1820 July 22

Emancipation Spanish

Summary

The reason will now be seen, why it is to the subject many, and not

to the ruling few nor even indiscriminately to both that the papers of which this is

the summary is addressed: nor could it have been written, but for the consideration,

that of there can be an occasion, in which, in any country, the ruling few can

prevail upon themselves, or be prevailed upon, to make any sacrifice whatever of

their own narrower interest to the more extensive interest of the subject many, it is

the occasion in which, as now, the ruling few may for a time, endure to regard

themselves as standing in need of the support of the subject many for the very means

of common safety, as well as far the means of maintaining themselves in their

respective situations.

9. As to the interests of the inhabitants of the distant

dependencies, even supposing them not to have, on their own account, any claim to

consideration on the part of the subject many in Spain, they will still be found to

possess an incontestable claim to such consideration, on the ground of the effect of

the dominion on the interests of those same subject many themselves. For,- the more

strongly adverse in its very nature, to the interest of the Spanish Americans, is the

dominion thus exercised over them, the stronger is the resistance of which, on their

part, in proportion as the opposition of interests is understood and felt, it can not

but be expected to be productive.

Weak as are the strongest reasons that could be given why the rulers

of either country should exercise dominion over the other, yet if for any such

wide-stretching dominion there were any nceessity or use, reasons probably not less

good might be given why it should be the ruling few in Spanish America that should

exercise dominion over subject many and ruling few together in Spain, as why ruling

few in Spain should exercise dominion over subject many and ruling few together in

Spanish America.