The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-03
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ffom The Ea9uref, Stpdemisr 80.
We ha,e accounts by liz mon. -
eags later.-Nansn VIII l5o mru has d.
serted tothe French in Catalon.a-C Jafra
Ballasieros' troops hid mi sane o,er viii
him.-The Duke d'Angonlenr was haste.
ning II Cadtz, With terms Of peace= II,
has issued a new proclamation indicative
nj !l,a sospleion of tht Regency. nd nj H.
resolution In abridge their poNers.-RlIssia
seems more strongly suspected ii spnl1lng
up tte projects Of the Regency. Gofannl
! bad mt surrendered IN the nth Arlerst.
Bells london Messenger sta,es that the
| Duke Angonlemc i about IL anrr what
| Il calls "llbefal terms IL III. leaders of the
'aftes tlZ that Spain Is In ha,e Il Stlfate
| u lie Mobiles the klag To hasea I 10 on
The laws; the clergy To have a su.G, lent
| stipend; The inqWsiion In hc abolished ,
the press free bnt Responsible perfect
amnesty on past transactions The AIre=
senger lniimntes that Tins more Moderate
eondct has heen dictated by suspicion of
the designs oi Russia. The views taken
IN The following paragraph lfom the Bri
ilsh Press IF 18th Aug. Is gloomy Is Ia
NE present suspicious aud brilliant as 10
The future
The generals entrusted by the Cortcs,
who should have dealt with the enemy
with mailed hands have opened them nide
In receive the treacherons brine the ttri.
Tory Of the Gortes is now reduced IL a
enrner Of hndalnsia, and a potion oi one
frontier province. Her llag, II IS true, still
floats from more than 30 fnrlresses, aud
her generals threaten the very carital in
arms; and We're her remaining adherenta
firm aud assured, there would still Fr To
cause for despair But .lfdnso has follow
ed Bfasteras, and even the renowned Nj
lans aud llohcras have come " thin the
circle ol our fears. Thc rcdn0htabr Gen.
era Nina IS nav tie only chltf Of note
who vel uphohis htl enalaal unimpraehed,
and the health Of the hero is said 10 have
suffered heavily from succession Of ia
ngues. II faithful scntintls watched a.
round the Constitution, all might vel BIZ
we'll But nj Cadlz, where the fiench arr
LAUNDERING for admission outside its gates,
Their lnirigles are fighting for them " lthip.
farton and dist ontent, II IL now said, d-
vide this last refuge Of once free Span,
dIsmay It's national representations and
threaten 10 nnbar lis portals 10 The enemy.
Come however, what may h, tier the
constitutional GoNrInmeia sill survive,
through It's energy and the fd,lily of lis rr.
manning adhrrents, IN live through u burn
ing autumn, and with the winter ubla,n u
respite from arms and thus be enabled a
gun tn recruit her forces for the field, ~
sink prematurely, the victim of perfdfou,
trait, or the dupe OF Il more perhdous
negoehlon, Spun ne,er can become the
| hopeless abode Of Tyranny aud superstition
again. Both, with a drspot's hand aud d
biSots spell, may Cypress hnr for while
but she will yet lise against them, aud her
second struggle for freedom will be NOR,
determined and enduring than her first -
Her soil, over which u long night Of .hrnl
dom had slept for ages, was thought Ill,
last where The seeds of human freedom
scattered by the Almighly's hand on III,
winds al heaven, would have taken root
yet they shoi into the land, aud sprung W
into the mighty tree whose branches sprra1
over Spain, and gave a shelter to all thai
was Virinons or enlightened. The axe la,
. been laid 10 the trunk-ts boughs hay.
been torn down, aud il has tottered be.
Meath tbekblo"s OF its ruthless tlesiroyers
but its roots have spread Tar aud wide, and
Span vii again find shade and protection
beneath thu successors il will fnpcfcepii
bly, send Gath. Thus there is hope for the
future, though The present may afford II.
little consolation. Tie light Of freedom,
will not utterly 80 down in Western Eu.
rope, though lis spendor mny be dimmed
for a while ii will feed lis fires in retire
mtut and lis re-kindlcd blaze will bleak
forth, cheering and ressing SPAN and dis.
may0s its feeble tyrants aud the confpde.
rate despots Ieagued against the growing
lherties of civilized man