragon,
500 men, belonging to the La Isla party,
whence they had just arrived, having first
gone to the square ofthe Constitution to
salute with their colours, the obelisk
raised there in honor of our National
Code. 1t would be impossible to explain
the enthusiasm of the troops belonging
to this corps, and the people who were
seen hailing and embracing them on all
sides. The balconies were hung with
silks, and crowded with spectators, and
the inhabitants walked before the troops,
with palms in their hands. The battalion
moved off to their quarters, and l went
on to see Quiroga's entry, but how can |
convey to you an idea of this pleasing
and tender sight? Scarcely was his
coming known, and the whole of the
ground from the Cortadura, to the square
of San Juan de Dios, was thronged with
people, balconies, tops ofthe houses, all
filled, even the city walls and towers, SO
anxious was every body to see this brave
and distinguished man to whom his
country is so much indebted, and who,
little more than three months ago, was
an inmate of one of our prisons.
"The party from La Isla reached the
Cortadura, and was received with dis
charges of artillery and every other de-
monstration of joy. The people forced
Quiroga and those who accompanied
him to alight from their horses, and they
assembled beautiful triumphal car, pre-
pared Tor the occasion, in which sat
Quiroga, Reigo, Lopez Banos, our new
Governor, Don Caetano Valdes, and
O'Donajhu, drawn by the people. Par
ties of soldiers preceded them, and an
immense concourse of the most distin-
guished inhabitants on horseback
Generals Ferraz and Cisneros attended
in coaches. On reaching the square of
San Juan de Dios, Quiroga alighted at
the Governors house, but the people
demanded he should shew himself at the
balcony. There the Governor placed
On his head crown of laurel and roses
which had been prepared for him. The
scene was too much for Quiroga, he was
SO greatly affected that he burst into
tears, and they were obliged to take him
in. A more interesting spectacle was
never Witnessed; it filled me with
thousand recollections. Would to God
those could have been present who think
We are incapable of approaching the adj
vantages we have just attained. In short
we are all happy, with the exception of
a very few, too servile and too mercenary
to prize the blessings their fellow citi-
zens enjoy, but this is only dark spot
in the general scene, and they will be