The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-08
TgLLEYR4.N,D'S SPEECH.

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non the project of the address to be pre-
.snted in answer to the Kings speech
Nv Lords-Sixteen years have elaps-
al This day, since invited by him who then
ied the world, to state my opinion rela-
10 the contest about to be engaged in
4, the people of Spain, had the mis-
tine 10 excite his d,spleasnre by unfold
40 fnturity to his view by disclosing to
him all the dangers which would sprirg up
an ail sides during an attack not less unjust
,ban rash and presumptuoas. Disgrace
was the reward Of my sincerity. The re
y,lations of destiny are extraordinary !;
after 80 many years am again called upon
10 renew the same efforts, To urge the
came counssls to our legitimate Soyercigns.
"TLe speech from the throne has caused
the last hopes of all the friends Of peace
marty to vanish. Ii Threatens Spain ; and
nv duty obliges me to say that ii seems TO
me alarming to France. AT all events war
hasnot yet broken forth. Peers of France,
one moment remains, one moment is left TO
YOU, TO save the King, to save your coun-
try from the risk of SO dangerous an enter
prize hasten then to make use OF ito
flfl the most sacred of duties, to unde-
reiye the King, abused as he is with re-
spect to the wishes Of France, the wants
olhis people, his own peculiar interest, and
not less than with regard TO the state Of
Spain which is now represented to him as
enfeebcd by intestine discussions.
The wish of France--it is almost SUI
pernuous to say 1.-THE wish OF ali France
4 [ y IL. e..
she battered herself, that under the govern
ment Of her King, she shouId be enabled to
recruit, during the leisure Of peace, the
strength wasted in war of thirty years.
All the parties OF this vast empire, eompo-
sed as they are Of many various interests,
are unanimous on ths4 question Lille thinks
as Strashurg, Lyons as Bordeaux, Mar
.eiIles as Grenoble. The most furious par
ry spirit cannot deny this truth
And how could if be- otherwise ? Has
not the merchant of Bordeaux and of Mar
.eles, in this case, the same interest az the
manufacturer of Lyons aud Rouen Is
not the one threatened with having all the
Treasures which he entrusts to the sea,
snatched from him? Does not the other
see the moment approaching when his ma
nma'tories must close, which have hithe, 10
forned the source of his glory and Of toe
prosperity Of his country Shat | speak
OF that part OF the population, which de-
rlyes lis support from daily labor ?
" Each Individual belonging to this class
already knows ~ the reduction of a part
Of his labor that in future he will receive
only a porilon OF those earnings which are
necessary Tor tn" suPpart of his family, and
that he may, from day to day, he deprived
Of the least resource : Gun You suppose,
my Lords, that agriculture will be more
t'rtanate--tta. 1t will escape the dangers
which 'h"eat,a commerce aud industry
In our peri @ted system of society all elias
srs are r.hted IL one chain of general wei
fare. Tue embarrassment. of the M rcan-
tile will be fell hy the class ot culliyators,
and our agriculture too will find loss IN
the members v no will go to destruction in
The dese!ate plains Of the peninsula.
q that the pnweftul OF the earth could
count mp the sullf g,s OF this drrdd III no
mcnt On our sldc is AN united people !;
Oh the othcr-wIlat shnii sav ?-are some
individual interests, who make rpstura-
ton, concurred in by al for the general be
netit of society, subsersient 10 their own
private advantage. Those sclf-same Chi
Erous sentiments which in 1893 attracted
The hearts of the generous, and scducrd the
imaginations Of the enthusiastic, VET could
not preserve the legitimate Monai ehy, may
again destroy it IL 1879. notwthslaad
lng France wants TO preserve lis Legitimate
Monarchy. Aly Iaits. IT, question a..
war is not as some have been pleased 10
say, a question Of dynasty, it IS u question
Vi pany alone. The interests of Royalty
are not at stake ; ne hut the interests of a
party steady !. L. Cd hatred fixed in its
old Preiudir and which IS less eager to
maintain than q fe-conqneT--it is a retail
ton which somo seek to take on the height
OF the Pyreuees.
"And what are the motives urged 10 in
dnce France Frar "a - happy, 50 tran
q1l, so prosperous, l. eyrosg hrrselfto the
rsk of "a war against SPIN OF what has
France to complain? All is reduced to
TINS simple propoait.on-tb Spanish Char
nrls fall imperfections.
agree in that proposition, it IS full of
mprriectons. But when have neighbour
Ing nations received the authority OF eXac-
ons from an independent people the refor-
Nation other political laws ? lfthis the
CRY be admitted, what becomes Of the IN
dependence oil natjons What eXtraordl-
nary feformers, what wonderful Lycurgus-
es will not 100000 soldiers form, espe-
c'lally when 100000 are ready to follow
tAelr track /? Where is he who would be
deceived by this political Quiyotism Is it
'honght that The secret Of this ne" crusade
WIZ Ions continue mystery in the eyes OF
,he people of all countries ; No, 10, my
LORDS, Spain has conquered freedom for
herself; Spain is no longer overrun by
privileged individuals she affords u spec
,acie latoicrable to pride it cannot be to
~fdied, and what is Ia be the event? In
nT,palp What was Intellectually attempted in
rance. IS To be ATTEMPTED, viz ia eUun-