The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-03-19
Extract from the Speech.

of that prosperity of which no people
can obtain, unless by return to religion,
to legitimacy, to order, to true liberty.
Such salutary example is this day held
out.
But divine justice permits that, after
having, for long time, occasioned other
nations to feel the terrible effects Of our
own disorders, we should see ourselves
exposed to dangers, which are produc-
ing similar calamities among neigh
bouring nation.
"l have left nothing undone TO insure
the safety of my people, and to pre-
serve Spain herself from the greatest of
evils. The blindness with which the
representations made at Madrid have
been rejected, leaves little hope of the
preservation of Peace.
81 have ordered the recall of my
Minister. A hundred thousand French
men, commanded by Prince of my
family, by him whom my heart recog-
nizes as a son, are ready to march, in-
voking the God of St. Louis to preserve
the throne of Spain to descendant of
Henry w.; TO preserve that beautiful
kingdom from ruin, and to reconcile her
10 Europe.
sour stations are to be reinforced in
those places where our maritime COM
merce~ may need such protection.
Cruisers will be appointed to act. wher-
ever our shores may be open to attack.
g If war be inevitable, shall omit no
effort 10 narrow its circle, and limit its
duration. II shall be undertaken for no
other purpose but to conquer that peace
which the state of Spain would render
impossible. Let Ferdinand VII. be free
TO grant his people the institutions which
they can hold only from him, and which,
by securing their repose, will dissipate
the just apprehensions of France. From
that moment hostilities shall cease
This solemn engagement, Gentlemen, |
enter into in your presence.
" 1t was my duty to lay before you
the state of our affairs. 1t belonged to
myself to deliberate. l have done so
maturely. EconsuIted the dignity of my
throne, the honour and the security of
France. We are Frenchmen, Gentle
men. We shall ever be united in de-
fence ofsuch interests"
This speech, according TO the report,
was received with loud demonstrations
of applause by the Chamber and the
Duke d'Angouleme, that worthy de-
scendant of Henry the Fourth to whom
he bears so striking a resemblance,
when he was alluded to as the Prince
whom the heart Of Louis delights to call
his son, and as the leader of the 100000
Frenchmen, who are to march and in
woke the God of St. Louis to preserve
the throne of Spain to another worthy
descendant of Henry the Fourth--the
Duke assumed valiant air, and theatre
cally clapped his hand on the hilt of his
sword.
PARIS, JAN. 26.
Il cannot be doubted, that an intimate
connection has been recently established
between England and Spain. The arriv-
al Of LordSomerset at Madrid as Ambas-
sador, at the time when the Ministers
of the Holy Alliance were quitting that
capital, is an incontestible proof of this.
JAN. 90.
When the case Of the Duke de San
Lorenzo, 0he king of Spain against the
bankers Overard and Lowenberg as
agents for The Spanish Ultra Royalists)
was called out this morning, the Kings
Advocate read letter from the Keeper
of the Seals, which declared that all
bonds of amity having been broken be-
tween the Governments of France and
Spain, the cause could not be pleaded.
A Madrid paper of the 18th, contains
the Notes which the Ministers of Prus-
STA, Austria and Russia addressed to Sc
nor San Miguel, on the publication Of
the Spanish Answer to the former Notes
of the three Courts 10 these Notes
the Ministers demand their passports,
as threatened in the former, in case the
Spanish Government made no Conces-
sions.
The Russian Minister'S Note express
ses the real pain "with which the Am
bassador has received the Spanish an
swer- Europe" it proceeds, "wiH
Judge between the Powers who are an
mated by the noble desire of doing
good, and government which appears
to be resolved to fill up the cup of the
misfortunes of Spain. With respect to
the determinations announced in the
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