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jMPORtANT SPANISH DOCUMENTS,
Published by the PjMioflt CmPfs
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The .rength ol a Na-um ii the Loyally cf tlie Fcoplc."
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Jisswer returned to the Cotfncit of ' Clovernmrnr
. b'4 the most UluatriQw - Bitfiofi Qrensc, Dot
T Pedro Quevedn Y Quintano, on the tubject
ef hit having been aifiointed a defiuty to the
vieeti'S f t'wncil in Jiayonne, .
Most Lxckllent MjA Co lectsr ol
TiXts of -Corunna delivered to mc on Wed
r.esday the 25th instant, in the afternoon, your
Excellency's letter dated the J 9th, by which-1-have
perceived among other things, that I am ,
winted to be preaent at the meeting, yhich
. j, to be held at iiayonne, in order to concert,
a$tar as xissible, means of securing the liber-'
ty of the realm, agreeably to the wishes of
the Cireat Emperor oF the French, vho feels
" jnnious to raiseit to the hiff liest degree of
piosperity and glory. ,
Although my measures and information are
bat scanty, yet in the most anxious desire to
promote the true happiness and glory of the
TJition, I ought' not to yield to any person
whomsoever and I would not Omitany thing
which would appear to me practicable and
conducive to that end. But my advanced
ajje of seventy-three, a fit of illness, and habl-
. .Wlat ............ w-, t v " y-v.v....f,
w long a journey in so short a'timi: ; which
is not ;8uthciem to perform it, and jnuch less
to acquire the intelligence and information
which are requisite to fulfil the duly attached
to the above appointment. I -therefore, think
myself obliged to decline that charge, as I
hc.cby do, entertaining no doubt, but that
liis Sejne Highness the Duke of Berg, and
the supreme Council of (iovernment will deem
my prayer to admit my excuse and exone
rate .me from'that office, just and necessaty.
At the same time 1 tuke leave with regard
to the welfare of "the nation ; and with re
spect tothe views of the-emperor and King,
ivho tnteiKla-to become, as it were?'tKe An
gel of Peace, Protector ancf luelary Divinity
if out Country, and who has so many times
evinced the lively interest he takes i ;aug-
tncntmg the power, wealth, and ielicity I our
liation and Sovereign, his allies, to represent
and observe to the Supi erne council of go
Ternment and through itto. the Emperor and
King of Italy, himselfi what 1 should say and
tied are at the meeting at Bayonnfc, if it vVere
in my power to be present, before I would
enter upon "the discussion of the object for
which it seems to be convened.
It is intended to cure evils, to repair losses
and to improve the fate of-the Monarchy, and
Nation ; but o wha' principle auq foundation
is.his intended to be done ? ..Have the means
or remedies- stood the test of experience?
Does there exist Tor that purpose auy firm au-
lhoiity jacknGvitdgwd by the nation ? Doth it
choose subjectueU end doth it txptct to
be savedm-tUis-manner ? At-d are there no
iii'firxntues, which are rendered worse, and
more " exhausted by medicine? Of which it
has been said,
tahgtnt
vulnera sacra nullie
rnatius ( Let no hatidn touch sacred wounds.) -And
doth it not appear, that the remedies
which the mighty prpiector the Emperor Na
pidOtJJL ErtniinStltred - to' his -ally, and 40
tlie Royal Family of Spain, are of that de
scription ? These evils, have been aggravaltd
spair of their recovery. We' see them shut
tfpin the French Empire, in a country which
fcamshed them for ever, and where the elder
branch was cruelly cut offby the fury and vio
lence of 'a senseless .and sanguinary revolu
tion ; and such being the case, what hai Spain
to hope 1 Will her care remit her situation
more fov'orable 1 The means and remedies
to be employed do not warrant that hope.
-The abdications -pf her. Sings Jn Bayonne, and
cfher Infants in Boidt;aux, where they are not
supposed to be free and where they art con
sidered as being surrounded by! artifice and
,fercejniepriveLftf the taientshd assist--ance
of their faithful subjects ; abdications
tvhich cannot be conceived nor indeed appear 1
possible. If the natural irnpvessipns of .'.pater-
-Hal and filial love,' the honour and lustre ot
the. whole famity, in which ail bonestinen1
. !eel so deeply concerned, be. taken into con
sideration;: alxlications, which have been ren
dered suspicious to the. -whole liationf and
from which depends all the atrthority whicli
the Emperor-and King in justice can assume,
demand for their validity and flrmnt ss,or at
least for the satisfaction of the whole Spaish
ftlonarchy ,that they h? tatified by .the Kfiigs
- wid Infants, whof made" them i a state of
perfect freedom from compulsion and fear
j i'And there is nothing, which could reflect
Ki ire glory on the greatNapoleon. Napo-
- leorv J-. whri twpt-sait?nlw concernea .iri urcir
happiness, mat to restore to apam tier auusi,
laobarcfcs anjL.ttiei r. familyto disposeiKIt
Ja her bosom, and ift a general assembly of lire
state of the realm, they may act as their free
I and unconirouled will shall direct, : ami jhat
Vie nation with that independence and sove-
'tignjty Which ' belong to it,, may proceed in
vonseiiucnce tnjeoJ taacscowitfugc.iiim.as-
their lawful king, whom nulure,r right, and
ci cums-aii :ts shall call to the Spa ish throne.
This magnanimous and generous proceed
wg woulc prove the greatest tlogiurft on the
empe'ror ; it would be greater and more vor
thy of admiration thim all the victories and
laurels that encircle his brow, and distinguish
him among the monarchy of tlie earth, hpain
would be rescued from the calamitous fate
with .which she is threatened, recover from
ail her i; fi -mitits, enjoy -pVrfect health, offer
u, thanks to God, and pay the tribute oftin
feigned gratitude to her saviour and trtte pro
tector ; then the greatest of the emperoi-s of
Europe the- moderate, the just, the triagnani
mous, the btne blent Napoleon the great.
For the present, Spain cannot but look on
him in a wid ly diijj&rent light: he appears,
unless he proves, the contrary, the oppressor
of her Princes and herself. She must con
sider herself as chained atid enshved, while
offers of felicity are held outo her f chained
and enslaved by artifice, violence and a nume
rous army, which were admitted as fnendb.
either by imprudence and' frar, or perhaps
by fraud and base treachery, serving to s.tnc
tion an authority,-which it is no easy task to
esteem lawluh' - ,
Who is it that appointed the Duke of; Berg
Deputy Governor of the realm ? Is this. not
an appointment made in Bayonne, in France,
by a pius king, wor hy of the mot sincere
'respect and love of his. subjects, but who is in
the hands of imperious advisers, and con
troled by the force and power to which he
subjugflied himself? And is it not an artfiuk
fantati'cal idea, to appoist ' the v commanding
general of an army bj which he is threatened.
Deputy Gommaiider of his k;;igdom, and im
mediately to abdicate his crown I Did Charles
iW.wfah to be restored to his throne only
for this reason that he might dispoil it of his
children .'And was it necessary toappoint
'a Deputy Governor, in order thal"b'y means
of that authority ana of his military power, tie
mlgTi tbe able to prevent Spain from adopti r, g
measures to obstruct ttie consummation of a
project of that nature ? 1 much dOubl that, not
only in Spiiin, hut in all Europe one upright,
person can be found, who dues not in his
bosom declaim against acts so eatlaordirtary
and suspicious not to say niore-
Tp' conclude, the Nation is without a King,
and at a loss how to act. The abdication ol
its King, and the appointment of a Deputy
Governor of the Htalm, are acts done in
Fiance, in sight of tnr Emperor, who con
ceives that he secures the. happiness of Spain,
by givh'g her aciynasty, springing up from
that lucky family,' which he fancies to be in
capable of producing Princes who do not
p6ses5:l!e same talents for governing... nations
as the invincible and victorious Napoleon,, the
Legislator, the Philosopher, the Grtat Empe
ror. 1 The Si.pt erne council of Gdvtinnient
controled by an.'armed Picddent, and sur
rounded by an arro,y cannot but consider it
self dtprived of liberty ; all Public Boards
and Tribunals o the Capital are in the same
situation. VV hat confusion 1 ( what chaos!
what;source of calamities for Spain! They
caniiCtlhe warded oft by a meeting convened
without the kingdom, and the Mimbirs ol
which can either possess, nor believe them
selves possessed .of "liberty. And should' the
tumultuous comnKUioiis wkicij may., be' up-
htndtd within the Kc;dnl,fbe joined 'by
try to defend. ... Still, shonldrany be restrained
by fear ; should any fail to concur in the sen
timent which calls them to arms against an
unprincipled oppressor, it will suftV i.itlyder
tcrmirie them if we recall to their memory
what. Spain 'owes to the virtues, to the courage,-to
the heroism of Pelage, to the Valor
and to the patriotism of lloderigue Diare de
Bivar. - .
These two great men, one from the pro
vince of Asturias, the ot!ier from that of Cas
tile, were called forth at different epochas, bi.t
both equally difficult, each to prtsi rve our I
co'inuy trom a toreign yok. 10 their.. cha
racters, and to their sentiments of ei.thtmiasm
which they excited in every breast, docsSpain
owe the g'ory and the happiness which she
has so long enjoyed.
Should the government of Asturias disco
ver that any p rl of the inhabitants take up
arms cokllyV indijglM'enily in the defence of
th- country, let it addre 'to them those sen i-
merits which the immortal Pelage addressed
to the citizens, 10 his brave companions in
.arms, when a formidable .and cruel"' enemy
wished to -subjugate them to his power :
It is no longer time to deliberate said
this virtuous and corageous Spaniard, under
cirrumsnces nearly resembl.ng the present,
the nature of our cause, the situation of our
atl'ai: s, and those of the i.tn y, require
prqmptiivide and activity, end that we shctild
not Wcsteour time in useless deliheiatioh. VVe
arn to re-establish cur aitars."- cur religion,
our gl-.-fies, th'c.Hbeity of (Air children, of cuf
friends, ol our country 1 to piste in safety
the honor and chasuty ol our wives ; lo' rid
urseives of th- yoke of a conqut ror has: as
he is citrNwliO has covered h.mstlf with otn
will fee liinded or ent into Germany, our
military disarmed, our clergy despoiled ali(i
destipyedf oyr churches pillaged, our altars '
pr jfaned, the land of our grandees confiscated,
6'jr possession beyond sea no longer belonging5
to qur capital ; the Kingdom drained by enor
rarai contrijjutions ; Spain, in short' happy-"
and fi ee under her kings,' will be reduced la
the most frightful slavery. - .
To avoid cdamities so dreadful, one only
resoarce remains to us. It is to rally round
the standard wHich the provinces of Gallacia
and Asturias have raised in defence of reli
gion, cf justice, and of honor. Children pf our
country I we, will be worthy . of ourselves;
let us perpetuate the glory with ' which, our
ancestors aj'e covered : great like them, fct
us think no sacrifice too'much, when we have
our liberties to preserve, Jthe massacre pf our
parents, or our friends, to revenge our" wivtfs
and ci.il irenjo defend"-If, to the shame of
tlie Spansh hatioMf there have been found mdn, "
such eneniies to 'theinselvcs and id their coun
"try, as to liasten to the feet of the tyrant, ahd
prostitute bclure him their existence and
their rights, let us nevertheless hope, that the
chiefs of the Spanish League will not like Pe
lage, have to guard againstdesigns such as
those of the Archbishop of Sevllte.who was.hase
enough to betray his faith, his God, his king,
and bis country. Lei us endeavor to belic.ve
that the great and laudalile example which the
Bishop ofOvitdo and Compostella have af.
forded shall be followed, not Only by all those,
in tite Kingdom, but likewise by every mem
ber ol our respectable clergyj secular and re
gtdar, who ahk.e interested as the ministers
of religion, and as good citizens, to punish ;
Climes to accelerate :l e r.u'mph of virtue, arid
spoils, W,d' under whose dread 6-iminioft our 10 preserve bpauviiom the disgrace and -dp-
.isiguid by the member fifte Council at Leant
May 17, 160d. . . ' . '
lives cotdd not be :t the scruiity of a moni: tn .
' If 'ever oppoi tim.ly occunetl to ttmpt aMlmst
glorious ti ter! iar this is the ivi nient llm
moment . 'in which we are as-.-nihl d united,
bound together hy a chain ot iitu'ics't, vl.kh
TqCfdTy "cohcei nsTdn -InliaFTtants of themOun
tains, iiiid ye oi ' tlie vallies ' hear our deter
mination to arm, and jt ih "yo.ursclvt s to us.
Those ' tvenvhoii Hie Jove' of tranquility
hath liiiherto deceived, and retained amon'
the Moors, I now behold ready to break their
fitters, and join those who hastento- accom
plish the great purpose of their -struggle.
The Moors, in short, are occupied with great
projects ; hut fortis, necessity should put an
eiidto indecision, M'e have taken the first step
there is no longer time toy etrt-et ; already they
niarf.a cgian'st us while. wt'hesitar to place
oms.ches in. a . disposition to dine the enemy
from our mountains. - !iii!l be surrendered.
e sIk.11 hdve no es-tape. ai.d v.e are too
great in nuii;Ler to si.lr.i t upon the stinted
produce oi bare and sterile rucks.. -Con e on
ihen I God, whose c!iv:se v.e support .again s tovis.
.New YoRKVS'ept. 8.
The British Packet Lord Ibbart left Pal
"month on the 13th of July, alid Halifax on the
2 0'ih August, of course brings no later Lon
don news than we had already received by o
Hirer arrivals.
A bpunish officer from Corunna arrived at
Falmouth on the 10th July in a passage of op
ly 5 (ias,.ynd proceeded to Loudon. , He in
formed that 15,uOQ troops' had been. killed, in
'various skirmishes 'by. the Spanish Patriots,
who were in possrtsion of Mad. id, and had
taken prisoner of the wife of Muiat.
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A comxnunioatioii between ralmoutli ana
Corunna had been opened; the first British
packet would sail for the latter port on the 7il
July.
'1 he Austrians, it was said, had commencedl
hostilities, and had takii two or three . I'fencti
pre 1
pretensions ot toreiga Princes and Powers,
by succour cfteuo or i,ohciied, and troop's
should come and tigui-ja tier, bosom against
the rrerch, and the pai'ty, which sides with
them ; is it po?sille to conceive- greatei de-.
vastation and a scene more calamitous than
whoi.ld then ensue ? "The compassion, love,
and sJTicitude of the Empeijor ai d Kingv
evinced in her favour so' far. from healing her
wounds, will inert ase her disasters. ,
I therefore' request, with all due' submis
sion, the Supreme Council of .government
will take -into its ;most serious consideration,
wlytt appear-latine just apprehensions well
worthy of their deliberation, and of being re
presented to the Great . Napoleon. It has
liithcrto b'tjen in my power io'Ttckon on the
iecf iHide of his mindrii ee fitnn'mMtidniriil "
abhonng a crafty aiuj attful policy. Anu I
still hope, that being" perfectly salisfiediibat
; the, .prosperity, of Spain'cannot be sejcjjred by
cttslaying her, he will r.ot, apply, himself to
chain .her down T"'prde to. perurm hei ture,,
because she is neither insane nor mad. Let
first a' lawful authOiity be established, and.
afterwards her cure be talienin hanch&e. kc.'
' ,,. ' : PEDRO, Bishop of Orense. '
Orense,the 29th May; IS08.
To Ids Excellency Don Sebastian. ' .
ADDRESS FKOI .THE COUNCIL OF LEON TO
'-' ' '"''rT-Sp!vi.Nic,H-.ATiON.-
"ravt and fcitkfui Sfmniqrdf Wheir:we
behold the greaX anCcoble i'esi stance w Inch 1st
at .this moment opposed by the pro vinces , of
GanaciaVriJ Asturias, lo the projects of the;
basest; and most execrable of tyrants, it is
iolpdssible to belief hut that they must be
seconded by all, wha like themselves, . hav? a
soverc'gn to acngei sacrid rights, and a coua-i
the enemies ol his 'name, will fight for us while
wc fight for him, and the hand which fuvs pvi
nislied us because wMa;r fcrgclien him, will
fortify our arms in a wur uiidej:ialitnfor the
honor of his glory ? -Let us put our confix
der.ee in the invincible stnnih of the Al
mighiyi 1 will laid 'you to baUle ; I wiWevei
be the first, and require' of you nothtng but
that bl which 1 wiil set- y u anexaniple."
This harantjue, sd suita vie to the ot casiori.
prod in td then the san.e- tiled as it wTtl pio
dtice to oay. At the voice of Pelage, all the
'Asturians took up arms, each of them (per
foi nifed prodigies. jof jyalour ; Cantabi;ia and
-(telicia" severally sei.t deptities'rpi a;. ing to be
admitted in the Confi deration of Asturias;
they were received , thcrm-ans uhited,"1md the
r Moors were conquered. v ' r
Three hundred and thiirty-Tiine'yc after
wards, Spain had another defender ; this was
Rcdrigue Diare de Bivar, a fierce'and noble
C'astilian, of the city .--of Burgos. This ir-
Liiotis citizen and gallant warrior, burnii ;g wit h
xlesiie.to secure tne noerty 01. nis tountry,
did not hesitate to remonstrate with-ahim;iti-o
on, in a Council Where the K.ing of Castile
liimselfpfesiclgd. Hsatd h was ashurncd
toi deliberate itpon the pretensions "ofThe I ni
pei.r Henry the 11." ; ihat the : Independence of
Spain was established above idl title ! that
bai.e "Spaniards alone -could, admit of its beiiig
'compromised-; "that it sliotilJ be upheld even
at tire expence of life.- and that he would, dc
clare htniseU' thev enemy of that man w her
should advise the King to tarnish, us luster ;
If. the Prince of the Peace instead of betray
hghjs Sovertfign c his country, had had the
foresight, the. loyalty, or the energy of, the
two great" tneii - we have just cited, 'the pe
tensions oiJaSiiparte, like 4bcse:: of dleniy
would bave.beeh 4-Ceived yith indignatioi).
.'As the. Moors were undtrPhilip, -so the
Fxench woild hae beep expelled, and Spain
would have been saved What has ilot hithtr
to beeii T'rlone,-may; -yetie atctiittd ; hut lor
that purpose - there must; fee unanimity a
. mon pi incipals, and a re-union, w isely tya '
.bined. of all bur forces and of all ourreans.
Without iAhis concurrence tQ -.retain oir
country's welfare, without the most resolute
courage to drive fntm her bosom a cruel and
perfiduous enemy, like an ensured people,
wc shall lose our fieeti ouf axse'nali i our arc?y
A vessel , hud arrived in Fictou, in Nova
Scotio, in 2 J days. fi cm Glasgow, with infor
matiun of a Pece having been Concluded be
tween Great- Britain and Russia. All the Spa
nish prisoners at iialifax had been rtleas 4
and scut to llavanna. and all the trun'spo'i is
had been ordered home from Iialifax imnie
ciiatcly. .
This is the amount of the verbal news by
the Packet. But all this is comparatively un
important. The public" aUtr.tioii is directed ;
to Spain, where high minded men," who
love their country, are engaged in a struggle'
whicTi will be glorious in History, whetEer it
terminates in conqntst or defeat- The Boston
GizeUc of Monday, enables US to lay beforQ
Our readers the following;. ' ... " -
INtEUESTlNG NEWS. "
Front the Bos ton Gazette of Monday.
On-Saturday, arrived the fatt sailing ship
Arcturus, capt. Mainfin 4 8 days from St. Se
hastii.ns. Among the passengers in that ship,
came P. R. Livingston, Esq. who is the bear
er of several, dispatches froiv the French gov
ernment to our own. Mr. Lixingst.cn reports, .
'ibat-ah;vvv-days-btfore-he-sailed lie was at
B ivonne, where a private interview took place "
between the French Lmptror and himself s
ihat on taking leave, h was entrusted by. the
l.nsperor w.th a verbal message to the Presi
dent of the United States ; .but which he was
jiot liberty to Tonimucate. .It Is under
stoodr however, Jhat. the 1 rehcli Decrees, sU"
1 gainst neutral commerce, xveit not to be relax :
ed at present ; ot il.s w? have ample evidence
in the subjoined list of condernnatior.s -.-.NaV
American ,vcs?eU had been released vndep
Murat's decree. i:rf-J- ... r
. Tde gencfal complexion of affairs in Spain,
is said, byseyei?alrof the. - passengers, to bo
higly Littering,; .thaj.wi, doubtsercytQter -'
tamed of the final success of the Spanish pa
triots ; that the armies were jelling up with
grtat alacrity ; .'that arms-, and am muni
tidiv were continaally i riving, afld the tol
lected force, when arranged k supplied will
military stores,' would far exceed iuy force or,;
body of men. Bonaprts'VouId bring 3gs st
' them ;r that at present th steps of the Spa
tiiards weie precautionafyvalthough in tvTf
'instance, where-lhey had been brought tnlo
action, tier have succeeded ia rebelling
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