1822 Apr. 4.

Brouillon copied and mostly corrected.

Rid Yourselves

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Lettr 15. Relinquishment honorable

Letter 15. By perseverance, Spain would be dishonoured among nations: by

relinquishment, honored. Relinquishment honorable.

Spaniards!

Can imagination form to itself any thing by which man or nation will be more surely

or more thickly covered with dishonor than by a mixture of injustice, folly

sullenness, cravingness and impotence? impotence manifest in the eyes of the whole

civilized world? impotence no less conspicuous than uncontrovertible? My friends, so

long as your rulers pursue their present course, this dishonor will by your's.

Reverse the tables. This unexampled shame would you exchange it for equally

unexampled honor? The sure course is equally before your eyes. How inevitably so ever

were the general result, would be brought about by already existing causes,

whatsoever were the course pursued by them, still, of them were but seen taking an

active part in giving promptitude, and facility to it, and the characters of

frankness and cheerfulness were stamped upon the face of their measures, novelty

would give its lustre to the utility of the sacrifice; and honor, - positive honor -

would be amongst the rewards of it. H Since the days of Actins,

the Anglo-American Democracy excepted no where, did Government ever give them to

themselves.

H Yes: of service to unexampled, honor not less unexampled could

not fail to be the recompence. Many a government, and even without being forced has

seen subjects of its own to other governments: