The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-12-02

Tom H. Uai,ed States Ca re.


aud integrity of Oh. government of the
tories, than from the rant ef capacity
and experience ia those who conductrd the
defence OfCadtz. Treschery had done H.
utmost. among tie Gensral- Il zewhere ;Lut
The CWtrs sat, like Roman Senate,
amH0yed, tall misfortune aud detection had
rendered the prospect hopeless. Even
tiirn, IT does mol appear, that they entered
upon any terms, before they dissaieed their
bndy. They Wcm to have trusted them.
selves to the general fate Of the nation--
The proclamation OF the king, before
leaving Cadiz, which has only been pre-
sentcd 10 the public since the arrival of the
Minerva, bears however the aspect of al
arrangement prey iously n1ade, but assured
~ 1t is not ,ouched by any guarantee in
the character of a king so periidious, veT-
satlle, and vindictiye. Our earnest hope is,
that the great men who sustained the cause
of nations in the Cort-s and as its minis
tfrs, placed their safety upon a more
certain foundation than his word, by retiring
to Gibraltar.
1t IS certain that the condtien ofthe city
Of Cadlz was hopeless, or the resistance
would not have ceased The disappint
ment Of the most intel igent, in conse-
qucnce of the fall, Is sndden and great
II is not improbable that something which
is yet mysterious, remains 10 be evolved.
The cooperation Of England, had she
thought proper TO yield it, instead ola du
hious and malignant meddlng, would have
saved The Spanish cause aud there is too
much reason TO believe that her ministers
have been only intent upon intrigIes and
partial objects, TO the abandonment of the
great interests Of the country.
"7ht beloved Ferdinand."-We copy
the following admirable picture of the
Spanish Monarch Ferdinand VII. from
the London British Press
~ Y. T.. Post
Priueie Correspondence.
Pants, Oct. 9.-The ministerial and
monarchical party haNe long regarded Fer
dinand's delverance as certain aud nc,ita
bic. They have consequently been ex-
tremely busy in forming plans for their
future conduct in Spain, when that wretch
ed Prince shall be reinslatcd in the lullness
of despolism. Bat there is only on,. point
on which the 'fanatlques' and the 'poli
tiques' are agrecd-thc difficulty or rather
the imopsaihllhy Of establishing any lolc-
rable or durable system with such Trail
prince ms Ferdinand VII lie has confess
scdly become an object Of hatred aud con-
tempt with al. parties. Cruel and arrogant
| III prospcrity-mean, cowardly, base, con
trlnptible at the slightest appearance of
danger, his reign was the rule of tyrant
and his downfall the triumph of fear
His whole life las been a career of base
| ness.
| The Spaniards have not forgotten his
| unprInciped conduct, before he was placed
on the throne, nor the unparalleled mean
nesses and degradation he sought for af-
forwards. One single specimen of the
atrocly of his character win point the
whole measures of his reign. TO escape
the tyrannlc influence of Godoy, Prince Of
Peace, he commenced ii series Of CORES.
pondence with Napoleon, from which it
appeared the Duke del Intantado, and the
Baron Escoquiz his father had led him
astray by their wicked cqunsrls. To
escape from any chance of risk, this trca-
cherous dissemb1er began by betrhyiug his
confidential councillors. This was his
maiden essay III political life, aud the whole
of his subsequent conduct shows that he is
worthy of such debut
After yielding 10 Napoleon's menacrs at
Bayonne, with all the obedience of a we'll
whipped school boy, he pestered his gaolcr
| with inces3ant demands for the hand of one
of the Processes of his family, and on his
return la Spain made the object OF his life
Icensist in ferocious persecution of every
man dependent or virtuous in his natinn.-
When the insurrection Of the Isle of Leon
froke out he never thought of courageous.
ly defending the power he had abused, hut
| with his usual cowardice, hoped To shun
the threatened danger by hypocritical de
claratlons of his atlac hment to that cOnsti-
tuition hc had prescribed during period of
SIX years, and whose most ardent defend
ers he had either exled to Africa or put to
death. But, perCdlousas well las dastardiy
he was constantly busy IN conspiring
gainst the constitution he daily swore To
preserve.
After secretly leagning on the 9TH July,
with Aorlilo and Martinez and de Ia Rose,
To change the constitution he abandoned
them the moment he thought his guards
had entered Madrid and were on their ay
to the place, he tore IN pieces the plan Ola
mixed constitution which these tcmpor-
sing counsellors had made ou', and which
he had promised 10 support, and adopt
He declared, in the confidence of anticipa-
ted triumph, that he would have nothing
less than the picnitude of his former power.
The events of the 9TH July were in fact an
lepitomr of his whole lif, OF hasett.s, COW
ardice aad pcrfidy. When the cons,its-
toHallsts were triumphant on that occasion
he applauded the massacre of his guards,
who had come to deliver him the officers
who had marched to Madrid in obedience
to an order signed hy his own hand, he SUI
iered to be shot without making the small
lest effort in ttrir favor.