The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-15

peared to insure TO MN an oosCuVe tran-l
auiI existence within the precincts OF the
temple, himselfhurled amid the agitations
of the political world. banished from his
country and repulsed from the altar as az
unworthy minister of Religion.
In this situation, truly tragical and la
aggravated by their total igno
rance of the fate Of their three younger
brothers, the eldest scarce twenty-one|
years of age, and three infant sisters, all
dispersed over the face OF the Peninsula,
without father, without a mother, and
without the shelter and support of their|
guardian and uncle, who, giving vent to|
the tender sentiments OF father brother,
legal protector and natural friend. ex-|
claims, on seeing the dreadful storm which
threatens completely to destroy his whole
family, directing himself to your Excel
Iency, for what crime committed against
heaven or earth is this unhappy brother SO
cruelty prosecuted? Is it an objectionable
|crme in the eyes of civilized France, for|
the young soldier, who during the period
of five years spent in her bosom, lnbbed
the truths of morality, of philosophy, and
|of the rights which all nations possess t"I
andeavour to establish system OF polltl-
cal happiness-to have wished to assert
the same principles which he had seen dis
played among the moral maxms and en-
chanting images of the author OF the Mar
|tyrs, and of the Gpnias Of Christianity?
Is it crime, that valiant youth, in whose
hands shone the arms of his coun'ry-that
country which he had traversed from Cape
Finisierre to the columns of Hercules,
from the Bidassoa to the Tagus, hearing
tie cries of discomfort and seeing the mis-
ery. disorder, and degradation, into which
'he immortality, and thu Unsuitable avarice
Iof the evil counsellors of Ferdinand had
unhappily sunk hers it an expable
crime, say, that he should have raised
his voice on the banks of the Gaudalete,
and exclaimed to his compatriots. "Ferdi-
nand is your King! Ferdinand is not ty-
rant? Fear not to repeat the echo OF Las
Cabezas; let that sound reach his ears and
Spain will be happy, and Ferdinand be.
hold himself surrounded by his children
Oh shall deeds of vaIour, OF humanity oi
suffering, Of constapcy, and the sacrifice ol
health and of life, offered upon the affairs
of his country to ameiorate the condition
lof his fellow ciliZens-actiOns which con
stitute the prominent feature of herolsm
be blotted out from among the names o
the social virtues, and placed in the black
catalogue of crimes:
The sword which became national tro
nj nj lar pI q
belong 10 the people alone--the hymns
hch were heard by joyful Andalusia, anf
esounded on the banks of the Ebro ant
he Mimic, afterwards repeated with ap
probation an those Of the Seine, thu
Thames, the Danube, and the Elbe-th'
ppatrot soldier, who thrice refused to b
dIgirded with the sash of the general, witt
e which it pleased his monarch to remune
! rate him, as well as to nominate him hi
n aid-de-camp-the head, which was deco
= rated with the civic crowns of the ollv
e and the rose, presented to him by an er
.r rraptured people, filled with the enthus
y asm ofthe purest pleasure; will this swort
i ask, be converted (as now so madly an
audaciously some pretend) in the pages
b, severe history, into the bloody dagger {
e a man-destroying rebel :? Will these pa
Il i rotc hymns be changed into the bite
as sarcasms of ironica songs; and will II
he serene forehead OF a virtu0us man, wi
Z deserved of his king and country the tit
= of their best servant, be tladuced as vi
Of and treacherous? .5-.
e. Let, sir, his destiny be whatever he
ut ven may pIease-let it be such that it mi
VI draw upon his devoted head all the unbI
ms died passions Of pernicious policy
ms bloodthirsty vengeance, and OF the insa
mt able hatred of fanaticlsm-yet never shi
'as the virtues of Riego be converted in
crimes, and never will the government
Vi France be able to wash away the sta
nr. which shall forever cover it, should tn
in allow a general, whom the French arl
had defeated in that field in which
aayy'fought under the orders of his king, den
" ing to him the rights of a prisoner OF WI
n to fall sacrifice to maniac passlOn-p;
les, sions which if not repressed, will tern
'ed nate in shaking even to their foundation
H.. the legitimate thrones of all existing d
i,h nasties.
The The pen of the Canon Rego, not accl
-er toned to write upon matters of state, {
"'' ineates upon paper, the sentiments viii
for. animate his bosom in favor of broth
to without fearing to displease a Minist
ted whom he cannot look upon in any otl
'es. eS light than as man Of sense, an enlight