Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-26

give il effect, the Cortes will depend on my
cordial assent, as shall be sure OF theH
faithful assistance. The Secretary o! Inc
Treasury will, in proper time, prese"' q"
estimate OF the expenses necessary Tor tne
approaching year; and those OF war anu tue
marine, will propose the necessity OF re-
crui,ing the ranks Of the army, according 10
the existing state Of things. In the mean
time. I have the consolation to make known
for the consideration of the Cortes, the gen.
raj activity which begins to evince 'itseH 10
all the provinces OF the kingdom, n which
presents to us the progressive Improvements
which are making N agriculture, the arts
and commerce. Our foreign credit is reeo-
yering-and the powerful means which
nation, governed by constitutional king
and representative system OF government.
can call to her aid, will soon restore our
internal credit
If the actual state Of America has not va
ried in its relation to US, war, at least for
the present, has suspended its desolating
ravages on the Costa Jfrma, and the effect
which the late remarkable eVeats ON the
Peninsula ought to have on those regions,
lead us to hope they may be again restored
to the mother country, and form an integral
part of the same empire. | cannot conceal
from you that, notwithstanding the satisfac-
lion which the salutary change lin the 60
vernment ought 20 produce, and with the
general consent and adherence Of the whole
nation, and its determination to support it,
the attempts ottsome indictments, who at all
times entertain chimerical & crimi., al hopes,
have not tailed TO alarm, momentarily, some
Of the provinces OF the capital, which has
filled my heart with the most profound az
Fiction. trust and hope the Cortes. in the
discharge OF their important duties, will
see the necessity OF taking immediate mea.
sdrss to repress the audacity of those. who
are excited rather than satisfied with the
moderation Of the present system, which
they wish to disturb anew, by giving to
the governors the forces so requisite Tor the
preservation of the general tranquility
without this precaution, it is impossible to
remedy the evils under which the nation
has so long groaned.
With regard to our diplomatic relations
with other powers, no alteration has taken
place since the last session of the Cortes,
having happily maintained with them our
friendly intercourse. The ratification, which
in virtue Of the authority of the Cortes;
have thought it necessary to give to the
treaty for the cession of the Floridas, and
for the settlement of the limits with the u
States, must have arrived sometime since at
the seat of that government, although no
.dvices have yet been received to that effect.
The tears which might have been enter
tanned, with some foundation, in regard to
the hostile views of the regency Of Algiers,
20 our commerce, have been allayed by the
active vigilance of the national marine, and
of that Of his majesty, the king Of the low
country. The resolution adopted in the
Congress OF Troppau, and subsequently in
that of Laybach. by the sovereigns of Aus
tria, Prussia and Russia, TO interfere in the
change OF government Of the two Sicilies.
has excited all my solicitude, as well in
con liberation of the ties Of consequently, g.
my great attachment to that royal family, as
also, the grea: interest which take in the
happiness of that people, and in the indie
pendence of those states, whose rights &C
cording TO the laws Of nations, should be
religiously respected have therefore
thought it indispensable to the dignity of
my throne and Of the great people whom it
is my glory to govern, to cause to be made
known, that will not acknowledge any
measure contrary to the positive principle,
of the law of nations, on which are founded
the prosperity. independence and liberty o {
the ple;-principles which Spain, on her
part, will always invlolably observe with
regard to other nations.
have the satisfaction to communicate 10
the Cortes that the Allied Sovereigns in
their communications up to this period, dis.
claim all intentions of interfering 10 the pre-
sent government OF Spain. These are the
objects to which wish to call the attention
OF the CGrtes; in order that the constitution
al system of government be consolidated,
and thereby accelerate the prospects AMI
welfare of the nation. have thus tar, laid
before the Cortes the actual political siua.