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of France is lis Libewator, One hundred reasonable; and we hope and trust 11 
thousand Frenchmen assembled by his will now be re-opened, to provide 
orders, commanded by @ Prince of his annuities at once for the Spanish, 
family, by him whom his heart loves to Portuguese, and Neapolitan, victims 
name his son They marched, invoking o¢ legitimacy. This is an act of duty 
the name of the God of St, Louis; the 54 only on the part of all free men, 
throne is preserved to the grandson of b . 
ed . : it specially on that. of the former 
Dea Gute Te pres stthine bens who contributed to 
from ruin, and reconciled to Europe; and i 
a peace, impossible to obtain by other Create @ confidence, the dupes of 
¥meatis, is conquered by a war the most Which they are bound to sustain after 
just, the most loyal, and at the same time defeat. Mery | F 
the least bloody that was ever waged. _ Inv the whole affair, it is impossible 
Six months, dearest brethren, six months to. avoid some notice of the glories 
have sufficed for the performance of so that are assigned by French vanity 
fmany miracles. Thanks to the king, to the Bourbon, who within six 
whom God has enlightened; whose lips are months, with half the force, and a 
like an oracle, (says the Holy Ghost:) tenth of the money, has made a con- 
sale mee eee EE eg Jngement quest of Spain ; for effecting which in 
1 ie pronounces; whose wisdom  ~.. d : 
Biscatters fie wicked, and after having ni Er Saad: ee eh hata 
vanquished them makes them pass under *" 98 Bh ene LOG MER Ath 
Miche arch of triumph. ‘Thanks to the 5@Y they, the liberals united with the 
MChristian hero, whose faith has sanctified P¥lests, while the Bourbon allies were 
Han expedition already so legitimate— limited to the priests and priest- 
whose courageous feeling and holy valour ridden. The title of “ FIRST CAPTAIN 
has been the admiration of his soldiers, OF THE AGB” is therefore transferred 
and who, in the sight of that same Africa, by them to this Bourbon; for the 
heretofore the theatre ofso many exploits result of Waterloo is peremptorily 
gaud so much constancy, has shown to all ascribed by French writers t6 Blucher 
Europe that.a descendant of St. Louis, and his Prussians; and nothing is 
who trusts in the Lord, is always sure of jer¢ to the late “ first captain” but the 
conquering the enemies of God and of. 9). lis 
Kings, were they more fierce than the etary aifighet doce wilt, e Ser ser 
: ’ : capitulation of Paris,took place near 
corset Se eee eee the wall of the gardens of the Luxem 
Such are legitimates in this age of bourg. We. think there must be 
-eneralintellectualillumination! Such ™uch sophistry in this reasoning ; 
is the cause for which, within thirty but, not having sufficient space for 
years, Britain has expended 1100 the discussion, we leave. it to ow 
illions sterling, and to susiain which "€aders. k ilk he ae 
rivers of the best blood in Qurope 1 the mean time, Spain is ma 
have been shed.—Can man becalled State of social dismay. Tens of thou- 
a reasoning and rational creature? sands of heads of families, who relied 
But the iniquity of the triumph over ©" the justice of their cause, and ong 
the intelectual part of Spain, is even the pledged support of other nations, 
Adeceper than its assertion of acause ®™€ driven from theirhomes and fami- 
which is revolting to the common lies by dread of vengeance; while 
Msense of mankind. The Constitution ©tver tens of thousands, who did their 
now overturned is the very system duty to the state as’ honest men are 
which was adopted by the Cortes bound to do, and who expected pro 
assembled under British influence,and ™0tion and reward, find their hopes 
promulgated while British armies en- suddenly blasted. All the miseries 
joyedanascendaneythroughoutSpain. °! civil war, and all the crimes con- 
It was also recognized by all the then sequent on personal desperation, will 
existing powers of Europe. Yet we thas disgrace human nature in Spain 
now see its authors and adherents {0 many months or years; and for 
proscribed and fugitive, for honestly what? That a bigotted ideot may rule 
asserting the principles which met i Spite of the people,--that he may 
with general concurrence, when for be placed above the laws,—and that 
other purposes it was conyenient to such a one’shall decide what is best 
espouse them, for the nation, instead of the nation 
A subscription was opened in Eng- choosing for itself. As though the 
and to support a cause so just and king of a free people were not the 
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