1822. | 
hereafter serve the nation and man- 
kind with more utility than I have 
done, I shall descend contented with 
myself, to the mansions of the dead. 
There, my dear Bentham, we shall 
meet, and if we can-present our titles 
ef benefactors of our brethren, we may 
expect that we shall not be ill-received. 
Our names, united by our zeal in the 
same cause, will be preserved in the 
grateful remembrance of our survivors, 
and this glorious portion of life is best 
enjoyed when death has blunted all the 
darts ofenvy: letus labour then to ac- 
quire those titles. Let me entreat you 
not to lose the favourable opportunity 
which is offered to you by the gratitude 
of your faithful admirer and disciple, 
ToORIBIO NUNEZ. 
Salamanca, Dec. 20, 1821. 
P.S. There is no want of light in Spain, 
though at the distance from which you 
view us, you cannot perceive the ex- 
tent of the circle to which it radiates. 
Meanwhile yon may take my assurance 
that much virtue is to be found among 
us, and that our clergy and our people 
are docile and obedient to the voice of 
the iaw, especially when it is dictated 
by their represeutatives, and adminis- 
tered with dignity. Of the army I need 
say nothing; its enthusiastic attach- 
ment tothe constitution is sufficiently 
known.and as I include in that body the 
national militia, by whom it is adored, 
you will admit that a very considerable 
moral force is formed in its favour. Do 
not imagine that it is in any serious 
danger from the divisions among us, 
(of which you will doubtless hear,) of 
exoltados and moderados, or from the 
distinctions of the anillo* verde, of the 
* Green ring. 
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233 
gorros colorados,* of the comuneros ,t 
&c. &e. 
All these assoviations are produced 
by the different leanings which must 
necessarily originate from the different 
degrees of sensibility and intelligence 
among constitutional individuals. It 
is certainly right to endeavour to de- 
stroy them, but as impossible as to as- 
similate the characters of all those in- 
dividuals. Neither must you believe 
that they will lead to any change in the 
form of our government. ‘* The Consti- 
tution or Death!’ is the general cry. 
“ The Constitution; neither more nor 
less!’ reply all the provinces and all 
the armed force. Whoever gives you 
a different representation, did not wit- 
ness the inspiration which was mani- 
fested at the establishment of our sacred 
code; he knows not the number of 
those pledged to defend it; nor the de- 
cision and tenacity of character of 
Spaniards. If the threats of a foreign 
power, or if any internal accident 
should unfortunately endanger the li- 
berty of my country, you would see 
all these slightly diversified opinions 
and wishes directed at once to a com- 
mon centre; you would see all parties 
so strictly united, that they would in- 
stantly forget the names which desig- 
nate them ; you would see the national 
hatred against whoever should attempt 
to snatch from us this valued possession, 
become at once general and implacable. 
Adieu.—May you live long for the 
benefit of the human race, and for the 
enjoyment of that glory which it has 
been given to uo other mortal to ac- 
quire. 
* Coloured caps. 
+ Levellers. 
NOVELTIES OF FOREIGN LITERATURE. 
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HE 28th Number of the North 
American Review and Miscella- 
neous Journal, contains the following 
abstract and observations on a German 
work entitled “ Der Deutsche in Nord 
Amerika—The Germanin North Ame- 
rica,” published at Stuttgard and Tu- 
bingen. 
This work is avowed in the preface 
to be the production of a German of 
rank, M. Von Fiirstenwiirther. He 
was sent to America by his half-bro- 
ther, the Baron Von Gagern, represen- 
tative of the German possessions of the 
king of the Netherlands, at the German 
MONTHLY Maa. No. 366, 
Diet. M.de'Gagern declares that the 
extent to which emigration from Ger- 
many had reached, and the belief that 
in the present state of things this relief 
of the country, labouring under a 
crowded population, was rather a bene- 
fit than an evil, united with a desire of 
1escuing the poor emigrants from the 
sufferings and oppressions they had 
hitherto endured, were the motives for 
sending out an ambassador to the 
United States. 
M. de Fiirstenwirther’s first letter is 
dated Amsterdam, July 3, 1817. He 
thus expresses himself with regard to 
2G the 
