Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-13

are the same who few years ago so'emniy
acknowledged this very constitution; they
are those who without any necessity, as u
for sheer Hattery declared their recognition
of this constitution, when they need only
have ackaow le dyed the government; It IS
not credible that their acknowledgement
should settle or the characters OF a book, but
on the essential substance of its contents
And now they are opposed TO that con-
stitution which draw them from the ieth-
argy in which they lay, from the hu'
initiation IN which they were sunk Now
they disapprove constitution which was
the basis for saving their thrones, for support
ting their unsteady sceptres. for recovering
the ir dignity, their honor. their strength and
rank With whatjoy did they behold our
heroic exertions in the days Of their dis
enlargement! With what aat,ering hopes
they were g,addened in our constancy -
w ith how pleasing perspective they pro-
ceeded to the express recognition OF this
constitution, which now they brand, and to
which they owe their fortune, and their Po-
l;,ical existence on an honorable footing.
We are far from comparing Laybaeh 10
Bayonne; Ferdinand {. to Ferdinand Vii.'
or emperor Francis with the imperial Bona
parte; this was the ssm,ss Of su'!, and ne
governed every thing by himself: the hsgh
allies are not that gen:us. and they decide
every thing by their ministers, if any inus-
tice, like bis, the usurper Of the Bourbons'
throne be visible in our day, it was not, no
indeed, 10 the sovereigns We would impute
il, but TO the counsellors who persuade them
to enterprises Of hazardous policy. by
concealing from them its injustice, where
governments are always tossed and often
wrecked.
Be this as il may, Ferdinand !. has set
on. for Laybsch; but for what?-It cannot
be but to declare by word, what be has re-
peatedIy announced to the world at large.
And wba! can be the results Of this rev
Congress? The Neapolitan nation will not
yield, the monarch will maintain bis oath:
and the cabinets meanwhile will attain their
opjsct-of introducing disunion, inaaming
mems minds, exciting factions, violating the
law of nations, tranpling on justice; bat at
the same time they will foment the love of
liberty among the people; will cause men
TO reflect on their rights-on the means OF
recovering them, and of securing them Oh
other and surer foundations than they have
had hitherto, &c. &c. Naples will be in"
vaded, and the Spaniards should not regard
their situation with Indifference. 1t must be
repeated, we ought we'll to remember, that
our constitution being the object OF the war
which is feared in that kingdom, if the foes
of liberal ideas should gain any advantage
in that quarter, they cannot fail to be incl.
ted to continue their projects against our
peninsula. Let Us hope that our govern
ment will know how to dissipate the tenn
pest which must be already foreseen; but
the government can never realize it. unless
all Spaniards on their part concur by all pos.
sible means in the same object II in the
series Of events that are 10 transpire next
year, one may reckon on seeing US directly
compromised 10 negotiations like those OF
Naples. let US always calculate that Country.
Independence, Contribution and Ferdinand
will be our only, but best allies; union %
Tor and con'tancy, our invincible arms.
We shall be the victims of our enemies in
in'rigues, it we do not yield up our personal
resentments; II we employ ourselves in
bringing the government into discredit; if
we permit ourselves to b. carried away by
the breath Of popularity, through the varity
Of decIaiming and of attracting the attention
of a few; if we only stop to publish our de-
fects, regardless of the critical circumstan-
ces 10 which we are situated, and without
comparing the evils that remain to be re-
dressed, with the numerous advantages al.
ready possessed: in fine, If We do not curb
our passions, we will serve with them as the
most eficacious instrument to our enemies
and perhaps men of the best intentions will
De, without knowing it themselves, pow.
erful means of intrigue for those disaffected
to the Spanish constitution, and they will be
occupied in stirring up discord, without
great efforts on their part, by foreseeing in
this the nearest day Of their triumph reno
we'd By our manufacturers.
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