Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-13

some fanatic, excited by them, exclaimed, . long
live the king!!"
And then came feeling Of despair. There
Liberty has no triumphs.'' exclaimed. "ihe
Holy Alliance is once more carving into execo
ton its terrible and bIoody purposes. Casimls
Per,er has sold us as slaves IN France Lord
Grey has left Poland to perish Austria has tn
umphed over patriotism in Italy. The Emperor
Of Russia sits upon his bloody throne amidst the
fumes of tens Of thousands of expiring victims.
The King of Prussia is afraid Of aiding liberty;
and dares not to oppose Russia. And the sol,
Of Spain has but a few hours since been stained
with the life blood Of ifty-four martyred and no.
BILE patriots...!. For moment said 81 "ilsre
nounce NV correspondence will betake me TO
history and relirement-I will leave poster''y
TO take care of itseIf-and will cease to endea-
vor TO rouse England and France to a sense OF
their duty" ., ;.
And then came the recollection. why this
Christmas day-so good day IS worthy OF oet-
ter res olution; if Christianity with such an au-
thor--with such principles. and with such inten
tions-Nas made so little progress IN 1881 years,
let me not be surprised that the march OF civil
and religious liberty should be SO slow, SO IN
terrupted, 50 arrested, and so uncertain;
but let me remember the maxim OF wise and
good man, :. that in due time we shall reapi we
do not iaInt.'
Then we must continue to labor-then we
mustnot cease to agitate-then we must not be
idle an insant-then we must press upon our
selves and press upon others the duty and neces-
sity of overhrowng and overwhelming tyranny,
for we shall soon be ourselves - ancestors"
The murder Of Torrijos will b. avenged! The
blood which has flowed from the veins of that
brave band will serve to fertlize the soil in which
the tree of liberty shall be planted-and in fu-
ture years piIgrinages shall be made to the spot
where now the yells of an infatuated and wretch.
ed Priest have rent the air with cries OF "LOng
live the King" Only remark the difference be-
tween the conduct Of the people towards Kings,
aud of Kings towards the people! When Fer
dinand the accufsed was in the power OF the
Cortes-a prisoner--a trembling. cold, and
sef-cOndemned criminal-why was he not shot,
traitor to his people and observation-disclosures
Mercy said forbear! and Humanity said forbear!
and the virtue Of public and private citizens said
..forbpar'' and this faithless, heartless, cruel,
jesuistcal. and God lorsaken being was allowed
once more to breathe with freedom the air OF hea-
ven, and crawl OH the earth to be polluted by his
mere existence. If this fellow had been shot.
the European Courts. the monarchs, the Govern
ors, would have been in tumult, in fury, in hor-
ror, and an expedition would have been under
takep against Spain, not merely by France but
BY all Europe! His life was spared! He was
replaced on the throne! He made promises. all
Of which he has broken; vows, all OF which he
has disregarded; and oaths, which he has forgot
ten! And now, ffty-four patriots we're made
prisoners-Ordered for execution because they
were patrOts-and have been shot one after the
other, that the survivors might know and feel that
they had lost another and yet another OF their
friends! Oh! the cruel-the cold bloody scene!
And if report says true-if names do not de-
ceve us-if there be not some extraordinary mis-
take about this mat-er-a British subject has been
sacrificed to absolute vengeance and absolute ~
ranny-and an ENoLIsHMAN has been shot by
Spanish miscreants, without verdict being pro-
nounced against him. and simply By the orders
of the Minister of War! and will Lord Palmer
ston submit to thiss Will he cali for no expla
Northumberland no satisfaction! Will ne not
make the throne of this monster tre'nble! VIII
he be bearded by Ferdinand OF Spain, who Is so
dishonest as not to pay his debts so unjust as to
condemn without hearing, British subject-and
so bioudy minded as to have him shot without de-
Law. to prevent the reception of intercessions in
his favors Will the Governments of France and
of England never open their eyes TO the real po-
sitinn of European politics and of European in
terests. and will they never see that coalition
is forming between the absolute Governments of
the Continrn, against thase more enlightened and
liberal? If to these facts they snail continue
blind, the dav will come and is not very distant,
when these Powers shall attack, directly or indl-
rectly. even the institutions of France and OF
Great Britain. and then these more liberal Go
vernments will have to fall back upon the people,
who heing now onbresseu, now unattended to,
now rejected. will then rise against their own
Governments as well as others, and social as well
as national revolutions will occur, which might
now. perhaps. be prevented BY timely and &C
tive poiicy. The Revo ution Of July. 1880, was
European event. Attempts will be useless -
1t will. it must. in consequences. make the war
of Europe and Of the world: and u the Govern
ments of Great Britain and France will not direct
the general nsa.ement watch is now making, and
which will soon. burst forth, why these Govern
ments themselves will be swept away by the over
whelming Avalanche of public opinion.
The Precursor Of Lyons. which have just
received. contains short. but pithy and pointed