The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-28

whist il eliii~is III our ir'.inss IN The behaA
OF thai eeuutry, inspires rs Win Tue nope
and IL. helinf lliat She Nil BIZ able te resist
successfully, the basoneis against when
ere tins tune the breasts OF her soiofers
lave been barred.
II is known how the Spaniards have
hcen oppressed With What power
fn elasticity, they hurst N IVAN he
4okc " hieh bound them Ia the earth
hat moderation attended lh,ir triumph, 3
with What lirnncss They have maintained IT.
/ What had thu frfnsb people To complain
/ at. when her re-, oiullon broke forth =
/ The d .ordered State III their finances, aud
| the growing corfuplions OF the Court
And il they were Warrnntlble IN rct,ollng
against ms lash, who shall blame the poo
I tie OF SPAN for siiatchIng from the hands
/ OF their tyfam the WIFI, tsi sc0ilnsns by
winch hty we're scoufg ii Thar finan-
ces. too, were dl4"rd,rad--their marine
was IN a state Of dilapidatlon--their army
ineIeclum.-=lheir provinces IN a state oi
Ire,olt--lhe lnqtdsilion, with all is power,
and oppression, fe-cslablished--tonN
again filed with lazy priests, sucking The
fruits OF the peoples labor--n t hundred
other abuses, goaded the people 10 mad
ness. But even this Was not all. The
Constitution, framed by the Spanish pco-
pie, and sworn To by Ferdinand, and "re-
cognlsed by the Emperor of knssla," was
rejected rs soon ny the 4" Royal Elnbrol-
derrl" mounted the throne. Npt only
Nere his promises nnredeenied but he act
I'd upon principles directly opposite 10
those TO which his oath pledged him
As soon as the power which he had
iost by his imbecllily, WIS again placed III
his hands, he exercised IT, not Tor the nip
pinrss of his generous nation" but IN acts
Of oppression and ingraiitude. The men
who had raised him 10 the throne were pu-
nshed for their adherence To- the eOnstltn-
ton which he hed sworn 10 snpport-And
the brave aud high mlod'd forller died on
the scallold to maintain iis invlolabllty.-
But hc died not in vain. Though his own
efforts were Intellectual, his death produced,
IN the course of cscnts,th accomplishment
of his fayofile oblcet. lis grave Was be
dewed with a whole nations tears-and
the principles he had sealed with his blood
received two-fold impetus from his own
dfmnrss, and from The cruelty of his fate.
CAN'T, under these circumstances, be for a
moment supposed that the spaniards will
tamely relnqush their right Of SELF govern
mrui, la obedience 10 the Internal TRIO,
which aspres to SWAY the desliules OF Eu-
rope Impossible. II .ms,r can be
Their gallanIry in war, aud their chlValry
in peace, alike forbid the idea. The viii
never surrender their rights, at least with
out struggle which will ton,ulse the CON
tncut OF Europe,nud shake To their iounda.
lions all its thrones.
The political bercscs preached by The
crowned heads at Verona are peculiarly
ne, olrng. They Z h. at lie root OF every
liberal principle. They enphailcnlly de-
Glaze, thai, ~ the formation Of govern
mcnls, and inthe choice of rulers, the pco-
pie have, Of right, no ,oiee---that there is
but one order in The State whose privileges
shall BE- protected aud Secondhand hat
order ~ the one To which they belong. 1t
was To give effect to this doctrine that "A
military cor,on was stationed on the IRON
tiers of Spain, by Louis, with the preteN
of preserving the health of France. II
was intended as pioneer to the greater
army then contemplated to he ratsed, to
force this hateful doctrine down the throats
of the Spanish people, and to extend the
powers of Ferdinand. This legitimate bns-
tarF was checked IN his career ot tyranny
by the p,Opie--and, say the triple alliance,
the people must he pui down. What guar
anter have we of our own safety. if we per-
init the progress of opinions, which tend to
sci hounds To our authority We must
crush every symptom Of dsobedcnec To
the legitimate authority Of cohnlry, at
once, before il gathers a strength which
may defy even our eXertons. In accor-
dance with these sentiments, they have la
ken up arms, aud put France in front 10
bear the heat and burden of the battle. II,
perchanec, her" huHdred thousand men, be
defeated, then hordes of Russians, Prus-
81 Us and Austrians, will march To their as
slstanre, and, may we not Fear, again invest
the Royal Emhroidcr with his former ty-
rannic pawer? But WE will not despair of
the righteous cause. In the words OF The
Poet, eeNclalm,
all
-" Ne'er sanction the march into Spain of the
Gaul
" Or, il lis derrecd that TO Spain he must go,
" As Il iocman 10 spaniards, 10 treemen
foe
May the Ged Of Columbia, 81 Louis, md
SPAN,
Z" Ne'er sanction thc march OF the Gaul back
again :"
This term involves n contradiction, hut is
nevertheless correct HE is the legitimate
monarch of Spain--but, it is said, tina; his own
m9ther proclaimed his bastardg.
III II the fact were not before our eyes,
ave could met believe that a free people would