Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-09-11

effects OF the acts passed for their protection
and encouragement will begin to be felt Bub
this rs not the work Of day seed which is
sown Is not in u moment converted into fruit.
Commerce will iii proportion flourish, and
principally when by the means which the
Cortcs may afford, the Spanish nation shall
have such navy, as its honor and interest
demand.
II has been a matter OF qualification To- me
that the Cortes have turned their attention To
the administration of Justice, which by the
provisions enacted has been perfectly secured.
will use every effort 20 re-establish order
IN the Transatlantic Provinces /; and nv
government, urged by the Cortes TO take into
consideration the situation of these Regions
and 10 propose the means calculated TO pro
mote their welfare, will, with the least posi-
bic delay and the utmost liberality, cndeayorto
discharge this duty. For Spaniards of both
hemisphcres must he fully aware, that moth
ing is nearer my heart, than their happiness,
grounded on the integrity of the Monarchy
and the strict observance of the Constitution.
If, as doubt not, the next Cortes initiate
the noble examples you have given them of
respect for and attachment TO the throne, and
love of country, | shall very soon have the
satisfaction TO see consolidated in all its parts,
the system which is the principal object OF
my wishes.
To this the President qfhe Cores made Ike fol-.
icictng reply
SIRE-Wc the Cortes have this dav. for the
third time, the satisfaction TO sec Your males
ty in our BOSOM exercising one of the most
important functions which the Fundamental
law of the monarchy assigns To your august,
dignity, and we close our present session by re-
celrlng the most flatterng reward for our Ia
bors, III the appreciation which your majesty
has been pleased 10 bestow upon our proceed
ings.
Difficult and complicated Sire, were the.
circumstances under which we opened the ses-
SION OF the COrtcs The politics! situation of
some oil the States of Europe could not fail 10
inspire us with some anxiety for the preserya-
ton ofthe honor and Tranquility of the nai,n:
but the firm and seasonabIe step ofyourma
ty'sgoyenment, in demanding of some foreign
cabinets those explanations necessary 10 secure
the one and the other produced the double
advantage of full recognition on the part OF
those cabinets, of the Justice and legitimacy of
om political reform, cyincng the rcspcct and
they entertained for yonI ma
Jesty and the Spanish nation, and ut the same
time showing how vain and chimerical werr
the hopes OF those deluded individuals, who
dIsliking our present institutions, trusted for
the success of their criminal projects 70 tho
influence of foreign interference.
Compelled by the obstinacy of the factions
we were under the necessity of enactipg laws.
whereby the government might be enabled TO
check theIr audacIty and secure public fran
quIility; but If our just desire, that the punish
mcnt of such crimes should bethe effect oftbe
law and not of popular elfervescence, puts us
under the dsagreeable necessity of enactiue
severe laws, we also fastened TO meet the be-
nc!oicnt suggestion OF your majesty by pre-
scrIbing rules tosolten theirexecution and nro-
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spontaneous and sincere repentance. sbonId
prove that error and momentary r;,shncss and
not depraved Intentions, had induced them 10
enlist under the banners of the enemies of fine
Constitutional system and your Maicsty's
throne.
In thus combining severity and clemencv
we supposed that these two attributes of I,.-
gIslators could never be more seasonaby OK.
erclscd, than at period, when by the reform
alton, rendered necessary by justice aud the
pubic ntercst,a multitude fpassions was set in
motiOn,somc the offspring 0fignorancc or crro-
neous opinions, and others again, arising from
the pcrversity of the human heart, and under
the Influence of which appeared equally Grim
NAL those men who, better advised, would
nave detested the unjust cause which they had
IN a moment OF delirium embraced, and fhos,.
who will always be the disgrace OF civil;z
ed and free people.
! But if the consolidation Of the Consfitu
| tlonal system, and the framing of laws to re-
press the audacity Of its enemies has been
! great object oflegislatiOn with us.we hay moi
attended the less TO all other subjects of the
public administration. The new modelling of
the civil aud criminal codes, the introduc
! ton of a system ofeconomy, the regulation of
the clergy, oithe army, and Of the national mi
| Iitla, the establishment of Wise and uniform
method ofpubiic instruction, the reduction OF
! the tythes and other burdens which weighed
heavily and exclusively upon agriculture, the
encouraging Of our infant industry, the speedy
extingiIlshment of the aiOnal debt, the mi
mute examination ofthe estimates of the re-
ccipts and expenditures of the national treas,I.
ry,and finally the organization of the different
branches which constitute the political ma
chime OF the state, have engrOsscd tile constant
attention of the Cories, and we haze felt the
noble ambition of leaving in the aggregate oil
our labours, a grand monument worthy ofthis
enlightened age, and according with the ncces
sites of the people.
In the midst OF these vastprOccts, the SEES
! sion of the Cortes being limited by the Con
sttutlOn To "A fixed period, TO which your ma
lesty gave all the extension permitted by that
instrument, we saw the time Of our separation
, approaching when 1ge must rise. leaving many
e important matters incomplete, and tie YES
sci OF state luciuatlng between the hope %
reaching port of safety and the fear of being
steered by new pilots quite different course
\ our majesty, partieipating'in these apprehen
sions, has been pleased To announce TO ms Won
intention of conyoking extraordinary CGites
thus evncing your ardent wishes for the con
sOldatiCn ofthe Constitutional system, ant
r. acquiring new titles to the gratitude of the ma
f ton aud the tender regard ofalIy your sub
r jects.