STATE PAPERS. 



515 



III. SPAIN A ND PO RTUG AL. 



1. Proclamation from the Superior 

 Spa)iish Junta. 



Thesuperior Juntaat Castilehas 

 addressed the following to the sol- 

 diers of the enemy ; it has been 

 circulated in the French language. 



Frenchmen, — How long will 

 you suffer a foreign tyrant to 

 abuse your docility and patience ? 

 How long will you expose your- 

 selves, shed your blood to ensure 

 still more slavery, and satisfy the 

 voracious and criminal ambition 

 of an adventurer i* It is lime that 

 you should undeceive yourselves, 

 and recover from an error fatal to 

 yourselves and to all Europe. 



At the time when you fought 

 for your liberty, your friends, your 

 allies, your enemies themselves 

 applauded your triumphs ; your 

 cause was just, and every where 

 you had admirers ; but now — what 

 cause is it that you defend ? That 

 of the most tyrannical despotism, 

 and the most perfidious usurpation. 

 Against whom do you make war? 

 Against a nation which has long 

 been your ally, and which has 

 made for France the most gener- 

 ous sacrifices. What do you pro- 

 pose i or rather what does the 

 monster who rules over you pro- 

 pose ? The debasement the en- 

 slaving of this nation. And what 

 advantages do you expect from so 

 unjust, so wild a project? Turn 

 your eyes towards your country, 

 enter into the bosoms of your 

 families, hear the lamentations of 

 your mothers, your wives, your 

 brothers, and your sons! Look on 

 those desolate widows, those de- 

 serted orphans, those afflicted mo- 

 thers, and aged fathers, from whom 

 despotism has torn the only support 



of their decrepitude: everywhere 

 you will meet with mourning, mi- 

 sery, and despair. Yes, we repeat 

 it, recover from your error, sutler 

 not yourselves to be blinded by a 

 vain glorj', only useful to the 

 tyrant who oppresses you. Be 

 convinced, that every victory, 

 every conquest, is a link which 

 adds to the chain in which you 

 are bound by Nape leon. Remem- 

 ber you are Frenchmen ; and cease 

 to obey an adventurer, a Corsican. 

 Abandon the standard of your op- 

 pressor, and enlist under the ban- 

 ners of liberty. Come over to us ; 

 the Spaniards are not your ene- 

 mies, they are only the enemies of 

 the usurper of a crown disgraced 

 by his brow. They make no war 

 against the French ; they only 

 make war against the Corsican and 

 his slaves. Come then, and from 

 us you shall receive the most 

 generous hospitality; every one of 

 you shall receive 100 livres Tour- 

 nois, besides the value of his arms 

 and horses. Our allies shall give 

 you every kind of succour, and 

 convey you in their vessels where- 

 ever you may wish to go. 



2. Massenas Address to the Por- 

 ttiguese. 



Portuguese ! — The armies of 

 Napoleon the great are on your 

 frontiers, and we are on the 

 point of entering your country as 

 friends, not as conquerors. They 

 do not come to make war upon 

 you but to fight those who have 

 induced you to take up arms. 

 Portuguese ! awake to your true 

 interests. What has England 

 done for you, that you endure her 

 troops on your native soil ? She 

 has destroyed your manufactures, 

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