Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-22
From the British Press.
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tdUlc' ney nave consequently Deeo ck'
tremely busy in forming plans for their tu.
ture conduct 10 Spain when that wretcbed
Priace shall be reinsisted 10 the fHilDess Of
despotism. But there is only one point on
which The 'fanatiques' and the 'poliiiques'
are agreed--the difficulty, or rather the
impossibiIily, Of establishing any tolerabie
or durable system with such a tlail prince
as Ferdinand VII, He ba. ceufessedly
become an object OF hatred and contempt
With all parties Cruel and arrogant IN
prospeniy-mean, cowardly, base, con-
leUptibie al the slightest appearance OF
danger, his reign was the rule OF tyrani,
and his DOWNFALL The triumph Of fear. His
whole life has been career OF baseness
The Spaniards have not forgot even his
unprincipled conduct before be was placed
on The throne, nor the unparalleled mean.
ness and degradation he sought Tor alter
wards. One single specimen OF the afro
CITY or his character will paint the whole
measures of his reign. 10 escape from the
tyrannic influence Of Godoy, Prince OF
Peace, he commenced series OF cores
pondence with Napoleon; on the correspon-
dence of the Duke de flotantadO and the
Baron Escoquiz to his father, as having led
him astray by their wicked consuls. 10
escape from any chance Of risk, thi. trea-
cherous dissenbIer began by belraying his
confidential counseIlors. This was his
maiden essay in political life, and the
whole OF his subsequent conduct shows that
be is worthy of such a debut
Alter yielding to Napoleon's menaces at
Bayonne, with all the obedience OF a well
whipped school boy, he pestered his allor
with Incess mt demands for the hand OF one
OF the Princesses OF bis family, and on bls
return to Spain, made the object of his
life consist in ierocious persecution OF eve
ry man who was independent or vir-
tuous in bis nation. When the Insured.
ton OF the Isle of Leon broke out, he ne
YER thought of courageously defending the
p1wer he had abused, but with his usual
cowardice, hoped 10 shun the threatened
danger by hypocrilical declarations OF his
attachment to that constitution he had pros
erlbed during period oil six years, and
whose most ardent defenders he had either
exiled to Africa or put 10 death. But, per.
6dous as we'll as dastardly, be was con.
stantly busy IN conspiring az alnst the con-
stitutlon he daily swore to preserve.
After secretly lesguing on the 7th July,
with Morillo and Martinez de la Rosa, to
change the constitution, he abandoned
them the moment he thought bis guards
had entered Madrid and were on their way
to the palace; he tore in pieces the plan OF
mixed constitution which these tempo
rising councillors had made out, and which
he had promised TO support and adopt -
He declared in the confidence OF antici-
paled triumph, that he would have nothing
| less than the pleni;ude Of his former pow
er. The events of the 9TH of July were all
epltome Of bis whole lite OF baseness, COW
ardice and pertidy. When the Constitu.
tionalists were triumphant on that coca
sion, he applauded the massacre OF his
guards, who had come to deliver him; the
officers who had marched to Madrid in o.
bedience to an order signed by his own
hand, he suffered to be shot, without maxi
ing the smallest effort in their favor.
One act OF duplicIty has constantly sue
ceeded another till absolute power has re
verted TO hun again, and he is become I'M,
controlled tyrant over all Spain at Cadiz,
by the hands of the French army, without
having ever displayed the slightest spirit,
or taken any step to recover IL. These
facts. and the licentious immortality OF his
private lite, are known to all Spain The
Uitras themselves are forced to acknow.
edge that it is impossible that such being
can ever inspire the Spaniards with either
respect Or confidence. France itself, they
say, cannot depend on the sincerity Of the
promises be may make, nor on his frmness
against dangers that may arise. He will
not only violate the engagements ne may
enter into with the French government,
but If any trfiing insurrection should ava
ken bis fears, he will begin again &c swear
to any Constitution that may be offered 10
him
For these and various other considera-
tons the Ul,ras have come to the Conclu-
sion, that Ferdinand can no longer reign
over Spain. They are OF opinion that he
should be reinstated IN bis authority, for
The purpose OF rendering legitimacy trum-
phsnt; but that alter lapse of two or
three mouths, be must be brought, by some
means or other to abdicate The Crown in
favor OF bis brother. lie will be allowed
pension, and residence at Rome; and
the Infant Don Carlo. will become King
of Spain and the Indies Don Carlos ls
no, only partisan of absolute power, but
he is almost new on the political scene;
and nelrher the ConstiIulionalists can re-
proach him tor his perhdy nor the Royal
lists for his cowsrdice Hence it is ina
gined that Government with him at its
head might maintain itself in Spain. Fer.
dinand's abdication has frequent prece.
dents in Spanish history Besides those OF
Charles V. and Philip ". it has not been
forgotten that Ferdinand VII mounted the
throne only through the abdication Of his
father Charles w The 'fan!tlques' and
the 'politiques,' (as the two parties in the
French Ministry are callsd) see no incon'
venience in this plan Of operations, but on
the contrary a great many advantages
they hold il TO be so proper, and OF such
almost inialibIe success, that they no lon
/ nar ropcoal THAR hnnps Thov confess the