Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-07-19
PROCLAMATION.

mis- hOyal f1iSnDeSs the Duke q An
gOueme, General in Chief OF the French
army, TO the SpaDiards.
SPASlaRps-Betore the French army
passed the Pyrennees, declared TO your
generous nation that France was nut at
War with it | announced to it that we
came ss friends and auxIlares, 10 aid il IN
restoring the affairs, delivering the King,
and re stsblishIng 10 its bosom, justice,
order aud peace. promised TO respect
ton TO the peaceable, Spain gave credit
10 my word. The provinces | have pass
ed through, have received the French SOL
dlers as brethren, and the public voice will
have told you whether they have justified
this reception, and whether | have kept
my engagement.
Spaniards--lf your King was still in his
capital, tue noble mission which the King.
ny uncle has conhded 70 me, aud that
you are acquainted with in all its parts,
would be nearly accomplished / should
have only, after having restored the Mon
arch TO liberty, TO have called his paternal
soliclude to the evils his people have SUI
tered, 10 the necessity they have OF repose
Tor the present, ana security for the future,
The absence OF His Majesty imposes o.
tber duties; the command OF the army be-
longs to me. but whatever may be the
bonds which attach me TO your King,
which unite France 10 Spain, the proVin.
ces delivered by our troops cannot and
ought not 10 be governed by foreigners.
From the frontiers 10 the gates of Mad
rid, their administration has been conhded
Professionally TO honorable Spaniards,whose
devotion and fidelity are known to his Ma
lesy and who 5ave acquired in those dit
hcuIt circumstances, nav claims TO his
gratitude, and tie esteem of the nation.
The moment has arrived for establishing
IN solemn and stable manner the Regen-
cy which Is 10 be lEtrusted with the ad-
mlnIsTatlon OF the country, with the or.
ganlzanOn OF an army, and with concert.
lng with ME the means of concentrating
our great work, the deliverance OF your
King.
ms establishment presents real difficult
lies. which lrankness and honesty do no,
allow to be dissembled, but which neces'
sty must overcome.
The choice OF bis Majesty cannot be
known. II Is not possible; without griev'
ously proIonging the evils which press or
The King aud on the nation, to call on the
provinces TO concur 10 il.
Under these difficult circumstances, fol
which the past offers no example 10 be fol
lowed, | have deemed the mean, mos
suitable, most national, and most agree
able to the King, was to convoke the an
Gent supreme council of CASTLE, and ths
supreme council OF the Indies, the high anc
various attributes OF which embrace tb'
A'ngdom, and its possessions beyond ID,
sea, and to iOtrust to these great bodies
Independent by their elevation, and thu
Ioeucal position OF those who compose
'nem, the care Of themselves selecting ths
members Of the Regency.
l have consequently convoked those
Nuneis who will make you acquainted
WIN their choice. The men to whom ihei
SatrageS tall, will exercise a necessary
power 'hli the wished for day in which
your King, happy and free, will be abb.
occupy himself with the care OF Con
solidahng his throne, and securing in hi:
Iur'l Inc happiness which be owes to hi.
opanisrds believe the word of a Bour
Doc. The 5ene6cent monarch who ha
sent me 10 you, will never separate in nv
"SaeS The liberty ola King of his 5looe