Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-03

, ton had deprived them, your majesty Ia.
provided for the FIRST want Of your people
and consolidated social order on ia Iony
c0nvulsed basis.
The prosperous state OF your finances
has proved, 10 siiisIIg manner, what we
had right 10 exp, CT iron system iound-
eG on the free vo!pg Ut tue taxes, line
auditing OF the accounts, The puhiieay Of
transa c,ions, order ard econnmy. Hence
the excess of the revenue over tie expen.
dilure an excess which amounts 10 the
sum of loIly millions, and woulu have
permitted your majesty, this year, to t:re
fulfilled the dearest wish Of your hear.---
the relief OF your psople-had not the
genus Of evil, which movers over neigh.
boring country, iIterposei 10 Ie.ard this
great behe III.
WHY must the memorable example Of
| the rapid, unexpected return OF ouI pros.
: prrity, after unbe+rd vi losses and nl.,or-
tunes, be lost to Spain, when thai return j,
evidently due TO he triumph OF itgi iu.a-
cy. as we'll as to the intimate alliance oil
religion. order and liberty ? And by What
fatality has Tue disinteIested council VI a
monarch. whose wisdom is respected. and
whose good faith is bonoIed by Europe,
been rejected by those who hold unrer
bondage patton with which We have rof
! only the relations Ct vicinsge and rec,pro.
| cal wants, but also the ties which ar,se
| from political interests, common iaith.
and !coOslpguity OF sOvereigns 7
=" Sire, to preserve Spain from unibeut
ruin. lhe cctar qGehce. ii which woald be
fatal ~ cur OwH tranquility, you have
summoned TO arms 100000 F,eocbmen
al their head marches prince OF y,r,
family OF that susus, family always pro-
digai o! its blood when iis glory and ours
are at stake. Such an army is worth, Of
having Tor us Chief prince OF tried ys,or
his virtues torn, The true pledge Which
your majesty presents Ia The people whom
you with 10 delrer; 10 the people to
whom il is offered .saluiaJy support, TO
assis; them iu finally escaping nom he
anarchy which deyuurs them, anu 10 qua.
ranleeing at the same iiue, their own
happiness AID The repnAe OF nations, unier
the protection OF INSTITUTIONS freely ena.
natipg from the legitimate authority.
IN your Just sQ!ic;Mde for one OF the
most inleTe.licg classes Of your subjects,
your majesty has ordered that Cruising
s9uadrons should be sent to the points
! most Ii. cessary tor .g'vIng security TO he
commerce OF France Our navy we & ubt
moi, Will execute This protecting mission
With the same zeal and activity which It
recently displayed 10 lbe seas Ut The he-
vanl, when .lr vessels sfJrded refuge 10
the, unfortunate OF all nations, and " ben,
for he FIST tine perhaps, a warIikr equip
ment received the tenediclions Of the
friends Of humanity.
st belonged TO your majesty alone 10
determine on the great questions of war
and -Eeace. This function Of the high
prerogstlye con6ded 10 you by Frovi-
tence, you have exercised with that de-
liberation which such grave Cirtums,an-
ces depaad. For ourselves, Sire, GER
tain OF your love Tor your people, when
will induce you 10 COnbre the war, % 1t
be- inevitable, within tine narrow est circle;
confident in your prudence, which will
allow no opportusity tor concluding an
honorable peace 10 escape, we receive
with respect this important comnlunta'
tinn. and we repeat With you, that we are
Frenchmen. Yes, Sire, the peers OF yorr
kingdom, TO whom the name Of French
men is tie proudest Of titles, possess the
sentiments and know the duties OF that
name, aud they will. with all their etforls,
concur in, maintaining The dignity ot yo"r
crown and the honor and security OF Tue
county"
The king replied, 81 receive with great
pleasure the address of The Chamber OF
Psers; this union OF sentiments and wish.
es, OF which you give me the assurance,
can alone guarantee the security oil
France and her felicity"
The Constitutional states, that the fol-
lowing anendnen; was proposed w la.
ron Barante, in the Chamber OF Peers, 10
the address which has been presented 10
the king:
eve eagerly seize the last hope which
your majesty seems still TO preserve, OF
The maintenance OF peace. We are assu-
red, that The first wish OF your paternaI
heart must be to save your people from
The calamilies of war which might ex-
pose TO danger the dearest interests OF The
country, aud compromise the sacred rnn-
Ciple OF national Independence, on which
repose the honor & security o. The throne"
SPAIN.
MADRID, Jan. l9--The journals pub
lish the following answer OF bis Majesty TO
Tue Message Of the Cortes:
"Gensemen Deputies
have received with satlsiactian Tue
Message which The Extraordinary CoItes
addressed 10 me on the lI,h inst. anu IN
witnessing the conformity OF their senll-
ments With my own, 1 derive new plea
sure from being placed a, the heac oil
nation distinguished BY so many great
qualities. :,
~ be sentiments Of national honor u m