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ADDRESS.
Presented to His Royal Highness the Duke
of Angouleme, by the Grandees of Spain.

Monsieur--The undersigned would believe themselves unworthy of the name and
the titles which their forefathers have
transmitted to them, if they delayed for a
single moment the respectful expression of
their gratitude to your Royal Highness,
and the free manifestation of their pure
and invariable sentiments towards their
King and their country.
The Grandees of Spain feel themselves
especially honored by the duty which is
imposed on them, of distinguishing themselves by the sacrifices which the safety
and dignity of their legitimate sovereign
demand, and the prosperity and glory of
the loyal nation to whom their destinies
and their interests are united.
By a singular combination of circumstances, after one class had furnished the
attendants (la service) fixed for the fatal
journey of the august family of our sovereign, the presence of other Grandees at
Seville, or in the towns on the road, must
be considered as useless to the interests of the King and the State, and perhaps, even
serve to give arms to the enemies of the
good cause, or to weaken those with which they are attached. It is here excellent
Prince, in the capital of the Spanish monarchy, where, as in its centre, the unsullied loyalty of the Spaniards to their King,
and their profound respect for their laws
and customs have shewn themselves, that
we find the post of utility. The faculty of
lightening our oppressed hearts, and of
uniting our wishes and our efforts to obtain a desired restoration, has been given to us on this happy day, when he, who by love
is the son, and by blood the heir, of His
Most Christian Majesty, has appeared in
his capital, surrounded by so many brave
men, and announcing to us the gracious
design to restore liberty to our King, and
to bring back among us order, peace and
justice.
These are the precious words of your
Royal Highness. The oath which accompanies them is the august name of the
Bourbons, so dear to France and Spain.
We, Illustrious Prince, take Heaven
to witness, and we invoke with noble
boldness the remembrance of the fidelity
and the patriotism of our ancestors, and
our own conduct during the captivity of
our King, as a pledge of the uniformity &
the energy of the wishes which we form,
that such great blessings may be soon restored and forever secured to this nation,
so unhappy in this last melancholy period,
and so worthy of possessing them.
Accomplish sir, accomplish speedily
and happily, your noble mission. Unite
the liberty of a King of your blood to the
just hope of a nation the Friend of France.
May the united efforts of these two generous people produce their common good.
and a new and eternal concord!
Let
there be henceforth around the throne only
one family, animated by the same spirit.
Let a happy and wise harmony be restored
between the Spaniards and the civilized
nations of Europe. Far from the intrigues
of an arbitrary state of Government (Les
intrigues d'un arbitraire)--the forerunner
of disasters, as from a destructive anarchy,
may we in a happier day, and may our
children say with ineffable and durable
joy, King Ferdinand VII. a Bourbon, a
captive in the place of his ancestors to the
griet of his faithful subjects, and the magnanimous Spanish nation, subjugated by a
sinister faction small in number, recovered their liberty and their laws. they behold the return of the beneficent and necessary yoke of a holy religion, of public
morals, and the salutary empire of the
laws, by the succour of France, under the
direction of its august Prince, the Duke of
Angouleme.
We ourselves, or those who gave us existence, were the witnesses and desired to
be partakers of this generous enterprize;
and offered from the bottom of our hearts
for its success our fortunes and our lives.
God preserve your Royal Highness for
a long series of years.
MADRID May 23.
(Signed)--Count de Villareizo, Count
de la Puebia del Maestra, Duke de Castroterreno, Count de Carbellon, Marquis
de Villatranca, Count de Montijo, Marquis de San Martin, Marquis de Albayda,
Marquis de Punonrostro, Duke de Liria
et de Bervik, Marquis de Fernandisco,
Count de Gand, Marquis de Hariza, Duke
de Vedami, Duke de Villabermosa, Marquis de Cersalbo, Duke de San Fernando,
Duke de Medinacelli, Duke de Montemar, Count de Miranda, Marquis de Mor-
dejar, Marquis de Miraflores, Countess de
Mona, Countess de Cifuentes, Countess
(Duchess) de Benavente, Duchess de
Montelano, Countess de Alcudia, Count
de Salvatierra, Marquis de Mona, Count
de Colemera; Duke de Framanes, Marquis de Valparaiso.