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liic bayonet, cither to die or to be ihlied in the
victorious. 'Hie fire commenced a*
five o’clock in the morning, and end*
ed at six in the evening, . The troops
lost 40 men, and the brave Condo
de la Cadcna covered with wounds
and glory. The insurgents lost 91
cannon, twelve thousand men, and
the remainder of their army was dis
persed.
pnr.era cf T>unr>pr.itc,, hUl.erlc rendered .them, invincible,
leave'tio room to doubT, tivat the ob- ; must vanish. We will afford a pro
ject of this usurper is to degrade j tcnce to the weak, and the wearied,
him, to debase him in the eyes of the j an opportunity to the wicked and
Spaniards, and keep him for come ] degenerate, and a motive to the e-
new scheme, in which he may have 1 gotist to desert the patriotic banners s
fixed the complete accomplishment’ their loyalty to > Ferdinand will be
of his iniquitous designs. Perhaps"
MANIFESTO
Of the General and Extraordinary
Cortes of Spain*
TO THE SPANISH NATION.
Spaniards /—If the Extraordinary
Cortes, which your free and unre
strained will has convoked, & which
have been installed in the Isle of
Leon, have not addressed you be
fore, it was owing to an expectation
they entertained of announcing them
selves to you by acts of vigor, and
^•ist decrees, rather than by prema
ture pledges and studied grave phra
ses. Deeds and not words were re
quired ; to apply with efficacy their
judgment and their authority to the
revocation of the State, and lose no
time in drawing a pompous represen
tation of its evils, and of the reme
dies intended to be applied for its
relief. The congress declared and
acknowledged at once the sovereign
ty of the nation ; it again proclaim
ed in the name of the people and in
the most solemn and impressive man
ner, Ferdinand the Vllth as king of
bpain and the Indies ; it sanctioned
the distinction of the three different
powers, thus abolishing despotism
for ever ; it restored to the freedom
of thought its primitive dignity, and
to the citizen one of his most valu-
this moment may arrive ; possibly
it may be near at hand, and the na
tion may sec herself again, in as de
licate ami critical a situation as that
in which she found herself at the
commencement of her heroic insur
rection, and in which she will doubt
less evince the same -loftiness of
character; the same greatness of
mind and unanimity of Sentiment,,
as on that occasion. In contempla
ting and considering this situation,
the Cortes called to their minds the
exalted character of the nation they
represent, the worthy and noble spec
tacle they are exhibiting to Europe,
and the world, and the magnificent
hopes, which, in spite of its horrors,
this terrible contest involves.—-They
therefore did not hesitate an instant
to determine whgt generosity advi
ses, what justice and necessity re
quire, and the safety and dignity of
the Spanish Empire absolutely pre
scribe. The war which the despot
of France so basely comme nced and
prosecutes with such rage against us,
will be continued without compro
mise and with renewed vigour, in
spite of the mean and iniquitous as
surances, with which we are told, it
is his wish to terminate it. For
what can he his object in this spe
cies of conciliation ? Itcynnotsure
ly be your tranquility—it cannot be
to atone for so many injuries, heap-
able privileges, the political liberty! ed, without the least'provocation,
of the press ; it formed a new go
vernment concentrating its action,
that it might acquire greater activitv
and energy ; it occupied itself to re
form abuses and administer impar
tial justice ; it never ceases to search
for new resources to prosecute ad
vantageously the glorious contest t
and is about laying the foundation of
the civil edifice of the state, in the
constitutional laws which it purposes
to enact.
Such were the urgent and laudable
duties to which the Cortes were at
tending, and in which they are actu-
«ily employed, when an unaccoun
table rumor, vague in its origin and
hardly credible, strengthening itself
afterwards by repetition, or perhaps
by the intrigues of our enemies, re-
echoing not only in every province
of Spain, but travelling farther into
distant countries ; has imperiously
called the attention of this national
congress, which cannot & ought not
to disregard it, whilst circulating so
generally and coming from such
numberless points and through so
many aud various directions.
It is reported, Spaniards, that the
Tyrant of Europe, in order to over
come and subjugate you, intends ad
ding artifice to the unheard of vio
lence with which he commenced the
var against you, and that observing
the strength, which your resistance
acquires, emanates from the loyalty
and attachment you profess to your
beloved king, he presumes to relax
this tenacious spring of your perse
vcranee, by surrendering Ferdinand
to his afflicted subjects, as if yielding
him from compassion to their groans.
But remember, Spaniards, that ty
rants never confer favors but to des
troy with greater security ; their soft
looks, their pleasant smiles, are cer
tain destruction. Ferdinand might
well be sent to Spain, but he would
come surrounded by a phalanx of
Trench soldiers, and by such Span)
sards as would allow themselves to
he seduced by the attifice. or intimi
dated by the threats of Bonaparte.
He would come connected with the
family of that monster, or united
with some foreign princess of his
choosing , or, perhaps, simply as the
adopted son of Napoleon. He would
come to be the minister of the will
of his execrable protector, and to at
tain what neither the affected mild •
ness of Joseph, nor the intrigues of
bearrts ; the pacification of the Pen
ins da, in other words, its entire sub
jection and universal ruin. Such are
the rumors of the day, in which are
at once involved the honor and re
putation of your king, the sovereign-
and independence of the nation, and
the dignity and preservation of the
monarchy. The strange demand of
adoption, which has already been
opposed to have been made by Fer
dinand, and which has been seen pub-
on you ; nor to repair the havoc,
violence and desolation you are suf
fering ; nor, in short, to recognise
your independence, your civil and
political liberty,the fundamental laws
which must insure your future pros
perity, your glory and the integrity
of the monarchy. No—Tyrants are
never moved by the impulse of vir
tue, the nature of which, they are un-
aquainted with. Napoleon’s instinct
is the tommission of evil, of every
thing that is wicked and criminal;
the'same motives which impelled
him perfidiously to seize upon your
king, to occupy your fortresses by
fraud, to murder you while asleep,
and to offer you slavery or death,
will now impel him to fit this new
snare, which it is feared, he is pre
paring again to deceive you, to over
come, to rule over you, and make
you the instruments of his destruc
tive plans ; that you, who have just
become freemen, may be converted
into a herd of vile slaves ; this is
what he proposed to himself from
the begining, what he must now aim
at, and what he cannot but wish to
accomplish forever after.—Your ad
mirable perseverance, your prodigi
ous resistance have disconcerted the
hopes and projects -of his iniquity.
Well may you exult in his disap
pointments. The Dominator of
Europe, who in his disgusting
haughtiness decreed to lash to his
triumphal car all kings, all nations,
has at last been taught by immortal
Spain, how impotent are efforts of
tyranny, when in competition with
the love of independence ; and in
your noble enthusiasm, your indefa
tigable valor and invincible perseve
rance, he has found disappointment,
confusion and ruin. “ What are
we to do,” will the tyrant say to
himself, “ How shall we put a stop
to such continual losses, such enor
mous expcncc of treasure, this fatal
war occasions to our empire ? How
can we avoid the necessity of main
taining there so great a portion of
our forces, which seem to go only
to be destroyed and anihilated in the
peninsula ? The most prominent
virtue of the Spaniards is their loyal
ty to their princes, and their enthu
siasm for Ferdwand, affords us the
means ofplaqtjgpur yoke on them.
Let thca, JfcrdSatrid go to Spain, but
in the (hwcur of our son or our
alAtfe»4l*t Ik may in reality belong
the perfidious Spaniards in his suite, to himself; let him pro-
tace, require tranquility and
i at twmfK
■W £tipifcand order ; and let him pro-
nor the victories aud devastation at
the French armies have been able
extort from your magnanimous prise terms of accommodation, w hich
might, if direct from us, be heard
with horror, but if announced by
their idol, will be received with ve
neration ; let him say and write what
we prompt and dictate, and let his
hand sign while ours guide it.—A-
inerica, so much coveted by us and
so difficult to attain, will also obey
his orders; and thus she will become
our own ; else, the Spaniards will
be divided, and if so, this tenacious
and unprecedented union,which has
their shield, and lend them a mask
to cover treason and servitude.—
The patriotic edifice will crumble to
the ground, and they will be aban
doned bv their allies, divided among
themselves, and separated forever
from their American brothers. They
will e .;sily be brought, to bend their
neck? to Our power',* and submit to
any.term? which o’ur incensed ven
geance moy impose* 1 ortthrw.l’
But, Spaniards,’ all this train of ill
divised machination'will vanish like
a cloud before your'honest rectitude
and true'interests. T.oynl you are
to Ferdinand fill. For what nation
has eveHgiWn gre.ttVfi proofs of fi
delity to its Prince ? His name is
written with indelible characters
in your bosoms; with letters of
gold on your banners; with the
blood you are shedding for him, on
die ruins of your strung holds and
on the fields of battle ; yon prepar
ed for him the way to the throne at
Aranjuez, by delivering bim front
the domestic oppression under which
he groaned ; ; out proclaimed him :t-
new, in spite of French bayonets and ,
of his pretended renunciation ex
torted by the violence of hi* op
pressor ; you in short, at the very
moment »<f declaring youmdves a
free nation, directed the first act of
your free will -to£!**ar and acknow
ledge him yourVmonarch, and the
supreme executive power to enforce
your laws. No Prince, however
just, beneficent or beloved, ever re
ceived from his people such and so
many tributes of veneration and res
pect ; and the bloody laurels which
adoin the tyrant, fade before the
glorious deed with which you have
embelished that innocent and cap
tive Prince, whom he keeps impri
soned and unseen in Valency.
But let us now suppose, that Bo
naparte should bring him to Spain ;
will he be that same monarch, that
same beloved king, who now returns
to you ; No—Ferdinand Napoletin
and Ferdinand.,pf Bourbon, cannot
be one and the same ; instead of
the diadem you placed on his head
that he might be obeyed by the Spa
niards and respected by all nations,
he will bear on hjjs, br,Q>v the pledge
of servile dependence, which that
Corsican Attilla imprints or the
crowned slaves m his train. His
suite, his court, will not be compo
sed of free and noble-minded sub
jects; impertinent Fivnchmen,thirst
ing for gold and for blood, or de
graded Spaniards, apostates to uieii
country, will alone attend him.—
His orders will not be the expres
sion of hi* free will, of his generous
disposition, but the fenced and simu
fated mandate of the oppressui that
employes him. In such a state ot
things, you, Spaniards, to whom
Providence hath bequeathed an up
right character and sound reason,
can you be deceived by vain words,
can you be the dupes ot so extrava
gant error ? will you allow your
selves to be reduced by such a fan
tastical illusion l Ferdinand in Spain,
in the midst of Frenchmen and trai
tors, will be as much a prisoner and
under the tyrants con* rid as he may
be in any part of France ; and this
crown and these faithful subjects
that would seem intended to be res
tored him, would be a new outrage
a new injury, a fresh insult to be
added to the endless record ot those
received and to be avenged by us.
To preserve our sinking indepen
denre, we exerted our expiring
strength ai Aranjuo?., and a Prince
ascended to tfip Spanish throne,
whom we idolised for the nun"., nee
and goodness of his character, and
for the domestic misfortunes with
lips tnllj fi.'id pc.U i'..a i govyr.uu’.eul.,
for the enjoymtent of that lclicity ■
they were so juatly entitled to ; a J
debt now become infinitely greater,
since the people that adores hiin is
sealing with so much blood their love
arid-loyalty to him.
Politicaldndependence and social
happiness were then the objects ol
the Spanish people, and so they are
at present; for these three years,
without being discouraged at its dura
tion or dismayed in its vigorous pro
secution ; and if at length they have
summoned the Extraordinary Cortes
of the Kindom, it is to secure on
indestructible bases, their political
independence, their social felicity,
and the integrity of their dominions.
To defend our country from the pre
sent euciny and insure its indepen
dence for the future, is the unari-
mous voice of the. whole nation, and
what its representatives have solemn
ly sworn ; and their oath made on
the aitars of our adored country, has
risen to Heaven, and been there ac
cepted by our God. Thi6 vow com
prehends whatever the citizens can
desire. Let the enemy withdraw
from a soil it defiles, and the country
will he independent. Let us form a
monarchical cons.itution but let it
be just and liberal as yolir represen
tatives have in contemplation, and
then arbitrary power, absolute des
potism, favour and disorder will dis
appear, and open the way to the em
pire oi l A tv arid justice. Let Napo
leon be undeceived ; we have not
commenced tins great work, we do
not contend tu>r waste our blood for
a mere name, for visionary interests ;
and we cannot listen io any accom-
mudation, no matter how and by
whom proposed, which has not for
its basis, our political independence,
our felicity, or in other words the
solemn recognition of our civil liber
ty and the integrity of our territories.
Let us announce then to Europe,
which contemplates your heroism
with astonishment fit admiration ; to
your brave and generous allies, who
so effectually aid and defend your
holy cause ; to your brothers of A*
merica, who with so much lberality,
enthusiam and loyalty assist us in
the maintenance and defence of our
country’s rights that you ece as
firm against the vile stratagems and
machinations of the tyrant, as you
have,proved to be against hi? homi
cidal legions ) that the bloody hosts
of the usurper and his immense pow
er will be baffled and confounded by
the insuperable barrier* of your he
roic ad our and persevering firmness}
and that if abusing the unfortunate
situation of a Prince, young iunocertt
and unprot; ced, he should dare con
vert him into a blind instrument of
h.a ambition and tyranny,you* while
lamenting the odious profanation
which that monster may commit a-
gaiinst the object of your love and
veneration, will disown a voice which
cannot then be.other than rhat of
Bonaparte, and listening only to ihat
which honor and love O' country shall
dictate, you will be enabled to dis
tinguish the indt pendant king from
the slave, oy the decision ol your
representatives.
The Corits, in this terrible crisis,
the legitimate interpreters of your
wilt, have thus resolved, and before
God and in your name, and in the
presence of all natious and of the
august and genorous ally, who, proud
ot ins own liberty, is the protector
ot that of all Europe and the power
ful support of our own ; do swear
not to lay down our arms, nor allow
ourselves rest, nor to listen to any
agreement or accommodation what
ever, unless preceded by the entire
evacuation ot all Spain and Portugal,
our illustrious neighbour and ally,
who with us so heroically maintains
the glorious contest ; and also we
bind ourselves not to allow the dis
memberment of the smallest part of
which he was constantly persecuted j the Spanish soil. Let the venerable
from his earliest years. An associ
ate and a mournful victim of bur op
pressions, no one better than he
could wish to repair,by the benigni
ty of his reign-, the misfortunes
which had afflicted the ir.it ion dur
ing that of his predecessors. This
he would have done, had not a per
fidious hand torn him from iiis pro
pie ; this he will do, when Divine
Providence shall restore him to us
free and uncontrol td, to pay the
great debt he has contracted witii
the ^ition; a debt truly euurinous,
when it is considered that in the ac
clamations and applauses lavished
on him, were engraved the wishes
and the hopes of thirty millions of
souls, who anxiously locked up to
clergy join us in this solemn vow, in
deience of the aitar and ol our hoi*
religion ; swear too, ye noblemen, if
in imitation of your forefathers you
claim the privdedge of upholding
your king and country aud preserv
ing the rich inheritance of your an
cestors ; and you, proprietors, mer
chants and artists, all in short who
have a home, a family and country,
swear with us also. Let no sacrifice
appear too great, when applied to
the protection and defence ot objects
so dear ; turn your eyes towards
those heaps of rubbish, which but
lately were flouitshing cities ; to
wards those temples >vi. >\. ... L - true
God was adored, now impiously pro
faned ; towards those deserted holds.
uiusc V iliac? * <L:troyad,U’u«re may '
be seen in every direction the marks
of Spanish blood, mixed with that
ol our cXercrable foes ; listen to the
■ ries of so many victims immolated
to their country ; hear the lament*-
tions of the numberless widov/3 and *
orphans ; reflect on the lot the ty
rant is preparing for us, and 'filled
with a holy wrath, inflamed by a re
newed horror, fly to revenge so ma
ny and such reiterated outrages ;
and to put a stop to this torrent of
devastation. If any among you can
bear the badge of servitude on his
brow, let him haste away from na
tional indignation, and abandon the*
holy land of liberty and heroism.
Let the general and extraordinary
Cortes of the Kingdom daily swear -
with the whole nation, to maintain^
the contest to the last with vigorous'
perseverance, in perfect union with
our generous allies, and never lay a-
side our arms, till wc shall have se
cured to ourselves, the Divine Re
ligion of our forefathers, the liberty*
of our beloved king, the absolute in
dependence and perfect integrity of
the whole Monarchy. ,
Alonzo Cankdo, President,
Jose Martinez, Secretary,
Jose Aznarez, Secretary.
Royal Isle of Leon* fan* 9,1811.
NEW-YORK, April 20.
The French revolution was tiio’t.
likely to produce a government like^
unto our own, influenced by r< asr ,i Sc
national law ; the reverse Has been the
rt suit,and a military despot, who ap
pears to have no more regard for
justice or respect for our neutral
rights, than the other belligerents,
has assumed the government of that
great nation. Napoieon, anxious to
engage the United Sta.es against
English commerce, by the adoption ’
of the European continental system,
and knowing that we had received
sufficient injury from the two bellU*
gerents to justify a war, or any other
measure that could promise repara-'
tion for the past, or security for the*
future, has accepted our proposal
made to England and France, under
the law of the 1st of May, so far aa
to stop all proceedings in his, courts
under the Decrees of Berlin and Mi
lan, against property detained or
captured from and after the 1st No
vember, declaring at the same time
and in the same state paper, that if
we do not fulfil our part of the con**
tract, which wa3 to enforce our non-'
importation law against England,
from and after the second of Febru
ary - , provided England did not re
scind her orders, he would renew
and enforce with tleoble severity the
decrees he had suspended upon
the faith of our proinises.-*-Froni
the extraordinary disposition ma-.;
nik&ted in the House of Represen-’
•atives, by many members of Con-*
gress, (who had been placed there
by the republican party) at the* lime*
Mr. J. Russell’s letters were pub-*
lished, it was feared that the* j . in-*
ciples of the wise law of the 1st of-
May Would net lie adhered to, & cer
tainly if it had not been adhere! to, we
should have had no claim on Franco
under the recent promise of their*'
minister ; therefore we are not dis
appointed at her refusing to proceciT
before she got knowledge of the pas
sage of the last non-importatio.ti law,
which took place the 2nd of March,
and which on our part is so far a
fulfilment of the arrangement, that
we believe that she will, on receipt
of that law, restore all onr proper-'
t\ detained subsequent to the' Is*
of N ovember, permit a free trade,
and respect all our neutral rights, so
long as we adhete to the spirit of that
airangcment. —
Norfolk, April 17.
Last evening arrived the fast sail
ing brig Wheeler, Captain Roberts,
Irofn Lisbon, which place he left the
sixteenth of March. - r
Captain Roberts has also favored
us with the tian>ci ipt of another ar
ticle of information received on the
day of his departure, which says,
* General Graham landed from Ca
diz, a body ot British, Portuguese..
and Spanish troops, and Fas gained:
a victory near Chiclan9, iq which the.-
French General Ruffin was killed..
The battle is represented as being',
verv obstinately contested, and iu
which the allies lost between 1000
and 1200 men, in killed.” The Por
tuguese are represented in high spi
rits.
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