Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-17
FRANCE AND SPAIN.


rising To the tribune OF the Chambers it found Oh.
ponents IN the mos ardent leaders Of the opposition
and supporters aud defenders in the Orators of our
firi 'nentary majority.
Inns grand debate, 81 novel in our manners and
our annals, and which held the eve of Europe fixed
upon nv, allowed every thing to be said and afforded
me time To say II. Every passion made lis voice
heard every interest, even that most contrary To
france, d'd not want an expositor there was moth
ing even 10 TIE sP'r al faction, which, lifting up its
head through liberties has not appeared with its
haired, ts projects, It's turbulence and is suphsms
th' >uiJHci ~ then Quie exhausted. Facts alone
nave now tn speak, they form the historical part
OF discussion tn which is time that they should
iend their support Ii will he that the wa, with
Spain, TAR from being aggression as IL has been
pretended - undertaken ~ The exclusive interest of
'cgitInate deieuce ; II Will he that ia, from at
rhng faithful ally, devoted, il has been sought
~ have believed ia the cares which its nascent H.
,Fry require, we take arms 10 support our indepen-
achcf against an enemv who molests and threatens
a. Let us say aloud, since il So that the SPANISH
rrvnlUtion il u wat against the French monarchy
1he revolution, that hlig ut of modern sociey did
Shy attach itself To SPAN 10 extend later period
IN us We were surrnunded aud as it were, besieg-
eel ny system OF perhdy, fraud and hatred, from
WHICH II was necessary at any price TO deliver
ae'Ve- u ~ not then the thirst of conquest nor the
srnSeicss project at forcing back nann 10 It's laws
which urged and impels beyond our frontiers IL IS
me care oil oar political existence in word, il is
HsceSSfg, which marches, with justice, at The heal
OF oar ieeions
When revolt, that common parent of all traitors
GIVE n the isle OF Leon signal 10 the reyoutonis,s
H.
sion towards Spain Her revolution winch wa. then
ony nehacing o our future, already stripped the pre-
al its srcisR<iy
Very sOnh the events Of Naples where the Con.
sli,'ttioH al the Cores was procIlimed those oc tn
F'n "ster" the scenes of Madrid and Naples were
T"peateh and nf which the rep"rcnssion was felt as
la as tsIenohle, Taught thu the moment vas an
proachins when the il-exiinguished embers OF our
c"li d'sc"rd were about To he re!.indeh. Naples
ana ARIA being compressed, diminished the danger
which existed no longer except upon one point
believed A he IL
tend as \ son Of France upon the Throne of Spain,
hai lowered them before before the Cores il
WAS necessary 10 raise them up The political siua-
N@a OF the Two Kingdoms was then greatly changed,
aud yet oar relations Interrupted only
Spain has ceased 10 render hr;u frank and ImicaLIe
She even dared, in the illusions Of pretended SUI
perorIty, To hold language, which France is more
accustomed 10 utter than 10 heat By what the Span
'"h rrvoluonsts say, 10 bring down The tr color ed
h'9 IRON the top ct The mountains which skirt
ir"n!!eiS was suilcieni 10 submerge the throne Of
our Kings beneath the pillows of = revolted popua-
f'nn 10 dream OF the Iri-coIored flag reveal
what design was at the bottom of the Spanish revu.
iAtnn, aud what interests il sought To set in ac on-
THIS design 'uancStng itself every day more aud
more, Spain no longer concealed her evidently hos
re acts
The arrival of The scourse which desolsted 8arce.
iona, supposed ns The duty OF establishing Gordon
81 troops 10 prevent the contact Of the nations
Inns measure hal III II nothing alarming, nothing
hostile towards Spain. We employed the mea-
sure SH 1920, against one Of oar own Provinces
which heing victim To a contagious disease found
"stid thus separated from the Kingdom notwiII-
ft4i"ting these precautions, so little regarded
Spsin IA our enemy, Ihnt We seat TO her FIenchmen
w'Ih the mission 10 study The nalady and afford re-
pei. Surely, good neghbnrhpnd could NOT GO far
theT fet, what at that pefod the conduct of
spain She received into her bosom our Stale
criminals, who, having escaped oar TTibunals and
being enemies 10 The Bourl0ns on one side of the
PJTenee4, hal "nly 20 pass those mountains 10 find
trends aud protectors IN The Spanish Government.
IRON ihat moment every thing assumed "A serious
ch'ractr. The Spanish faction obtained insertion
to me English Journals tor articles, and songs
insuling 10 the House Of France Our troops were
e<cuedio revolt ny them, in the name Of the Snan.
ish Hevolutinn, Agents ui that Revolution came 10
f"rts To concert with tho Iacrous, whom the
Government exercises an active s,U7,eilLtnc. -
Obliged 10 conceal their plns At home our cunspira-
tors revealed them in the French papers printed ~
MIlr" Those papers denounced Europe our
hlw 'hd ms ions they held np our Magistrates,
rs snn2"lnary mrn 1t length, by last degree Of ~
ticlty the Royal Family we're treated 10y rhese
hheiisiS, as Louis NSI. the Queen aud Mat,me Eli.
zabeti, ht been ti"aed hy hrir criminal predece,.
'prs We have here proof Of all hese facts, drriy
sl from one at the papers, which Interpreter Of
The revolutionary party
. The sword of D,moclrs whirh il suspended
over the BOurbOBs, viii shortly s,ni'e them On
means of vengeance nanilest. BESIDES the v.li.
ani SpIush army, have we IN tr,i sanitary army
lUlDO caiiers Of Liberty, ready 10 JON themselves
To tner Hnsa0' officers and their arms against
ne oDpressors II Frmce2 II I'VE We not more than
100 OOO Of certiiers in 'hc interior of the ing
dom, of which ~ least Is 900 ,rr IN the aru,y and
not "n our siie that Irasriie hatred tint DiVs.t eus
" trJace heTe rorei fo,ptrds erscrtbis fyrtuiy -
! was thus that The " ,dfid Observer, WRITTEN 10
Ircnch, expressed iiselfin the number Of Or.uhrr
~ Thar - 20 sy, iree months hrfpre Fr1nce heard
w~ir spoken oi 10y the mouth uf her X ing long be
5nte orr hosriiaGe SOL received fhr hoops of the
fhHh, 40 period in SHORT, wien Inc Administration
was repTptched fpr Stopping. 80 B,vonnr ttans
ports u nIuskeis destined fnr the Sp,gi-h royuli,s
W would he easy 10 multiply ihese citations IN
ono oil i1e nrp'heTs ofihe SINE journal, we should
h'' me 1uti ihrrtop ~ infamous given to The Go
gern'neni u Louis XVIII. ~ .nothet we should
lr1rn ihai Frarrh G'0ert IN non-artigtv ornrs
=! q hs frst c t,o1 fred 1gUsf Tie Srni i1d, t~N
O. ne f'EfH ~ me bW0f tie Bonrbo1s. ln 80 rCi
ttrn' i1 short. i'e fiund the same language ire
same hurr'. nnd ten expressions tuI caiunni.s
ag ,inst our Princes, thu We copd not trtn,ef,l,c
without eNci'ing inb {p,tion 10 81 Fr.rch he,ris
itrse public tcgc'iibra IRE confirmed Ivy secret
Fe7rtinons Letters NJ high importance written T.,
n"u whose HHmeS We Utlie4r 60 mention, TINT We
~ 3 not impede the fuiun couise # jistirP have
"ic" ini1 ife hdnis ofthc G,yprnmcnt IL then,
p"i 81 The pI..u' are unvrdrd we here meet with
nc project o forming corps Under The ir-ruloured
H,e, rnd pfOcl inning napoleon n. Tic Spanish
Ministers irr represented as ieniirr fhe.n.cves to
these mrasur'7, oHiy demanding Of the cpn4pir itors
discretion t1I recbwurn tiem nrt 10 ytucrrd
To- last. Tie Jnurnal. published IN Frerrh IT Ms |
Icd, wlHch "e lave already cited, thus announces
ts~s" cnu-piracics
" jeterd Frenrhur n uf li-t;nction of ~, ~ men
~ YiWh hic n''i0a p,ncs uself. and who nave SO I
q tiy contributed rs Us glory hive form-d he pc.
.fct ni p'~si"g ni" 5paiu, mad 81 forming there /
''trncy which, vii disp1ich orders aud dsrrces IN /
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