Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-23


fulfil the promise made in my Manifesto
"To deliver the oppressed,-to re-est ablsh
order.-to restore the legitimate throne OF my
august daughter, and with it the Constitutional
Charter which gave YOU. and which you freely
swore tn maintain:-such are the motives whicn
have induced me conhding in your cooperation!
TO place myself at the head OF this noble anu
Just cause.
These are nv only views. My only interest
is your glory and welfare; no other can be eherc
ished by the chief of the Most Serene House OF
Braganza, the descendant BY primosenIture OF
YOUR Kings. and one who has spontaneously
and for ever abdicated two crowns.
Portuguese, return TO your duty. Proclaim
anew the impershable rights Of your Sovereign
and the Constitutional charter. Avail yourselves
of the succour which ! come to offer you Help
me to save the country which gave me BIRTH
Prove to the world that you have been betrayed,
that you are not perjured, and that you are wor'
thy to enjoy the liberty which is guaranteed to
YOU in the charter. Do not suffer yourselves to
be deluded by those who represent the Consttu-
tional Government as hostile to our hoy reiision
Those who do so are hypocrltes, who take adVan'
tage of that religion to abuse your good talth'-
To protect and respect the religion OF our coun'
try is and will continue to be principal OBJECT
of nv care and of the care Of the Government
Fear no private vengeance. Inc soldiers VINO
follow me obey my commands. No one shall De
deprived of life, his civil rights, or his property
n enjoy none Of these guarantees under the
Ministers Of }hse n RON.
Portuguese in general, wa"~-i,n tho 1surner
without further delay.-Do not, by you, tina
CIV, introduce into unfortunate Portugal civil
| war, which am anxious to avoid. Your coun.
try, exhausted BY misery of every kind and re-
duced to the lowest point OF degradation. is wea'
nv Of suffering. Recollect that your ancestors
rose to greatness, and acquired great name in
history, because they knew how to appreciate
liberty. Nothing shall induce me to resort to
force for the purpose of liberatns you. Do not
lose So favorable an opportunity of proving to the
world that you are still worthy to be free ma
ton. Concur on your part to throw oft the yoke
of tyranny, to terminate the horrors of the most
ferocious despo,ism, and to st,bIish peace, re-
Cancellation. and liberty. Reflect and decide.
Don PEDRO, Duke of BRAGANZA."
Advlces from Lisbon to the Sd ult were the
| latest received in London. The Sun Of the 18th
July SAYS:
| The embarkation took place on the 25th ult.
His force at The time of sailing. consisted OF two
frlsates. the Remha Da Portugal. bearing the Hag
of Admiral Sartorius. and the lonna Maria Sc
cunda: three Corvettps, three briggs. four schOOn-
ers, fifteen sunnoa,s. and sixtv five transports.
The expedition was accompanied bv The Superb
steamer; the City of Enl,nburgh aud Romano
were to join of the Portuguese coast. The army
consisted of nearly twelve thousand men. viz.
nine thousand Portuguese infantry and cavalry,
aud French provided with h Hnaffa an h" sixty
mules for field artillery, aud hundred and forty
horses for ordnance. Fiat bnttnmed boats had
likewise been procured for landing the troops,
and the armv, besides receiving pay for month
in advance, is said to have been amply provided
for two months consumption No object seems
to have been neglected. which prudences could
foresee would be of Importance The aid of re-
iigious excitement was invoked, and Mass So
| lemnly celebrated in presence of the assembled
troops, at o'clock. on the morning of their de-
parture. Don Pedro was every where animating
them with his words and example. His address
to them, was brief but energetic. 1t assured
them that "the wishes Of the agOniZed Portu-
guese nation followed them, while Europe anx-
iously awaited the decision Of the contest bet ween
fidelity and perjury. justice and despois'n, lber-
ty and,slavery." The effect is said 10 have been
all that he himself could have desired and glow
ing with enthusiasm, and confident of success. his
soldiers only desired TO be led against the enemy
The Marchinness Pamela and the Countess
Villa Flor. had decided, it is SAID. on remaining
at ST. Michaels till the success Of the expedition
can be made known,
1t was supposed in London that the struggle
was already at an end, as it was believed the ar
my would turn in moment. Sixty Of them,
with their officers, had been taken of from one
point by vessel o! Don Pedro The ministry
expected -embarkaton would be made at
Opnrto. and all the forces there were ordered to
withdraw on the approach OF the expedition,
which they had 10 hope Of resisting. All the
treasure, archives and public records were to be
transported towards Spain by Amarante
Ii. Com. Sleigh, of the Rova Portuguese Ma.
Wy. who had returned to England from Madeira,
where he had had command of the blockading
squadron, stated, that the Portuguese proved
themselves extensively favorable to Don Pedro.
Many deserters came of to him. and he was IN.
formed by the best authorities OH the island. that
a, soon as an attack should be made. the garri-
son would proclaim Donna Maria. This officer
further states, that Don Pedro is certain OF re-
Voution in Portugal on his arrival, as he has re-