1820 July 12

Emancipation Spanish

' People Sufferer

Discontent among a people will frequently have place where no just cause of discontent has place. Such is the notion, or at least the language, among the ruling few in general: such at any rate will be the doctrine of all those, whom the continuance of the dominion will find among its advocates. As theirs I give it: for it is none of mine my notion is the very reverse: and /it is/ that from the beginning of history to the present time all over the world there never has been between governors and governed any contention in which the governors were not in the wrong.

Be this as it may, what will hardly be disputed is - that of there in the dependencies in question be just cause of discontent and in so far as just cause of discontent has place, sooner or later actual discontent there will be.

But just cause of /ground for/ discontent there can not fail to be: just cause of /ground for/ discontent; namely misrule in every shape; and this same dominion of itself the abundantly adequate and certain cause of it.

And this brings me to my second head to the second of the above positions:- to this dominion the Creoles can not fail to be averse.