aed phy . * ° 
1808) “State of Public Affairs, im, July 
en in its true principles, without affert-. 
t rights which it does not and cannot pof~ 
$ mor become fchifmatic, by feparating 
tfelf from the Catholic Unity. ry 
Tt is not then—the repetition is im- 
" poytant—it is not bis Holinefs who fecks the 
i pert: A ‘pacific Prince, notwithitanding 
he was obliged to witnefs the fpoliation, in 
t ince of all right, of his ftates of Bene- 
Vento and Ponte Corvo—-notwithfanding his 
ehormous expepfe in maintainingFrench troops 
—notwithfianding the ufurpation of his ca- 
rs the ufurpation of almoft all his fove- 
feign rights—not with ftanding the violent dif- 
miflal of fo many fpiritual perfons, com- 
pofin this Holy Senate—and notwithftand- 
Pg ail the other acts, by which his dignity 
_ has been degraded, all that his Holinefs did, 
“was to command his people, when the 
° pence ey entered Rome, to fhew it re- 
 fpe&t—-all that his Holinefs did was to re- 
ceive it inthe moft hofpitable manner, and 
implore of his Majefty, in the mean time, 
relief from fo many aggravated evils—and all 
that his Holinefs now does in this extremicy, 
Ki pee meer between the veftibule and the 
altar, invoking the pity of Heaven upon his 
people, and that by a return to better coun- 
fels, the moft potent. Emperor Napolron will 
tfufler the inheritance of the Roman See, 
en by Providence to the Plead of the Ca- 
_ tholic Church in full enjoyment, to be loft 
"and rooted out. 
ee Thus has his Holinefs made war ! Thus 
” has he conduGed fimself to the prefent hour 
_ towards his Majefty however diftrefling the re- 
~ fale. Still bis Holineis will cherifh the hope 
that his Majefty, rej:@ing the counfels of the 
ye jemies of the Holy See, who have had re- 
uurfe to every art to change his dilpofition, 
‘will revert to their former friendly corre- 
fpondence, and be {atisfied with the concef- 
fions made in the note of the 28th of January. 
Tf, by the hidden purpofes of the Moft High, 
this fhould not take place, and his Majefty, 
__ regardlefs of his own glory, and deaf to the 
} cls of juftice, thould put his threats in ex- 
“ecution, and take poffeffion of the ftates of 
the Church by right of conqueft, overturning 
the Government in confequence, his Holi- 
_ mefs will be unable to remedy fuch fatal oc- 
 currences ; but he folemnly declares, that the 
~ firft will not be a conqueft, as his Holine(s is 
fin peace with all the world, but will bean 
‘wfurpation more violent than hiftory can fur- 
| nif; and the second will not be the refult of 
 eonqueft, but that of ufurpation. He de- 
 clares, atthe fame time, that it will not be 
if work of political genius and illumination, 
but an “awful vifitation of God, from whom 
| oy? Sovereignty is derived, and efpecially that 
_ given to the Head of the Church, 
_ Bowing in that event, with profound 
adoration to the decrees of Heaven, his Ho- 
will find confolation in reflecting, thac 
ator and Redeemer willed thefe things, 
that all concurs to accomplith his pur- 
when his appointed time arrives. 
_ €§ This-is the answer which the under. 
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vi G 
figned is: commanded by. his’ Holisefs to give 
to the note of M. Champagny, and to com- 
taunicate to your Excellency. ; 
|. © Cardinal Gasraizirtr.” 
. The Pope continued at Rome early in 
the last modth, when he was occupied in 
the beautifieation of three female Saints, 
but the French have usurped tlie Govern- 
ment. 
SPAIN. 
We noticed in our last Number the 
advices which had* been ‘received {rom 
Spain of a general Tnsutrection in that 
country against the usurpation and ty- 
ranny of France. Those advices have 
since been fully confirmed, and Spain 
has exhibited one of the most honourable ° 
positions recorded in history. Its whole 
population has risen jn. support of its 
tment, and of Ferdinand the 
Seventh, son of Charles the Fourth, -Pros 
clamations have been published in every 
province, but the foliowing is a specimea 
of the whole, and it eloquently describes 
the merits of the Spanish cause: 
Proclamation of Leon. 
“ SPANIARDS,—1To the excess of your 
fidelity you have heen sacrificed. It is not ne- 
cessary to remind you of the blunders, and 
perfidy of your government. .During twenty 
long years, you have ‘suffered in silence, 
while in open day the august palace of your 
sovereigns has been outraged, your grandeur 
has been degraded, ‘your nobility has been, 
prostituted 5 every man of charactet and me- 
rit has been proscribed, and the cignities and 
employments of this extensive monarchy have 
been bestowed upon contemptible flatterers. 
All this has been done in the sacred name of 
mz2jesty; and you, loyal even to weakness 
an@ crime, have suffered and groaned, without 
uttering yeur complaints, : 
«+ The detested insirument of these calami- - 
ties, who, by intrigue, has just efcaped the 
_ national vengeance, was selected by the most, 
treacherous of all usurpers, to accomplish his 
vain project of universal conquest. His arti- 
fice foresaw, that although his dominions exe 
tended from the base of the Pyrenean moun- 
tains, to the remote sheres of the Vistula, 
yet that the Spanish empire, wisely governed, 
might, at some. future day, oppose.his de- 
signs, and give assistance to nations oppressed 
by his tyranny. Under this apprehension, he 
entertained Che plan of dexterously seizing on 
this entire peninsula, and with that view, he 
availed himself of the assistance of the most 
odious, tle most ungrateful, and the most 
ferocious of human beings; he resorted to 
Manuei Godoy, the opprobrium of our species, 
who is now in France, insulting his country 
and his king. <A sovereignty was proposed to 
him, under the base condition that he should” 
bargain away his prince, and his nation; and 
he had already commenced the exccytion of 
the contrad. He had persuaded the Regent 
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