PT | EN | ES

Main Menu

Powered by <TEI:TOK>
Maarten Janssen, 2014-

PSCR7906

[1814]. Carta de Juan Nepomuceno Fernández San Miguel para Luis de Sosa.

Author(s) Juan Nepomuceno Fernández San Miguel      
Addressee(s) Luis de Sosa      
In English

Letter from Juan Nepomuceno Fernández San Miguel to Luis de Sosa.

The author admits he has not been able to attend the Patriotic Junta in Asturias and he elaborates on the efforts that must still be done in order to convince the people from Asturias to join the patriotic cause. He hopes this will happen soon due to the less educated ones instruction.

This litigation against Colonel Luis de Sosa for statements made by the defendant in several publications, was issued by Public Security Minister Pedro Agustín de Echevarri after a denunciation made by Leon´s bishop Ignacio Ramón de Roda. In the aforementioned statements, the defendant cast doubt on the King´s sovereignty and expressed his sympathy for the constitutional regime of 1812. Sosa was made prisoner, his properties were seized and all the documents found in his house were confiscated, among which the letters provided to the proceeding documentation. In his own defence, Luis de Sosa argued his military merits as a colonel of Leon during the Independence War and the public documents in which he praised Fernando VII. Furthermore, he argued being always respectful of the current legitimacy. He qualified that ever since the abolition of the Constitution, he never showed disagreement with the King, given that he considered himself as a loyal subject. Once the letters, the declarations and the rest of the documents were examined, Luis de Sosa was acquitted since there was not enough proof of his membership to the liberal party.

If there is no translation for the letter itself, you may copy the text (while using the view 'Standardization') and paste it to an automatic translator of your choice.
Javascript seems to be turned off, or there was a communication error. Turn on Javascript for more display options.

Mi Dueño y Señor. tengo el honor de remitir à U el adjunto impreso qe recivi hoi y creo leerá U con gusto. En Asturias todo es no menos patriotico qe constitucional (tengo un verdadero pesar pr no haver asistido à la Junta ppca de qe estaba ya informado) A U y otros tales toca hacer en esta ciudad una regeneracion, y convertir estos habitantes mustios y sombrios en un hormiguero de Patriotas ilustra-dos. No deja de ser ardua empresa, pero un empeño decidido conducido contantemte pr mano sabia consi-gue su objeto quando este está en el orden de la naturaleza. Los ciudadanos de Leon cediendo siempre à patrañas y ridiculezes, à maximas absurdas, y à los intereses de ciertas clases ¿se negaràn constantmte à recivir las luces beneficas qe el genio qe preside en nuestra España difunde pr todas las Provincias? Necesitan instrucción; y ¿no la admitirán quando hayan hecho confianza de sus nuevos Mentores? Y ¿no la harán qdo los resultados practicos les pongan en la precision de comparar pr si mismos? Los hombres de escasos y malos estudios no mudan nunca de ideas; los de ningunos qe no tienen otros conocimtos qe los qe tradicionalmte pudie-ron adquirir no ceden à raciocinios abstractos prqe no los entienden, pero qdo pr las sensaciones exterio-res se ven convencidos materialmte se hallan ya en estado de docilidad pa prestarse à otras demostracio-nes y oir doctrinalmte à qn les mostró pr primera vez los nuevos objetos qe antes desconocian. Yo me holgaré mucho quando llegue este caso, pues tengo un verdadero amor à mi Patria y deseo ver acele-rado el momento en qe todos respiremos un mis-mo aire sano, y nos alimentemos de unas mismas sustancias provechosas.

tenga U a bien disimularme esta con fi-nura y recivir el obsequio debil de un buen afto que le profesa su mas appdo servidor Q B S M

Hoi 29 de Abril Juan Nepo Fernz San Miguel Sro Dn Luis de Sosa.
Legenda:

Expanded • Unclear • Deleted • Added • Supplied

Download XML • Download text • Wordcloud • Facsimile view • Manuscript line view • Pageflow view • Sentence view