Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-10-14
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August received at New York, contain
the spec h OF the King OF SPAN, on clio.
sing me session of the Cortes of 1898,
and the reply of that body. They are
of 10" grea, leogth to be inserted entire.
That of tho King leaves US to lament
only hat ii does not express his real
sentiments; vile that of the Cortes Is
ss patriotic, as spirited. and as digniGed,
as the documents they used TO publish
while comparatively in peace and secu.
rity at Madrid.
The Kings Address begins with
these words:
"Gentlemen Deputies-On this So
lemn day, in which the present Cortes
are closed, my heart is necessarily af.
footed by sensations of different kinds,
though still they accord with the cir
cumstances in which the nation is pla.
ced
"luvaded, as our territory is. by the
most usheard oftreachery, on the part
of perGdIous enemy, who owe their
existence chiefly to this magnanimous
nation, he world behods violated in
her the rights of all countries, L. all the
principles The most sacred among men.
Pretended defects in our political insti.
tutions supposed errors in our inte-
rior admiDis'rs ions feign"d wish to
restore tranquility, the disturbance of
which is the work of those alone who
exaggerate it.; affected concern for the
dignity of q MonarcS who wishes not
to be one bat for the happiness of his
subjects-such we're the pretrexts Of
an aggression which will be the scan.
dsl Of posterity, and the blacklist spot
of the nineteenth century. But n.y.
pocrisy. emboldeped by her sphsmeral
prog ess, soon threw off the mask. and
discovering all The horrors of her views,
no longer allows even the most duped
to doubt, that the only reform she aims
at is. tn deprive ,he Nation of all inde-
pendence, of all liberty, and of all hope;
and Iha, the dignity which she pre,enos
TO restore to my crown, consists only in
dishonoIing me, in exposing my Royal
Person and + m,Iy, and in undermining
The foundation OF my throne, to raise
herself on its ruins"
He then accuses the French OF bribe.
~, and of employing all the crimes and
passions Of men on their side. He
speaks of the detection of a bisbal as the
untort unate cause of the loss Of Mad. |
rid aud d-plores that their base mea
sures are allowed to prevail, and to 0e.
scend with such force on his deserving
subjects.
But" he continues, "in the midst Of
these disasters, Spain preserves her
magnsnimous resolution, & the Cortes, |
in the closest union with my govern
ment, have yer maintained themselves |
such az they we're in the memorable
dsys Of tho 9th and llth Of January
last. The serenity and wisdom of their |
deliberations hitherto amidst such Bit
terness and danger; the confidence
which their patriotism inspires, and the
hatred itself with which they are hon.
orsd by the enemies Of the country, are
80 maDy proofs that they have deserved
we'll Of it. InGefatigable in promoting
all tie branches Of public prosperity,
they have issued various DEGREES that
contribute to it, as far a. circumstances
permit"
He then expresses his thanks for the
promptitude with which the Cortes
have seconded his efforts for the public !
good. states, that tho he has withdrawn
Ills charge d'affsires from Lisbon, there
is no interruption in the ties of amity
between the two nations: expresses a
fem belief that Divivine Providence
viii yet interpose to restore peace and
preserve the liberties Of the nation; and !
concludes in these words:
My government shall cease to exist
before it take any step con'rsryto the
saths by which it 10 connected with the