Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-04-19
FOREIGN.
By the shin Nezv- York, arrived at JNezD-
York from Liuerhooi.
FROM THE NATIONAL ADVOCATE.

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FROM THE NATIONAL ADVOCATE.
The papers announce that FRANCE
HAS DECLARED WAR AGAINST
SPAIN and recalled her Ambassador
from Madrid. One hundred thousand
Frenchmen, commanded by the Duke
d'Apgouleme, are preparing to invade
Spain, tor the purpose, as they say, OF
preserving Spain from ruin, and to
reconcile her to Europe"
The French Chambers opened on the
2Sth January, in which the King of
France addressed the Legislative bodies
in speech Of considerable length,
which will be found in a subsequent
column.
The Ministers of Russia, Prussia, and
Austria, at Madrid, having demanded
their passports, in note addressed to
the Spanish Minister, previous to their
quitting that capital, received the follow
ing answers -
To the Prussian Minister -" have
received the note which your Exccllen-
cy transmitted TO me under the date of
the 10th, end, concerning myself with
stating in reply, that the wishes of the
Government OF his most Catholic Majes-
~ for the happiness of the Prusslan
States are not less ardent than those
manifested by his Majesty the King
of Prussia towards Spain, | transmit TO
your ExceIlency, by Royal order, the
passports for which you have applied
To the Russian Minister -" have
received the very insoient note which
your Exceilency transmlued to me on
Friday the 10th instant. and, limiting my
self for my sole reply, To stating that
you have shamelully abused (perhaps
through gnorance) The law of nations,
which is law always respectable in the
eyes of the Spanish Government, |
transmit, by order of his Majesty, the
passports you desired, hoping that your
Ex@elIency will be pleased to leave this
capital With as lillle delay as possible."
To the austrian Mihister.--': have
received the note which your Excellen-
cy was pleased to remit me, dated Friday
the Goth, aud having now only to say that
the Government OF his Catholic Majes-
ty is Indifferent whether it retains rela-
tons or not with the Court OF Vienna, |
send you, by Royal o,der, the passports
which you have required"
We cannot do better than extract the
following opinion from the British
Traveller. SPEAKING Of. Louis the l3th's
speech, the editor says
We give the speech itself, and we
venture TO say, more disgusting doeo-
tnent--any thing which makes one MORE
ASHAMED OF BEING AN INHABrrANT OF
EUROPE, has never met the eyes OF cur
re aders.
An inirm old man, tottcring on the
brink of the grave, "rolled into the
Louvre" on casters-untanght by Is
years ofsuffering, prepares to inflict upon
two great nations the most horrible of
suf,erings, and once more to try the en-
durance of people to whom, more
han all Europe besides, he owes his ele-
walton to the throne. To see such a
being permitted to WELD the force oil 30
millions of people; TO see the armed
force which was directed against Spain
10 destroy The dynasty of the Bcurbons,
now rushing upon the same devoted
country, to restore one of those Bour-
bons 10 absolute pcwer--'o see mass
of thinking beings moved in succession
for such purposes makes one shudder al
the facility with which wickedDess or
imbeoility may triAe with the we'll being
of mankind
The principle on which the war
against Spain is conducted, is plainly
avowed: "Let Ferdinand VII be free
to give his people institutions which
they cannot hold but from him." This
liberty of kings the liberty Of swearing
or forswearing, OF giving constitutions
or taking them away. the liberty Of
making people wretched, this is the
principle in favor Of which he impiously
invokes " the God Of ST. Louis"
What picture ola king! How proud
ough, every AMERICAN feel when
reading the above from the pen ofa roy
alist What race of crowneGmonsters,
shedding the blood Of subjects to give
ultimate power to colleague!
It is stated in the English papers, that in
the event Of the invasion Of Spain by the
French, Gen. Nina has given the deadly
advice to divide the whole Of the forces
under his command into bands Of one
hundred men each for the purpose Of
harrsssing the French by general
warfare on grand scale. f
A French ministerial paper states
that France has refused the mediation Of