Spanish Army In Peru.
The Times, 1824-09-10T00:00:00

The fbllowing is a proclamsition issued by General La Serna, on receivinig intelligence 1rom Spain of Ferdinasn&'s restoration:- PROCljAAIATION. Don Jose de I; Serna, Lieatenant-G enecral of tbe Armies, Viceroy of tcru, &c. The sacrifices of every kind which are nmalking, and have been made, by the Generals, Chiefs, ofcers, *roops, and other meritorious persons, tbr the deflnce andnmaintenance of his MMajesty's rights, arc notorious in these couintries. No less notoriouts Is the circumspec- tion with which I have proceeded in executing the la rs of diie Con- stitultional svsteni, since, in conformity witi 'ny pruc'amation of the llth of April. 1822., many of those laws remain unfttlfilled. I doubt whether those who now mobt l oast of being anti-Constitsa tional, would in nmy pLbce have ventured on suck- marked violations and inodifiedtions, whien the Constitution was ostensibly protected and recommended by the King himnelf; but as I do not make a pa- rade of tthis, nor of any thing else, except ot having performned mny duty in proserving this territo,y to the King and the nation, I paws over in silence sauny things, if which othlers would miake a inerit; and shall only say that I would, witl pleasure, have anniounced and ordered the abolitioll of tUb Constitutional system before receiving the original and dirct:t orders fronm his Majesty, hard tilc laws and funda- mental practices pertitted Inc so to do, and if I had not feared that the accoun,ts which hanve appeared in the enemry's papers, and Spa- nishi papers, re-printed in coantri'es occupied by the enertY. were fa- bricated. The delay ii "receiring the King's orders obliged me to issue a proclamation to the Peruvians ott the 5th of' Febrtaary, and to address to themon,the 5th of the present month the two questions which appear in msy circular, published inChe Gazrtte,No. 45. But as Major- General Don Geroniiti) Valdies, commanding the armny of the South, in conseqnence of my powers annd instructions, thought i! absolate- ly necessary to abolish the Constitutional systetn itt thc provinces south of the Desaguadero, on accotunt of the premature aui il- legal proceeding of thc insubordinate and disordierly (;eiseral Olane- ta, who lial of'his own auttiority abolished the constitution in Char- cas andr Potosi, it would niot have been consistent with my duty to tolerate the monstrous inconsistency of co.otries utder the same Su- preme Gove-nmsent being adininatered by opposing syc-emrs; and it beitig imperiously necessary Lo relno"e eyery embarrassmlent opposed to the preservation of order, the aecurity ot' Peru, and the conquest of thie last relisains ot' the caeney. I have tOough6 fit to declare and decrec as follows:- 1. Conformably to Article 1st ot' the Royal Decree, purportinig to be dated in Puerto de Santa Maria, October 1, 18h23, and trans- nlitted to nie by Getteral 0l ;aeta in a printeed paper without date, place, or itupriut, the auther,!icity ot' whichl is therefore unt. certaint are null and of no vale aIcll thC acts of the GOveru:kemit called Constitutional, (ot' whatever class or kini those aets Lany be), which has governed the Spanishi people fronti the 7th Of Malch un- til this day, because duri1g tlte whole ot' that period the King our Lord, being deprived of his libertv, was obliged to sanction laws and authorize orders, decrees, and regulations, which were contrary to his will, prepared and expedited by the said Constitutional 6Governnent. [2. This and other arcicles to Art. 9, farther quotes the dccree Of l'uerto de S.-Lma Maria; after which rejoicings are ordered, the troops r.re required to Lake a new uath of fidelity tu Ferdinand, the constitutional stone to be removed fr-n thbc places it wlhich it is erected, &. J 1. Though, in cotasequettce of this proceeding. the hi IL q'p.estion which I proposeM oH thte 5th cutrretin alpesais to be dcternsi:,ed, nL. vertheless an opinion shall be gtvcn upotn it conforatably to what ;he laws prescribe, ir order :iiat the sarie inay b: in all tiities tranitesI. Ott this questionan adon the second, the report rr4nuircd in mTny belbre- utentioned circular is expected with all possible vxpedition. 10. Shotld the Sovereignhr be ispleascd with the,e mncausre - account of' their being premature, aind d,,sLrucLiP ofl' w*h.t is orderi d anti usually pr.:ctise'.l vveni it inferior w:td detuched uhbj-cts and lltat- tersoh ittlinitely lcss weight and inipiitance than the chitage ot the systetri ot'the Motiarchy, it i, to be hiopetl that his Majesty will di- rect all his indignation againtst General Olaneti, who, by dep,ivine me of trie pleasure and ithe glory of proclaiming the tnutltph ot' the sacred asd primitive right or the crownv in, the ;ine and ftiiem pi. seribed, lias rendlered necessary tite illegal and prejUdlicial anticipa- tion of this act, for the important purpose on' maintaining the unity And good order of Llte provinces intrusted to my direction anid care. II. Under thcseecircumistance.s, I flatter nyself that the inhabi. tants of Petts weill give me a renewed proof of their exetnplary sub- ordinattioni, by payimtg a blilnd obedience to the present proclania- tion, in which there is no necessity to insert any pentlty ,or cau,ing it to 'se re.pected, as I do not apprehend tisat it will be uontravened by a biLlgle individual. A comnpetenit numuber of copies of this proJlamaton niust be printed, aind ,irculated by the principal authorities ; tbe same is required to be intade ptiblic here, tind ih all other places;. with the genatest possible.pomp and solenmiity. (GiVen at Cuzao, this 11th of Marchl, 1824. JOnE DE LA SERNA. EUI,OGIO DE SANTA CRUZ, Secretary, ad itteri7n, to thie Viceroy. SPANISH A RM1Y IA' PER U.