Proclamation of the King of Spain.
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"The scandalous excesses which pre-
ceded, accompanied and followed the es-
tablishnent of the democratical constltu.
ton of Cadiz, in the month of March $780,
have been made public and known to all
my subjects.


"The most criminal treason, the most|
disgracelul baseness, the most terrible Of
fences against my royal person-tbese,
coupled with violence, were the means
|employed to change essentially the pater-
nal government Of my kingdom into de-


nocratical code, the fertile source of disas-
ters and misfortunes.


"My subjects, accustomed to live under
wise and moderate laws, and such as were
conformable to their manners and Gus
toms, and which, during so many ages,
constituted the welfare of their ancestors,
soon gave public and universal proofs of


their disapprobaton and contempt of the


new constitutional system. All classes Of


the state experienced the mischiefs occa-


stoned by the new institutions.
"Tyrannicaly governed, by virtue and
in the name of the constitution, secretly
watched all their private concerns, it was
not possible to restore order or justice ;
!. and they could not obey laws established
: by perfdy and treason, sustained by vio-
7 ence, and the source of most dreadful
: disorders, of the most desOlatng anarchy
t and of universal calamity.


!, "The general voice was heard from all
-sides against the tyrannical constitution
it called for the cessation of a code null in
: its origin, illegal in its formation. and un'
just in its principle; it called for the
e maintenance of the sacred religion of theil
giancestors, for the re-establishment Of oul
I fundamental laws, and for the preservation
I tIof my Legitimate rights which | have re-
: ceived from my ancestors, and which my
: subjects have solemnly sworn to defend.
It "rhis general cry of the nation was no


raised in vain.


SIN all the provinces armed corps were


formed, which leagued themselves agains


the soldiers of the constitution; sometimes
It they were conquered; but they always re
Ie mained firm to the cause of religion ant
d of the monarchy.


& "Their enthusiasm, in the defence o
J. objects so sacred, never deserted them un
" der the reverse of war, and preferrin,
a. death to the sacrifice of those great bene
of fits, my subjects convinced Europe, b,
r their fidelity and their constancy, that al
Spain nourished in her bosom SOM