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war . The conscription of inhabitants on the sea-coast is now to be applied to the navy , and the conscripts are to serve on board ships / in which they are to be trained up to all the arts of naval warfare . By this plan a sufficient number of men will be raised for
an immense navy , and as it is evidently the intention of the emperor to make his navy the means of conveying troops to this kingdom , the idea of an invasion puts on a
more formidable appearance : at any rate this horrid war seems likely to be of long continuance , and every sincere Christian will pray to God to inspire the combatants on both sides with a wish
to restore to suffering humanity the blessings of peace . Enough of blood has been shed , and long enough has the daemon of war and confusion enjoyed lis triumphs . Oh ! that the men who lead the
worship of congregations on both sides of the water , would impress more strongly on the minds of their flocks , that the God of Jesus Christ is the God of love and of
peace ; that human beings are too precious to be made the sport of military tactics ; and that the pre . sent conduct of Christians is a
disgrace to the religion which they profess to believe . But we must continue to contemplate the evils produced by the passions of men , and look forward with confidence
to the time , when the sword shall be beaten into plough-shares and the spear into pruning hooks . The infidel indeed derides this pro . phecy ; but religion teaches us ,
that the victory of good over evil will finally be complete * Nothing can be more afflicting to a well-bred mind than the news from Spain . £ very where mur-
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der and destruction I Here citie * taken , there cities besieged £ little troops ravaging districts , and then failing a p ^ ey to the better combined efforts of their enemies * The eye turns with pain and sorrow from the recital of the
calamities suffered by that afflicted kingdom . In vain does it look to the Cortes for relief . The nation , depressed by its former wretched government , and the evils entailed on it by priestcraft , stands no
chance of reviving . It has seen no great man capable of ranging around her the energies of the country , and producing by their example new efforts . Every thing
done by the Spaniards is oii a petty scale , and a euthanasia for them would be a speedy trfuinph 6 n the part of the French . In Portugal they are in daily expecta - tion of a battle : but the two com .
manders may stay m their respective positions for a long time without incommoding each other . In America the greatest distraction prevails in the Spanish
colours . In almost every great district the inhabitants are setting up a new government ; for we call it a new government wherever new authorities , though under the
name of Ferdinand the Seventh , are appointed . These districts will thus learn t # govern them * selves ; and as they can have no communication with Ferdinand , they must rely on their own talents ; andj if the war continues
in Europe , will have so completely arranged themselves , that hereafter it will be in vain for any European power to attempt to bring them into subjection . The United States form a striking contrast to the Spanish Americans *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1811, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2412/page/58/
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