Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-06-05

It was very natural and proper that
the political changes which have hap
pened in the Two Sicj es and the inter-
ference with them O .2he soyereigns of
Austria, Russia, and<prnssia, should exs
cite your maesty's solicitude. The ties
of consequently by which you are con-
nected with the royal family OF the Sici--
lies, and the incontestable right which all
nations possess to ameliorate their instia
buttons, by themselves, are reasons abun-
dainty cogent why Spain should contem-
plate with the deepest interest, matters
of such transcendant Importance.
The cortes consider, as worthy ofyour
majesty, and of the great nation which
you govern, the resolution you have taxi
en-, not to acknowledge any thing that
may be contrary to those principles in
which the independence of nations CON-
sists, and which Spain will inviolably
maintain as to all. They rojoice, howe
yer, that the allied sovereigns have tes-.
tilted hitherto, in all their communica-
tons, that they recognize these princi-
pies relatively to Spain, particularly if
this acknowledgement have been made
in clear and explicit manner, as the
cortes would desire, as national comfy
requires, and as our security, in reference
i to the neighborsng states, imperatively
demands. Should not this be the case,
the cortes think it behoves, the Spanish.
nation, who has such titles to the graft
tude and admiration of Europe for the
part which she acted in the emancipation
of the continent, and for the noble efforts
by which she maintained her own inde--
pendence, and set an example torothers->
TO take such precautions as shall protect
{ her in the proper state of security.
The cortes have listened with surprize
and pain to the statements touching your
E maiesty's self with which you concluded
your address. Full of loyal feelings, and
ardent zealfor the observance of the con-
, stitution, which so distinctly traces the
respect due to the sacred and inviolable;
person of your majesty, the cortes cam.
not see with Indifference an act at vari-
ancc with this constitutional primo pie !;
an act which could have been committed
by none but by Spaniards unworthy OF
the name, and deserving of the general
execration of the nation, and especially
of the execration of that capital which,
from the first moments of your reign, has
given your majesty SO many proofs of its
love and invincible fidelity. For the resty
the cortes, restricted by the constitution,
TO legislative functions, rely upon the
wisdom and zeal Of your majesty. They
trust your majesty, as supreme and sole
, head of the executive department, in
, whose august person is vested the power
, of executing the laws, and whose authori-
ty extends to whatever conduces to the
preservation of public order, which iss
, inseparabe from respect and veneration
, of the royal dignity, will cause all in
t Engagements of our institutions, in whate-
yer point, to be energetically repressed
by the means which those Institutions
: themselves designate: and they hope
: that your majesty will, in this manner,
: consummate the great work of our poll.
i teal regeneration, and secure more and
{ more the aolidity and perpetuity of the
] throne, pursuant to the general and i'm
variable wish ofthe Spanish people.