1820 August 14

Emancipation Spanish

Summary

Creoles claims as good

If by a contravention of any of the rules /principles/ as /among [...?] the dictates

of justice and reason the claim in question to dominion were / be/ in any eyes

rendered adverse, time it is that those of /for regarding/ the confederated despots

as being of the number little reason seems capable of being given: justice is with

them, an object of hatred and contempt: an object of scorn and mockery. At this

moment is there not a treaty in existence a treaty by which the despot of England

guarantees those very possessions and for ever to the despots of your country whoever

they may be? guarantees that is if it be any thing, engages to employ the whole force

and property of us the people of England in the endeavour to seize the whole property

of your American kinsmen, and for no other purpose than the delivering it up to the

hands of your rulers/ [...?] as he was, was he so [...?] as at the time of so

entering on such a trial to entertain the slightest intention to perform in any event

any part of that which he thus promised to do at all events? Not he indeed. What then

was his object? what but those of which on this occasion as on all others is among

the objects of all despots to obliterate in mens mind, all regard for justice /it/

//to bring justice itself into contempt// As often as they abuse their power justice

is in their eyes an enemy: and as they now use it /their power/ but to abuse it

Justice never ceases to be an enemy in their eyes. In their addresses in their

asrguments - every thing accordingly is placed on the ground of power nothing is

placed upon the ground of justice Our /My/ call is so and so: it is /if you fail to

conform //to obey// yourselves to it/ power it is to destroy you if you fail to

conform to it: therefore if you in your /such/ obedience we will destroy you doing so

is keeping good order, and good order we are determined to keep at all times it is

your duty to conform /obey/ your conduct to their wills