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nized over for three hundred years, they 

 shall now experience a similar treatment 

 for three thousand." By another it was 

 said, after the battle of Albufera, I am 

 rejoiced at the advantage we have gained, 

 because we can now send troops to re- 

 duce the insurgents:" and by a third, I 

 do not know to what class of beasts the 

 Americans belong." 



It was utterly impossible but that such 

 irritating and insulting language, accom- 

 panied by conduct the most harsh and un- 

 conciliating, must materially contribute to 

 alienate the minds of the Spanish Ame- 

 ricans. The latter, who at first took a 

 warm and decided interest in the struggle 

 of the mother-country, soon found that 

 whatever party ruled in Spain, they were 

 still to be considered as the beasts of bur- 

 den ; who were to be transferred to, and to 

 be at the mercy of, the conqueror, without 



