The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-28
LyNCnnURG, MARCH rs, Ig2a



The policy ufthe continent heing Transact
ted IN the Morrill, and Ia Germany Spain
nus no means To influence II directly. -
An. therefore, is changed fnr Spain, and
s,r,,crr,rih her fiiurity is covered by an
inpcnctrable ,.il.n This vii is now rent
aside and we srr fully accomplished The
fears of Able dc Pradt. This country
tsaid ht) li-lcas yIsibly towards an nnlor-
iunate catastrophe. The wrong course
pursued in 1914 has conducted her 10 the
brink OF dreadful precipleos, which deepen
very day. 1t is evident that greaife'o-
l,liun threatens Spain, and considering the
clements nhich compose the Spanish cha
Eaeter, II is perceived with alarming Ger
taini, thai il will b, terrible. Never has
there bern assembled more materials pro-
Jef 10 kindIc and feed a conllagrailon :
slisc0rd, Foreign war, exhaustion OF reVe-
nies a dlseredit thai eaunot crease, the
rrodemnauec Of ideas and OF plans fitted
10 ruin country, superstition, exclnsinn,
Vengeance, separation ot casts such is The
train Of peraitnn IN the midst of which
inoyra, or rather itats, and drags unfortu-
naic Spain.p These remarks were made
at ine when Ferdinand the 9Th, rescued
from the state IT Imprisonment into which
his own imbccity MS much as the superior
GENTS Of Napoleon Bonaparle had conlri-
butcd To place him, had reasccnded tue
throne of his ancestors When, after all
the tuils aud struggles of his subjects, they
succeeded in sustaining their national Jade
pendenre against the powerful Inr0ads OF
1he mightiest empire Of modern days, hr
refused 10 redeem ms pledge To the valiant
spirits wbohad resisted "erenante DEATH
q foreign domination Their towns had
been sackrd-lhelr country plllaped-t hfir
fields ravaged--and their valles had been
dcuged with the mingled blood of their
brethren aud their foes. And for what
That Joseph Bonaparle should not seat
himself quietly on the throne of Charles
The 9th, against the will of the people, and
ihal Ferdinand the 7th should be restored
Ia the station from which he hid been
hurled hy the then growing and apparently
invulnerable power of the Bonapartcs.--
Aud how we've they rucompcnscd Ask
history. Let the cate OF the gallant Por-
lier, and his associate, tel. Let the i'm
prisonmeut and Punishment OF hundreds os
lhose who split their boodin his behalf,
answer. These men, too, we're undergoing
every prvation, whilst Ills CatholicMa-
lesty, at the celebration of Napoleon's
marriage with the Arohduchess Maria Lou
isa, At Faleneay, IN 1870 was rxclaming
iongfire he Emptror--io long lire The En-
press And not content with this ebnl
tiDn of syc0phantlc adulation, on the cad Of
June, 1910, he addressed letter to Napo-
leon, in which are dhcse expressions Il
present TO your Imperial Majesty, as we'll
IN the name of my brother and uncle as Of
myself, my sincere fluctuations on the ga
iisiaction you must have had in The insii-
ment Of your dear br0iher'on The throne Of
.Spaia. The object OF all our desires hay-
ing hern always the happiness the gene
rous nAtiun which iuhabts that vast king
dom Ne. cannot see At the head OF il Il
monarch so worthy aud 50 well fitted by
ms tifttes TO secure that object, piih0M
Je,iiag The grt0itSi comfort al The creH. -
Quotnliens from his lrilcrs To Napoleon, to
the same .purport, might be mulhpied ad
Hbiium bat we are already disgusted with
thu task of brio sng to light the meanuess
and duplcity el Il man for whom such
strenuous eXertians were made, and who
requited those who made them with death,
aud chains, aud Punishment. We have
brought forward this single instance only
with the design Of placing IN an honorable
point of view the conduct OF the Spaui h
people. At the very moment this larCical
tccue OF creuching drpllcity was acting at
Salcgcpy, what a different aspect was pre-
scented by the Spanish j'saia and people, in
behalf OF their imprisoned and drgen, rate
hing They, singlchaudcd, were dar-
So, th., .,nt.sf anil 1ufyinr th.. Ctorv,
Their proclarnations and state papers
breathed throughout an animated spirit
and feeling 4 cloquencs, WHICH could not be
mistaken-lt was the effect of pledged
determination, 10 see then houses dcmo-
ishcd, their temples destroyed, their fields
desolatrd, and their families either wan
deIug dispersed over the plains or precipi-
tatcd into the graSe"--in fine, 10 M Ike their
<entary modern Cdlgotha, ere they
Nosld c0nseat To receive a ruler for their
country from it most hseterate Zoe. In
an animated strain of patriotism, the isnta
told the people of Spain, that they had for
two, years without assistance, kept at bay
/" he Philosopher as King Joseph was
styIed-that " Europe at first refused to
believe il when she saw il, she looked
upon i, as a rash aud documentary explo-
sion"--but the eeeat proved, that il was a
saw but eternai fame--kindled at the altar
of liberty, which kept the heads Of the
Spanish patriots above the waters, and
brought them finally in triumph through
the dangers which threatened them. The
same feelings INV Predominate Throughout
their state papers. We see noble indie
peudcnce in the answers OF the Spanish
Minister TO the insolent nstes OF the Am
bassadors of the Holy Alliance, which,
Russia
The revolution here predicted has been
accomplished, in the establishment OF their
Constitution, and the suppression of the Ia
',nisition to support the one oi which, and TO
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